The United States Constitution

Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution, enumerating powers specifically granted to the Federal Government:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

To establish post offices and post roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;

To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;

To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;

To declare ware, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money so that use shall be for a longer than two years;

To provide and maintain a navy;

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;

To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards and other needful buildings;

-And

To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

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[PhillipOrion]

watch?v=Bs92KlRJJXY There was a court case called Padelford, Fay & Co. vs. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. 14 Georgia 438, 520 which states "But, indeed, no private person has a right to complain, by suit in court, on the ground of a breach of the Constitution, the Constitution, it is true, is a compact but he is not a party to it."

[DarwinsHamster]

I don't know why that was marked by anyone as spam. But that statement, by itself, would suggest that I cannot complain about violations of rights the Constitution purports to give to me personally, e.g., trial by jury.

[Failtelorn]

Are you by chance referring to the Zeitgeist movie?

[DarwinsHamster]

No, but since you posted the question, I have seen the movie you are talking about at zeitgeistmovie-c o m. What an eyeful and brainful! When I remember what video I was talking about, I'll post it's name or link back here, and let you know.

[sloppynitemares]

Realize that nature will run it's course and American government will fail and the people will have to pick up the pieces. The founders of our country were very aware of how governments and tyranny operate. I am a veteran and am strictly opposed to the policies the government enforces on other nations. Now they are bent on America's destruction. America is going broke and ignores the peoples needs. Look at the police being militarized and patriotic laws passed in the middle of the night.

[neocon2009]

Taxes are not the problem its the people of this country that allow whom we have elected(or in some cases did not elect) to take it from us! Look at what has been happening lately our government has a spending problem and people are starting to wake up! I don't mind being taxed but when our government squanders that money and ask for more they should not get any more! I am sick of these politicians screwing us left and right! ENOUGH! We are not slaves! Property that I earn is mine NOT THEIRS!

[VerifiedNews]

@longfootbuddy Stop signing contracts. Constitution: No state shall make any law that impairs the obligations of contracts.

If you open a bank account you agree to pay taxes, unless you negotiate that out of the document. Kind of makes any constitutional argument abut taxes ridiculous if you have an unmodified contract with a bank, financial institution, government agency, etc.

All the prosecutor has to do is to pull your bank account application. Contract is supreme law.

[longfootbuddy]

i want to get out of all these bullshit trick laws, like getting drivers license and gun permits and paying wages and property tax to goverment.. im sick of being treated by goverment like im a kindergardener..having to ask permision to scratch my ass, and being terrified of cops is getting old...where are all the americans with balls? if you let the goverment treat you like toddlers, they will do all they can to please...please stop before i go mad

[NerdRoomProductions]

Hmm, you seem to fail to recognize that the monarchy in the UK at that time was actually quite weak compared to what it used to be, from the Glorious revolution. However, there was a good reason that hte American's threw away the links to Britain, and that was because they didn't get any representation in the UK parliament (Which had the real power for nearly 100 years at this time) but were still paying taxes.

[RoySC1]

The power to borrow money on the credit of the United States needs to be abolished by an amendment. This is the root cause of our current economic and financial problem we now have. It has allowed the oligarchs to enslave your grandchldren with debt that is not payable by them - hence the country is bankrupt.

[JamesMag1234]

@Msoolala Pipe down New Zealand. Come back when you've made a difference to the world.

[Msoolala]

Opps James I think you might find on further research that the parliament is just the marketing arm of UK incoporated. The Queen and her ancestors sold you guys down the road a long time ago.

[prueitt]

Thanks, I have a class of New England 10th graders that may just get your explanation.  nuff said...

[wall12390]

problem, anarchy is madness, no government ppl do watever they want, and who or wat is to stop them