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the 16th amendment...
Amendment 16
the enforcement clause
amendment 20
16th amendment and a number of other things..including plain common sense.
the 16th amendment...
Amendment 16
amendment 16
The 16th Amendment - Status of Income Tax Clarified. It was ratified on 2/3/1913. 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.
the enforcement clause
amendment 20
Article 1 section 8 gives the powet to levy taxes, but the taxes must be uniform, Income tax was unconstitutional for that reason so congress passed the 16th amendment. The Sixteenth Amendment was specifically passed to give Congress this power. Income tax still was uniform through out the states, but now they are allowed to be based on income, instead of fixed. So every citizen must be taxed if a tax is given, either flat, or income. During the civil War a unconstitutional Income tax was 1st used, and started a series of conflicting court decisions For this reason Socialism, and communism is unconstitutional because it requires a tax on only the rich. Another amendment will have to be given to allow such a tax. the 16th amendment could be argued is unconstitutional by nature http://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html
Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;Amendment XVI 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.
Article I of the US Constitution gives Congress this power.
The 20th amendment moved the date to January 20 from March 4.
It is the tenth amendment to the constitution.
On February 3rd, 1913, the states ratified the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It reads:"The congress shall have the 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."This amendment gives the federal government the power to tax a person's income. These income taxes can be used to pay for the government's new programs. Taxes are not based on a flat rate but can change according to the amount of income earned. The richer you are, the more taxes you pay. If you're poor, you get a break.If you examine the bill closer you will find that the amount of states needed to ratify this amendment was never met, and adding to that, this bill is completely unconstitutional as it is a direct unpartitioned taxThe 16th Amendment allowed the government to instate the Income Tax.The Income Tax was originally passed as a bill through Congress, but the United States Supreme Court declared it as unconstitutional. The only way to bypass that ruling was to add it to the constitution as an amendment.