Quote Originally Posted by philly rabbit View Post
We also got the income tax around the same time. Lincoln briefly implemented it during the civil war but the thing was so unconstitutional even the Yankees couldn't uphold it past the war.
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The funniest thing was that when the income tax was sold to the population, they were told "Hey, it will only apply to the greedy top 1% and we will never take more than 1%. Don't worry, it won't impact you."

Have we ever heard that line of reasoning before? The American people have been suckers for that line for over 100 years and I see no signs of it abating now. It is amazing given the long history of getting fucked over, but apparently they like it