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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: goldworldnet who wrote (707849)10/19/2005 12:32:43 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 769670
 
"I definitely believe the way federal income tax was enacted was questionable."

It was passed by ONE VOTE during WW I, to pay for the war, mainly affected only the rich, and was supposed to be temporary and expire after the war was over.

The Congressional record indicates speeches where Senators claimed to believe it would be 'impossible' for the levy to EVER get as high as 1 1/2%!