The
Premise
The
federal government rests its authority to collect income tax on the 16th
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—the federal income tax amendment—which was
allegedly ratified in 1913.
"The Congress
shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source
derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to
any census or enumeration."
—The 16th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of
America
After
an extensive year-long nationwide research project, William
J. Benson discovered that the 16th Amendment was not ratified by the
requisite three-fourths of the states and that nevertheless Secretary of State
Philander Knox had fraudulently declared ratification.
It
was a shocking revelation; it reached deep to the core of our American system
of government.
The
Discovery
Article
V of the U.S. Constitution defines the ratification process and requires
three-fourths of the states to ratify any amendment proposed by Congress. There
were forty-eight states in the American Union in 1913, meaning that
affirmative action of thirty-six was necessary for ratification. In February
1913, Secretary of State Philander Knox proclaimed that thirty-eight had
ratified the Amendment.
In
1984 Bill Benson began a research project, never before performed, to
investigate the process of ratification of the 16th Amendment. After traveling
to the capitols of the New England states and reviewing the journals of the
state legislative bodies, he saw that many states had not ratified. He
continued his research at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.; it was
here that Bill found his Golden Key.
This
damning piece of evidence is a sixteen-page memorandum from the Solicitor of
the Department of State, among whose duties is the provision of legal opinions
for the Secretary of State. In this memorandum, the Solicitor lists the many
errors he found in the ratification process.
These
four states are among the thirty-eight from which Philander Knox claimed
ratification:
- California: The
legislature never recorded any vote on any proposal to adopt the amendment
proposed by Congress.
- Kentucky: The
Senate voted on the resolution, but rejected it by a vote of nine in favor
and twenty-two opposed.
- Minnesota: The
State sent nothing to the Secretary of State in Washington.
- Oklahoma: The
Senate amended the language of the 16th Amendment to have a precisely
opposite meaning.
credit: http://newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd656.htm
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