Just Wondering wrote:
Greg G. wrote:

Just Wondering said:


That language comes from the preamble to the constitution, which,
despite what some people including apparently you believe, does
NOT
grant the federal government any power.


And where is the Constitutional provision that empowers the IRS?


Don't change the subject. The subject is the preamble. Here's what
the United
States Supreme Court had to say on the subject:

"Although that preamble indicates the general purposes for which the
people
ordained and established the Constitution, it has never been
regarded
as the
source of any substantive power conferred on the government of the
United
States, or on any of its departments. Such powers embrace only those
expressly
granted in the body of the Constitution, and such as may be implied
from those
so granted. Although, therefore, one of the declared objects of the
Constitution
was to secure the blessings of liberty to all under the sovereign
jurisdiction
and authority of the United States, no power can be exerted to that
end by the
United States, unless, apart from the preamble, it be found in some
express
delegation of power, or in some power to be properly implied
therefrom."

The power to tax is granted to the government by the Constitution. So
is the power to establish a budget. By the reasoning above both of
those powers may be used to secure the general welfare. As can
others.

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