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And just what is the meaning of a direct tax as understood by our Founders?
As an advocate in adopting the Constitution, James Wilson (who was a prominent delegate to the Constitutional...
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In 1943, the decade of WWII, Congress decided to adopt the “Temporary Victory Tax of 1943”, and it was the first time our parents and grandparents were subject to a federal direct tax on the bread they earned from the sweat of their labor. Keep in mind that the Sixteenth Amendment does not...