Re: DOES THE 9th AMENDMENT PROTECT RESPONSIBLE REC DRUG USE?

(Pete nospam Zakel) wrote:

> Manny Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: 
> 
>>There are no limits specified in the 16th amendment. Therefore
>>congress may confiscate up to 100% of a citizens income. Do you really
>>believe the people, no, wait...do you really believe *any person*
>>would grant congress the power to confiscate, by force, 100% of their
>>income? 
> 
> It would depend on what that person would get in return, wouldn't it?

Not to me. Why do ask? Nobody thinks the government services they get are 
worth the taxes they pay. If they did, the tax rate would be 100% now and 
people would pay voluntarily. 

A possible exception would be, for instance, someone who gets a big 
government pension. But the average Joe knows that taxes are a rip-off. 
That's why you have to threaten him to collect the tax. 

> I'm sure some people would agree to this.

Yes, people who wish to abolish private property. Socialists love income 
taxes and the higher the better.
 
> However, I doubt a majority would agree to it.  Do you really believe
> that congress would ever pass a law that would tax everyone at 100%?

The question is whether they have the power to do so or not, and whether
the people "granted" them the power to take everything we earn.