[sourcery]

It’s not a Constitutional tax. Constitutionally, it must be one of the following: 1) a uniform excise tax (a tax on transactions at a uniform rate,) 2) an income tax or else 3) a “direct tax” that must be equally apportioned among the States. It’s clearly not any of those...

[Principled]

right on, sourcery.

this can’t fly.

if it’s a tax, it won’t work for the reasons you state.
if it’s not a tax, there is no authority to charge it.

i hope we see it crumble.

[OldDeckHand]

"It’s not a Constitutional tax"

Yep, to everything you said.