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you wrote:

"The Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived. . ."

The word "source", buster, is the legal meaning, not the common use of the word. Same is true for the word "firearm". See what Larken Rose (www.taxableincome.net) says here --

"As a good example, 26 USC § 5841 states that “[t]he Secretary [of the Treasury] shall maintain a central registry of all firearms in the United States which are not in the possession or under the control of the United States.” The law has a far more limited application than this section by itself would seem to imply. In 26 USC § 5845(a) it is made clear that the term “firearm” in these sections does not include the majority of rifles and handguns (while the term “firearm” in basic English obviously would), but does include poison gas, silencers and land mines. The average citizen reading the law will naturally tend to assume that he already knows what the words in the law mean, and may have difficulty accepting that the legal meaning of the words used in the law may bear little or no resemblance to the meaning that those words have in common English. For example, reading the phrase “all firearms” in Section 5841 in a way that excludes most rifles and handguns is contrary to instinctive reading comprehension. (But any lawyer reviewing Sections 5841 and 5845 would confirm that such a reading would be absolutely correct.) Reading one section of the law without being aware of the legal definitions of the words being used can give an entirely incorrect impression about the application of the law."

And, if you can read a few more words of truth and understanding, from Dr. Tom Clayton at his www.861evidence.com site,

"The income tax is imposed on “income from whatever source derived” (minus deductions). The mere receipt of income, by itself, is not (and could not be) the subject of this excise tax. It is the “source” which is the subject of the tax, and the amount of income received from that “source” is what is used to determine the amount of tax due. So, in order for an "item" of income to be taxable, it must come from a taxable "source" (see below).

OVERVIEW OF STATUTES AND REGULATIONS:

The statutes passed by Congress are often written using "general" language, which makes it possible for the precise meaning and application of the law to be misunderstood. In order to make sure that the public understood the correct application of the law (before there could be any enforcement for failing to do what the law required) Congress authorized the executive branch agencies that enforce the law (such as the Treasury Department) to create regulations.

The process of writing the statutes and regulations is quite precise. These "related" regulations are "supposed" to give the public more detailed explanations of the statutes so that they understand the correct application of the law. And that is what most of them do, with some exceptions (when stealing with no basis in law is what is desired). For federal taxes, career lawyers write the regulations.

The income tax is imposed on the "taxable income" of individuals. What the law writers managed to conceal was that there are multiple steps in the law that the reader must take to find out IF their income becomes "taxable income" or not. Not knowing this, the reader did not know that:

In order for income to become "taxable income," it must be derived from a taxable "source."

Since they MUST state the truth, the law writers had three options:

Put the words that show the truth to the reader where nobody knows to look, or

Use words that are deliberately convoluted so that although they tell the truth it is almost impossible for the average reader to understand what the correct conclusions are.

Do both.

They did both. Although the linguistic "art" of deception in Section 861 and following is quite advanced in the current law, the final conclusions are the same as in earlier times. But historically, the sections of this part of the law were written in such a way that the truth was much easier to see and understand. The problem was that most people never saw the law. Over time, it became the near exclusive playground of highly paid "experts," instead of being a place where the public could easily see what the law did or did not require them to do.

The truth that the incomes of most Americans are not (and have never been) taxed under federal law was hidden in the regulations under Subchapter N, Section 861 and following, using convoluted words and terms not found in the statutes under a topic deliberately entitled, "miscellaneous matters." This virtually guaranteed that most readers would ignore, overlook, or misunderstand the correct application of this part of the law (if they ever got to see it, when most did not).

The current technically correctly written regulations under 26 CFR § 1.861-8 that show the limited scope of the tax that are critical to correctly understanding who has "taxable income" or not were expanded and made almost impossible to understand in 1978. Yet, they remain the FINAL STEP in correctly determining who has "taxable income" or not (therefore who may owe federal income taxes or not after allowable deductions).

For most Americans, Subchapter N, Section 861 is THE critical part of the income tax law, because this is where DOMESTIC income is treated. But as shown above, the hardest thing to see in the law is that which is NOT SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT. The rules (regulations) beginning at 26 CFR § 1.861-8 tell the reader quite specifically WHEN domestic income is taxable and WHEN foreign income is taxable. What do those rules say?

The only situations in which DOMESTIC income is taxable is when FOREIGNERS receive the income because this is specifically mentioned in the law (1.861-8(f)(1)(iv)).

The only situations in which FOREIGN income is taxable (for individuals) is when U.S. citizens receive the income because this is specifically mentioned in the law (1.861-8(f)(1)(i)).

In other words, the ONLY U.S. citizens with "taxable income" are those who have certain types of income related to foreign and international commerce. Why? Because that is what the law specifically points out. This makes it clear why those rules do NOT show that the domestic incomes of U.S. citizens earned ONLY from within the 50 states (most incomes) are taxed because they are NOT mentioned in the law.

Since the law does not lie and the evidence will not go away, it is only a matter of time before the public understands the evidence in the law that proves that they have been deceived, which will alter forever how Americans view their government and its laws. The key to ending this deception is mass education of the public. Help us spread the word!"