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Old 06-12-2007
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Re: Fair Tax?

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Originally Posted by timj219 View Post
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.
Well, I just spent a couple hours researching the issue. It seems that you are correct.

However, I still feel that a fair tax would be much more effecient and productive.
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