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RON PAUL, FRIEND OF THE TAX PROTESTER
May 17, 2007
Texas Congressman Ron Paul made a little splash in the Republican presidential debate the other day when he pretty much said America brought 9/11 on itself.
Mr. Paul has made a name for himself in tax circles by being the favored congresscritter of the "Tax Honesty" crowd (see here, for example). These folks have a grab bag of strange theories about why nobody really has to pay income tax, all of which have been thoroughly debunked. That doesn't keep Mr. Paul from telling Maria Bartiromo in a CNBC interview that the nonsensical tax protest statements of Joe Banister are "correct and technically we shouldn't have to pay the income tax." Mr. Paul also says that the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that the income tax is not subject to the requirement that direct taxes be apportioned among the states, never really passed - a standard trope of the Tax Honesty charlatans.
Apparently the Congressman has as deep an understanding of international relations as he does of the tax law.
Links:
CNBC Interview video (Congressman Paul is about 2 minutes in)
Tax Update Coverage of Joe Banister
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