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  • "High taxes keep a wealthy community wealthy"?

    At my place of employment, my boss and I work side by side, and we often pass the day by talking politics and economics. He is a pretty conservative guy (primarily on social issues), but he also has a generally anti-tax/anti-government philosophy (though more subdued). He supported Huckabee during the...
    Posted to Economics Questions (Forum) by Freiheit on Wed, Jul 23 2008
  • Re: 16th amendment

    I would be happy to explain some of the main arguments that were used to fight the government on the income tax issue. However, I recommend that these be used to educate yourself rather than the fight the government, as I realized that since they own the courts (which are totally corrupt), we could never...
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Donald Lingerfelt on Wed, Jan 2 2008
  • Re: 16th amendment

    [quote user="sam72"] I'm curious to know what people think about the constitutionality of the 16th amendment. There have been a lot of arguments put forth by people like Bill Benson as to how the 16th amendment was never properly ratified. On the other hand, no court has ever upheld any...
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Donald Lingerfelt on Fri, Dec 28 2007
  • Alternative to the income tax

    I understand that Misseans would like to see all taxes abolished, but please humor me. Prior to the passage of the 16th amendment, direct taxes were to be "apportioned." Correct me if I'm wrong, but my guess is that this meant that the federal government had the authority, as delegated...
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Jason Dean on Wed, Oct 31 2007
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