[Rodney King]

'm always amazed when I read the 16th Amendment. What sane person would vote for such a thing? They must have been very naive back then to think they could write such an open-ended abomination without the government taking advantage of it. The 16th is literally a blank check

It was sold as a soak the rich scheme against the "robber barons".

[Marxbites]

Yup - by the Robber Barons themselves who always had trusts and foundations to shelter their wealth from taxes, and/or secret Swiss bank accounts.

Kerry paid 12% on his income of millions, yet he calls for higher taxes he knows he'll never have to pay.