Will Trump plan to eliminate the IRS?

@BizSuitStacy Mellville W. Fuller was right....

@BizSuitStacy Income taxes were levied throughout the 19th century, primarily to fund war . . all that happened in 1913 was the ratification of the 16th amendment so conservatives could no longer whinge that these were unconstitutional.

Do you think roads, schools, armies just materialise out of thin air?

Corporations in the late 19th/early 20th centuries also had a semblance of social duty. The concept of "shareholder value" was unknown. Can you imagine Musk making decisions and allocating private resources to the public good?

@SunshineGirl Yeah, we need more public good like doing what fema is doing in North Carolina, right?

@sunsporter1649 Why not focus on roads, rail, schools and military instead of deflecting?

@BizSuitStacy good idea get rid of all tax,so no money for the military,who needs an army,noroads, ot lightd, or police

@SunshineGirl @jefferson
You both seem to have an issue with reading comprehension. The US did not have a federal income tax until 1913. Fact. The US was still able to finance military, infrastructure, law enforcement, etc. Fact.

Prior to 1913, the US used excise taxes and tariffs - not income taxes sunshine...the civil war was the exception.

Nice alt account, Leo.

@jefferson Your lucky you had a Army there or you would be speaking German now.

@BizSuitStacy You didn't mention federal income tax, your original post said "Before 1913 Americans kept all of their income".

A number of southern states taxed income derived from property throughout the 19th century. There was a federal income tax from 1861-1873, and again in 1894-5 to replace revenue from tariffs after America became more isolationist and international trade dried up (Trump take note).

Because in the real world public infrastructure doesn't "just happen" 🤷‍♀