Posted on 11/06/2002 1:39:57 PM PST by Tree of Liberty
Neil Cavuto just interviewed Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., the director of the OMB, and Neil let it be known that he's hearing rumblings that Pres. Bush is considering a total re-write of the tax code and that SecTreas O'Neill is strongly pushing a national retail sales tax!
Sorry to interrupt your beauty rest. But you might find some more interesting bedtime reading in the UPI story *here.
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Correct me if I am wrong. I think the Republicans have the House, Senate and Bush.
So why are you talking about what the Democrats might do?
Rush? I hope you don't wear those ruby red slippers to Georgia Football games. You could get away with that in New Jersey, but Georgia? I don't think so.
Timing is everything...like just before an election. hehehe
Yes, I do too.
But he was murdered, Oct 4, 2001.
We were trying to solve it. But it was covered up.
I noticed. *here*. and here. And here, and here, among others.
But who at Free Republic would benefit from helping cover up a fellow FReeper's murder? Who would do such a thing?
If that's how our taxes will be paid?- LOVE it!
Yeh, but that just SCREEMS smaller government. If everyone paid taxes, which this will do, Democrats would all become part of their Darwin history!
He'll take down the Democrat party for good! People won't want to pay for all those social programs once it comes out of THEIR pockets, too!!!
Home based businesses are SUPPOSE to get a tax ID number already! If you sell, you're suppose to collect sales tax on it. Flea markets in NY require a tax ID number.
My President doesn't have to get the 16th Amendment repealed by another amendment. All he has to do is get the SCOTUS to declare it improperly ratified and null and void.
It doesn't work that way. SCOTUS does not answer to the President. They are supposed to only answer to the constitution, though in recent years, they often put the legal profession that they serve above the Constitution.
Also, SCOTUS has repeatedly refused to hear cases on improper ratification of any amendment, not just the 16th Amendment. SCOTUS follows the "enrolled bill rule." If a legislative document is authenticated in regular form by the appropriate officials, the court treats that document as properly adopted. Field v. Clark, 143 U.S. 649, 12 [*447] S. Ct. 495, 36 L. Ed. 294 ( 1892). This principle is treated as equally applicable to constitutional amendments. Under the "enrolled bill rule," the mere fact that Secretary Knox, acting as the Administration's proper representative, declared that enough states had ratified the 16th Amendment, must be upheld by SCOTUS. In other words, questions about ratification of amendments are "nonjusticiable." The court considers the "enrolled bill rule" as necessary to insure the separation of powers. It all boils down to one simple statement:
If the other two branches of government, through their proper representatives, certify that an amendment has been properly ratified, then the Court must treat the amendment as having been properly ratified.
Numerous Courts down through the years have taken this same position on cases related to not only the 16th Amendment. As I recall, the 19th Amendment has also faced similar challenges and the Court refused to hear that case for the same reason. The long and sordid history of similar SCOTUS rulings should be more than enough to convince all but the most fanatical TP'ers that your chances of overturning the 16th Amendment in the Court are next to nil.
Face it SCOTUS isn't going to answer to Dubya and they will never even hear a ratification challenge to the 16th Amendment.
And ain't it poetic justice that Mt. Rushmore is in Tom Dassholes home state.
Lo and behold, we get this announcement today. Looks like God took care of it with no help from lil' ol' me!
Right now, retail doesn't collect taxes on those things. Just keep that the way it is.
These items can be home grown, home made, smuggled, grey market, or merchandise that got "lost" during shipment. The good part about this evasion is I will be able to buy certain things anonymously. The bad part is it seems like it will be really easy, and the government would have to raise the rate for easily trackable items like large appliances and cars. It seems like many other items could be built in cottage industries from wholesale parts.
A second drawback of enforcement is intrusion upon small tradesmen and craftsmen. The ones who sell privately would have to risk their business or sell at a disadvantage to the black marketeers. It would be difficult to stop craftsmen from bartering their products or establishing bogus pricing without intrusive enforcement driving the legitimate ones out of business.
The most important drawback is the government would inevitably figure out solutions to these problems at the cost of my privacy.
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