[mlo]

The income tax IS constitutional, not that I like it. If we have to have it at all I say a simple flat tax accross the board, at a low rate.

[babygene]

The big advantage if a national sales tax is that it taxes goods imported into the country the same as it taxes localy produced products. In that sense, and to that extent it is a tarif.

This would make it a lot less atractive for U.S, manafactures to take manafacturing off-shore.

IMHO this would be a good thing.

A flat tax does not have the same effect...

[carenot]

If we have to have it at all I say a simple flat tax accross the board, at a low rate.

That would still leave the IRS in place. I want them on the Borders. Let them work for the country, instead against the country.

[RipSawyer]

"The income tax IS constitutional, not that I like it. If we have to have it at all I say a simple flat tax accross the board, at a low rate."


Actually, the amendment did not remove the original wording which forbade such a tax, therefore the amendment is worthless since the constitution cannot be in conflict with itself. Not that it makes any difference, we have countless other unconstitutional provisions that are never struck down, this is just one of them. It has been said that we have "a government of laws and not of men" but this is meaningless rhetoric, governments are always governments of laws that say whatever the men in charge pretend that they say. Throughout history the greatest criminals have been the ones who controlled the governments of the world.