{"id":25090,"date":"2015-03-02T19:51:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T00:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25090"},"modified":"2015-03-02T19:51:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T00:51:32","slug":"has-anyone-in-the-obama-administration-read-the-u-s-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25090","title":{"rendered":"Has Anyone In The Obama Administration Read The U.S. Constitution?"},"content":{"rendered":"

TownHall.com<\/a> is reporting today that President Obama<\/a> is “very interested” in the idea of raising taxes through unilateral\u00a0executive action.<\/p>\n

The Sixteenth Amendment<\/a> of the U.S. Constitution<\/a> states:<\/p>\n

The Congress<\/a> shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. Constitution also states:<\/p>\n

Article I, Section 8<\/a>, Clause 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises<\/a>, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare<\/a> of the United States<\/a>; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note that in both cases, Congress is tasked with the responsibility of levying taxes.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Obama’s preferred option\u00a0would be for Congress to pass\u00a0a\u00a0corporate tax hike<\/a> that would fund liberal\u00a0infrastructure projects like mass transit. But if Congress fails to do as Obama wishes, just as Congress has failed to pass the immigration reforms that Obama prefers, Obama could take actions\u00a0unilaterally instead. This past November, for example, Obama\u00a0gave\u00a0work permits, Social Security Numbers<\/a>, and drivers\u00a0licenses\u00a0to approximately 4 million illegal immigrants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President has frequently exceeded his executive authority<\/a>. Congress has been reluctant (or toothless) to fight back. Unless members of Congress from both political parties begin to stand up to these power grabs, by the time President Obama leaves office, our country will be unrecognizable. It’s time to put the good of America above party politics.<\/p>\n

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