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Old 05-12-2008, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Ecclesiastes
The Supreme Court has never said any such thing. In fact, it has said the exact opposite:

“But natural rights, so called, are as much subject to taxation as rights of lesser importance. An excise is not limited to vocations or activities that may be prohibited altogether. It is not limited to those that are the outcome of a franchise. It extends to vocations or activities pursued as of common right.” Charles C. Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548, 580-1 (1937) (footnote omitted).
I'm going to pull a Shoonra retort here..

Your explanation is very nice. It's only lacking one word: income
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