Reply #5: There were a whole mess of confusing laws enacted in the

[WCGreen]

time period between the Civil War and the turn of the Century that these anti-tax activists rely upon to make their arguments legit...

However the 16th Amendment clarified it by getting rid of the apportionment clause which stated the states owe money to the Fed's in line with the population...

So states had to raise the money based on population and not on individuals...

Now, after the 16th Amendment, it's the individuals who are responsible for the tax and not the state...