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2024-05-20 15:09:28 UTC - HELPFUL
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Before 1913, federal government revenues came mainly from taxes on goods, tariffs on imports and excise taxes on items like whiskey. The burden of these taxes fell heavily on working Americans, who spent a much higher percentage of their income on goods than rich people. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/facebook-posts/modern-income-tax-structure-born-1913-americans-pa/
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