Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva: Everybody should pay the same percentage of his or her income in taxes regardless of any demographic measure.
Wrong. No individual should be paying income tax. IC was imposed on the American people in 1862 as an 'emergency' measure to fund the Civil War. In 1895 the U.S. Supreme Court finally ruled that the income tax was unconstitutional because it was not apportioned among the states by population in conformity with Constitutional requirements. In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution made the income tax a permanent fixture in the U.S. tax system.
Gripe to the government about that! Repeal the 16th Amendment!!
