Is the gentlewoman from Texas aware that the Constitution written by the Founding Fathers prohibited Congress from levying direct taxes on the American people, and it required an amendment about 100 years ago in order to allow Congress to even have the power to do what we are talking about?
Discussing the constitutional basis for taxation during a debate.
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