http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/04/15/i%e2%80%99d-like-my-money-back/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/04/15/i%e2%80%99d-like-my-money-back/comment-page-1/#comment-77485 Steven D. Laib Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:02:02 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/04/16/i%e2%80%99d-like-my-money-back/#comment-77485 It occurred to me many years ago that the Fifth Amendment "takings clause" should be applied to taxation. That money taxed away should require "just compensation" or the government should be held responsible for returning it to the citizenry. Unfortunately, there has been very little support in the legal community for this concept. A darned shame. It occurred to me many years ago that the Fifth Amendment “takings clause” should be applied to taxation. That money taxed away should require “just compensation” or the government should be held responsible for returning it to the citizenry. Unfortunately, there has been very little support in the legal community for this concept. A darned shame.

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