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The fact that they have police officers, courts, and prisons (and, ultimately, an army) to enforce that power. Welcome to the real world.

In the United States specifically, the power derives from Article I, Section 8, of the US Constitution: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes [and a whole bunch of other stuff that isn't relevant here]."

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