I suppose I don’t understand the subtleties of your reply.
A deception and injustice is not exonerated by being “well known”.
There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution empowering the Federal Government to perpetrate this fraud. Americans who want a payout from it are as guilty as those who illegally enacted it.
“There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution empowering the Federal Government to perpetrate this fraud.”
There is no one thing, but there are two.
The revenue side:
“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 enumeration.”
Amendment XVI
The payout side:
“The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States”
Article IV, Property Clause
Amendment XVI [the power to extract money] and Article IV [the power to spend money] together give Congress the power to run welfare systems.
The Takings Clause