User talk:CFVertigo

Materials deleted from article on Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Dear fellow Wikipedia user: The materials you twice inserted into the above-referenced article were apparently copied and pasted from from other places on the internet. The materials are claimed to have been authored by a Mr. Otto Skinner and are found at, among other places, his web site at http://www.ottoskinner.com/articles/Who_worded_16th.html

These materials are presumptively subject to copyright, and probably should not be inserted into Wikipedia articles. Especially, they should not be inserted without attribution with respect to authorship (whether the actual author is Mr. Skinner or someone else).

Also, Mr. Skinner is a notorious publisher of Tax protester materials. Therefore, although his status as such does not necessarily disqualify him from being a source for materials, you should take care when citing to Mr. Skinner as a source for authority in tax law matters. Yours, Famspear 16:44, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

The version of the 16th Amendment as it stands today was written by Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island. This is a matter of public record via the Congressional Record. Now the political discussions regarding the 16th Amendment and taxes in general are numerous and will likely continue for many years to come. [Note: This unsigned comment was inserted by CFVertigo on 26 June 2006.]


 * Greetings! A copyright violation with a few lines reworded is still a copyright violation. In any event, the statement that "if the amendment authorized a direct tax, it would cause one part of the Constitution to come into irreconcilable conflict with Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 4" is pure idiocy on the part of its author. Virtually every amendment to the Constitution is irreconcilable with the portions of the Constitution which it alters, otherwise an amendment would not be needed at all; Congress could just pass a law having the effect sought by the amendment. After all, the Constitution originally recognized slavery, a position irreconcilable with the 13th Amendment prohibtion of Slavery. The Constitution once required Senators to be elected by their state legislatures, a provision irreconcilable with the direct election of Senators enacted by the Seventeenth Amendment. Also, the "rich soaking the rich" is nothing out of the ordinary - John Kerry is one of the wealthiest men in America, and the Kennedy clan has long held an enormous fortune; Franklin Delano Roosevelt had an immense fortune when he enacted massive wartime tax increase. The senior George Bush enacted a tax increase on the wealthy. Donald Trump has called for a 17% property tax against the wealthy, and Warren Buffet supports tax increases on the wealthy. Remember also, the Sixteenth Amendment was passed around the same time that Congress passed new antitrust laws forcing large corporations to dissolve and costing industry tycoons billions. Around the same time, Congress prohibited child labor, began regulating working conditions, strengthened unions, and held lengthy public investigations in which concentrations of wealth were portrayed as a base evil. So, there's your historical context. Cheers! bd2412  T 01:42, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove other people's comments.
You removed material warning you about copyright violations not only from your own talk page, but also from the talk page of the relevant article. This is not considered good behavior and could result in your being blocked. Please don't do that again. Robert A.West (Talk) 03:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

What does all this rambling about Donald Trump and Warren Buffet have to do with the 16th Amendment? [Note: This comment was added by CFVertigo on 26 June 2006.]


 * Dear CFVertigo: Your second deletion of other people's comments from your talk page has been restored. Please stop removing other people's comments from this page. Thanks Famspear 04:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

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