Folks, the entire Boston Tea Party was over a 3% tax on tea! 3%!
Look at how far we have fallen, since.
“Today we have seen an exponential growth of Government and Taxation to a level unprecedented at any other time in our 400-year history.”
LOCK THEM UP
County where I live wiped out my grandad’s SS increase last year. The proper tax went up the same amount as his COLA.
On this unholy day (tax day), let us read about how the federal income tax has become D.C’s Favorite Political Weapon:
https://ammo.com/articles/us-federal-income-tax-guide-16th-amendment-history
I wonder what the people who were alive during the Boston Tea Party would think of our tax system now?