[CIDKauf]

Hey...in US history, income tax was voted in to fund WWI, if I’m not mistaken.

[xcamel]

Marx didn't have much to do with US History, and income taxes predate the Colonies (Portugal, mid 1500's) by a big margin - you see - they found a plan that worked reasonably well (by no means perfect) around 500 years ago...

Today we have marxists wrapped in flags, founder quotes, and patriotism pimping the fairtax because "they know what's good for you, even if they have yo kill you to prove it"

[SAJ]

No disrespect, but that is not so. The 16th Amendment was passed by the Regress in 1909 and ratified (although there's some argument as to whether it was properly ratified) in February 1913 under the Taft administration.

The Regress, of course, wasted no time in implementing an income tax, and in 1913 decreed it to be, net of ''deductions'' and ''exemptions'', just 1 per cent on roughly 1.2% of the population.

The Regress did -- equally of course -- raise the income tax in both 1915 and 1916 (an election year, wow -- they must have had more guts back then!) perhaps in anticipation of a US entry into WW I, and notwithstanding Wilson's campaign theme that ''he kept us out of war''.

Any collegiate history of the US written prior to about 1970 will name all the relevant dates and events for you, and doubtless provide a lot of additional perspective.

Good hunting, and FReegards!