During World War II, Congress introduced payroll withholding and quarterly tax payments with the vote of the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943.Without withholding, government could never have grown so big. I'd be fewer than one out of a thousand people have any clue how much they are paying in state and federal taxes because you get a net paycheck.
We should revert to everybody going to the Paymaster's window on Friday afternoon to collect cash. Then require people to send in quarterly estimated tax payments. The collective national wailing would wake people in Asia and Europe.
Thanks for informing me. I didn’t recognize that, but you are correct. I’ll add it to the list.