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Is any regulation considered an act of 'war'? I pay taxes, do you call that a War on Income? If so, when did it start?
by annoyingnoob 4y ago
Is any regulation considered an act of 'war'?
I pay taxes, do you call that a War on Income? If so, when did it start?
- loeg 4y agoFederal income taxes in the US started around the beginning of the 20th century.
- annoyingnoob 4y agoTaxation is built right into the Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution (the "Taxing and Spending Clause"), specifies Congress's power to impose "Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises". No one ever called this a War on Income. My point is to the OP that claims the War on Drugs has been going on for a hundred years by pointing to any regulation of drugs. Lots of things are regulated and we do not generally call regulation a 'War on' something. It is okay to tone down the hyperbole.
- tchaffee 4y agoThe parent comment can hardly be credited with the phrase. When Nixon announced his new policies he called it a war on drugs. A catchy phrase that stuck. Far too late now to try to rename it for some sort of pedantic consistency.