All Posts Tagged With: "Sixteenth Amendment"
Wartime Origins of Modern Income-Tax Withholding
Wars have always been the most important occasions for the introduction of new forms of taxation. At the outset of a war the state suddenly needs greatly increased revenues to pay for personnel and matériel to prosecute the war. Although governments typically increase the rates of existing explicit taxes and raise the rate of the [...]
1Nov2007 | Robert Higgs | 3 comments | ContinuedCongressional Generosity
Every now and then we get a glimpse into what government officials really think about our rights to life, liberty, and property. The U.S. Justice Department recently provided such a glimpse in a controversial tax case, Murphy v. IRS. How revealing it is! Did you know that if the government abstains from taxing all your [...]
1Apr2007 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedIs the Income Tax Unconstitutional?
Wishful thinking, always a temptation, is hazardous. Example: An awful lot of people think the income tax as it applies to private-sector wage earners is illegal—even unconstitutional—and they assume that if they can only come up with the right legal arguments, judges will strike down the tax and make America a free society once more. [...]
1Sep2006 | Sheldon Richman | 19 comments | ContinuedIncome and the Question of Rights
Dr. Cordato is the Lundy Professor at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. On C-SPAN’s Journalist Roundtable program, Victor Kamber, a Democratic Party political consultant, and conservative author David Frum were discussing whether Congress should pass an amendment to the Constitution allowing states to ban flag burning. As an aside, Mr. Kamber said that [...]
1Jan1997 | Roy Cordato | 0 comments | Continued-
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