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Spectral Imaging Reveals Jefferson Nixed 'Subjects' for 'Citizens'
Jamie points out this excellent piece, well timed for America's Independence Day, that says spectrographic evidence has established that the one word Thomas Jefferson fully blotted out from an early draft of the Declaration of Independence was not "resident," or "patriot," but rather "subject." This, he replaced with "citizen."
Look at the Arizona immigration bill which pretty much forces people who look Mexican to keep papers on them at all times asserting that they are here legally whether they are or not.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
nor has our income tax ever been unconstitutional (i.e. the Constitution allowed it at the time of the tax's inception).
Wrong. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock_v._Farmers'_Loan_%26_Trust_Co. where the Supreme Court basically said direct taxes were unconstitutional.
There is even some debate on if the 16th amendment really passed correctly.
While legally it is part of the constitution, it was one of the few additions to the constitution that the Constitution completely opposed. One might make an argument about the 13th amendment, but the constitution never fully supported or rejected slavery, it simply accepted its existence without supporting it.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.