A congressional authorized tax plan has never done anything except increase or decrease (usually the former) taxes. Taxes or government doesn't great jobs, unless it get bigger.
Although the Congress has the authority to tax under the constitution to fund the federal government, it is the 16th Amendment that has let the government get bloated without any check and balances. The 16th Amendment, which authorizes income taxes, needs to be repealed in its entirety. THEN there would be no need for the IRS. Without the 16th Amendment, the Federal Government would have to tax the states to get funding for federal government operations, which was the original intent of the founding fathers.
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The origin of the income tax on individuals is generally cited as the passage of the 16th Amendment, passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913; however, its history actually goes back even further. During the Civil War Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861 which included a tax on personal incomes to help pay war expenses. The tax was repealed ten years later. However, in 1894 Congress enacted a flat rate Federal income tax, which was ruled unconstitutional the following year by the U.S. Supreme Court because it was a direct tax not apportioned according to the population of each state. The 16th amendment, ratified in 1913, removed this objection by allowing the Federal government to tax the income of individuals without regard to the population of each State. For additional information on taxation in the United States, see the section on taxes on the web site of the U.S. Department of the Treasury." --
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/irs_history.htmlHmmm...1861, the first year of the first Republican administration. Go figure!
