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Re: Fair Tax?
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Originally Posted by joeblow
I agree with everything except the "taxation isn't stealing." Taxes that are supported by the Constitution, such as a fair tax and license taxes, are perfectly fine. The Federal Income Tax, however, is unconstitutional in that the Supreme Court ruled repeatedly that the government shall not tax personal income. So, everytime you get your pay stub and it shows how they automatically take out those taxes, just know that they have stolen that money from you.  |
I'm sorry you've been taken in by this fraud. In fact the income tax is perfectly legal. Helvering v. Gerhardt and O’Malley v. Woodrough are two of the many cases where SCOTUS has explicitly upheld congress' power to tax income.
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A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the utmost extremes of injustice and oppression.
Edward Gibbon
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