Isn't the federal income tax unconstitutional?

Answer 1

Well according to the constituion it's not.

Section 8 of the constitution:

Section 8 - Powers of Congress

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Answer 2

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Isn't the federal income tax unconstitutional?

Answer 3

No, I'm afraid its all too constitutional (sigh). Specifically,the 16th ammendment allows income taxes.

BTW--Please--whatever your politics, learn about the Constitution. If you go to house.gov and click on education, you'll find a great website on the Constitution and the Federalist papers (essays by james Madison and others that explain what the framers of the Constitution were thinking.

Answer 4

Your question is too long. However, I will add my own bit of confusion. I believe it is illegal to tax the Social Security income of retired people. The contributions that employees make to the Social Security Administration are made with after-tax dollars. Therefore they have been taxed already. When you receive the money back it is taxed again. Double taxation is unconstitutional.

Answer 5

if your a paranoid conspiracy theorist who thinks the US is the root of all evil in this world... then yes its true to you... but if your a level headed person with some common sense... the first thing you do is check your US constitution... 16th Amendment... the second thing you do is use the law of common sense... If this were true... lawyers throughout the country would be banking on this wining civil suits and supreme court cases, and it would be debated by atleast someone in the media with some credibility. the claim made by conspiracy theorist is that the 16th amendment was never properly ratified... and it is all based on wishfull thinking, no factual evidence whatsoever, and a vivid imagination disconnected from the real world... this comes from the same people that claim we never went on the moon... 9/11 was a big US coverup to go to war, and it all ends up being gasp..."THE ZIONIST" AH!!!!!!! use your common sense.

Answer 6

Did someone actually say,

That a properly ratified Amendment would be uncontitutional

I find it hard to believe that anyone would say such a silly thing.

Amendments can never be unconstitutional.

Because they are part of the constitution.

And how can the constitution, be unconstitutional ??

DUH HUH.

And you can bet your bottom dollar, that the idiots who say an income tax is illegal, all pay thier income tax every single year.

You would think, that atleast one of them, might have challanged the law if they believe what they say they do.

Answer 7

I certainly believe this to be the truth! Many other people do as well. There is definitely reason to question whether the sixteenth amendment was properly ratified, and even if it was proven to be so, it would still be unconstitutional, and the way they sneaked it through when most everyone was on Christmas break was criminal, and immoral....*sm*

Answer 8

Well there is a good case that it was never legally ratified. It would take bringing it to the supreme court and if you could get someone with clout to actually do that it would be amazing ... It would be quite something if it was brought up that congress had to legally ratify it or drop it wouldnt it.

Answer 9

First it was illegal, but they changed the constitution to make it legal.

However, most of the expenses of the federal government are illegal! It is not the tax that's in violation of the constitution, its how they're spending it. That is not relevant to prosecution related to I.R.S. collection, but it should be relevant to elections :)

Answer 10

It has been argued by some that it is. The government would have to find another way to keep running if we didn't have it though.