Tax Bill

[SunOfBeach]

i think i know you, kip. am i right?

anyway,

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"Article XVI.

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes...

"Article I; Section. 8.

Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises...

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the congress aren't the collectors, and the constitution doesn't say that the congress can pass on their collection duties to some guys who go by 3 initials. ironically, chomsky is the one i first heard this from when i was a grad student at MIT, and made the mistake of attending a lecture he gave to a joint linguistics/applied mathematics conference. the only thing he ever said that wasnt fake...