Taxation Will Bleed You Dry: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored

Taxation Will Bleed You Dry: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored

More than a century before the 16th Amendment and the IRS, the Anti-Federalists warned that the Constitutionโ€™s taxing power would be used to bleed the people dry and consolidate power. Luther Martin, George Mason, Cato, and others saw it coming – unlimited...
Infiniteโ€Œ โ€Œandโ€Œ โ€ŒIncomprehensible:โ€Œ โ€ŒAntifederalistโ€Œ โ€ŒBrutusโ€Œ โ€ŒNo.โ€Œ โ€Œ5โ€Œ

Infiniteโ€Œ โ€Œandโ€Œ โ€ŒIncomprehensible:โ€Œ โ€ŒAntifederalistโ€Œ โ€ŒBrutusโ€Œ โ€ŒNo.โ€Œ โ€Œ5โ€Œ

Rather than a general government with few and defined powers, in his 5th essay, Antifederalist Brutus warned that a combination of taxing power and the necessary and proper clause would lead to a government with nearly infinite and incomprehensible power. Path to...