Originally Posted By: sinij
Originally Posted By: Kaotic
The reason that this is flat out wrong is that it violates my rights for the government to take money from me.


So following your argument, you oppose any kind of tax since it "take money from me". Do I understand you correctly? Or are you only oppose government taking money away from YOU? Or are you only oppose government taking money away from you to spend on things YOU don't approve of? Like abortion clinics or welfare programs?

Yes, government have every right to take away money from you in form of taxes. It is called Commerce clause and suggesting otherwise proves beyond any reasonable doubt your unfamiliarity with constitution.
Except for your reference to the commerce clause, you're right, they can tax me to pay for the common defense and operation of the government NOT to give to other citizens. Why is this so hard to understand?

I don't understand the reference to the commerce clause instead of the 16th amendment though.

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