how much of what you think you know about the income tax is propaganda?

and what do the law, constitution and supreme court really say?

the 10 simple steps to free your mind from decades of propaganda regarding the “income” tax:

1) the constitution authorizes two classes of taxation

• direct taxes, or capitations

• indirect taxes, or imposts/duties/excises

2) this authority is exhaustive and embraces every conceivable power of taxation

3) the conceded complete and all-embracing taxing power is subject to limitations resulting from the requirements of article I, section 8, clause 1, that "all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the united states," and to the limitations of article I, section 2, clause 3, that "direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states," and of article I, section 9, clause 4, that "no capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census” (i.e. apportioned)

4) everyone (based on a lifetime of propaganda) will tell you that the 16th Amendment authorized a NEW class of tax, that while DIRECT, did not have to be apportioned - but "they" would be wrong

5) the united states supreme court and other authorities have repeatedly and consistently declared that the rules laid down in article 1, section 2, clause 3 and article 1, section 9, clause 4 (that direct taxes be apportioned-proportional to the population) are unaffected, unrevoked and un-repealed by the 16th amendment to the constitution of the united states (or any other amendment)

6) the “capitations” referred to in the constitution of the united states, which remain imposable only by apportionment, have been acknowledged by the united states supreme court to be what adam smith described as such in his 1776 treatise, ‘an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations’

• “capitation taxes, so far as they are levied upon the lower ranks of people, are direct taxes upon the wages of labour”

• “a tax upon common pay-for-labor is a capitation”

7) the united states supreme court and other authorities, including congress and the united states department of treasury, have repeatedly and consistently declared the “income tax” to be an excise tax (an indirect tax)

8) the united states supreme court and other authorities have consistently and repeatedly declared “excise taxes” to be taxes on the exercise of privilege

9) “privilege” is defined as:  a particular benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, company, or class beyond the common advantages of others citizens. an exceptional or extraordinary power of exemption. a particular right, advantage, exemption, power, franchise, or immunity held by a person or class, not generally possessed by others.

10) it is therefore axiomatic that what qualifies as “income” subject to the tax must be only a specialized and distinguished subclass of gains and NOT “all that comes in”

now, think clearly about your own economic activities.

did you have “gains, profits and income” due to your enjoyment of federal privilege? these are subject to the excise tax.

or did you simply receive pay for your unprivileged labor? any tax on these are capitations and require apportionment.

the law and the supreme court rulings are clear. it’s the propaganda that makes this opaque.