[Pelham]

“Neither did the greatest gen get rid of the war time practice of taking the “taxes” owed straight out of their pay checks.”

This practice was introduced to the government by an executive of the Montgomery Ward corporation, which used to be one of America’s major retailers.

[TruthConquers]

That is the first I have heard of that.

The alliance between corporations and government goes way back.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Income tax withholding began in 1862 with the withholding of federal employees’ taxes. That ended in 1864. Withholding returned in 1913 but proved unpopular, so it was discontinued in 1917.

The man you referred to as proposing the modern withholding scheme was Beardsley Ruml. He was with Macy's, not Monkey Wards.

So far as I can tell, none of the people responsible for the above actions were Boomers.