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Originally Posted by raytri";p="
T-B, you're quoting a case from 1874. Here's the Supreme Court ruling in that case:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...l=87&invol=655
What they're saying is that taxes are legal if they serve a public good, but not if they merely take money from one citizen and give it to another. But the key sticking point was that there was a small number of beneficiaries.
That is not a blanket condemnation of progressive taxation, nor does it rule out welfare programs. |
That wasn't my claim in posting it. Please stop putting words into my mouth. My intent is mainly to show that taxation can be viewed as theft - at least on some level - by the government itself. That's all. You really need to try and get over your obsession with me and get a life.
But they're wrong on both their conclusions from a logical standpoint. However, from a legal standpoint, they're technically right within our system, since they wouldn't have been able to rule on the legality of taxes in general anyway, as the Constitution provided for certain types of taxes.
So, as usual, your "rebuttal" is a moot point.