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Wonderful article NYT about the crotchety old man who refused to sell - Leigh Attridge/MA
10/8/2010 4:17:04 PM (4167 views)

[+] BofA halts foreclosure sales in 50 states - Edouard LeLocle/SC (3 replies)
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[+] Outer County Title - Robert Alvey/VA (10 replies)
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Realty Data - Dan Zook/NY
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[+] LPS, etc - Donna McCullough/SC (1 reply)
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[+] Shovel Technologies - Michael Smith/MD (1 reply)
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[+] Fast Forward Abstract - Shannon Budziak/VT (1 reply)
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[+] Comment on "JP Morgan Chase Halts Foreclosures" - Source of Title/OH (2 replies)
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[+] FANNIE MAE LENDER ANNOUNCEMENT - CHARLENE  PERRY/MD (2 replies)
10/4/2010 7:45:16 PM (4636 views)

Global Data Source/Title Prep - Leigh Attridge/MA
10/4/2010 11:15:44 AM (3207 views)

[+] American Freedom Assurance aka AFA - GA Title Services/GA (3 replies)
10/4/2010 8:07:58 AM (5773 views)

APNewsBreak: BofA delays foreclosures in 23 states - Edouard LeLocle/SC
10/1/2010 7:14:28 PM (4319 views)

[+] Diane Baker Abstracting a no pay - Joyce Harper/OH (3 replies)
10/1/2010 2:48:01 PM (4418 views)

[-] DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA (48 replies)
10/1/2010 2:35:14 PM (5217 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/1/2010 4:10:20 PM (2728 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith/OH
10/1/2010 4:55:18 PM (2620 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/1/2010 5:07:03 PM (2655 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith/OH
10/1/2010 6:31:52 PM (2719 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/1/2010 9:21:44 PM (2517 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith/OH
10/1/2010 11:32:49 PM (2586 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/2/2010 11:14:02 AM (2478 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith/OH
10/4/2010 10:36:28 AM (5355 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/5/2010 9:23:58 AM (2354 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - William Pattison /CA
10/4/2010 12:10:47 PM (2485 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - michael quinn/NY
10/2/2010 12:09:35 AM (2611 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/3/2010 12:07:23 AM (2537 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/AK
10/4/2010 11:57:17 AM (5153 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Leigh Attridge/MA
10/4/2010 1:06:14 PM (2408 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/4/2010 2:49:10 PM (2485 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/4/2010 3:35:11 PM (2551 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Leigh Attridge/MA
10/4/2010 4:35:24 PM (2493 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/4/2010 6:29:57 PM (2498 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith
10/4/2010 7:52:53 PM (5445 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/5/2010 1:07:01 AM (2538 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith/OH
10/6/2010 7:58:06 AM (2518 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/6/2010 9:31:27 AM (2322 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Jessica Talley/NJ
10/6/2010 2:08:07 PM (2427 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Leigh Attridge/MA
10/4/2010 7:57:22 PM (2382 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/5/2010 10:57:39 AM (2512 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/5/2010 11:57:49 AM (2426 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco
10/5/2010 1:01:24 PM (2425 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/5/2010 7:30:12 PM (2592 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/6/2010 11:28:58 AM (2356 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/7/2010 2:26:27 AM (2466 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/7/2010 10:53:38 AM (2270 views)

The 16th Amendment is just that... and Amendment to the Constitution.  It is just as much the law as every other part of the Constitution.  It clearly makes the graduated income tax constitutional.  You don't want to argue the law, so much as you want to ignore it. 

I have Epstein's book.  It was a primary resource of my Constitutional Law paper on the 5th Amendment.  He does make a lot of comparisons to eminent domain and taxes.  He does argue that a tax can be a taking, just like using eminent domain to take a home is a taking.  However, this is largely academic and used primarily as a way to illustrate the 5th Amendment.  I could be wrong, but I don't think even Epstein would argue that the 16th Amendment is irrelevant or that the graduated income tax is unconstitutional.  He does, however, point out several ways that a tax could be struck down as unconstitutional, e.g. taxing blacks different than whites, creating a special tax on newspapers, or a 100% tax. 

In fact, at one point he even writes:

A general taxation scheme that imposes differential tax burdens on blacks and whites, or men and women, will be struck down under the equal protection clause, but a uniform, higher-level tax upon both blacks and whites is invulnerable to attack.

I understand your reluctance to pay more tax - I'd much prefer to see tax cuts for everyone.  Unfortunately, with our current national debt and growing deficit, it would be irresponsible to cut taxes and continue borrowing more money to run the government.  Before we can cut taxes, we need to reduce spending and start paying down our HUGE debt.

Best,
Robert A. Franco
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Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/7/2010 7:36:38 PM (2407 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith/OH
10/8/2010 4:05:01 AM (2397 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/8/2010 10:23:18 AM (2342 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/4/2010 5:39:20 PM (5161 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/5/2010 11:08:33 AM (2417 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry
10/5/2010 12:10:49 PM (2404 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/5/2010 12:54:19 PM (2331 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/5/2010 1:50:09 PM (2442 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/5/2010 1:56:28 PM (2287 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/5/2010 2:09:44 PM (2319 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Robert Franco/OH
10/5/2010 3:55:53 PM (4796 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Jessica Talley/NJ
10/5/2010 7:27:38 PM (2232 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/5/2010 7:34:02 PM (3226 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith/OH
10/6/2010 8:39:40 AM (2188 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - George Booth/OH
10/6/2010 9:21:14 AM (4314 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Slade Smith/OH
10/6/2010 12:22:20 PM (2236 views)
Re: DISCLAIMER: Off-Topic Post...Read at Your Own Risk - Scott Perry/PA
10/6/2010 10:03:15 AM (2229 views)

[+] Altisource/REALTrans - elizabeth reddy/FL (7 replies)
9/30/2010 11:17:39 AM (8435 views)


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