[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Actually, the income tax was already constitutional. The 16th amendment authorized a PROGRESSIVE income tax (”without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration” meant different rates could be applied to different people).

[Marathoner]

The 16th amendment authorized a PROGRESSIVE income tax (”without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration” meant different rates could be applied to different people).

And so the dream of Karl Marx was finally achieved.

[sten]

actually, pre-1913 federal taxes were only applied to the state... not the individual.

the founders fought a war to get away from big govt and taxes on the individual... do you think they would want this??