Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-10-24 22:51:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 84D825D0A058F92C9FFB1FD31660C3DFF125E1AA5B956AC7E3A60E0F627F21C1
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Original Note:
The 16th Amendment does NOT need to be repealed to eliminate income tax. The 16th Amendment allows, but NEVER requires, Congress to collect income tax without apportionment. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/16th-amendment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xvi https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/constitutional-amendments-amendment-16-income-taxes https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sixteenth-Amendment https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxvi Congress sets income tax under U.S. Code Title 26 Subtitle A. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/subtitle-A https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title26/pdf/USCODE-2011-title26.pdf https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/tax-code-regulations-and-official-guidance https://uscode.house.gov/browse/prelim@title26&edition=prelim
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