Happy Tax Day!

• 1787 –U.S. Constitution prohibited a "direct" Federal tax
• 1862 –"Revenue Tax" on incomes went into effect as an emergency to finance the Union during the Civil War
• 1873 – The Civil War ended, emergency over, income tax repealed
• 1895 –The Supreme Court made income tax unconstitutional
• 1913 – 28th President Woodrow Wilson thought tariffs on imports caused wars, so he worked to replace them with an income tax. Income tax was originally only a 1% tax on the top 1% of the richest people in America.
• 1943 – Paycheck withholding began as an emergency effort to get funds to finance WWII

Tarheel Baptist said:

How America has gone from a prohibited federal tax to present-day taxes.

• 1787 –U.S. Constitution prohibited a "direct" Federal tax
• 1862 –"Revenue Tax" on incomes went into effect as an emergency to finance the Union during the Civil War
• 1873 – The Civil War ended, emergency over, income tax repealed
• 1895 –The Supreme Court made income tax unconstitutional
• 1913 – 28th President Woodrow Wilson thought tariffs on imports caused wars, so he worked to replace them with an income tax. Income tax was originally only a 1% tax on the top 1% of the richest people in America.
• 1943 – Paycheck withholding began as an emergency effort to get funds to finance WWII

Before federal taxes began in 1913, tariffs covered the cost of running our nation, financing our country for well over a century.*

*William Federer

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Bob Jones VI said:

So you're sayng a strict Constituionalist would believe that we should have NO INCOME TAX.

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Tarheel Baptist said:

Before federal taxes began in 1913, tariffs covered the cost of running our nation, financing our country for well over a century.*

*William Federer

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Bob Jones VI said:

So you're sayng a strict Constituionalist would believe that we should have NO INCOME TAX.

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