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| quote: | Originally posted by rubez
hardly the thread... but never mind income taxes being voluntary - the 16th amendment was never ratified - something they swept under the carpet. the US collects taxes by force and fear. |
"The Sixteenth Amendment was proposed by Congress on July 12, 1909, when it passed the House, 44 Cong. Rec. (61st Cong., 1st Sess.) 4390, 4440, 4441, having previously passed the Senate on July 5. Id., 4121. It appears officially in 36 Stat. 184. Ratification was completed on February 3, 1913, when the legislature of the thirty-sixth State (Delaware, Wyoming, or New Mexico) approved the amendment, there being then 48 States in the Union. On February 25, 1913, Secretary of State Knox certified that this amendment had become a part of the Constitution. 37 Stat. 1785."
http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendments.html#f8
Gosh, isn't it inconvenient when reality disagrees with what your nutbag ideology says should be true?

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