Taxing Thoughts: How the Tax System Became So Unfair
No one likes to pay taxes. Even if you don't begrudge the government taking part of your paycheck, tax season is a stressful time, as many of us worry that we'll do a calculation wrong or get an audit letter from the IRS.
Taxes aren't a force of nature. Who gets taxed, and how much, is the result of laws that are the product of political struggles over the past century. There is plenty that is wrong with the U.S. tax system. To understand how we ended up where we are, it helps to look at the history of taxation in the U.S.