A New Constitutional Taxation Proposal – Capitation Tax

US Constitution: Article 1: Section 9

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

My thanks to Mark Levin and his Landmark Legal Foundation. They were key players in the unfortunate failure to overturn Obamacare. He is one of the few political pundits who knows of which he speaks, as he is the only one I know of who is a practicing Constitutional lawyer.

He is the only person who has admitted that no one knows what a 'capitation' tax in Article 1, Section 9, really is, because it has never been exercised.

I herewith propose to create a brand new 'capitation' tax.

• ALL federal taxes are immediately abolished (payroll, death, excise, corporate, income, etc.).
• To replace the lost income, each person living in the US (including illegal aliens) will be responsible for paying his/her share of Federal Gov't income.
• The amount per person (including minors) shall be $7,329.
• As per the Constitution, the amounts shall be based upon the most recent census.
• This amount shall be assessed to the state of residence and not individuals.
• It is the responsibility of each state to collect and remit the assessed amount.
• The individual state may impose any tax they deem proper to raise their assessed tax.

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• Total US population: 313,848,170
• total federal taxes 2011: $2,300,000,000,000.
• Divide the latter by the former, and you get the total tax collection per person:
• $7,329

Happy 4th of July...