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On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Hargus, Diana wrote:
How about this for a flat tax footnote:
Under the Constitution, Congress could impose direct taxes only if they
were levied in proportion to each State's population. Thus, when a flat
rate Federal income tax was enacted in 1894, it was quickly challenged
and in 1895 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional because it
was a direct tax not apportioned according to the population of each
state. http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml
We are talking about the tax that started it all, the 16th Amenment.
Need any other reason to just say no?
Maybe I don't get it. The 16th Amendement allowed Congress to tax us.
They could use a flat income tax if they wanted.
Mike
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