Re:61% of Americans paid no income taxes in 2020
by adolph on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:30AM
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Prior to the mid 20th century, a poll tax was implemented in some U.S. state and local jurisdictions and paying it was a requirement before one could exercise one's right to vote. After this right was extended to all races by the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, many Southern states enacted poll taxes as a means of excluding African-American voters, most of whom were poor and unable to pay a tax.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax