Death and Taxes...
Tuesday August 5, 2008
As Benjamin Franklin said, "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." On August 5, 1861, the United States was introduced to something against which American Patriots so vigorously fought in the American Revolution: a direct tax. In fact, the first national income tax was introcued on that day to help fund the Civil War. Just as today, the tax was a progressive tax with those earning more paying more. However, the income tax was not made fully Constitutional and part of the tax structure in America until the passage of the 16th amendment in 1913.
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introcued should be introduced
And now there’s a tax on everything.
Unless someone can think of something or some part of life that isn’t taxxed.
The 16th was never lawfully ratified,either.
The tax was and is repugnant to the US Constitution,the Supreme Law.Today the”income”tax is used to pay off the Fed…which is not federal but privately owned.
Just the facts,ma’am.
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