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It's not just a conservative issue
By Ben Regenspan
Jul 19th 2007
at 11:46 am EDT
See Thoreau (Link ). I know a lot of war tax resisters at home (that'd be Ithaca, NY, of course). I don't happen to agree with them, but I do want to point out that it's possible to make a principled anti-tax argument from a left-wing perspective, too. I also don't think it's necessary, in most cases, for more centrist people like myself to feel threatened by these more radical people or seek to marginalize them to a greater extent than they already are. We could vet anti-war marches to keep out radical messages, but there will always be some nut out there that the media and right-wing machine will focus on and use as a strawman for the left in general.
More surprising than Cindy Sheehan's return from her ostensible break from activism is her willingness to embrace conservative cant against the income tax:
The Federal Reserve, permanent federal (and unconstitutional) income taxes, Japanese Concentration Camps and, not one, but two atom bombs dropped on the innocent citizens of Japan were brought to us via the Democrats.
The 16th amendment empowers the majority to legislate against subjugation and plutocracy. It institutes a critical tool to confront on the badges of slavery abjured in the 13th amendment and realize the equal protection promised in the 14th.
Cindy Sheehan's inane legal argument and her outrageous ethical argument against the income tax are disappointing. What's more discouraging is skimming through the comments and realizing that taking on Nancy Pelosi arouses more outrage from DailyKos commenters than taking on the income tax.
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