{"product_id":"the-interesting-history-of-income-tax-9780975345504","title":"The Interesting History of Income Tax","description":"The Interesting History of Income Tax William J. Federer \"The only things certain are death and taxes\" - Benjamin Franklin Yet few know America's interesting history of Income Tax, such as: *1787 - U.S. Constitution prohibited a \"direct\" Federal tax *1862 - \"Revenue Tax\" on incomes went into effect to finance the Union during the Civil War *1895 - Supreme Court made Income Tax unconstitutional *Woodrow Wilson thought tariffs on imports caused wars, so he worked to replace them with an Income Tax. *1913 - Income Tax was only a 1% tax on the top 1% richest people in America. *1943 - Paycheck Withholding began as an emergency effort to get funds to finance WWII. John F. Kennedy - \"Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within a few years an increased flow of revenues to the Federal Government.\" (Annual Budget Message, Jan. 17, 1963) Thomas Jefferson - \"It is an encouragement to proceed as we have begun in substituting economy for taxation\" (2nd Annual Message, 1802) (176 pages, includes pictures)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amerisearch, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614230548754,"sku":"9780975345504","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a3ea027-0356-4424-a0d7-803f04355c90.jpg?v=1732434481","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-interesting-history-of-income-tax-9780975345504","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}