Re:Universal Basic Income Has Been Tried over and over Again...
by derac on Friday February 16, 2024 @02:40PM
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I'm guessing you mean income tax, rather than taxation in general?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_taxation_in_the_Uni...
Taxation in the US came about to fund a war.
Money is in the top-three concerns people have about war; it's right after lives lost and infrastructure destroyed.