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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
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   > Well, before the income tax amendment, fed revenues were mostly tariffs   
   >   
   > I have argued we should never consider a VAT unless the income tax   
   > is repealed in the constitution   
      
   Actually we should remove the power of taxation from the government. We, by   
   mass vote, should decide what taxation and by which methods we will accept.   
      
   Many nations have fallen because of excessive taxation by the government.   
      
   To put that into perspective in the 1960s the average worker paid 18% of   
   their gross pay in taxes (direct and indirect) today that average worker is   
   paying 50-60% of their gross income in taxes (direct and indirect).   
      
   And then on top of that the federal government spends 137% of their revenue,   
   to the point each taxpayer would have to pay $323,045 to pay off the federal   
   debt.   
      
   Current Federal debt to GDP ratio is now at over 122% making us one of the   
   top 10 most indebted nations in the world.   
      
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