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.
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.
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:
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.
And totally unconstitutional. Glad we are on the same page!
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.
the IRS was brought in to cover our "debt" to the Federal Reserve, and brought to you by the same group.
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
Here's a related story:
https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/01/16/aaron-russo-exposes-the-global-elite/