Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:11:07PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> >From what I heard the constitution explicitly defines two types of taxes
> (I forget the names), but basically they are "taxes on things" and "just
> you have to pay it" taxes, and our government is only supposed to
> collect the first kind. It was what the big hoopla was with Britain was
> all about.
>
> But you can't fight city hall. So, I agree, our tax system needs to be
> chucked. But the government needs money, lots of it. That ain't going
> away.
Perhaps you've heard of the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution,
explicitly authorizing an income tax?
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