The income tax was sold to normies as something only The Rich™ would pay...
Wasn't it something incredibly absurd like only 3% or even 0.3% would be affected? I could be misremembering, though. But, yeah, at the time they said it wasn't going to be an 'everyone tax.'
Which should be a general warning about any and every government program.
When income tax was established, it was going to be pretty much only on the top 3% or so. When Social Security was established, it was expressly forbidden to be used as a "national identification number", and was a guaranteed payout. No government program fails to scope creep or expand its budget.
Wasn't it something incredibly absurd like only 3% or even 0.3% would be affected? I could be misremembering, though. But, yeah, at the time they said it wasn't going to be an 'everyone tax.'
Which should be a general warning about any and every government program.
When income tax was established, it was going to be pretty much only on the top 3% or so. When Social Security was established, it was expressly forbidden to be used as a "national identification number", and was a guaranteed payout. No government program fails to scope creep or expand its budget.