Direct and Indirect Taxes

[Keith Broaders]

The individual's right to own and dispose of his own property is foundation of our liberty. The authors of the Declaration of Indpendence considered it to be s self evident truth that the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were granted to us by our Creator.

The held that unless the property rights of the people were secure it would be impossible for a man to be able to pursue happiness. The founders of our nation believed that if the government had the authority to takes one's property without their consent, the God given right to own property would be a privilege granted by the state rather than a right.

The Constitution was written to prevent the abuse of power by the government. Congress was granted the power to lay and collect certain kinds of taxes. Direct taxes were expressly prohibited in the Constitution,

Representation and taxation were to be apportioned to the states based on their respective populations. It was the original intent to tax the states and not the people directly.

The founder's believed that giving the central government the power to impose taxes directly on the people would lead to tyranny. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall correctly observed "The power to tax is the power to destroy".

Income taxes are a direct tax un-apportioned tax and is expressly prohibited in the Constitution. Our government was created to preserve, protect and defend the rights of the people and the power to tax the people directly grants the government the authority to steal the property of the people.

Indirect taxes were authorized in the Constitution, but direct taxation was prohibited. Direct taxation presumes that the property rights of the people do not exist. Direct taxation is like the tribute we pay to the Lord of the Manor. Without direct taxes the government could not fund their wars of aggression.  

[Keith Broaders]

[Keith Broaders]

[Keith Broaders]

[Mike]

Let's look at the remedy if we followed the rules. If the federal government demands more tax revenue, they would receive it from the states. The states would have their own method of how to extract that amount from the people.

1.) If the states thinks the tax is unfair, they could fight with the federal government, which is Congress, because they are superior to the fed created by the states and People.

2.) If the people are displeased, they could fight their home state Representatives over how or why they are taxed. If not happy they could remove their politicians from office.

It's a pyramid. The fed is small, and the People are many, with the states as the mediator in between. The people would have a buffer between the central government and themselves. Ultimately the People would deal with ONLY THEIR Home State Representatives to make things happen on state AND federal issues.

If the states have issues with the central government they only need to deal with The Congress, not agencies and departments. There shouldn't be multitudes of powerful agencies to fight with, only their Congressional colleagues of equal authority.

Wow, this stuff isn't that hard to understand. The KISS method. Keep It Simple,Stupid.