Proposed Constitutional Amendment: The Income Tax Abolishment and Economic Freedom Amendment
Section 1. Abolishment of Income Tax
Article I, Section 9, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the United States is hereby amended to read as follows:
No direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken. No income tax, direct or indirect, shall be levied upon the citizens or residents of the United States.
Section 2. Monetary and Fiscal Reform
The Congress shall have the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin. All currency shall be fully backed by specie or other tangible assets of equivalent value.
The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect sales taxes, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. No tax shall be levied solely for the purpose of generating revenue.
Section 3. Universal Basic Income
The Congress shall have the power to establish a system of Universal Basic Income, whereby every adult citizen of the United States shall receive a regular, unconditional payment from the federal government
Section 4. Severability
If any provision of this article, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the article, and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
Effective Date
This article shall take effect immediately upon ratification by three-fourths of the Legislatures of the several States.