Tolerance and the Ground Zero Mosque

"I'm saying let's have a flat tax instead of one that allows the rich to pay less in proportion to their net worth than the middle class pay. Yes, you heard me - let's get rid of income tax - and have a FLAT TAX on NET WORTH. No tax increase, JUST A FLAT FAIR TAX on NET WORTH instead of the backward one we have. No deductions, no loopholes." The Sixteenth Amendment: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. The Constitution would have to be amended in order for the federal government to do that which you propose. The Sixteenth Amendment only permits the taxation of income. The...