16th Amendment Pros And Cons

The 16th amendment was a transformational event in the history of the United States Constitution by which an unregulated direct federal tax on all of the money a person makes in one year was authorized. The amendment reversed the preceding Constitutional tax structure prohibiting such taxes under which the American people had grown to be the freest and most optimistic people in the history of the world who were all in favor of a much different structure under which the scandal ridden and deeply distrusted big wigs of Washington, D.C. were granted the express written consent to reach directly into every wallet, be it that of a Wall Street tycoon or that of the average blue collar, hard working man. At that time it seemed like a great way to get back at the people who were ripping off the nation by killing all other competition and basically taking over, but would soon realize that their plan to …show more content…
The bill came about in a very unconventional way stemming from a series of events in our country that caused a needed funding that could only be brought in from it’s citizens. The Civil War originally forced taxation of citizens of the union, and over a period of time became a permanent event. It has been an ongoing thing for over one hundred years and our country is falling deeper and deeper in to debt proving that the tax money isn't helping with national debt issues. However, when the 16th amendment was added to the constitution it became a changing tax with higher percentages for the wealthy which is unconstitutional and should not be