Or at least some conservatives, as it may be.
You see, it's an extremely common sentiment among American conservatives that taxation is theft (their exact wording). Many of them think that taxes are unconstitutional and thus illegal. There even exists a movement of American conservatives who refuse to pay taxes for this exact reason. They think it's unconstitutional, illegal and thus just theft.
Apparently these people have never actually read the Constitution of the United States, which they love so much. You see, Article I, Section 8, first paragraph says:
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
I don't think it could be any clearer than that. The right for the government to collect taxes is not some kind of "loophole", or "reading between the lines", or a far-fetched interpretation of the form "if it's not explicitly forbidden, it's allowed".
No, it's quite explicitly allowed, as stated above. Congress shall have the power to collect taxes for the common defence and general welfare of the United States. That covers pretty much everything.
Maybe these conservatives should read their own beloved document from time to time.
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