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.