(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
(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
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


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