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Just thought I'd bump this to finish reading it, later. Also wanted to comment on this, as well as ping a friend to see what he thinks of my logic, here.

Suffice to say that I agree with you. The sooner we pass HR 2525 the better. And for those of you who fear getting BOTH a sales tax and an income tax, let me paint you a picture.

Spring 2003, President Bush pushes HR 2525 through the Republican controlled Congress and it passes. As a result, the IRS is defunded, all records are destroyed, and the tax code is erased. Yes, it's POSSIBLE that the Income Tax can be reinstated, but it'd take a while for it to reconstitute itself. And it'd only happen under Democratic control, which would mean not for at least 2 years.

So for the next 2 years Americans are living with a NRST rather than an Income Tax. Americans take home ALL of their pay, while buying products that are cheaper. The economy improves, and the American people as a whole get wealthier.

Then Election 2004 comes around. The American people have now lived for 2 years free of the IRS and are happy with the new system. They certainly wouldn't want the OLD system to come back. And that, my friends, is when the Republicans POUNCE!

Amendment XVI becames a campaign issue. The Republicans POUND the Democrats, telling the American people that if Democrats regain control of the Presidency and/or Congress that they'll reinstate the IRS and the Income Tax, and therefore it's important that a Republican majority be elected in order to REPEAL the 16th Amendment.

So Americans go to the polls, vote Republican, and the Republicans gain the super majority necessary to repeal the 16th Amendment.

President Bush these past couple of months successfully nationalized the elections and gave us a stunnning victory as a result. The War on Terror may not be as potent an issue in 2004 as it was this year, but that doesn't mean we won't be able to nationalize the 2004 elections. Only this time, it'll be with the Tax issue rather than the Terror issue.

So anyway, that's my logic. Passing HR 2525 will effectively DOOM Amendment 16, as once people spend a year or 2 living under HR 2525 they'll prefer it immensely and will NEVER want to go back to Income Tax, much less an Income Tax ON TOP OF a National Sales Tax, and will vote for any candidate who'll assure them that that'll never happen.

So can anyone point out to me where my logic is flawed?

What if your brillant logic about the repeal of t e 16th amendment is flawed.

Lest assume that the republicans do get a super majority and pass the repeal, but then it get's bogged down during ratification, Rat legislators in NY, CA, OR, WA, MA, CT, RI, NJ, MD, DE, IL, HI, VT and ME don't ratify. Then a rat president is elected in 2012. There is a budget crisis and the solution is to raise the sales tas OR...... Reinstste an Income tax for incomes of over $1,000,000, after all the rich need to pay their fair share...... you know the rest.

Besides, half the RINO in the senate wouldn't vote to get rid of the 16th amendment.

BTW Don't you think the rat co sponsor's of HR2525 KNOW that the repeal of the 16th amendment is a bait and switch??????
WHY ELSE WOULD THEY WANT TO DO THIS?????

Trust me Socialist have NO INTEREST in doing that will reduce the ower of the goverment or reduce it's size.

The NRST supporters on this board are extremely well intentioned but equally naive.

"The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

A 17% flat tax (Forbes version) while not as good as a NRST in the ideal world is much better than the current situation, After a couple of years with this system then Go With a Constitutional Amendment which repeals the 16th amendment and Replaces the Income Tax with a NRST.