Politics Question
I just had an interesting thought.
The fifth Amendment states
"nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Does this mean the government can't legally tax us?
And if they can legally tax us, what can we demand as 'just compensation'?
What would the legal course of action be if we decided we weren't being 'compensated' for our taxes?
However the 16th Amendment grants the government the power to levy taxes...
"The Congress 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."
Don't these two amendments contradict each other, just a bit?
Any lawyers in the house?
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