[JOHN W K]

Did you miss the part that declares "Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned" ?

JWK

[John Valentine]

Did you miss the part that declares "Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned" ?

No, I did not. Did you miss the part of the Constitution that actually specifies HOW representatives are to be apportioned? Let me clue you in: it's "among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers". Funny you missed that: it's actually the continuation of your truncated quotation Next time, read the whole thing before going off your nut.

Not according to their respective taxation rates.