The textbook definition of robbery is the taking of something of value from another by the use of force. Now, how many of you willingly give about half of your earnings each year to the government? If you’re like most people, you probably feel that you’re paying way too much for an assortment of taxes that range from federal to property to sales and everything in between. Have you ever looked closely at your phone bill and noticed all those little fees and taxes slipped in by federal, state and local authorities? You have no idea why you’re paying the additional $1.15 for this and 88 cents for that because no one bothered to explain it to you; they just decided that you probably wouldn’t notice it. After all, it’s a tiny amount compared to the overall bill. Yet, that tiny amount, added to tens of millions of bills, comes to a tidy sum that is, collectively, being robbed from the Americanpublic. The same goes for the federal income tax that began during the Civil War when current methods of taxation, i.e., tariffs on imports, were not enough to meet the demand for war resources. The first withholding tax was 3% on incomes of $600 (about $10,000 today) to $10,000 (do the math) and 5% on incomes from $10,000 to $50,000. By the way, they also tossed in a small inheritance tax (called the death tax today).
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