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Lon Guyland's avatar

People rightly don’t like the huge disparity in the distribution of wealth — it’s correctly diagnosed as a society-wide moral failing.

Why is the power disparity — the most politically powerful entity (which, by the way, it was expressly designed NOT to be, but that perversion is another story) taxing the least — any different in moral principle?

The federal income tax is immoral and anti-American.

2nd Smartest Guy in the World's avatar

And totally unconstitutional. Glad we are on the same page!

Lon Guyland's avatar

I like to think that there is some overlap between “immoral” and “unconstitutional”. They are not, of course, synonymous, but I think it’s well-known that the Constitution was founded on certain, very profound, moral principles.

aj's avatar

the IRS was brought in to cover our "debt" to the Federal Reserve, and brought to you by the same group.

aj's avatar

taxes were indexed more heavily, with 24 divisions of income and rates, and only the very highest rate would have been borne on the top fraction of income. As an example, here is the table for 1961:

https://www.tax-brackets.org/federaltaxtable/1961