As usual, John Hayward not only give the facts, but excellent, thought provoking commentary about the income tax which is celebrating its 100 year anniversary today, Feb 3:

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/02/03/one-hundred-years-of-the-income-tax/

(cut and paste into your browser… still no clue why I can’t create a link)

The great Dan Mitchell also comments on the anniversary of the income tax:

http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/the-100th-anniversary-of-the-income-tax-and-the-lesson-we-should-learn-from-that-mistake/