Not A New Idea
I have heard of repealing the 16th Amendment before but did not know how far the idea has gone. The proposed amendment to repeal actually went to Congress during the 1995-1996 sessions. There is an active movement to have this very unpopular redistribution of wealth removed. What I do not understand is why Americans do not band together and demand that this method of robbery be made illegal on a Constitutional basis and end the April 15th race to pay.
The method of amending the constitution is found in Article V. It is as follows:
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
One of these methods has never been used. It has been Congress doing the changes and not the states. Since I cannot believe that the states would find this amendment popular, it would have to be submitted on a federal level. This has already been done but it obviously lacked the level of support to be taken seriously. So it comes down to a matter of how to advertise the product and make it the burning issue. Maybe we need to look at how prohibition was put in place to get an answer to that question. So we have another avenue for research as we march toward getting to keep what we earn.
I guess it is a matter of going after the knowledge now and gather the facts necessary to move forward on this issue. The presidential mantra should not be “No New Taxes.” It should be “No Income Taxes.” Unfortunately there are too many people attached to the hind teat of our nation and they have their baby teeth.
Icool
Cobb
The method of amending the constitution is found in Article V. It is as follows:
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
One of these methods has never been used. It has been Congress doing the changes and not the states. Since I cannot believe that the states would find this amendment popular, it would have to be submitted on a federal level. This has already been done but it obviously lacked the level of support to be taken seriously. So it comes down to a matter of how to advertise the product and make it the burning issue. Maybe we need to look at how prohibition was put in place to get an answer to that question. So we have another avenue for research as we march toward getting to keep what we earn.
I guess it is a matter of going after the knowledge now and gather the facts necessary to move forward on this issue. The presidential mantra should not be “No New Taxes.” It should be “No Income Taxes.” Unfortunately there are too many people attached to the hind teat of our nation and they have their baby teeth.
Icool
Cobb
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