With our national debt now over $10 TRILLION dollars, it is time for Americans to cut off the juice to Congress.  Cold turkey.  Not one more shot, not one more beer on the taxpayers dime.  For years we've heard the promises from Washington to simplify the tax code, to lesson the burden on the American taxpayer.  "Flat tax", "fair tax", they're all the same.  Washington keeps telling us, "We're not taxaholics!  We can stop anytime!"  No more, people.  As a designated conservative, it's time to tell your inebriated Washington D.C. friends they must stop tax-and-spending with wild abandon.  

It's time to end the federal income tax.  The 16th Amendment establishes federal authority to collect income taxes, which started small and grew into the intrusive behemoth of the I.R.S. and a bloated federal bureaucracy.  It's time for a true change we can believe in:  Repeal the 16th Amendment.  

The Constitution includes a provision for amendments to be adopted by state conventions, where the people themselves gather to decide and vote.  Only one amendment (the 21st, which repealed the 18th Amendment - Prohibition) was adopted by state conventions.  This is a good precedent, which should be followed in getting the federal government out of our paychecks.

Visit the Designated Republican to see the text of the proposed Amendment.