Taxation Is Theft: How Politicians Are Robbing You Blind
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What are Taxes
1. M’Culloch v Maryland, Supreme Court, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)2. H.R.8051 - Assault Weapons Excise Act
3. Murdock v Pennsylvania, Supreme Court 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
Taxation Isn’t Theft
4. Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas v Collector of Internal Revenue, Supreme Court, 275 U.S. 87 (1927)5. Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
6. 22 CFR Part 22 Schedule of Fees for Consular Services
7. Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967)
8. Vance v. Terrazas, 444 U.S. 252 (1980)
9. 112th Congress, 2nd Session S. 3205 (May 17, 2012)
10. U.S. Code Title 26: Internal Revenue Code § 877 - Expatriation to avoid tax
11. U.S. Code Title 26: Internal Revenue Code § 877A - Tax responsibilities of expatriation
12. Dave Chappelle Unforgiven Exposing Comedy Central
13. Rockefeller Institute of Government: Giving or Getting? New York's Balance of Payments with the Federal Government (2024)
14. Federal Reserve: Money Stock Measures
Government
15. Artist unknown. If you know, please notify me.16. The Floyd Acceptances, 74 U.S. 666 (1868)
17. Insular Cases
18. United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259 (1990)
19. Constitution of the State of Washington
20. Arizona State Constitution: Article 2, Section 2
21. U.S. Code Title 8: Aliens and Nationality § 1101 - Definitions
22. U.S. Constitution, 14th Amendment
23. DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. DSS, 489 U.S. 189 (1989)
24. Luria v. United States, 231 U.S. 9 (1913)
25. Constitution of the State of Minnesota
26. Senate Joint Resolution No. 44 Relative to the 10th Amendment (April 14, 1994)
27. Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
28. United States v. Sherwood, 312 U.S. 584 (1941)
29. Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
30. Gallup: Congress and the Public
31. Open Secrets: Reelection Rates Over the Years
32. Oliver Wendall Holmes, The Common Law 7 (Mark DeWolfe Howe ed., Little, Brown & Co. 1963) (1881)
33. US Travel Association
Mind Control
34. TikTok: @joshjohnsoncomedy35. Video: Psychological Warfare | Ex-KGB Defector Explains How Communists Brainwashed America With Propaganda
36. Violence Prevention Project: Key Findings
37. Gun Violence Archive
38. Frequency and the Conference of Referential Validity
39. People with Easier to Pronounce Names Promote Truthiness of Claims
40. Making up History: False Memories of Fake News Stories
41. Joe Rogan Podcast: Zuckerberg ADMITS Censoring Hunter Biden Story After FBI Warning
Brain Games - Asch Line Study
Brain Games - Social Conformity
Video: Nicolas Sarkozy, Bernard Tapie, etc: Renaud Muselier, réélu en Paca, remercie ceux qui l'ont soutenu
Video: Hurry put on your mask before the cameras turn on!
46. Now You See Me Official Opening Scene (2013)
Rights
47. Magna Carta, Translated48. Declaration of the Rights of Man
49. United Public Workers v. Mitchell, 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
50. Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
51. Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 85 S. Ct. 1678 (1965)
52. Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
53. U.S. v. Irwin A. Schiff et al 379 F.3d 621 (9th Cir. 2004)
54. Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
55. McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)
Economic Consequences
56. FBI Crime Data Explorer57. Mexico Crime Report
58. Chicago Police Department Crime Stats
59. Detroit Free Press: Detroit records fewest homicides since 1966
60. List of Cities by Homicide Rate
61. United Press International: Florida's tomato industry could be 'wiped out' under new trade deal
62. The Conversation: Immigrants are still sending lots of money home despite the coronavirus job losses – for now
63. Statista: Total value of international imports of goods and services in the United States from 2000 to 2023
64. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Undocumented Immigrants’ State & Local tax Contributions
New American Economy: Undocumented Immigrants
66. Marketplace: Undocumented immigrants quietly pay billions into Social Security and receive no benefits
Taxes
67. McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)68. New Colonial Ice Co., Inc. v. Helvering, 292 U.S. 435 (1934)
69. Defense News: Pentagon fails sixth audit, with number of passing grades stagnant
70. Video: Ronald Reagan on the Johnny Carson Show
71. Video: John Burt
72. Video: Cardi B: Where's my tax money going?
73. Video: Boosie on Paying $350K in Taxes for Every Million, Government is the Mob
74. Pink Panther: PINKCOME TAX (1971)
75. Nix v. Hedden, 149 U.S. 304 (1893)
76. Boom Company v. Patterson, 98 U.S. 403 (1878)
77. Education Data Initiative: U.S. Public Education Spending Statistics
78. Smart Asset: States Most Dependent on the Federal Government – 2022 Edition
79. Statutes at Large, Anno decimo tertio Georgii III Regis, 6th Session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain. Page 74
80. Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
81. South Carolina v. United States, 199 U.S. 437 (1905)
82. Blackham v. Gresham, 16 F. 609 (2d Cir. 1883)
83. Congressional Record, 61st Congress, Volume 45, pages 2245 to 2246 (1910)
84. South Carolina v. Baker, 485 U.S. 505 (1988)
85. Brushaber v. Union Pacific R. Co., 240 U.S. 1 (1916)
86. Graves v. New York ex rel. O'Keefe, 306 U.S. 466 (1939)
87. Fox News: House Republicans to vote on bill abolishing IRS, eliminating income tax
88. Bridge House, Ambleside © Copyright Malc McDonald and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons
89. The National Income and its Purchasing Power (1930), P 93
90. USGovernmentRevenue.org
91. U.S. Census: 2023 Quarterly Summary of State & Local Tax Revenue Tables
92. Federal Reserve Economic Data - Total wages and salaries
93. Federal Reserve: Money Stock Measures
94. Tweet by @ElonMusk
95. CNN: UN to Elon Musk: Here’s that $6 billion plan to fight world hunger
96. National Defense Budget Estimated for Fiscal Year 2021
97. Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., 259 U.S. 20 (1922)
Without Taxes ...
98. American Library Association: Library Statistics and Figures: Number of Libraries in the United States99. Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (1981)
100. DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. DSS, 489 U.S. 189 (1989)
101. Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005)
102. Video: John Kennedy Campaign Ad
103. U.S. Government Accountability Office: How Much Does Crime Cost?
104. Statista: Property stolen and recovered in the United States in 2022, by type and value
105. The Conversation: Police solve just 2% of all major crimes
106. Industrial Safety and Hygiene News: Top 25 most dangerous jobs in the United States
107. The Guardian: ‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high in 2022
108. Washington Post: Thousands Dead, Few Prosecuted
109. Washington Post: Police officers prosecuted for use of deadly force
110. Washington Post: What happens when a police officer gets fired? Very often another police agency hires them.
111. Pew Research Center: Two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization
112. U.S. Code Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 1705 - Destruction of letter boxes or mail
113. S.63 - 27th Congress (1843) A Bill To prevent the employment of private expresses upon mail routes, and for the prevention of frauds upon the revenues of the Post Office Department.
114. The American Legion, 1981
115. U.S. Code Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 1693 - Carriage of mail generally
116. Blackham v. Gresham, 16 F. 609 (2d Cir. 1883)
117. United States Postal Serv. v. Brennan, 574 F.2d 712 (2d Cir. 1978)
118. Linn's Stamp News: Post office letter illustrates Private Express Statutes in operation
119. U.S. Code Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 1725 - Postage unpaid on deposited mail matter
120. Tweet by @VictoriaSanchez
121. Private School Review: Average Private School Tuition Cost
122. U.S. Census Bureau 2019 Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data, Table 11
123. National Center for Education Statistics: Private School Enrollment
124. Think Impact: Homeschooling Statistics
125. Jaley Taylor Schlitz
126. Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
127. USA Today: Could helping the homeless get you criminal charges? More churches getting in trouble
128. NBC 5 St Louis: Edwardsville warming shelter fined $750 a day for city zoning violation
129. Foundation for Economic Education: Try to Feed the Homeless and the Food Police Will Bleach Your BBQ
130. MDRC: Implementation and Early Impacts of Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project
131. Business and Politics: Female social worker accused of making sexual advances toward 40 MOMS, used kids as leverage
132. The Anne E. Casey Foundation: Child Welfare and Foster Care Statistics
133. Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement (April 26, 2023)
134. American Diabetes Association: Statistics About Diabetes
135. CDC: National Diabetes Statistics Report
136. Affordable Care Act
137. U.S. Code Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare § 300gg–18 - Bringing down the cost of health care coverage
138. Health Affairs: Health Benefits In 2018: Modest Growth In Premiums, Higher Worker Contributions At Firms With More Low-Wage Workers
139. The Falmouth Packet: Cornwall phantom pothole filler fixes a hole
140. Bloomberg: Why Domino’s Pizza Is Fixing Potholes Now
141. NPR: Tired of waiting, Arnold Schwarzenegger fills a pothole in his LA neighborhood
142. The Verge: Manchester man draws penises around potholes so the city will fix them
143. Video: Look at this hole!
144. Fox 5 Washington DC: Pornhub plows Boston, NYC streets for free during East Coast snowstorm
145. WBTV 3: 10 and 2? Not anymore. New driving guidelines for your teen
Road Taxes
146. Federal Highway Administration: Status of The Federal Highway Trust Fund147. Tax Policy Center: Motor Fuel Tax Revenue
148. Almy v. California, 65 U.S. 169 (1860)
149. Insurance Information Institute: Facts + Statistics: Uninsured motorists
150. California Vehicle Code: Division 7 Financial Responsibility: Chatper 1 Compulsory Financial Responsibility
Traffic Tickets
151. Governing: Addicted to Fines: A Special Report152. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles: Annual Uniform Traffic Citation Report
153. Video: Motorcyclist honks at officer on phone, confrontation follows
154. Science Daily: Crashes increase when speed limits dip far below engineering recommendation
155. Strong Towns: Speed Traps Have No Long-Term Effect on Speeding
156. Herald-Tribune: Speed limits too low in two towns
157. Texas A&M Transportation Institute: Red-Light-Running Handbook: An Engineer's Guide to Reducing Red-Light-Related Crashes
158. Safer Streets L.A.: Case Studies: Longer Yellow Light Times Improve Safety
159. Science Direct: Predicting Red-Light Running Behavior: A Traffic Safety Study in Three Urban Settings
160. L.A. City Council shuts down red-light cameras (LA Times 2011)
161. ABC News: Couple fined $1,500 for parking in own driveway
162. Center for Disease Control: Impaired Driving Factsheet
163. National Institute of Health: Field sobriety tests: are they designed for failure?
164. Jaywalking: How the car industry outlawed crossing the road
165. Video: Cop Messes with the Wrong Lamborghini Owner
166. Oregon Revised Statutes: Volume 19: Title 59: Chapter 803: Vehicle Title & Registration: Section 803.025
Criminal Justice
167. Reason: Cops Thought Sand From Her Stress Ball Was Cocaine. She Spent Nearly 6 Months in Jail.168. USA Today: Florida police mistook the cane in a legally blind man's pocket for a gun and arrested him
169. Florida v. Harris, 568 U.S. 237 (2013)
170. NPR: Report: Drug-Sniffing Dogs Are Wrong More Often Than Right
171. Reason: The Police Dog Who Cried Drugs at Every Traffic Stop
172. The Free Thought Project: American Cops Now Steal More Property than All US Burglars Combined
173. Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year
174. Timbs v. Indiana 84 N.E. 3d 1179 (2019)
175. Forbes: This Oklahoma Police Chief Once Had His Truck Seized And Now He's Fighting To End Civil Forfeiture
176. NPR: State-By-State Court Fees
177. Reason: Iowa Supreme Court is Considering if the State Can Charge Acquitted Defendants for Court-Appointed Attorneys
178. Prison Policy
179. World Prison Brief; United States
180. Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 6 Pet. 515 515 (1832)
181. Greenleaf v. Birth, 34 U.S. 292 (1835)
182. Cheek v. United States, 498 U.S. 192 (1991)
183. US Dept. of Justice: Police Behavior during Traffic and Street Stops (2011)
Licenses
184. License Tax Cases, 72 U.S. 462 (1866)185. United States v. Kahriger, 345 U.S. 22 (1953)
186. Journal of Patient Safety: A New, Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care
187. National Institute of Health: Medical Error Reduction and Prevention
188. Business Insider: US airlines are combating the pilot shortage by raising pay, lowering requirements, and hiring from Australia
189. Newsweek: IRS Sued by Economist After His Bank Was Shut Down
Corporations
190. Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819)191. People v. Knapp, 206 N.Y. 373, 99 N.E. 841 (N.Y. 1912)
192. Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
193. Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 (1906)
Sales Tax
194. California Revenue Code: Division 2 Other Taxes: Part 1 Sales and Use Taxes: Chapter 1 General Provisions and Definitions195. Capital One: Retail Theft (Shoplifting) Statistics
195. California Revenue Code: Division 2 Other Taxes: Part 1 Sales and Use Taxes: Chapter 2 The Sales Tax: Article 1 Imposition of Tax
196. The Law Dictionary (Black's)
197. California Revenue Code: Division 2 Other Taxes: Part 1 Sales and Use Taxes: Chapter 2 The Sales Tax
198. California Revenue Code: Division 2 Other Taxes: Part 1 Sales and Use Taxes: Chapter 10 Violations
199. N.Y. Department of Taxation and Finances: How to Register for New York State Sales Tax
200. Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992)
201. South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., 585 U.S. ___ (2018)
203. Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 157 U.S. 429 (1895)
204. California Revenue Code: Division 2 Other Taxes: Part 1 Sales and Use Taxes: Chapter 4 Exemptions
205. U.S. Treasury: Budget Fiscal Year 2020
Property Tax
206. Nathan v. Louisiana, 49 U.S. 73 (1850)207. Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
208. The Texas Constitution
209. Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota (2023)
210. Rafaeli, LLC v. Oakland County (Michigan Supreme Court 2020)
Sin Taxes
211. McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)212. National Institute of Health: Effects of Tobacco Taxation and Pricing on Smoking Behavior in High Risk Populations: A Knowledge Synthesis
213. US Department of State: The Global Illicit Trade in Tobacco: A Thread to National Security
214. Tobacco Policy Center
215. Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., 259 U.S. 20 (1922)
216. United States v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
217. National Criminal Justice Association: Few Prosecutions For Lying On ATF Gun-Purchase Form
Negative Taxes
218. US Bureau of Labor Statistics219. US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Import Export Taxes
220. Robert Reich Tweet: August 22, 2024221. Fairbank v United States 181 U.S. 283 (1901)
222. Dooley v. United States, 183 U.S. 151 (1901)
223. Pace v. Burgess, 92 U.S. 372 (1875)
224. Almy v. California, 65 U.S. 169 (1860)
225. DOJ: Two California Men Plead Guilty In "Far-Reaching And Elaborate" Automobile Export Scam
226. New Hampshire Union Leader: Auto scammers fined, sentenced to 3 years of probation
227. Jalopnik: Illegal Exporter Ordered To Pay Dealership $1.6 Million Dollars For Selling Dodge Rams To China
228. Uganda Revenue Authority Tweet: May 6, 2023
229. S&P Journal of Commerce: US footwear importers look to slash tariffs
230. US Patent 6430844
231. USITC: Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Income Tax
232. US Treasury Fiscal Data - Daily Treasury Statement (DTS)233. Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, 158 U.S. 601 (1895)
234. Stratton's Independence, Ltd. v. Howbert, 231 U.S. 399 (1913)
235. Brushaber v. Union Pacific R. Co., 240 U.S. 1 (1916)
236. IJR: IRS Destroys 30 Million Paper-Filed Documents, Claims It Will Not Affect Taxpayers
237. Bloomberg: Obamacare Website Costs Exceed $2 Billion, Study Finds
238. Fox Business: IRS destroys 30 million tax documents, insists ‘no negative taxpayer consequences’
239. IRS Data Book: 2023
240. CNN: Cash-poor California turns to IOUs
241. GQ: The IRS Admits It Doesn’t Audit the Rich Because It’s Too Hard
242. IRS Publication 17 - Your Federal Income Tax for Individuals
243. Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 (1906)
244. 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Eritrea
245. CNBC: Companies are holding a $2.6 trillion pile of cash overseas that’s still growing
246. Revenue Ruling 67-284
Inflation
247. Wikipedia: Countries by Home Ownership Rate248. U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey Data
249. U.S. Census Bureau: Homeownership Rates
Conclusion
250. Crandall v. State of Nevada, 73 U.S. 35 (1867)251. Video: Network (1976): I’m mad as hell!