Amendment XVI

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.”

The Sixteenth Amendment states that Congress can tax income no matter what.

This amendment makes it legal for Congress to tax income no matter the population, and some feel that because the Constitution states that Congress has to tax individuals according to the census, that the Sixteenth Amendment and refuse to pay taxes. Personally I wish I didn’t have to pay taxes, but I can’t afford to not pay my taxes and get arrested!



This video talks about how the amendment was born, and the Democrats had started a “Soak the Rich” campaign, passing bills to raise taxes on higher income. The Republicans didn’t support the new bill and the Democrats painted the Republicans as he party of the rich (which is probably where the stereotype comes from). The Republicans tried to say that they would support an amendment legalizing taxes on income, thinking it wouldn’t get passed but it did. I thought this was a detailed description of the 16th Amendment.



This video was hilarious! I included it because he makes sense in the fact that it seems like our taxes go to some imaginary land and we the people never get to see them again. It seems like where ever the money is going, it’s not to our benefit. I often do wonder if everyone stopped paying their taxes what would, happen because we can’t all be arrested and imprisoned.