Another Installment  from Dick Nelson. Some thoughts to ponder.  Maybe some to debate.  Your remarks are most welcomed!

During the so called “Progressive Era” our Constitution took a beating. Social movements gave us the 16 Amendment that was  ratified February 3, 1913 giving the Congress the power to “lay and collect taxes on incomes”.  A particularly cold and blustery day, some thought that Hell might have actually frozen.

A couple of months later when the election of U.S. Senators was taken away from the various States and given to the “dumb masses” by the ratification of the 17^th Amendment on April 8, 1913 the decline of a representative democracy and our freedoms was well underway.

Now every leech and freeloader in the country (ignorant though they may be) has a direct say in the election of member of the upper house of Congress, greatly enabling the work of special interest lobbyists.  Now the Congress could (and has ever since) enacted law after law to give special benefits (called loopholes) to special interest groups.   Congress can (and has) changed the amount of income tax a person or group pays by simply enacting another loophole or readjusting “tax brackets”  in order to fund one project or another.

Rather than present a full page of quotes about  how Income Tax came to be, I refer you to Heritage Guide to the Constitution  http://www.heritage.org/constitution#!/amendments/16/essays/177/income-tax

In my opinion, the 16^th amendment should be repealed and the Fair Tax  Bill (HR25/S13) enacted to provide a near equal amount of revenue for the Federal Government, thus eliminating all possibilities of special benefits for special interests.

Every American Citizen and every visitor making a purchase in the US would pay the “Fair Tax”.

Because politicians know the Fair Tax would effectively prevent   kickbacks, political travel junkets and political favors, our elected representatives have not embraced the “Fair Tax”.  They have instead talked about such things as “Flat Tax, “9-9-9” Tax plan, Tax Code reviews, and streamlining the current tax system.  NONE OF THESE SCHEMES ELIMINATE PERSONAL AND BUSINESS INCOME TAXES. THEY SIMPLY ADD ADDITIONAL TAXES.

The “Fair Tax Bill”

• Eliminates all personal and business income taxes, payroll, estate and capital gains taxes.
• Creates jobs and restores “Made in America” label by making U.S. products more competitive.
• Raises real wages over 10% in the first year.
• Saves Americans $400 billion wasted yearly complying with 72,000 pages of tax regulations.
• Lowers tax rates for all Americans.
• Captures taxes from the underground economy.
• Provides monthly “prebate” payments to all legal American households to offset taxes on necessities.
• End the sale of tax favors to the rich, politically connected and special interest lobbying groups.
• Grow the economy by billions of dollars.
• Add trillions of US and foreign dollars to our economy by making America the place  to invest.
• Secure funding for Social Security and Medicare with a larger and more stable tax base.
• Raise the same revenue as the current system.
• Lower production costs by removing business taxes, compliance and avoidance expenses, now hidden
• Eliminate the IRS and be collected by the states.

I have contacted my representatives in Congress and ask that they cosponsor and support the passage of the nonpartisan  “Fair Tax” bill (H25/S13) and the repeal of the 16^th amendment.  I hope that you will also.

Thank you,

Dick Nelson

Hello CREW…                                                09-23-12

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                          get two others; pneumonia and shingles. 

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                                 their winning streaks this week! 

Nothing BAD!              No news is good news…

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 Patience is the ability to idle your motor
                                when you feel like ripping through your gears! 

Sent from my i-teepee while reviewing, 50 Shades of Rock Shrimp!

Dick Nelson and I have been exchanging emails concerning various aspects of politics. I think we all agree that there are some serious ills that our nation faces.  As years pass, each seems to be getting worse, not better.

I thought it might be a good idea to have folks from the “Crew” participate by reading the  posts commenting on the posts and even writing thoughtful arguments and articles.

Dick has recently shared a thought concerning the 17th amendment suggesting that we might be better off had it not been ratified and implemented.  Take a look and please comment.

http://www.cocoacrew.com/?page_id=1208

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      Ahhhhh yes… the pasta n’ bean soup!     yummmmm
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Ugh!       Typo – error!    Bob Roth is 92     (not 82)

                             Squaw?  messed up smoke signal?

                    Aware Squaws    are hard to find nowadays! heh! heh! heh!

       Space Shuttle Endeavour OV-105 final flight will 

       leave the Space Coast  7AM Monday  17th, heading

           to Los Angeles after a fly-bye at Cocoa Beach!

What else?   Hummm  would like to report what YOU

                  have been doing but you didn’t tell me! lol

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Sent from my i-teepee while carefully reading about the pasta!