[WhowasGustavusFox]

Since Jefferson Davis...proposed income taxes at levels far above those up north (Your comment)

Here is the income tax passed by Mr. Davis' government:

The bill that was finally passed on 24 April 1863, called for a milder graduated income tax exempting wages to $1,000, and levying a 1% tax on the first $15,000 over the exemption and 2% on all additional income. (my post)

That was the Confederate tax.

The Lincoln tax was:

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed a bill that imposed a 3% tax on incomes between $600 and $10,000 and a 5% tax on higher incomes. The bill was amended in 1864 to levy a tax of 5% on incomes between $600 and $5,000, a 7.5% tax on incomes in the $5,000-$10,000 range and a 10% tax on everything higher. (your post)

So, that makes your comments:

"Since Jefferson Davis...proposed income taxes at levels far above those up north" and "I realize that southern school systems are constantly ranked at the bottom of national averages but even they should realize that figures like 14% and 24% are greater than 5% and 10%" invalid. Be glad that WhiskeyPapa isn't around, or else he would call them lies.

Looks like you are the one who is wrong.

Double dog Shocking!

[Non-Sequitur]

That darned old southern school system again. I'm betting you're a product of Mississippi or Arkansas or one of the really pathetic ones because apparently they did not cover the definition of words like 'proposed'. If you had read my reply 55 I said that Davis had proposed income tax levels far in excess of anything Lincoln had suggested. In reply 91 I detailed the income tax levels put forth by the Davis government - 10%, 25%, 50%. Last time I checked every one of those proposed rates far exceeded the Northern rates, unless fractions don't mean the same down south as they do in the rest of the world.