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(05-27-2015, 08:49 PM)rwhite135 Wrote:(05-27-2015, 07:22 PM)AcilletaM Wrote: Founders didn't envision taxes. Money came from tariffs. Taxes came 80-100 years after the Founding and aren't specifically mentioned in the Constitution. There are conspiracy theorists who believe they shouldn't have to pay taxes because this.
Wrong. Article 1 of the United States Constitution specifically gives Congress, in multiple sections, the power to lay taxes. It also specifically states that all such bills must originate in the House of Representatives.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charter...cript.html
Let me clarify my statement that they did not envision income taxes. Yes, Congress could levy excise taxes and direct taxes like property taxes but they had to be tied to the States and the census. It was the 16th Amendment that made the possibility of a national income tax Constitutional.
(05-27-2015, 08:49 PM)rwhite135 Wrote:
Wrong. Article 1 of the United States Constitution specifically gives Congress, in multiple sections, the power to lay taxes. It also specifically states that all such bills must originate in the House of Representatives.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charter...cript.html
Let me clarify my statement that they did not envision income taxes. Yes, Congress could levy excise taxes and direct taxes like property taxes but they had to be tied to the States and the census. It was the 16th Amendment that made the possibility of a national income tax Constitutional.
(05-27-2015, 07:22 PM)AcilletaM Wrote: Founders didn't envision taxes. Money came from tariffs. Taxes came 80-100 years after the Founding and aren't specifically mentioned in the Constitution. There are conspiracy theorists who believe they shouldn't have to pay taxes because this.
Wrong. Article 1 of the United States Constitution specifically gives Congress, in multiple sections, the power to lay taxes. It also specifically states that all such bills must originate in the House of Representatives.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charter...cript.html
Let me clarify my statement that they did not envision income taxes. Yes, Congress could levy excise taxes and direct taxes like property taxes but they had to be tied to the States and the census. It was the 16th Amendment that made the possibility of a national income tax Constitutional.