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Originally Posted by regular.joe
As per the Constitution of The United Sates section 8 paragraph 1:
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
So, Congress has passed into law the United States Code.
United States Code TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
SUBTITLE A--INCOME TAXES
CHAPTER 1--NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES
SUBCHAPTER A--DETERMINATION OF TAX LIABILITY
PART I--TAX ON INDIVIDUALS
Sec. 1. Tax imposed.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-...d=Cite:+26USC1
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Originally Posted by U.S. Constitution - Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
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All taxes must be apportioned among the states. This means they take a census and divide the whole amount of money it takes to run the government into parts based on the population and each state's share is to be divided by the population of that state.
This is not happening with income taxes. Also Congress is granted the limited ability to create taxes, but not to tax income. Our rights can't be taxed. They can't make a breathing tax, an eating tax, or an earning a paycheck tax.