Civil War Income Taxes, Narrated by Danny Werfel
Danny Werfel served as 50th Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and is currently an Executive in Residence at the Johns Hopkins University School of Government and Policy. Werfel details how the Civil War spurred congressional Republicans to invent the income tax.
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“People should be taxed proportionate to their ability to pay” is progressive taxation. Way past time to get that one back if at all possible..
Thank you for this wonderful series! Senator Morrill also gave us the 1862 Land-Grant College Act - a true American achievement.