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Actually you are wrong again. The Constitution, prior to the passing of the 16th. Amendment, limited the taxing to “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and General Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.”. These "taxes, duties, imposts, and excises" were imposed mainly on the wealthy as Jefferson, and others, desired as their "private letters" suggested. Even after the 16th. was passed this tradition continued with a 90% tax on the wealthy until Kennedy, and later Reagan, and Bush 43, changed that pattern. Then too, do you know what a "war tax" is, or one could say was? The major source of revenue for the Federal Government were tariffs (imposed on the wealthy, and their imports) from about 1790 to 1913, or until it was surpassed by income taxes.

<blockquote data-quote="Old_Trapper70" data-source="post: 236958" data-attributes="member: 4788"><p>Actually you are wrong again. The Constitution, prior to the passing of the 16th. Amendment, limited the taxing to “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and General Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.”. These &quot;taxes, duties, imposts, and excises&quot; were imposed mainly on the wealthy as Jefferson, and others, desired as their &quot;private letters&quot; suggested. Even after the 16th. was passed this tradition continued with a 90% tax on the wealthy until Kennedy, and later Reagan, and Bush 43, changed that pattern. Then too, do you know what a &quot;war tax&quot; is, or one could say was? The major source of revenue for the Federal Government were tariffs (imposed on the wealthy, and their imports) from about 1790 to 1913, or until it was surpassed by income taxes.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Old_Trapper70, post: 236958, member: 4788"] Actually you are wrong again. The Constitution, prior to the passing of the 16th. Amendment, limited the taxing to “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and General Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.”. These "taxes, duties, imposts, and excises" were imposed mainly on the wealthy as Jefferson, and others, desired as their "private letters" suggested. Even after the 16th. was passed this tradition continued with a 90% tax on the wealthy until Kennedy, and later Reagan, and Bush 43, changed that pattern. Then too, do you know what a "war tax" is, or one could say was? The major source of revenue for the Federal Government were tariffs (imposed on the wealthy, and their imports) from about 1790 to 1913, or until it was surpassed by income taxes. [/QUOTE]

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