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JumpCrisscrosslast Tuesday at 5:58 PM3 repliesview on HN

> No chance 3 ever passes

It’s honestly the hardest one on there.

> a wealth tax would require an amendment

Genuine question, why?

> It would also be a bad idea to abolish the EC because then candidates would only ever campaign in cities

This doesn’t mathematically work. Most Americans live in suburbia. (We define “urban” very, very broadly for statistical purposes.)

And this effect is more than compensated for by the existence of the Senate and even House.

> it would complicate the recount process

No messier than now. And you’d only be delayed in close elections, in which case carefully recounting everywhere is fine.


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nickfflast Tuesday at 6:13 PM

>”Genuine question, why?”

A wealth tax would clearly be a ‘direct tax’, which must be apportioned among the states according to the constitution.

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jandrewrogerslast Tuesday at 6:15 PM

The 16th amendment plainly restricts taxation to income. Same reason there isn't a Federal sales tax or property tax.

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