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 The 16th must be repealed, but not before we shift to the NRST.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

Here's the problem, Politics is cyclical, Eventually the rats will be back in Power. If HR 2525 is passed and the 16th is not repealed they will reinstitute the Income Tax, guarenteed. They will base it on class warfare and grease the skids with some whining about the "Rich" not paying their "Fair Share". When dealing with rats you ALWAYS have to prepare for worst case scenario's.

Reagan understood how todeal with communist when he said "TRUST BUT VERIFY". Leaving the 16th in place is a receipe for disaster.

Therein lies the problem with the # of rats in congress there is NO WAY that an amendment repealing the 16th will pass.

BTW most people will end up reporting their income to the gov, many goverment programs require means testing. A simple example, do you have kids going to college? Applying for Financial aid? You have to file a FASFA form with the Feds. Doesn't matter BTW whethr the aid is goverment or not. Funds availible through University endowments also requiring filing a FASFA, the gov uses this for compliance with Equal Oportunity laws. None of this is affected by HR2525.