{"product_id":"9780975345504","title":"Interesting History of Income Tax: Includes U. S. President John F. Kennedy's Tax Plan","description":"The Interesting History of Income Tax\u003cbr\u003eWilliam J. Federer\u003cp\u003e\"The only things certain are death and taxes\" - Benjamin Franklin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet few know America's interesting history of Income Tax, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*1787 - U.S. Constitution prohibited a \"direct\" Federal tax\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*1862 - \"Revenue Tax\" on incomes went into effect to finance the Union during the Civil War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*1895 - Supreme Court made Income Tax unconstitutional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Woodrow Wilson thought tariffs on imports caused wars, so he worked to replace them with an Income Tax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*1913 - Income Tax was only a 1% tax on the top 1% richest people in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*1943 - Paycheck Withholding began as an emergency effort to get funds to finance WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn 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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson - \u003cbr\u003e\"It is an encouragement to proceed as we have begun in substituting economy for taxation\" (2nd Annual Message, 1802)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(176 pages, includes pictures)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amerisearch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034413023472,"sku":"9780975345504","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780975345504_p0.jpg?v=1763880924","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780975345504","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}