“Anything else is unnecessary.”
Politics is the art of the possible.
The Congress had the power to tax incomes before the 16th Amendment.
Congress could levy heavy income taxes and rebate (via Social Security or by paying the property tax of lower income folks in lower income states) even if the 16th Amendment was repealed.
Congress has the power to give back the taxpayer’s money it has taken.
“The Congress had the power to tax incomes before the 16th Amendment.”
No, it didn’t. Lincoln tried it and SCOTUS slapped it down. Have you ever actually taken a class in American history?
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