History did not start in 1913. Income is not an asset, they have been two different things for longer than the United States has existed as a country. Most gove

History did not start in 1913. Income is not an asset, they have been two different things for longer than the United States has existed as a country. Most governments in recorded history have managed to exist without taxing income. It would in fact be better live in a country with financial privacy where assets form the tax base instead of income. In terms of convincing the public, I think time will do the former and education the later.