[ancient_geezer]

A direct tax must go through the states.

Hmmm,

Federalist #21:

"Imposts, excises, and, in general, all duties upon articles of consumption, may be compared to a fluid, which will, in time, find its level with the means of paying them. The amount to be contributed by each citizen will in a degree be at his own option, and can be regulated by an attention to his resources. The rich may be extravagant, the poor can be frugal; and private oppression may always be avoided by a judicious selection of objects proper for such impositions. "

"It is a signal advantage of taxes on articles of consumption that they contain in their own nature a security against excess.

They prescribe their own limit, which cannot be exceeded without defeating the end proposed - that is, an extension of the revenue."

When applied to this object, the saying is as just as it is witty that, "in political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four."

If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds.

This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them.

Impositions of this kind usually fall under the denomination of indirect
taxes, and must for a long time constitute the chief part of the revenue
raised in this country. . Those of the direct kind, which principally relate to land and buildings, may admit of a rule of apportionment." (Emphasis added).

 

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Hylton v. United States(1796), 3 U.S. 171

"A general power is given to Congress, to lay and collect taxes, of every kind or nature, without any restraint, except only on exports; but two rules are prescribed for their government, namely, uniformity and apportionment: Three kinds of taxes, to wit, duties, imposts, and excises by the first rule, and capitation, or other direct taxes, by the second rule. "

"[T]he DIRECT TAXES contemplated by the Constitution, are only two, to wit, A CAPITATION OR POLL TAX, simply, without regard to property, profession, or any other circumstance; and a tax on LAND."

Springer v. United States(1880), 102 U.S. 586

"[W]henever the government has imposed a tax which it recognized as a direct tax, it has never been applied to any objects but real estate and slaves."

[taxtruth]

Ag,
Put your hat on a post and hang tight while we fight out the nonsense the government has put the people through since 1913.You haven't seen the evidence and I have.It's pretty much a nobrainer and the federal courts are going to be packed over this for years.Funny,you should be pushing for a new tax on FR when the government used fraud to get the US citizens money from the onset of the incometax in 1913.I wonder if you work for Uncle Sam because your agenda is always to start a new tax when we are dealing with a fraud of a present tax which is in federal court.

[taxtruth]

One more thing AG,I want all freepers on this post to go to www.hearliberty.com to see the federal court case filings that were on cspan2 in which over a million people viewed so they can get a good look at the charges against the doj,irs and the treasury dept.Then come back and say we need a silly new direct tax on the people as AG always pushes for on FR.

[taxtruth]

One more thing AG,I want all freepers on this post to go to www.hearliberty.com to see the federal court case filings that were on cspan2 in which over a million people viewed so they can get a good look at the charges against the doj,irs and the treasury dept.Then come back and say we need a silly new direct tax on the people as AG always pushes for on FR.