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The Power to Create is not the Power to Enforce

By on August 2, 2010 in Constitution 2

The commerce clause is being used to by the federal government to regulate the economic aspect of our lives.  It claims it has the right to establish laws that regulate how businesses conduct themselves.   This is not correct because the commerce clause was always meant to break down trade barriers that states may attempt to impose onto each other.

Now lets assume, for the sake of argument, that the federal government’s interpretation is correct and look at one particular enumerated power which is the power to tax.

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

This gives congress two powers which are the power to lay taxes and the power to collect taxes.   The power to lay taxes is the power to establish laws that demand citizens pay taxes while the power to collect taxes is the power to establish laws that actually do collect taxes.   Without the power to collect taxes the federal government wouldn’t have the ability to collect them and under the tenth amendment that power would fall to the states.  Continue Reading →

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A few questions for the left

By on April 13, 2010 in Big Government 6
  1. Have you ever read the entire U.S Constitution?
  2. Do you believe the constitution is still relevant today?
  3. Why is it OK for the government to take one families hard earned labor to give to someone else?
  4. How much money is too much? Who should decide how much is too much?
  5. What level of federal taxation is enough to “level the playing field”?
  6. What is “leveling the playing field”?
  7. What advantages have successful people had that makes them a target to be punished with additional taxation?
  8. Will punishing successful people improve the ability of everyone else to be successful?
  9. Are you happy with the government’s results to end poverty and improve lives in Detroit, NY, LA, Newark, etc…?

Just curious…

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Good News: Taxes Are Voluntary

By on March 15, 2010 in Big Government, The Opposition 3

And you thought you had to pay them? Ridiculous!

Senator Harry Reid says, “the government doesn’t force you to pay taxes.” Reid says that he “doesn’t accept the phraseology” that the government “forcefully takes money from you.” Really, I am not joking. Oh … and he says that the reason our system is called a “voluntary” tax system is because we have deductions/loopholes that allow us to keep some of our money. Just for fun, count how many times Reid says “voluntary” and “phraseology.”

I’m not sure how dated this interview is, but bear in mind that this is a U.S. Senator spending 4+ minutes denying the notion of government force and coercion. This isn’t the first time I’ve covered this topic.

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‘Resisting’ Is Defined as Violence. Not the ‘Taking’

By on February 28, 2010 in History, Terrorism 0

Newsweek has put together a “Tax Attacks” propaganda piece. The gist of this piece is that Joseph Stack was one of many violent protesters who “believed taxes are unjustified,” and thus reacted with violent actions. Of course, anyone who believes that taxes are unjustified necessarily gets lumped in with all of the mad bombers, shooters, and so-called right-wing extremists from America’s past. From Newsweek:

Though Stack’s actions were extreme, the United States has seen a quiet but violent antitaxation movement grow since the middle of the 20th century. Having little in common with the Revolutionary War-era Boston Tea Partiers, these protesters believe taxes are unjustified, with or without representation, and they may have ties to other antigovernment groups, including the militia movement, the Sovereign Citizen movement, and white-supremacist groups. Mark Pitcavage, a historian of extreme-right-wing movements and the director of investigative research at the Anti-Defamation League, and the Southern Poverty Law Center have researched the history of violent attacks carried out by members of the tax-protest movement.

Look at the hyperlink in the story (bold is my emphasis): http://photo.newsweek.com/2010/recent-history-of-anti-tax-violence-in-the-us/tax-attacks.html. Isn’t it somewhat twisted that taxation — the act of taking personal property and earnings by force, under the threat of violence, further theft, life destruction, and/or going to the hoosegow — is considered to be the law-abiding action, while the act of resisting the threats of theft and personal destruction is considered to be the “violence?” How many people — outside of radical libertarians and other anti-staters — will ever see what should be so completely obvious to anyone who can understand simple definitions?

Here is a print of our violent, anti-tax ancestors protesting the Stamp Act in 1765.

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A 50 State Revolt can Happen

By on December 10, 2009 in Activism, Sovereignty Movement 5

tax-slaveryHere’s how; The Governors of the United States will re-affirm their allegiance to the United States Constitution.

Every Governor needs to submit a constitutional amendment to their respective state constitutions to limit the funds taken from their citizens and businesses by the federal government through direct income taxes.

The 50 Amendments will read similar to this:

“In the interest of reaffirming Colorado’s rights as outlined in the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution of which Colorado is a member in good standing, and the recognition that all responsibilities beyond the eighteen enumerated powers of the federal government as defined in the constitution are the state’s and individual citizen responsibilities, we amend our Colorado constitution to state the following; we as citizens of Colorado and the United States in our duty and responsibility to comply with the law of the land make the following a law of the great state of Colorado; that the federal government through its power as stated in the Sixteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, we in Colorado set the maximum rate on Colorado income taxation to 18% of total income from all sources derived, with the Colorado state legislature to determine the graduated rates up to the maximum of 18% of federal taxation, as our full payment for the eighteen enumerated powers and any debts incurred in the management of the federal constitutional powers. Colorado reserves the right to amend the Colorado constitution at any time through the process outlined within the same constitution.”

The only way to stop an out of control federal government is to shackle it with the law of our land; The United States Constitution…

Let’s make it happen…

This is your chance to get involved. I hope you do!

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Pay Up. Or Else.

By on October 23, 2009 in Government 0

On the nature of government, few in history have really hit the nail on the head better than the late, great Austrian, Ludwig von Mises:

The government says to the citizen, Pay taxes or my armed constables will imprison you.

A state or a government is an apparatus of coercion and compulsion. Within the territory that it controls, it prevents all agencies, except those that it expressly authorizes to do so, from resorting to violent action.

A government has the power to enforce its commands by beating people into submission or by threatening them with such action. An institution that lacks this power is never called a government.

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