re: #388 jaunte

“The Republican party has never changed!”

In 1861, the GOP invented the income tax. They graduated it, and raised it in 1862 and 1864. The government had a right to “demand” a man’s income, they said. When necessary, “the property of the people… belongs to the government.” [Justin Smith Morrill, 1862]

— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) July 5, 2018