In the very beginning, Income tax including the IRS were not well rec'd by the majority of Americans. It was of very little concern to most as it was thought of by most as being unconstitutional. So no big deal! The government was always authorized to collect taxes to "pay for debt and provide for the common welfare of the United States". That was the full extent of the powers the government had..to tax the states. The government had no right in its early years to tax people according to income. Even then, the majority of the population was against any sort of personal income tax. It was a hot topic and debated vigorously by the congress. It took decades, but relentlessly, the government did not give up on income taxes. Finally, at the turn of the 19th century, Americans sort of gave up and proclaimed, it was OK to begin a tax....so long as the tax was only applied against the very rich. It was looked upon as a redistribution of money from the rich to pay for the...