Was the progressive income tax invented by Karl Marx?
” No, Karl Marx did not invent it. The progressive income tax is almost as old as recorded history, and is the historic way by which people have been subjugated. Every tyrant in history has used it successfully, in one way or another, so Karl Marx included it as one of his 10 rules in the communist Manifesto. The men who drafted our Constitution carefully prohibited a progressive income tax, but this was nullified in 1913. Therefore, the income tax is part of the Constitution and part of our law and the only way to get rid of it is through another amendment. • “Is not the Federal income tax unconstitutional?” The Federal income tax is completely constitutional as long as we have the 16th amendment. The statement that it is unconstitutional is wishful thinking. All of the hideous consequences of the 16th amendment will remain with us until it is repealed as the Liberty Amendment provides. • “Is not the progressive income tax the fairest kind of tax because it is based on ability to pay?
