[Gritty]

The American people deserve a 21st Century tax plan -- the failed 19th Century Marxist Progressive Income Tax is not it!

If an NRST is to be instituted, it must be accompanied by the concurrent repeal of the 16th Amendment, the "Income Tax" Amendment! To do otherwise would only subject us to the re-establishment of this cruel and unusual tax at a later date when the politicians think they can get away with it - and they will if they can. Then, we'll be stuck with the worst of two worlds!

[Taxman]

I agree. Rep. Sam Johson, (R-3-TX) has repeatedly introduced H. J. RES. 45 to do just that.

Both H.R. 2525 and H.R. 2717 call for repeal of the 16th.

[Taxman]

Agreed. The 16th must be repealed, but not before we shift to the NRST.

Reason? The 16th is permissive. It does not force the Congress to implement an income tax, it merely allows them to.

Think about this: The NRST, when implemented, will cause the US economy to really boom -- there will be roughly a 6 to 9% increase in annual GDP; the personal savings rate will increase markedly from the anemic less-than-one-per-cent rate now realized; there will be more jobs and higher paying jobs available; corporate profits will increase markedly; the stock market will blossom.

Any politician, in that boom NRST environment, who offers to reinstitute an income tax will will be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail. The people will not stand for a reduction back to slave status!

In short, we can afford to implement the NRST while we work on repealing the 16th.

HST, "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." We the People must remain vigilant lest those who would control every aspect of our lives try to reinstate the income tax.