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Originally Posted by Robbie
Here is something to think about :
The federal income tax was first enacted in 1862 to support the Union's Civil War effort. It was eliminated in 1872, revived in 1894, then declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court the following year. In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution made the income tax a permanent fixture in the U.S. tax system.
So the govt. is so goddamn greedy and power hungry that when they were told that Income Tax was unconstitutional...they simply amended the constitution to MAKE it legal
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Without those income taxes,there would be no road system,most of the major medical advances happened after medicare. There would be no internet, gov dollars fueled the development of and huge subsidies for the investment in board band. Most people didn't go to college,fuck most didn't finish high school but the first gi bill caused a growth in college education. Then student loans and pell grants. These things just didnt fall from the sky. The middle class was created after FDR before that it was rich and poor.