The Founders did not grant the right to direct taxation in the original Constitution - they knew better. It was Woodrow Wilson, our first "Intellectual" president who rammed the 16th amendment down American throats in 1913 along with the Federal Reserve, thus making American entry into The Great War possible.

I would rather see voting done away with. What I would like to see is representatives hired by the people - and if that representative does not perform, he/she can be fired by the people as well. That is, at least, honest.