America, my opinion Options

[Akiko_Minagawa]

I think its messed upfor them to say we havefreedom of speech when the bleep out music and tell us what we can and cant say at school in some states you cant even wear hip huggers so why do the call it a free countryits like lying

[ComradeRed]

although by law, the money is considered the US governments.  which means, tax evation is theft.

No it's not. The money is onyl the government's after you pay.

Moreover, that is legal fiat. The Constitution clearly recognizes your money as your own. A law that goes against the COnstitution has just as much legitimacy as the "law" of when a robber breaks into your house and tells you to give him all of your money.

The Fifth Amendment: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law [i.e. a trial] ... nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

The means of raising money found in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution clearly prohibit a direct tax -- a government is not allowed to raise money by taking private property from individuals -- only by taxing trade (i.e. tariffs) and excises.

Direct taxes are equal to highway robbery. Until 1913, America relied solely on indirect taxes (such as tariffs). When the first income tax was passed in 1911, the Supreme Court ruled it UNCONSTITUTIONAL. So they amended the Constitution. When the first successful tax was pased in 1913, the rate was ONE PERCENT. And it only applied to people making above $20,000 a year ($300,000 a year in today's money -- only the very richest of Americans). If you read Progressive Papers from the era and Wilson's own writing, the Income Tax was a means to pay for World War I -- he intended for it to end in 1920, and he never intended for it to become the monstrous 30% rate it is today.