[okie01]

The income tax was pushed by populists in the late 19th and early 20th century as a way of taxing the so called “elites” in the north as a way of redistributing wealth to the agrarian states.

Thus, Barack Obama is more of a Populist than Ronald Reagan ever was.

[Clemenza]

Absolutely. The problem is (and this works in our favor), he can’t get the rhetoric down pat.