[rockrr]

I know you were being facetious, but he did bring about the first income tax.

He did, beating the rebels by 19 months with his 3% flat rate income tax to their progressive income tax.

[Cold Heat]

By the way rockrr. You used the term “slavers” to indicate as if they were a large group..They were not..

The ownership of slaves in the south was largely confined to the plantations...Counts were made over the years to determine how many people had anything at all to do with it, and the numbers were less than 5%.

There were far more slave and indentured servant owners in the North.

[Smittie]

I know you were being facetious, but he did bring about the first income tax.

He did, beating the rebels by 19 months with his 3% flat rate income tax to their progressive income tax.

Another abomination that can be traced back to that senseless war...