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That's not the issue. alphamale was making the case that because the U.S. instituted an income tax, it encouraged government to spend and cause debt. That's basically false.
The U.S. was involved in a war and spent a lot of money. Had there been no income tax, the U.S. would probably still been involved in WWI. The only difference would have been the debt would have been higher due to lack of an income tax to partially off-set war costs.
actually, according to our founding documents, congress already had the authority to tax the people. the 16th Amendment was never needed. all the 16th Amendment does, is it allows the goverment to tax the people with no representation at all.
Remember what happened when the Federal government put an excise tax (that was effectively an income tax) on whiskey in 1792? George Washington had to use the US Army to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion. The whiskey tax is still being ignored is some parts of the country.
IIRC they are testing the F-35 Boondoggle. A billion dollar flightless airplane with components made with cost plus contracts in every Congressional District. This may be the most successful military aircraft to date as it will never have to fly into combat but can just sit safely on the ground and launch missiles and bad JuJu at the enemy.
Remember what happened when the Federal government put an excise tax (that was effectively an income tax) on whiskey in 1792? George Washington had to use the US Army to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion. The whiskey tax is still being ignored is some parts of the country.
LOL! I grew up in Whiskey Rebellion country!
FWIW, most state goverments do have to balance their budgets annually. At least Colorado does. They can incur debt, though. It's like a householder who has a mortgage, but has to bring in enough money to pay it.
Count me among those who thinks it's nuts to compare the economic situation of today with that of 100 years ago!
More tax revenue just encourages the government to spend more money. The government is like a college student with a credit card, at some point you have to cut them off.
alphamale was making the case that because the U.S. instituted an income tax, it encouraged government to spend and cause debt. That's basically false.
The U.S. was involved in a war and spent a lot of money. Had there been no income tax, the U.S. would probably still been involved in WWI. The only difference would have been the debt would have been higher due to lack of an income tax to partially off-set war costs.
So then, the war debt should have been the focus of the "income tax" receipts and should have ended once that debt was paid....right?
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