So then it sounds like the 16th still remains active even after the Fair Tax Bill goes into effect. If that’s not true please correct me.
“So then it sounds like the 16th still remains active even after the Fair Tax Bill goes into effect. If that’s not true please correct me.”
The FairTax has a provision which would “sunset” the bill itself if the 16th amendment is not repealed within 7 years. That is, if the 16th isn’t repealed within 7 years, then the old system is reinstated and the sales tax goes away. Because ratification/repeal of a constitutional amendment is such a high hurdle, it will take longer than the passage of a simple bill. However, FairTaxers have enough confidence in the proposal that they know that once the FairTax is put in place, the American public will demand that it be made permanent and the political pressure on the federal and state legislatures to repeal the 16th will be enormous. Generating that much political pressure in advance of implementation is virtually impossible - which is what the opponents are banking on who insist on repeal of the 16th before the FairTax is passed.