[MamaTexan]

A previous 2% tax on the rich (>$4,000) was struck down, so the 16th Amendment was passed and ratified.

Yet, if one holds to the original intent of the Constitution, the general government STILL has no legitimate authority to tax the People outside its areas of enumerated jurisdiction.

[Gondring]

Yet, if one holds to the original intent of the Constitution [...]

Yes, the original intent, that the Constitution applied as a limit on the Federal government, and the States had their own Constitutions...I remember it well.