I believe the progressive tax scheme is a violation

[WickedLou9]

Originally Posted by hsmith

or *gasp* you could cut bloated government

that would be awesome. good luck getting it done.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

The government does have the right to tax you though.

there is an admendment for this

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

See I think it's the opposite. I think a flat tax is unfair. If you had a flat tax, you would have to increase the tax rate on everyone else inorder to be able to fund the programs that we are funding today. The rich pay alot of taxes.. because they can afford to. They are not being punished or harmed any more than anyone else.

they are being harmed because half of their work is being taken by the government, they could use the money elsewhere.

[Kytro]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

how is it a stretch? In a progressive tax scheme the person making more money has less protection of his property than the person making less because he pays a higher percentage

You can make that arguement, but it really is only one one of looking at it.

I don't really support progressive income tax for a number of reasons, but saying they have less "protection" of property can be dismissed because they equal protection under the law as anyone else making that same money.

[Kytro]

Originally Posted by lew

ALL taxes are a violation on our God-given rights.

I didn't realise God gave rights to money anywhere.

In any case, it isn't relevant because unless god does something about the violation it is meaningless.

[thomez]

it is clear that the founders didn't believe in equal protection in exactly that way, since the original taxes were excise taxes on booze etc.

though they did tax things they believed were pretty universally purchased by both poor and wealthy alike