From: C Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 8:31 PM To: wblock@loyno.edu Subject: Indentured servitude Dr. Block, Is income taxation involuntary servitude? I ask because the first section of the 13th Amendment reads “Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” The 16th Amendment reads, simply “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 … Continue reading Is the Income Tax Slavery? No.