16th Amendment ~1913~ Power to Tax Income

16th Amendment - Choose Freedom Not Slaveryjeffersonianlibertarian.com There was NO INCOME TAX when the American Founders were alive because they believed that an income tax was TANTAMOUNT TO SLAVERY. Therefore, the Founders made it very difficult for Congress to have a “Direct Tax” on wages, real estate, and other property. https://jeffersonianlibertarian.com/category/16th-amendment/