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“Among the states which purportedly ratified the 16th Amendment, at least four of them have overturned state income taxation on the basis that earning a living is a fundamental right which cannot be taxed,” continues Hart. A tax on one’s wages is a form of slavery; it is literally a tax on a person’s right to exist.

- The Plunderbund’s Persecution of Phil Hart

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This is why the destruction of states’ rights was so devastating. Reasoning can pop up anywhere. A man who does not own his own labor is truly a slave.