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Originally Posted by duck  One, there is no constitutional provision for a national referendum, except for amending the constitution and that is only for the state's legislatures for ratification.
The idea of a national sales tax (Value Added Tax is another name) has been around for decades and really never goes anywhere. I'm all for it, but it'll never happen. |
Do you think that with enough public support and pressure on the politicians that it could happen though? I mean, people are fed up with the current system with all of it's intricacies. It just seems to be getting harder & harder to try to understand every year. Folks are tired of the govt. "holding a gun to your head while they pick your pockets clean".
You can go to
www.fairtax.org. It has some info. there. I really think it's picking up steam the more that people become aware that there's an alternative circulating out there.
I think that some politicians don't like it, because it will cut off their ear-marks and pork barrel spending programs. Just a thought.