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Another reason to can the income tax. There are much more economic ways to collect revenue. The income tax is a relict of the early 20th century.
3 posted on 06/03/2013 2:19:03 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA
The income tax is a relic of the 19th century ~ based on a 17th and 18th century understanding of income. You remember the books ~ so and so was worth 15 pounds a year, and someone else was worth 6 bob!

Those were references to people ~ young people ~ with fixed incomes derived from family trusts, or farm land rented to tenants.

It was a way of thinking about people that eventually passed into obscurity known only from boring English literature, and from folks who think the income tax can actually be used to 'transfer wealth' ~

21 posted on 06/03/2013 3:24:46 PM PDT by muawiyah
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