Thread: Fair Tax proposal, Enumerated Powers Act Holding Congress Ac

Fair Tax proposal, Enumerated Powers Act

Holding Congress Accountable With a Constitutional Panel

By JR Dieckmann
Monday, December 7, 2009

When congress was established by the Constitution in 1776, it was expected that responsible and honorable men would be elected to serve their country in the best interests of the people. That is no longer the case. Two main problems are responsible for this.

Although we still have a few honorable men and women serving the best interests of the country and the people, we also have far too many individuals in congress devoted more to their own special interests and political careers. Someone recently said the words “careerâ€

"For this reason it is essential that all earned income be taxed or none at all should be taxed. This 40% plus of wage earners might be more concerned about government spending if they had to help pay for it. They would be more prone to vote for responsible custodians of the taxpayers’ money. This is the argument in favor of the “fair taxâ€