".....when majorities in both the House and the Senate voted for repeal, which President Clinton vetoed, says the Journal...."
Headline: Bush refuses to fund war!
Spanish-American War Tax To End
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The IRS will continue to collect the tax on local calls,
It's getting smaller - not ending. And we still have the Gore Tax on the bills.
The income tax has been around, in one form or another, since 1862 - when it was created to aid the Civil War effort. In that sense, maybe we could call it the Civil War tax. Certainly it predates the Spanish American War tax; perhaps we might therefore repeal that, too. It's become a monster which gobbles up the substance of American citizens and thrives on sucking the life blood from the population, all the while promoting corruption in a bloated Washington. Someone (I think it was Thomas Jefferson, but don't rely on an Old Man's memory) once said "The power to tax is the power to destroy," and that's undoubtedly true. It's long past time for government to figure out a more honest manner in which to sustain itself.
It is only a matter of time before one's DSL/Cable Internet service is subject to similar taxation. Already there are proposals in Congress to provide broadband Internet access to "underserved" areas and guess who will foot the bill so that the 16 people with 2 computers in West Waterpump, SD have broadband access...the rest of us "rich" folks who have the "luxury" of broadband access.
I predict we will get some meaningful tax reforms in a couple more centuries.
If it's okay with Mexico, that is. (sigh)
Did they even have phones in 1898?