Trump's plan sounds great, let's get replace the income tax with tariffs

[lennypartiv]

It's got to be better than what we have now. It's a great way to have China and Mexico pay for the stuff our tax dollars pay for now. Let's put those wheels into motion.

---Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs---

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/trump-all-tariff-policy-to-replace-income-tax.html?msockid=28f35d327cd66dbc2c8a48ad7d4b6c49

 

[excalibur]

Tariffs, how America was built.

The progressive income tax, an idea from Marx and Engels.

 

[lennypartiv]

Crickets from the left.

 

[Doc7505]

Tariffs, how America was built.

The progressive income tax, an idea from Marx and Engels.

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Indeed, the Income Tax was created in 1913 by Woodrow Wilson and a Democrat controlled Congress.

How we wound up with the income tax | Constitution Center

Imagine a world with a federal income tax; if you were an American citizen before 1913, with a few exceptions you didn’t have to deal with an April deadline and the IRS.

constitutioncenter.org

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Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act | 1913, Importance, & Purpose | Britannica

Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act, U.S. legislation enacted in October 1913 that lowered average tariff rates from about 40 percent to about 27 percent and reintroduced a federal income tax. The legislation, which fulfilled a key plank in Woodrow Wilson’s 1912 presidential campaign, is named after

www.britannica.com

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16th Amendment: Status of Income Tax Clarified ***

Text and simple summary of the 16th Amendment for kids. The 16th Amendment of the US Constitution. Information about the 16th Amendment for kids, children, homework and schools.

www.government-and-constitution.org