It Takes a Tea Party to Start a Tax Revolution: Caroline Baum

Have you read the U.S. Constitution recently, especially the part where We, the People, give Congress the power to levy and collect taxes?

There’s nothing in there about carving out special exemptions for certain individuals or groups; about using tax credits to achieve socially desirable outcomes, such as getting married and having children; or about doling out earmarks in an implicit exchange for campaign contributions.