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To: John Carragher who wrote (50859)4/30/2015 8:50:32 AM
From: DMaA  Respond to of 125050
 
If we did go with a national sales tax we would need a constitutional amendment specifically outlawing the income tax or we would end up with both.

Just repealing the 16th isn't enough. Modern SCOTUS almost certainly would rule it's legal anyway.
The decision that required the 16th was 5 to 4 back then.