In the 96 years since the 16th Amendment was ratified, no one has yet to make a successful legal argument against the legitimacy of the income tax.
And while the 16th Amendment was ratified on Feb. 3, 1913, it's not too late to commemorate the Revenue Act, which set the new rates (the top rate was 7 percent).
Mississippi, Martin reminds us, had been an early ratifier of the 16th Amendment -- the state was so poor that fewer than 300 residents owed any federal income tax.
MICHAEL N. ALEXANDER Lexington, Mass., May 9, 2012 Income tax in modern form came into being only in 1913 through the 16th Amendment.
In 1913 the 16th Amendment was ratified, and a new individual income tax with rates ranging from 1 to 7 percent on income in excess of $3,000 for a single individual was voted by Congress shortly thereafter.
(The 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913, did).
He hates the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, which permitted Congress to pass an income tax.
The 16th amendment to it elaborates that Congress may tax incomes.
The 16th Amendment repealed apportionment, but Mr. Russo says in the film that the 16th Amendment was never properly ratified and thus a tax on wages is unconstitutional.
Ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913 finally disposed of the constitutional obstacle.
Social Security is unconstitutional, and the 16th Amendment, which establishes the grounds for federal income taxes, should be repealed.
