Originally posted by Joey:
One the first things we discussed in graduate school was the misconception that taxing wages is unconstitutional and that filing taxes returns is voluntary. The 16th ammendment gives Congress the right to lay and collect taxes on income from whatever sources derived. There are numerous case studies where people have to tried to get away from paying tax based on the whole "unconstitutional theory" but everyone of them has lost.




Nice try, but it would seem you forgot to factor into your discussion the Constitution. Specifically ..

Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 states: "Representative and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers," and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 4 states: "No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in apportionment to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken."

Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1 states: "No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marquee and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility."

These basic sections of the Constitution have never been repealed or amended! The Constitution STILL forbids the direct taxation of individuals, their property, and their rights, unless the tax is apportioned to the State governments for collection.

Furthermore the Supreme Court ruled (Brushaber vs Union Pacific R.R. Co.) and also in (Stanton vs Baltic Mining Co.) is that since the provisions of Article I, requiring that direct taxes be apportioned, were not repealed, they are still in full force and effect.

Article 1 cannot prohibit direct taxation unless apportioned, while the 16th Amendment grants the power to lay direct taxes without apportionment, because then the Constitution would inherently contradict itself and could no longer serve as a valid foundation for our Law. So, to specifically prevent the Constitution from contradicting itself, the Supreme Court ruled that since the 16th Amendment provides for an income tax without apportionment, that the income tax cannot be a direct tax.

Income Tax on wages paid for labor is *illegal* and it's illegally enforced by the IRS with unilateral support by our goverment.

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