What are they going to do, nuke it?

According to Angela Merkel, the Stasi. And having grown up under them, she would know.

Yes, well, anyone who pays attention to "Anonymous Coward, esq." deserves the consequences.

Why do people even bother making comments this stupid?

Tell that to Boeing, who just lost a major deal with Brazil over this.

Not to be all conspiratorial, but I think it's been a while now since politicians were really in charge of this sort of thing.

You mean the lying liars who lie for a living... lied?

No it's not. The 16th amendment authorized an income tax, but it's not like the feds subsisted off donations before that. Besides, when was the last time the federal government was meaningfully constrained by the limitations supposedly imposed on it by the constitution?

Ending tax evasion would be easy -- just tax nothing but land. I mean, good luck hiding that, right?

This is reminiscent of how bills in Congress are really decided in committee, with the floor speeches just meant to impress the suckers back home.

This idea is so ridiculous, I can't imagine it's not simply clickbait. And thanks to Slashdot editors, it worked.

If it makes you feel better, in the years since you left the process you're describing has become a major educational trend. And I agree it's an interesting model.

My Mom's been on Ubuntu for several years. She had an old Dell that was crawling on Windows, I put Linux on it and it was a much better experience for her. She's never looked back.

This is also a useful reminder from Lamar Alexander that Republicans are lying when they say they favor less government.