"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."

-James Madison, 1792

For the most part each of us is proud of being an American.  Most of us can recount some version of the American Revolution when asked.  We may not always get the facts exactly right, but we have some view of George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and the rest of the merry band of Traitors to the Crown.

We do a good job of paying homage to the sacrifices they made to give us freedom.  We memorize quotes like, “Give me liberty or give me death.”  It all sounds heroic doesn’t it?

What happened to those of us that believe in the concept?  I mean really believe it.  Is that fear that we would have to act alone, that none of our countrymen would rise to stand with us if we demanded the Federal Government act in accordance with its charter?  For that matter would anyone rise to stand with us? 

The Constitution after all is the Charter of the United States of America.  It articulates the powers granted to the Federal Government and reserves all others as the domain of the state.  However the Federal Government now ignores this and grabs and retains powers not granted it.  The Federal Government has very much adopted the stance of ruling vs. leading.  No longer is there a sense of Government serving the People.  Quite the contrary, there is a strong sense of the People serving the government.

The Federal Income Tax is simply illegal and Unconstitutional.  Worse it isn’t even driven by actual laws that empower it.  Like the comment that starts this article off.  Congress was not granted this power.  The Federal Government was not delegated this power at all.  Congress may pass either direct taxation (such as the gas tax.) or an apportioned tax (one that is split equally among the people in America.)  Typically an apportioned tax would actually be split to the States based on the populations of those states.  Either way it would be portioned equally to the populace.

This is not what the Income Tax does.  Nor can anyone cite or point to an actual law that requires you to pay it.  The IRS is simply put a terrorist organization.

If you are preparing to argue that it is not I propose this to you.  Why do you turn over ¼ - 1/3 of your income to Income Tax?  Do you do so because you don’t need the money?  Do you do it because you feel like it is spent well by the Federal Government?  Do you believe it pays for the operation of the Federal Government?  (If you do, hold that thought I’ll cover in a moment how wrong that belief is.

Most likely you pay that amount of your income to Income Tax because you have NO CHOICE.  It’s taken from you by the Government before you even have it.  Let’s assume for a moment that Income Tax is legal under the Constitution and all the other aspects are fine.  What gives the Government the right to seize your money before you ever receive it?

Like to know what the first Commissioner of the IRS had to say?  Well for starters he quit in protest.  His comments however were as follows:

This is from Thomas Coleman Andrews, the first commissioner of the IRS who resigned in protest due to his disagreement with the institution and it's goals...

"Congress went beyond merely enacting an income tax law and repealed Article IV of the Bill of Rights, by empowering the tax collector to do the very things from which that article says we were to be secure. It opened up our homes, our papers and our effects to the prying eyes of government agents and set the stage for searches of our books and vaults and for inquiries into our private affairs whenever the tax men might decide, even though there might not be any justification beyond mere cynical suspicion."

"The income tax is bad because it has robbed you and me of the guarantee of privacy and the respect for our property that were given to us in Article IV of the Bill of Rights. This invasion is absolute and complete as far as the amount of tax that can be assessed is concerned. Please remember that under the Sixteenth Amendment, Congress can take 100% of our income anytime it wants to. As a matter of fact, right now it is imposing a tax as high as 91%. This is downright confiscation and cannot be defended on any other grounds."

"The income tax is bad because it was conceived in class hatred, is an instrument of vengeance and plays right into the hands of the communists. It employs the vicious communist principle of taking from each according to his accumulation of the fruits of his labor and giving to others according to their needs, regardless of whether those needs are the result of indolence or lack of pride, self-respect, personal dignity or other attributes of men."

"The income tax is fulfilling the Marxist prophecy that the surest way to destroy a capitalist society is by steeply graduated taxes on income and heavy levies upon the estates of people when they die."

"As matters now stand, if our children make the most of their capabilities and training, they will have to give most of it to the tax collector and so become slaves of the government. People cannot pull themselves up by the bootstraps anymore because the tax collector gets the boots and the straps as well."

"The income tax is bad because it is oppressive to all and discriminates particularly against those people who prove themselves most adept at keeping the wheels of business turning and creating maximum employment and a high standard of living for their fellow men."

"I believe that a better way to raise revenue not only can be found but must be found because I am convinced that the present system is leading us right back to the very tyranny from which those, who established this land of freedom, risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to forever free themselves..."

The American people have been taken for a ride.  Do you think your income tax goes to fund the Federal Government and its services?  They don’t.  Your Income Tax Revenue goes directly to the Federal Reserve.  Do you think the Federal Reserve is a Government entity?  It’s about as much of one as FedEx is.  It’s a private institution that by its charter can never be audited.  How many banks do you know of can never be audited?  What a field day for thieves.

Better yet all of the gold that was your property, property of the American people was turned over to the Federal Reserve.  The private bank that can never be audited, yes that Federal Reserve.  Do you see a connection to the fact that the Income Tax and the Federal Reserve were passed in conjunction with each other?

Do you know that the IRS cannot show anyone the law that says you have to pay income tax?  Do you know that they can define what a taxpayer is, or show in anyway that you as a laborer can be defined as a taxpayer?

Do you understand that Americans were never supposed to pay the Federal Government the way that we do?  The bulk of our taxation was to be paid to the States (which in turn would fund the Federal Government.)  The exception to this was times of undue need for revenue that was aligned with the powers delegated to the Federal Government by the Constitution.  (For example, fighting wars to defend the nation.)  That by the way is where the apportioned tax came in.

You’ve been taken for a ride.  You are still being taken for a ride.  You’ve become part of a thieving communistic system that will keep the “select” rich getting richer and the not in favor rich all the way through the poor, poor or getting poorer.  The elite (the chosen of the “Government”) make money and lots of it off your labor.

In 1913 when the Federal Reserve was created a dollar was worth a dollar.  Just as it had been more or less since the creation of the dollar, now it takes 25 dollars to roughly equal the dollar of 1913.  We have failed ourselves; we have failed the Founding Fathers.  Your parents failed you and more importantly are you going to do anything about it or are you just going to fail your children?

If you are not at this point indignant.  You should be.  If you are thinking I’m Anti-American.  Bah! I say Bah!  I’m speaking in accordance with the Constitution.  I’m speaking for the American that was just and true.  I’m speaking for the America that our Founding Father risked everything and died to provide.  If you defend that which poses as the Federal Government, you are the Anti-American one.  If we do not become indignant and demand the return of what is ours, then American shall surely cease to exist in any form but name only.  Perhaps it already has!

"A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and all that is necessary to close the circle of our felicities." - Thomas Jefferson, 1801 inaugural address