It seems like only yesterday that President Trump firmly declared “America will never be a socialist country”.
Well, as they say: “That was yesterday…and yesterday’s gone.”
In an abrupt departure from his earlier rhetoric, the president is now engaged in promoting a whirlwind of socialist schemes including a multi-trillion dollar plan to make direct payments to families and individuals along with bailouts for both small and large businesses.
There is, of course, no authority granted to him by the Constitution to do these things, but that doesn’t seem to matter to anyone anymore.
In the name of emergency, elected officials have jettisoned the rule of law.
Well, I will certainly acknowledge that there is an emergency, so I want to suggest a plan that would put cash in the hands of everyday Americans in a way that is not only fair but constitutional – that is to say – lawful.
Here’s the plan:
1) Immediately suspend the collection of withheld, as well as estimated 
taxes.
2) Rebate to taxpayers all payments by them made thus far, for the tax year 2020.
3) Rebate to every taxpayer the amount of taxes he paid in 2019.
4) Make a subsequent determination regarding rebating tax payments from 2018 and earlier.
This is an eminently fair way to deal with all parties. And, it is a lawful plan.
And, because IRS already has the data, it is doable. AND, best of all, it is NOT socialist.
Michael Anthony Peroutka is a Maryland lawyer, the founder of the Institute on the Constitution. He was the Constitution Party candidate for president in 2004 and co-host of The American View radio program.
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