Taxes and Tea Parties

The 16th Amendment states:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration

I can not believe that this unbelievably oppressive statement is staining our Constitution! What hubris that came out of Washington DC in the early 1900's to draft such a thing. Did you happen to notice that this amendment puts NO limit on the amount of our income the government can take? So, 100% of the fruits of your labor can LEGALLY be stolen from you by our federal government. It needs to be removed from our Constitution immediately.

Now I realize it is quite a lofty thought. Radical things would have to happen in our government for them to relinquish the power that the 16th Amendment grants them.

However, there is hope. The only way for something radical to happen in government is for the governed to make something radical happen in its government (if you don't believe it can happen, I would simply refer you to our Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War). I see a glimmer of hope in the events that will be taking place all over the country tomorrow, April 15th. "Tea Parties." This is a great step to show our government that we are for real about changing the oppressive income tax system. However, these events can not be backed by hollow or empty speech. It needs to be backed by action.

Our actions need to have the effect of putting people in our government for REAL change. Change that gets the government out of the job of looting its citizens. Change that gets government out of the job of spying on all of our financial transactions. Change that brings us back to honoring the Constitution and change that removes the filth of the 16th Amendment from our lives, forever!

I hope you attend a Tea Party near you. I will be attending the one in Hoover AL. Lets be agents for REAL change and fight back against the ever growing, ever oppressive government we have put up with for far too long.