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by s73v3r_ 2937 days ago
Parent also did not offer any supporting evidence for their argument that it's unconstitutional.
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That doesn't provide evidence for it being unconstitutional, especially considering the right of Congress to tax was in the Constitution, and the Sixteenth Amendment explicitly gives them the right to lay income taxes.
I obviously refer to the passage of the 16th amendment. Note the choice of the word "WERE."