Welcome To TaxHistory.com
Historical Perspectives on the Federal Income Tax
|
PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCE
To Congress and the President
of the United States:
This Petition is not instituted because of taxation, for taxes must
be paid by everyone in order to secure our freedoms. Nor is our grievance
over the implementation of “Taxpayer” financed welfare programs, for those
programs are designed to benefit everyone sooner or later. Our grievance
is over the ultimate cost which must be borne by every citizen, now and
future, because of the abusive use of that taxation. This pleading
is not for the elimination of taxes nor is it to suggest that those taxes
are necessarily unconstitutional. This pleading is because those
taxes and the programs they support no longer bear any resemblance to the
original purpose or intent of their implementation. That which was
implemented for the good and benefit of the people has now become a noose
of slavery around the necks of our present and future generations.
Whereas: Our Founding Fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes and
their honor to the establishment of the United States of America. And
Whereas: The United States Constitution, duly ratified by the
People there of, provides for the safeguard of those principles upon which
they established The United States of America. And
Whereas: The 16th Amendment was proposed, debated and ratified
by the People of The United States of America for the specific purpose
of clarifying that the intention of Congress was to uphold those principles
embodied by the United States Constitution, in reguards to taxation.
And
Whereas: There now exists a disparagement of those principles,
caused by the inadequency of the "personal exemption" as allowed by Section
151 of the Internal Revenue Code. And
Whereas: There now exists a method of taxation levied under the
Social Security Act, which is neither contemplated by nor authorized by
the United States Constitution. And
Whereas: The People demand redress from such taxation, which is
inconsistent with the mandates of the United States Constitution and contrary
to the fundamental law.
Therefore: Hear our plea and restore to the People those guaranteed
Rights of "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" by,
First: Restore to the People their "inalienable" right to labor
for wages, in support of themselves and family, by increasing the personal
exemption allowed by Section 151 [26 U.S.C.] to a point which reflects
the highest average total compensation, as reported by the the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics [U.S.D.L. 97-371]
Second: Shift the "Employee" Social Security contribution under
section 3101 [26 U.S.C.] to 401K, IRA'S or Roth's, managed by selected
professional financial advisors.
Third: Shift Healthcare, old age security and other benefit programs
to the States under the same guidelines as "unemployment insurance".
Fourth: Impose a National Sales or Transaction Tax on non-essential
spending i.e. spending other than food, clothing, housing including utilities,
education and healthcare.
Sincerely,
_________________________
Please Forward To Congress and Canadates
For questions about the material on this site or for problems concerning the mechanics of this site contact
Spot
Like the new site? Let us know!