(07-09-2019 11:14 AM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(07-09-2019 10:22 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-09-2019 10:16 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(07-09-2019 09:55 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  So it says explicitly that representatives are apportioned based on the whole number of persons, not citizens, in each State, excluding only those who are not taxed. At the moment, every person, citizen or non-citizen is taxed in some form, by, at a minimum, sales tax.

Sales tax is not a Federal tax.

Yes - but that clause doesn't explicitly state that it is talking about federal taxes. It also only calls out Indians not being taxed, not persons not being taxed. The implication of only calling out Indians isn't clear as to how that would be applied to others not being taxed.

Children are included in the counting for vote apportionment, and they do not generally pay federal taxes.

Children are taxed by the federal government, even if they generally pay nothing and generally are not required to file. Should a child happen to have taxable income, he would indeed owe federal income tax. [/pedantry]

Children CAN be taxed by the federal government. Same as illegal immigrants should they have taxable income and use a fraudulent SSN.