Excise

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.
Alan Keyes
Government
Excise
Tax
Income
Sales
Taxes
Years
Back then, the excise tax was designed to be a luxury tax for people who owned telephones.
Mike Fitzpatrick
People
Excise
Tax
Luxury