The Anti-Federalist was prophetic in their warnings
of an all-powerful, centralized government.
They tried to protect the states and their citizens by demanding a bill
of rights. This singular promise ensured
the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What many of the delegates didn’t see coming was an
abdication by future Congresses of their Article One, Section One
responsibilities. The passage of the 1946
Administrative Procedures Act granted bureaucratic entities the ability to
implement rules and regulations, along with adjudicating powers. All are under the oversight of the executive
branch. You’d think that this would be
unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court is also complicit in this violation of
separation of powers.
Since Congress abdicated their legislative responsibilities
to an unelected and unaccountable federal bureaucracy, we are witnessing an
outright violation of our First Amendment rights by these entities, two of
those tenets being freedom of speech and religion. Back in 1894, the federal government violated
both by using the tax code to silence opposition even though the very first of
amendments begins with, Congress shall make no laws regarding…
US
churches' federal income tax exemption was not formerly enacted as legislation
until the Tariff Act was passed by Congress in 1894, providing tax exemptions
to "corporations, companies, or associations organized and conducted
solely for charitable, religious, or educational purposes." [51]
This was the first time the federal government declared any group exempt from
paying taxes, as opposed to its earlier practice of only listing entities
subject to taxation. [38]
Although the Tariff Act was declared unconstitutional in 1896, the church tax
exemption was reinstated by the Revenue Act of 1913, which defined the modern
American income tax system. [45]
[46]
On Jan. 14, 1924, the US Supreme Court interpreted the reason for the exemption
in Trinidad v. Sagrada Orden: "Evidently the exemption is made in
recognition of the benefit which the public derives" from churches'
"corporate activities." [47]
The
IRS has been exposed for harassing Tea Party organizations. Even though there has been an acknowledgement
of wrong doing, these modern day oprichniki are codifying the exclusion of
conservative organizations from participating in the political process. And what is Congress doing about this? Nothing.
After all, Tea Partiers are the bane of both Democrats and the
Republican establishment. Besides, the
First Amendment states that Congress shall make no laws abridging freedom of
speech. Nothing is mentioned about
unelected bureaucrats violating our God given rights.
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