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**bWn4h8QD** · 01-07-2012, 12:01 AM

While discussing the Constitutional obligations of the Federal Government in another thread, I read this:

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

Impost is another word for tax. So how can some Americans be expected to pay a higher percentage of income tax than others?

Taxes aren't mentioned in the part in bold, imposts were considered something distinct from taxes or they wouldn't have used "Taxes" and then "Imposts" two words later if they meant the same thing.

01-07-2012, 12:01 AM	#3
bWn4h8QD Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	While discussing the Constitutional obligations of the Federal Government in another thread, I read this: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Impost is another word for tax. So how can some Americans be expected to pay a higher percentage of income tax than others? Taxes aren't mentioned in the part in bold, imposts were considered something distinct from taxes or they wouldn't have used "Taxes" and then "Imposts" two words later if they meant the same thing.
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