Interesting bit of Trivia
The US officially adopted the federal income tax 102 years ago today.
The Supreme Court hadruled in 1895 that the income tax violated Article I of the Constitution, so the amendment was necessary to empower the federal government to impose the income tax.
But the story of the income tax goes back much further than 1913, culminating in some sneaky political maneuvering.
Conservatives — who aren’t the biggest fans of the income tax — actually introduced the 16th amendment. They figured it would never pass hoped its introduction would stop liberals from pushing for an income tax as part of a tariff, according to the National Archives and Records Administration.
That backfired, of course.
The income tax started as a conservative political stunt – Business Insider