The reason we created the Constitution was to tax ourselves... It's Article 1, Section ... that Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxe… - David Cay Johnston

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The reason we created the Constitution was to tax ourselves... It's Article 1, Section ... that Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties and imposts [and excises].

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About David Cay Johnston

(born December 24, 1948) is an American investigative journalist and author specializing in economics and tax issues. He won the 2001 , and from 2009 to 2016 he was a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University, Martin J. Whitman School of Management and College of Law, teaching tax, property, and regulatory law of the ancient world. From 2011 to 2012 he was a columnist for , writing, and producing video commentaries on worldwide issues of tax, accounting, economics, public finance and business. In recent years he has also written for and , and is the board president of , Inc. (IRE).

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Birth Name: David Cay Boyle Johnston
Alternative Names: DC Report
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[I]n 1968... most journalists were blue collar intellectuals. Today the newsrooms of the major news organizations are full of people who grew up in wealthy households. So... their attitude... is "The world seems to be doing just fine. It's quite just." ...because that's their life's experience.

Bill O'Reilly... called me a socialist, and I said "Interestingly, my books champion competitive markets," but I understand people like Bill think that competitive markets are a socialist scheme, because they just want to mine the public and make all the money they can, with no regard for anybody else.

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