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The need to finance the Civil War created one of the first versions of a federal income tax in 1862.But, the federal income tax, as we know it, was officially born on Feb. 3, 1913, when Congress ratified the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution after an on-again-off-again effort that lasted decades.4The amendment read, “Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and regard to any census or enumeration.”3However, income taxes have gotten out of hand and has resulted in a government monster the IRS. Taxes are not were near fair to each individual. Some pay way too much while some pay nothing. I vote dissolve the IRS and go to a national sales tax.