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People say it's illegal because our founding fathers didn't want us to get taxed on income. The constitution had to be amended to allow it. It doesn't make it illegal, but it would be illegal when the country was founded.
Wyoming, Alaska, Florida, Nevada, washington, South Dakota, and Texas are the only states that DO NOT impose state level income tax. And usually people use the 16 amendment as an argument against having to pay personal income tax.
If you've heard all your life that it's illegal, you probably were raised in a somewhat crazy far-right environment. Since the US Constitution is the highest law of the United States, and it's explicitly allowed by the 16th Amendment, the claim that an income tax is "illegal" makes about as much sense as the claim that voting is illegal.
All US residents (and many US citizens earning income abroad) are subject to a federal income tax. Most states also have state-level income taxes for residents of those states. States without a state-level income tax are: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.
Note that those states have higher sales and/or property taxes to make up the difference.
It was established when we adopted our 3rd central bank called the Federal Reserve. Since each dollar put into circulation is actually borrowed from the Federal Reserve with interest due, the Income tax is a way for the everyday person to pay for privilege of that fiat currency.
The original constitution said that earned income should not be taxed by federal authorities. It said that only unearned income (like interest) should be taxed. But an amendment changed that. Some people say the amendment wasn't ratified by every state, but it was. It's been debunked for a long time.
Not just in the US either. Pretty much every country in the world has it. From what I understand, some anti-government types equate it to slavery. I'm rather certain that is a view unique to the US.
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[–] FilmMakingShitlord 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
People say it's illegal because our founding fathers didn't want us to get taxed on income. The constitution had to be amended to allow it. It doesn't make it illegal, but it would be illegal when the country was founded.
[–] Thyhorrorcosmic103 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Wyoming, Alaska, Florida, Nevada, washington, South Dakota, and Texas are the only states that DO NOT impose state level income tax. And usually people use the 16 amendment as an argument against having to pay personal income tax.
[–] RunsWithScissors 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If you've heard all your life that it's illegal, you probably were raised in a somewhat crazy far-right environment. Since the US Constitution is the highest law of the United States, and it's explicitly allowed by the 16th Amendment, the claim that an income tax is "illegal" makes about as much sense as the claim that voting is illegal.
All US residents (and many US citizens earning income abroad) are subject to a federal income tax. Most states also have state-level income taxes for residents of those states. States without a state-level income tax are: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.
Note that those states have higher sales and/or property taxes to make up the difference.
[–] Vladimir_Komarov 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It was established when we adopted our 3rd central bank called the Federal Reserve. Since each dollar put into circulation is actually borrowed from the Federal Reserve with interest due, the Income tax is a way for the everyday person to pay for privilege of that fiat currency.
[–] crankypants15 ago
The original constitution said that earned income should not be taxed by federal authorities. It said that only unearned income (like interest) should be taxed. But an amendment changed that. Some people say the amendment wasn't ratified by every state, but it was. It's been debunked for a long time.
[–] Keeok ago
Washington doesn't have an income tax but our sales tax is massive.
[–] mcwilshire ago
It's pretty thin stuff:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_Sixteenth_Amendment_arguments
[–] G4 3 points 0 points 3 points (+3|-3) ago
Income tax is collected by the Federal Government, not each individual state, so in a way, yes, all states practice it.
[–] Lodley 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
A lot of, but not all, of the states also have their own income tax
[–] G4 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Yeah, but all states "practice" the federal income tax.
[–] Reow 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Not just in the US either. Pretty much every country in the world has it. From what I understand, some anti-government types equate it to slavery. I'm rather certain that is a view unique to the US.
[–] zedoriah 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
What do you call it when your forced to work without pay? I mean when all the money I make for four months is taken from me, how is that not slavery?