Almost everything is touched by unlawful taxes perpetrated on us by our Federal Government.   Over the past one-hundred-and-two years our government has been transformed from public servant to a controlling taskmaster.   And yet, the vast majority of our citizens seem to believe that all of this taxing is right and just.   Those in power often point to the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the USA.   This Amendment was never lawfully ratified by 3/4ths of the States. Notice that anyway you look at it or read it it stands diametrically opposed to the heart and spirit of the Deceleration of Independence, and all the original meaning of the Constitution. I believe President  Calvin Coolidge knew the truth when he stated, "A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent and public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny.  It condemns the citien to servitude."   I regret that he didn't do more to destroy the Federal Reserve Bank! WHERE ARE THE STATESMEN OF THE 20th & 21st CENTURIES HIDING?