IT’S AN EMERGENCY! THE FIRST INCOME TAX
Apr 01, 2020
2 minutes
by Will Bremen
A nation at war must pay to keep its forces fed, trained, armed, and supplied. Armies and navies consist of many thousands of troops, so the expense of fighting a war can grow to staggering amounts.
When the American Civil War began in April 1861, leaders on both sides anticipated that the
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