en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/437547 Comments by Grouchy http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=708#IDComment17658169 In my opinion, the most crippling aspect of our Federal government as it affects our citizens is the 16th Amendment. A tax on income gives Congress too much power to manipulate and divide our citizens. It also punishes achievers and rewards non-achievers as we now have 50% of the population who pay no income taxes or are sent an "earned income tax credit" for being unproductive. We all have a stake in the success of our nation and we should all contribute. I would propose a Constitutional Convention to repeal the 16th Amendment and replace it with a Fair Tax (basically consumption) set at a reasonable 22 or 23% and further stipulate that the % could not be changed without approval of 3/4 of the States. If Congress needs more of our money then it would be in their interest to do everything they can to promote the capital system. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:42:50 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=708#IDComment17658169