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Clyde Slick wrote:
"Michael McKelvy" wrote in message
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Other people have other ideas about what the role of government should
be in people's lives. I just don't want government to be able to force
people to give it money.

Then it woun't collect 'any' money.


It was collected before income tax as per the Constitution, through fees
and tariffs.



You said "I just don't want government to be able to force
people to give it money".

I took that to mean ALL taxes, fees, tariffs, whatever, not just income
taxes.
What exactly is the difference between "fees and tariffs" and taxes?
Tariffs are, in fact, taxes. And in any case, all of them are confiscatory
if government can compel citizens to pay them.

Fees and tariffs was how the Constitution said taxes should be collected.
Mostly they were for a service. If you never used that service, you didn't
pay that fee. Much different than not paying property tax or income tax.