16th Amendment

"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 is allowing Congress to levy an income tax without regard to the states or census. Basically, the government have the power to raise tax at any time, whether an individual like it or not. However, this amendment caused many arguments because it was never properly ratified.

The picture above is from the Tax Day Tea Party protest in Medford, Oregon. The protesters rally in opposition to federal tax codes and bailouts that help the wealthy and hurting the middle class. In my opinion, the parents are taking it way too far by having children protesting holding up signs. These children are too young to know what is going on with our country.

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For the most part, the Tea Party protest took place in major metropolitan cities. People are outraged and criticizing the federal government "No more spending, no more debt." The protesters believed that governmental bailouts and programs are not the answer. I think the people need to be patient before they can see the result.