Shock: IRS says 16th Amendment was Ratified

[Mr. Now]

The 16th is not the culprit; it is the 14th which created the Federal citizen.

That amendment is not properly ratified.

See it here:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut...ndmentxiv.html


And here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourtee...s_Constitution
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Controversy over ratification

A number of individuals argue that the ratification of the 14th Amendment violated Article V of the Constitution. For instance, Bruce Ackerman argues that:

* The 14th Amendment was proposed by a rump Congress that did not include representatives and senators from most ex-Confederate states, and, had those congressmen been present, the Amendment would never have passed.
* Ex-Confederate states were counted for Article V purposes of ratification, but were not counted for Article I purposes of representation in Congress.
* The ratifications of the ex-Confederate states were not truly free, but were coerced. For instance, many ex-Confederate states had their readmittance to the Union conditioned on ratifying the 14th Amendment.[5]


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What's that smell?

Some USA-born Afro-Americans argue, perhaps correctly, that they never agreed to Federal citizenship and therefore are not required to pay.