I agree on the first two, but the "progressive" amendments of the early 20th century caused the 3d. Then FDR was 4th and LBJ was 5th
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income tax was a big change to the old system of tariffs and excise taxes because it made federal revenue both much more predictable and much larger. Longterm federal financial commitments require those factors
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Preceding the income tax the feds could tax imports and the states because those were in their agreed-upon sphere Post Civil War fedgov's agreed-upon sphere was that it was the government of all the citizens of the country. It's inevitable that tax power is part of that
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