Actually Lincoln started the original income tax.

Thus, in 1862 Congress adopted an income tax. Not only was it the country's first income tax, but it was the first use of graduated rates, or rates that increased progressively with the rise in a taxpayer's income. Some contend that the progressive rates were intended merely to raise more revenue, rather than to redistribute wealth, but it is enough to say that they helped shift some of the revenue-raising burden from the poor to the rich. After the war ended, the economy began to improve, prices fell, and budget surpluses replaced deficits. In the face of growing opposition to what the New York Tribune called "the most odious, vexatious, inquisitorial, and unequal of all of our taxes," the income tax was repealed in 1872.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/federal-income-tax-1913

The 16th amendment just solidified government right to take your income, which was previously ruled unconstitutional…