[rightwingextremist1776]

INCOME taxes ARE NOT to raise money....income tax exists to empower the government to manipulate society....not to mention one of the most important steps in the COMMUNIST manifesto.

[MrB]

INCOME taxes ARE NOT to raise money....income tax exists to empower the government to manipulate society....not to mention one of the most important steps in the COMMUNIST manifesto.

What HE said. Ditto.

Excise, import, consumption taxes - all would raise money to run the constitutional necessary functions of government, without giving the government the ability to manipulate society and pick winners and losers.