One milestone in the march to megagovernment was “the passage in 1913 of the Sixteenth Amendment, which permitted a federal income tax. Prior to enactment of the income tax,” Moore explains, “Congress’ power to spend was held in check by its limited power to tax.” Another milestone — or millstone — was “the ascendancy of Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal agenda to the White House during the Great Depression. One after another,” Moore recalls, “constitutional safeguards against excessive government were ignored or misinterpreted.” — Behind the Headlines
Has no one learned the lessons of the 20th Century?