Sixteenth Amendment

Ninety-five years ago today, February 25, 1913, the sixteen amendment was ratified.
This act paved the way for adoption of a Federal income tax, and thus the forcible removal of citizen's income.
Prior to this taxation had concentrated in property taxes and tariffs and duties. There were temporary income taxes that had been struck down by the Supremes. The sixteenth amendment assured the legal permanence of the government's right to forcibly remove a portion of earned wages from working citizens. A portion that it deems appropriate.
At the time governmental spending philosophy centered on military support and interstate commerce. The concept of wealth redistribution was an anathema to virtually all politicians. With the Great Depression, Roosevelt and Keynsian economics, access to the cash flow of commerce, as it relates to wages, was an irresistible temptation. Government stepped beyond the intent of the Constitution and began to use income taxation as a vehicle for social engineering.
It's our money, fight for the Fair Tax.