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"Bob Taylor" wrote in message <340vv6.gh8.ln@ann.qtpi.lakewood.ca.us>...
>In article <6vu8g4$eju$1@netra.msu.montana.edu>,
> "Larry Elmore" <ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net> writes:
>> "Bob Taylor" wrote in message ...
>>>In article <6vt0nj$223$1@netra.msu.montana.edu>,
>>> "Larry Elmore" <ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net> writes:
>>>> M O'Neill wrote in message <36213b4a.7759144@news.concentric.net>...
>>>>>On 7 Oct 1998 18:30:11 GMT, unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>sorry pal, the income tax is constitutional because the Supreme Court,
>>>>>which under the constitution is the final arbiter of what is
>>>>>constitutional, has ruled that it is.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have a specific reference for that? I was under the distinct
(but
>>>> possibly incorrect) impression that the Supreme Court has never, in
fact,
>>>> ruled one way or the other on the income tax, and that it simply
refuses
>> to
>>>> look at any real case involving it or the IRS as a whole (individual
>> agents
>>>> being another matter).
>>>
>>>You are both wrong. Why don't you both do a little research?
>>
>> Asking a question and getting a pointer in the right direction is
generally
>> a lot faster and less time-wasting than starting from scratch, as you
should
>> know if you've done much research. So why waste bandwidth on a snide
remark
>> instead of actually answering a polite question???
>
>Snide? Scratch? I studied the Constition in school. I expect Americans to
know
>the U.S. Constitution. Sheesh.

How about remarkably unhelpful, then? If I was as ignorant as many Americans
are, two words, "Sixteenth Amendment" would have been _much_ more helpful
than your "advice", which conveyed nothing useful.

That said, I've already stated that I was wrong, and really don't know why I
was thinking along those lines, except that I'd been up well over 24 hours
and posted in haste. I was having a "moron moment" in other words. I was
thinking of the Supreme Court never having ruled on many aspects of the
income tax _as it's practiced_, regarding many highly questionable policies
and actions of the IRS, and confusedly tied in the other stuff.

Larry