T Coleman Andrews- IRS Commissioner 1953- 1955

      STATEMENT OF T. COLEMAN ANDREWS
      who was an IRS Commissioner for 3 years.  He had the
      following things to say about income taxes after resigning.

        "Congress went beyond merely enacting an income tax law and repealed
        Article IV of the Bill of Rights, by empowering the tax collector to do
        the very things from which that article says we were to be secure. It
        opened up our homes, our papers and our effects to the prying eyes of
        government agents and set the stage for searches of our books and vaults
        and for inquiries into our private affairs whenever the tax men might
        decide, even though there might not be any justification beyond mere
        cynical suspicion."
        "The income tax is bad because it has robbed you and me of the guarantee
        of privacy and the respect for our property that were given to us in
        Article IV of the Bill of Rights. This invasion is absolute and complete
        as far as the amount of tax that can be assessed is concerned. Please
        remember that under the Sixteenth Amendment, Congress can take 100% of
        our income anytime it wants to. As a matter of fact, right now it is
        imposing a tax as high as 91%. This is downright confiscation and cannot
        be defended on any other grounds."
        "The income tax is bad because it was conceived in class hatred, is an
        instrument of vengeance and plays right into the hands of the
        communists. It employs the vicious communist principle of taking from
        each according to his accumulation of the fruits of his labor and giving
        to others according to their needs, regardless of whether those needs
        are the result of indolence or lack of pride, self-respect, personal
        dignity or other attributes of men."
        "The income tax is fulfilling the Marxist prophecy that the surest way
        to destroy a capitalist society is by steeply graduated taxes on income
        and heavy levies upon the estates of people when they die."
        "As matters now stand, if our children make the most of their
        capabilities and training, they will have to give most of it to the tax
        collector and so become slaves of the government. People cannot pull
        themselves up by the bootstraps anymore because the tax collector gets
        the boots and the straps as well."
        "The income tax is bad because it is oppressive to all and discriminates
        particularly against those people who prove themselves most adept at
        keeping the wheels of business turning and creating maximum employment
        and a high standard of living for their fellow men."
        "I believe that a better way to raise revenue not only can be found but
        must be found because I am convinced that the present system is leading
        us right back to the very tyranny from which those, who established this
        land of freedom, risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
        honor to forever free themselves..." 
  

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Coleman_Andrews

Comments

[Rosemead Herald]

Interesting reading. 

[Conservative Pabulum]

[this is good] Excellent points all..... Too bad nobody listened to him 50 years ago.

[Monsoon]

[this is good] Very interesting.  Especially now as we get ready to file our income taxes.

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[Harmony Orthia]

[this is good] All very true. I'm a flat tax girl, myself. Everyone pays equally according to their means. The rich would not be able to hide behind tax loopholes and the "less than rich" would actually actually contribute something instead of milking the system. 

[Zak Klemmer, ACS, ALB]

The income tax was completely unnecessary when passed; the Federal government was funded by import duties. This is a product of envy and Marxism. Until the 1960's it still could have been completely eliminated by scaling back government. We still need to go to a sales tax to free us from this corrupt system of taxation. I think that the US is now bankrupt- it’s just a matter of time before the day of repudiation of the US debt.

[Maureen Kirk-Detberner]

Very timely article as we are getting our tax information together for filing.  What I don't understand is why is paying our Federal income taxes so complicated that only the very rich can afford to hire experts to help them not pay their taxes?

I also had to laugh at the recent Obama nominations that hadn't paid their taxes correctly.  What does that tell us?  Is it too complicated to figure out how to pay our taxes or does everyone cheat on their taxes and hope not to get caught?

[Zak Klemmer, ACS, ALB]

What is rich? What about equal treatment under the law? Why does Congress continue to create huge debt obligations? If a private person put a mortgage on your home and spent the money it would be fraud. This is a rigged game that is out of control.

[Maureen Kirk-Detberner]

Your statements are very sad but very true.