In the Constitution, Congress was granted the authority to tax the states, not the people. The central government was supposed to tax the states based on the population.
The states had the authority to tax the people to pay their portion of the cost of providing for the Common Defense and the General Welfare of the states.
The only form of lawful taxation was to be an Indirect Tax, In other words the Federal Government could only tax the people indirectly while the states had the authority to impose a direct tax. In this way the states could be the withhold taxes if the Federal Government was appropriating tax dollars to be spent on things other than providing for the Common Defense and the promotion of the General Welfare of the states.
The people banded together to form the states and the states banded together to create a confederation of states. We the people are accountable to our Creator and the states are subject to us. The United States is also subject to the jurisdiction of its Creator.
Putting the Federal Government in charge of the states is like giving a thirsty alcoholic the keys to your liquor cabinet.
If our lives, liberty and property were rights granted to us by our Creator they are unalienable. If the IRS can put a lien on our property our rights are not unalienable, they are merely privileges granted to us by the government.
Watermelons are Not Taxable Income
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