The Law Is The Law?

[John T. Kennedy]

They do not have the power to tax you directly. They have the power to tax the states directly.

The 16th amendment is unconstitutional?

[Dave Pedersen]

Doesn't the constitution claim authority for the federal government to tax me?

What if I want to let a Mexican citizen come live with me in Nevada next week? Dr. Paul seems to claim authority for the government to prevent that, but I don't see how you can say it's not interference with my property rights.

Doesn't the Fifth amendment say my property may be taken by the U.S. for public use?

It does not interfere with your property rights just as if you decided to detonate a nuclear bomb on your property it would not interfere with your property rights to stop you. Rights supersede other rights based on effect. Rights are only rights to the extent they do not infringe on other people's rights.

If you bring an illegal across the national border you infringe on the rights of everyone who is protected by the national constitution since the authority to restrict border crossings is presumably granted to the national level of government as a portion of their responsibility to protect our borders from invasion. You would be participating in an invasion of one person or 30 million people contrary to the authority and responsibility of the federalis to prevent this from happening in the interest of national sovereignty and national defense.

[Gilby]

The 16th amendment is unconstitutional?

No, it authorizes the government to tax you for using their property or power by using the income produced from that use as the basis for how much to tax you. If you are not using their property or powers, then you are not liable to pay income taxes to them. The amendment is valid, but the application of it is unconstitutional.