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Comment by ByteJockey

Wait, is that what you always see as the argument against it?

Whenever I've seen it brought up it's always that it would require a constitutional amendment (specifically in the US). The federal government isn't allowed to do taxes that way under the current system (Article 1 Clause 2 Section 3).

Hell, the feds weren't even allowed to do a straight income tax until the 16th amendment.

parent ByteJockey 4 years ago

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