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 @9CJ6CB6Comments2yrs ago

That’s the rules of the land, the social contract isn’t tangible, just as a nation or national borders aren’t

As you are a citizen in this land, you pay taxes, that’s the law, and was agreed upon by the people as a whole. If a vast majority agrees on no taxes ever, then it’ll probably happen, and, thankfully, it hasn’t. Though the constitution itself id not a contract, it does establish the rules of the law of the land, and as stated in article 1, section 8, clause 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; . . .”

This is later stated in our 16th amendment, “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.”

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  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington  commented…2yrs2Y

Notice the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, etc, ONLY to pay off debts, and ONLY if such benefits the General Welfare of the United States as a whole, and ONLY if they are UNIFORM throughout the United States... let me then ask, is progressive income taxation, that charges higher rates for higher income, in ANY WAY uniform? No, it's the opposite of uniform. So regardless of the 16th Amendment, that has not been changed. The 16th Amendment authorises only a FLAT INCOME TAX, where all brackets pay the same right. IF you support progressive taxation, not only is that not listed in the Constitution, it's EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN by the Constitution. It's not just un-constitutional, it's anti-constitutional, and subversive of every principle of liberty and free markets.

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