unlike this guy, who merely wants to repeal the 16th amendment. in case you re rusty on your amendments, the glorious 16th is the amendment that created the federal income tax. it was ratified in 1913, and it s not hyperbole to say it s of the state. bounced around two to three percent. after the 16th amendment passed, spending clocked in 10% to 40%, depending how many wars we were in. repealing the 16th amendment has been one of the far right ideas like denouncing president abraham lincoln as an authoritarian anti-christ and now it s gone mainstream because republican front runner rick perry wrote about it in his book, fed up. funny thing, rachel maddow carrying it in her back pack today. too soon for mainstream america saying the book is a look back, not a path forward and was written as a review and critique of 50 years of federal excesses not in any way as a 2012 campaign blueprint or
spending clocked in 10% to 40%, depending how many wars we were in. repealing the 16th amendment has been one of the far right ideas like denouncing president abraham lincoln as an authoritarian anti-christ and now it s gone mainstream because republican front runner rick perry wrote about it in his book, fed up. funny thing, rachel maddow carrying it in her back pack today. too soon for mainstream america saying the book is a look back, not a path forward and was written as a review and critique of 50 years of federal excesses not in any way as a 2012 campaign blueprint or manifesto. joining me now, dave weigel, dave, how are you doing tonight? i m doing well. thanks for having me. if fluoride in the water as a
take this passage in which he quotes from the old testament book of isaiah. in synagogues all over the world just last week, they read the words the prophet isaiah, comfort, oh comfort my people, says your god. speak tenderly to jerusalem and to declare to her her term of hard service is over. look, look at us. look at where we are. look at what we say. we declare words of comfort. to israel. in jerusalem. call me crazy but it seems beck is saying the prophet of isaiah foretold beck giving a speech in jerusalem. the reason there s something
it was actually kind of honest in the book to say we need to do this. the honesty is sort of taking a turn. in response to questions about whether governor perry holds the views, campaign released a statement. the 16th amendment instituting a tax has exploded into tax rates and rules for the american workers. it goes on to say we can t undo more than 70 years of taxation overnight. what do you make of the view articulated in the book? well, i think one reason they are backing away from it is that the conclusion to reach if we get rid of the income tax is we need to institute a national sales tax or something, the conclusion if social security has been sapping the precious livelihood of americans for 70 years and is a ponzi scheme, the conclusion is we need to get rid of it and those are both
quotes from the old testament book of isaiah. in synagogues all over the world just last week, they read the words the prophet isaiah, comfort, oh comfort my people, says your god. speak tenderly to jerusalem and to declare to her her term of hard service is over. look, look at us. look at where we are. look at what we say.