The RNC had better hammer this until the elections. If this continues much further the people have nothing left to lose.
1. INCOME: The federal government has claimed the right to take 100% of our incomes through the income tax.
2. PROPERTY: The federal government has claimed it can take our properties through eminent domain to sell for government profit. (Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
3. MONEY/WEALTH: The federal government has claimed it can take whatever we have left in our pockets as a tax with this latest decision.
Therefore: You can earn nothing, possess nothing, and have nothing if the federal government calls it a tax.
The court also ruled things can be taxed that would otherwise be unconstitutional to make them constitutional. Yes, that was their twisted logic. So, assert your 5th amendment rights, get taxed. The government cannot force you to speak but your silence can be taxed according to this ruling. Doing nothing at all can be taxed.
What’s left to do but dissolve the federal government?
...What’s left to do but dissolve the federal government?
I’m not a lawyer or a constitutional scholar by any means, but I think that a constitutional amendment may be necessary to abolish this SCOTUS newly endorsed “penalty tax”. It should also prohibit the Congress from using any “penalty tax” to coerce any activity or non-activity. It may even be necessary to more clearly define the original constitutional limits on the taxing powers of Congress.
Conservatives definitely think that this “penalty tax” is an assault on freedom. And I think liberals will be scared of it too when they no longer control the Senate and White House in 2013 (I hope!). With a new Republican president and a bunch of new Tea Party senators and representatives, they *will* work on passing this amendment. Or, if necessary, a majority of states can call for a constitutional convention to pass this amendment. That’s another reason to cast your vote for conservatives this November and every other election all the way up and down the ticket from your local dog catcher to president.
It might also be a good time to fix some other supposed vagueness in the US Constitution, like:
the right of the *people* to keep and bear arms, as well as a well regulated Militia;
abolishing the idea of “anchor babies”. Only children born of legal US citizens can automatically be granted US citizenship;
to qualify for the office of president, the person must have both parents be US citizens.
AND it might also be wise to consider impeaching the five “Justices” who clearly broke their oath to protect the US Constitution…