[Lurking Libertarian]

Then Democrat Woodrow Wilson and Democrat FDR and the progressive era decided that the IRS and income taxes would be better for the economy than tariffs. So they amended the Constitution so they can really grow government with the unconstitutional income tax.

It was a Republican, William Howard Taft, who gave us the 16th Amendment and the income tax.

[Democrat_media]

Democrat President Woodrow Wilson reduced tarrifs and imposed the Income tax on America. Democrat FDR continued the socialist revolution. These 2 socialist democrat cretins did each more harm to America and freedom than practically anyone. Notice they are against tariffs but for the income tax which is unconstitutional.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1913
Revenue Act of 1913
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The United States Revenue Act of 1913 also known as the Tariff Act, Underwood Tariff, Underwood Act, Underwood Tariff Act, or Underwood-Simmons Act (ch. 16, 38 Stat. 114, October 3, 1913), re-imposed the federal income tax following the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment and lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%, well below the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909. It was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 3, 1913

[Democrat_media]

Democrat Wilson Pushed hard for the income tax and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1913

Wilson gave us the 17th amendment which is even worse

http://www.conservapedia.com/Seventeenth_Amendment