Because the Constitution of the United States does not extend to the House of Representatives a power to implement a national sales tax.https://twitter.com/cfbnet/status/1052021608540450818 …
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I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, but Article 1 Section 8 says “The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises...”. It does not specify what kind of taxes my be laid or collected. Hence, Congress can lay and collect a national sales tax.
The first Congress placed an excise tax specifically on carriages and whiskey. The power to implement a national sales tax was never intended as I understand it.