Now that Donald Trump has the American Peopleās attention, will he support tax reform which will end the nefarious and slavish socialist experiment allowing Congress to lay and collect taxes calculated from profits, gains salaries and other lawfully earned incomes? Will he work for real tax reform and move us to a federal tax system which taxes consumption as our founders intended?
Carly Fiorina was correct when she said about our current system āThe complexity and lack of transparency only benefits the powerful and connected while crushing small businesses and innovation. The result is crony capitalismābecause only big businesses can handle big government.ā Withdrawing Congressā power to lay and collect taxes calculated from profits, gains, salaries and other lawfully earned incomes is the only way to end this horrid tax, which we have learned cannot be trusted in the hands of Congress.
Keep in mind those candidates who promote a flat tax on incomes are cleverly promoting to keep this horrid system of taxation alive and in the hands of Congress. A flat tax calculated from incomes does not end our despotic federal government from arbitrarily deciding what is and what is not taxable income; does not end our Washington Establishmentās use of taxation to intentionally seek out Americaās productive hard working citizens and plunder the bread they have earned which is then transferred to a dependent voting block with the expectation this voting block will prostitute its vote for free government cheese, thereby keeping the socialist Washington Establishment in power. Nor does a flat tax calculated from incomes end taxation being used as a political weapon to silence, threaten and punish political foes while rewarding the friends of a tyrannical bloated federal government. And a flat tax on incomes most certainly does not end the devastating time or costs of record keeping involved, but it will keep a direct path open for government employees to snoop into the personal financial affairs of every American taxpayer including America's business owners.
One thing is certain, real reform begins with ending the socialist experiment allowing Congress to lay and collect taxes calculated from profits, gains and other āincomesā.
And what would be an alternative to our current system which would be embraced by most American Citizens and business owners and keep Donald Trump leading in the polls? Taxing consumption, our Founderās way, and that could be accomplished by adopting something like the āFair Share Balanced Budget Amendmentā which follows.
The Fair Share Balanced Budget Amendment
āSECTION 1. The Sixteenth Amendment is hereby repealed and Congress is henceforth forbidden to lay ``any`` tax or burden calculated from profits, gains, interest, salaries, wages, tips, inheritances or any other lawfully realized money.
NOTE: these words would return us to our founding fatherās ORIGINAL TAX PLAN as they intended it to operate! They would also end the experiment with allowing Congress to lay and collect taxes calculated from lawfully earned "incomes" which now oppresses Americaās economic engine and robs the bread which working people have earned when selling their labor!
"SECTION 2. Congress ought not raise money by borrowing, but when the money arising from imposts duties and excise taxes are insufficient to meet the public exigencies, and Congress has raised money by borrowing during the course of a fiscal year, Congress shall then lay a direct tax at the beginning of the next fiscal year for an amount sufficient to extinguish the preceding fiscal year's deficit, and apply the revenue so raised to extinguishing said deficit."
NOTE: Congress is to raise its primary revenue from imposts and duties, [taxes at our waterās edge], and may also lay miscellaneous internal excise taxes on specifically chosen articles of consumption. But if Congress borrows and spends more than is brought in from imposts, duties and miscellaneous excise taxes during the course of a fiscal year, then, and only then, is the apportioned tax to be laid.
"SECTION 3. When Congress is required to lay a direct tax in accordance with Section 1 of this Article, the Secretary of the United States Treasury shall, in a timely manner, calculate each State's apportioned share of the total sum being raised by dividing its total population size by the total population of the united states and multiplying that figure by the total being raised by Congress, and then provide the various State Congressional Delegations with a Bill notifying their Stateās Executive and Legislature of its share of the total tax being collected and a final date by which said tax shall be paid into the United States Treasury."
NOTE: our founderās fair share formula to extinguish an annual deficit would be:
Statesā population
---------------------------- X SUM TO BE RAISED = STATEāS FAIR SHARE
Total U.S. Population
The above formula, as intended by our founding fathers, is to insure that each state contributes a share into the federal treasury proportionately equal to its representation in Congress, i.e., representation with a proportional financial obligation, or one man one vote, and one vote one dollar ___ a rule which socialists and the friends of big government fear with a passion!
Note also that each Stateās number or Representatives, under our Constitution is also determined by the rule of apportionment:
State`s Pop.
------------------- X House size (435) = State`s No. of Representatives
U.S. Pop.
"SECTION 4. Each State shall be free to assume and pay its quota of the direct tax into the United States Treasury by a final date set by Congress, but if any State shall refuse or neglect to pay its quota, then Congress shall send forth its officers to assess and levy such State's proportion against the real property within the State with interest thereon at the rate of ((?)) per cent per annum, and against the individual owners of the taxable property. Provision shall be made for a 15% discount for those States paying their share by ((?))of the fiscal year in which the tax is laid, and a 10% discount for States paying by the final date set by Congress, such discount being to defray the States' cost of collection."
NOTE: This section respects the Tenth Amendment and allows each state to raise its share in its own chosen way in a time period set by Congress, but also allows the federal government to enter a state and collect the tax if a state is delinquent in meeting its obligation.
"SECTION 5. This Amendment to the Constitution, when ratified by the required number of States, shall take effect no later than (?) years after the required number of States have ratified it.
JWK
āā¦..with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizensāa wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicitiesā. Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
Carly Fiorina was correct when she said about our current system āThe complexity and lack of transparency only benefits the powerful and connected while crushing small businesses and innovation. The result is crony capitalismābecause only big businesses can handle big government.ā Withdrawing Congressā power to lay and collect taxes calculated from profits, gains, salaries and other lawfully earned incomes is the only way to end this horrid tax, which we have learned cannot be trusted in the hands of Congress.
Keep in mind those candidates who promote a flat tax on incomes are cleverly promoting to keep this horrid system of taxation alive and in the hands of Congress. A flat tax calculated from incomes does not end our despotic federal government from arbitrarily deciding what is and what is not taxable income; does not end our Washington Establishmentās use of taxation to intentionally seek out Americaās productive hard working citizens and plunder the bread they have earned which is then transferred to a dependent voting block with the expectation this voting block will prostitute its vote for free government cheese, thereby keeping the socialist Washington Establishment in power. Nor does a flat tax calculated from incomes end taxation being used as a political weapon to silence, threaten and punish political foes while rewarding the friends of a tyrannical bloated federal government. And a flat tax on incomes most certainly does not end the devastating time or costs of record keeping involved, but it will keep a direct path open for government employees to snoop into the personal financial affairs of every American taxpayer including America's business owners.
One thing is certain, real reform begins with ending the socialist experiment allowing Congress to lay and collect taxes calculated from profits, gains and other āincomesā.
And what would be an alternative to our current system which would be embraced by most American Citizens and business owners and keep Donald Trump leading in the polls? Taxing consumption, our Founderās way, and that could be accomplished by adopting something like the āFair Share Balanced Budget Amendmentā which follows.
The Fair Share Balanced Budget Amendment
āSECTION 1. The Sixteenth Amendment is hereby repealed and Congress is henceforth forbidden to lay ``any`` tax or burden calculated from profits, gains, interest, salaries, wages, tips, inheritances or any other lawfully realized money.
NOTE: these words would return us to our founding fatherās ORIGINAL TAX PLAN as they intended it to operate! They would also end the experiment with allowing Congress to lay and collect taxes calculated from lawfully earned "incomes" which now oppresses Americaās economic engine and robs the bread which working people have earned when selling their labor!
"SECTION 2. Congress ought not raise money by borrowing, but when the money arising from imposts duties and excise taxes are insufficient to meet the public exigencies, and Congress has raised money by borrowing during the course of a fiscal year, Congress shall then lay a direct tax at the beginning of the next fiscal year for an amount sufficient to extinguish the preceding fiscal year's deficit, and apply the revenue so raised to extinguishing said deficit."
NOTE: Congress is to raise its primary revenue from imposts and duties, [taxes at our waterās edge], and may also lay miscellaneous internal excise taxes on specifically chosen articles of consumption. But if Congress borrows and spends more than is brought in from imposts, duties and miscellaneous excise taxes during the course of a fiscal year, then, and only then, is the apportioned tax to be laid.
"SECTION 3. When Congress is required to lay a direct tax in accordance with Section 1 of this Article, the Secretary of the United States Treasury shall, in a timely manner, calculate each State's apportioned share of the total sum being raised by dividing its total population size by the total population of the united states and multiplying that figure by the total being raised by Congress, and then provide the various State Congressional Delegations with a Bill notifying their Stateās Executive and Legislature of its share of the total tax being collected and a final date by which said tax shall be paid into the United States Treasury."
NOTE: our founderās fair share formula to extinguish an annual deficit would be:
Statesā population
---------------------------- X SUM TO BE RAISED = STATEāS FAIR SHARE
Total U.S. Population
The above formula, as intended by our founding fathers, is to insure that each state contributes a share into the federal treasury proportionately equal to its representation in Congress, i.e., representation with a proportional financial obligation, or one man one vote, and one vote one dollar ___ a rule which socialists and the friends of big government fear with a passion!
Note also that each Stateās number or Representatives, under our Constitution is also determined by the rule of apportionment:
State`s Pop.
------------------- X House size (435) = State`s No. of Representatives
U.S. Pop.
"SECTION 4. Each State shall be free to assume and pay its quota of the direct tax into the United States Treasury by a final date set by Congress, but if any State shall refuse or neglect to pay its quota, then Congress shall send forth its officers to assess and levy such State's proportion against the real property within the State with interest thereon at the rate of ((?)) per cent per annum, and against the individual owners of the taxable property. Provision shall be made for a 15% discount for those States paying their share by ((?))of the fiscal year in which the tax is laid, and a 10% discount for States paying by the final date set by Congress, such discount being to defray the States' cost of collection."
NOTE: This section respects the Tenth Amendment and allows each state to raise its share in its own chosen way in a time period set by Congress, but also allows the federal government to enter a state and collect the tax if a state is delinquent in meeting its obligation.
"SECTION 5. This Amendment to the Constitution, when ratified by the required number of States, shall take effect no later than (?) years after the required number of States have ratified it.
JWK
āā¦..with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizensāa wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicitiesā. Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
