Has anyone taken the time to question the per capita (head) tax that we have to pay every year?
Per capita is Latin meaning “for each head.” This tax’s initial purpose was on the heads of southern slaves. This tax is also a direct tax on adults 18 and older simply for existing. Our constitutions, both Pennsylvania and United States, recognize that we have property rights which include our bodies and heads, which is the most scared and original form of property. Slavery no longer exists, and therefore this tax is irrelevant.
Government officials and subcontractors will assert that this tax gets its authority from state statutes and local ordinances. That being said, statutes and ordinances are not true law. There have been localities within other counties in Pennsylvania that have repealed the per capita tax.
It’s up to the people to do their homework and make a decision whether to continue to be a per capita tax slave.
Shelia Hanlon
West Deer