All in all, the most interesting part of this discussion has been that it is over funding a Government grown far beyond those limited Constitutional duties and powers it was to have.
Certainly, returning to that limited Federal Government, to the confines of its originally intended powers, would drastically reduce the need for funding, and that could be collected from the tariffs and duties which that government may levy without the 16th Amendment. There can be no meaningful and appropriate modification of the tax structure without eliminating that Amendment, and once more freeing the fruits of the labors of the individual from the clutches of the Government.
Otherwise, all we're arguing about is the color of our chains.