Because the Supreme Court declared Marxism effectively unconstitutional in 1895, Congress set about carving out itself a new source of funding by altering the Constitution to circumvent the Supreme Court. In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution made the Marxism’s income tax a permanent fixture in the U.S. tax system. This 16th Amendment gave Congress the legal authority to tax income and then to imprison anyone who resisted. That decree opened the door to the escalating expansion of government put in place tyranny that not even former monarchs could get away with. The lack of term limits created a perpetual ruling class among the politicians that established government as the primary antagonist against the people. By fiscal year 1918, annual internal revenue collections for the first time passed the billion-dollar mark, rising to $5.4 billion by 1920. With the advent of World War II, employment increased, as did tax collections—to $7.3 billion. The withholding tax on wages was introduced in 1943 as the nation became much more Marxist yet allowing private ownership while effectively adopting a totalitarian fascist system raising the top income tax rate to 94% in 1945. Now the number of taxpayers increased to 60 million and tax collections to $43 billion by 1945 as the “rich” were becoming slaves and they borrowed from the worker without paying him the dignity of any interest...Obama’s speech Thursday night threw down the gauntlet and was at last some fighting words akin to the style of Harry Truman. Unfortunately, the traditional political roles played out as Republicans refused to clap or stand for some things that should have been basic to all Americans, is forewarning that nothing is likely to pass. As always, this is just going to be all about them and not the country no less the world...
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