“President Lincoln signed into law a revenue-raising measure to help pay for Civil War expenses. The measure created a Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the nation’s first income tax. It levied a 3 percent tax on incomes between $600 and $10,000 and a 5 percent tax on incomes of more than $10,000” Income tax repealed in 1872. IRS.gov.
Before then the Federal Government raised money thru land sales which likely acted as an incentive towards immigration and birthright citizenship . White people began to significantly outnumber Indigenous people in America sometime during the mid-to-late 19th century due to large-scale European immigration. Some would argue that we no longer need open borders!
And that is all I’m going to say about that!
Al Capone’s conviction on income tax evasion went a long way to the Mafia declaring their incomes which they had to justify. Some would even purchase winning lottery tickets from the actual winner!
Drain the Cesspool 