It got really bad in 1913, when both the Income Tax and the Federal Reserve System were created.
1913 sounds about right, although I think that Teddy Roosevelt was intrigued by the big things that government could do.
Some people date it back to Lincoln, but I think what he did was ultimately right.
That's my vote too. It passed just like the WTO law when nobody was looking. Its been a continual relinquishing of sovereignty whether it was managing our own money, our trade or defending our nation's borders.
I just can not understand why anybody in congress would willingly sell out their country then or now. Looks like communism is still alive and well. We put a gravestone on that pig way too soon.