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Because many begin by accepting the Supreme Court’s most fundamental assumption.

For generations, Americans have relied on Supreme Court decisions to argue that income taxes are “indirect” taxes—and therefore excises that cannot constitutionally reach ordinary work. But what if those arguments begin by accepting the Supreme Court’s most fundamental error?
 

The Constitution never uses the words “indirect tax.”
The Supreme Court assumes that it does.

The Constitution never says that taxes that are difficult to apportion automatically fall into this "indirect" category
The Supreme Court assumes that they do..

The Constitution never says that income taxes fall into this "indirect" category.
The Supreme Court says they do.

What if the Supreme Court and many income-tax opponents rely on the same assumption—one the Constitution never states?

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