House GOP seeks to abolish IRS, replace income tax with consumption tax

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Permalink Reply by Michael Rivero on January 7, 2013 at 10:32am

The 16th Amendment was not in fact ratified.

And even if it had been, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Stanton Vs. Baltic Mining that the 16th Amendment did not confer any new taxing authority in Congress, which means if the Constitutional prohibition against direct non-apportioned taxes was in effect before the proposed 16tth Amendment, it was still in effect afterwards as well. Remember that whopper the US Government told you about Saddam's nuclear weapons? Well, that was a tiny white lie compared to the prevarication regarding the ratification of the 16th Amendment.

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Permalink Reply by Lawrence Edward Calcutt on January 7, 2013 at 4:24pm

Michael. re  you last point, "that was a tiny white lie compared to". The America people hav been feed many since 1776, or did they start in 1777,?

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Permalink Reply by Pit Bull on January 7, 2013 at 4:24pm

Who would be in charge of the new tax system if they abolish the IRS and wouldnt that upset their buddies at the Fed?

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Permalink Reply by suzie on January 7, 2013 at 7:36pm

you would need a constitutional amendment ..  when they say they want to change the tax code i cringe because if we only followed the law americans would realize there is no income tax for 99% of us .. there is no law

i agree with Mike R

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