In article >,
"Paul M. Cook" > wrote:

> Contrary to what others have posted, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution
> cleared up the status of income taxes specifically. The poster was quite
> wrong in using the 16th to make some support attempt at what is not even
> being disputed in the first place. The 16th declared income taxes to be an
> indirect tax not subject to "uniform" distribution i.e. apportionment.
> Income taxes were always legal under Article 1, Section 8. The 16th just
> settled the issue. It does not permit Congress to levy taxes - taxes being
> a collective term, income taxes being a specific tax. Article 1 already did
> that.
>
> Paul

Personally, I'd like to see the 16th repealed.
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