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Originally posted by Radar
All of the very LIMITED powers of government are listed in the constitution are given to government by the governed. The people give power to the government
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You're saying that government's authority is given to it by the people. So, are you "the people", or are you "a person"?
If 99.9% of U.S. citizens grant the government the authority to tax them, it's not your place to withdraw that entire collective authority yourself. If you can't convince everyone else to agree with your views, your only recourse is to either submit to the tax, become a criminal, or leave the country.
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Originally posted by Radar
and that power is limited to solely what is specifically listed in the constitution and anything else is an illegal usurpation of power.
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I disagree. The people will rule themselves as they see fit. The constitution is just a document that everyone agrees to abide by. If the people collectively decide that they want to be ruled in a certain way, no imaginary rule is going to stop them, because the people create and destroy the rules themselves.