The Income Tax and American Servitude

Written By: Jacob Hornberger  |  Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

With April 15 past, this would be a good time to remind ourselves of how the income tax contributed to the destruction of American liberty. We should first keep in mind that with the exception of the Civil War, the American people lived without an income tax from the beginning of the United States until 1913, when the 16th Amendment was adopted.

This was not an accident. Americans living during that period of time understood that freedom and an income tax were contradictory notions. If people wanted to live in a free society, it would have to be a society in which government was prohibited from levying taxes on income. Conversely, if people wanted to live in a society in which government is taxing income, then the price they pay is the loss of freedom.

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