tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22818602.post6944875047659273819..comments2023-10-05T15:30:04.143-04:00Comments on Repeal the 17th Amendment: Tax Day CommentBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05043279868308825316noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22818602.post-69296273320046778182011-04-19T01:23:30.637-04:002011-04-19T01:23:30.637-04:00What's so wrong about the income tax vs. the p...What's so wrong about the income tax vs. the pre-16th British-style tariff and stamp system? <br /><br />Under the pre-16th system you are encouraged or discouraged from buying Washington-unapproved products and services, or favor American products even if inferior to foreign ones. <br /><br />Today that would be even more immoral and anti-freedom, since you could tie that into the modern banking surveillance and corporate bailout state, such as forcing or encouraging people to buy Government Motors cars and watch/listen to/read Media 1.0. <br /><br />Taxes may be too high, politicians' salaries may be too high, and our taxes may be used unethically. <br />But to instead have Washington interfere with our purchasing decisions is anti-free-market, anti-true-free-trade, and just anti-freedom in general. The last thing we need right now is to turn Hussein Obama into King George.danqhttp://www.xcopfly.comnoreply@blogger.com