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The fact that we have to report anything about our personal finances to the Federal Government is a violation of the 5th Amendment. The fact that they've forced
by macinjosh 3y ago
The fact that we have to report anything about our personal finances to the Federal Government is a violation of the 5th Amendment. The fact that they've forced employers to be their snitches is even more gruesome. Isn't it a sure sign of fascism when corporations and government work hand in glove?
- Finnucane 3y agoIf you are taking the Fifth on your taxes ("No person ... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself") you might want to reconsider your life choices.
- elicash 3y agoThe 16th Amendment allows for an income tax: > 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.
- jcranmer 3y agoActually, it doesn't: Congress already had the power to levy income taxes. The power to levy an income tax predates the 16th Amendment. What the 16th Amendment did was to explicitly overturn the Pollock SCOTUS decision, which said that a tax on rental income is basically a tax on property, and a tax on property is a direct tax which requires specifically apportionment among the states per the Constitution.
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- callalex 3y agoI recommend that you re-read the constitution.