the income tax

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

I learned that it was the Republican Party that both imposed the first
income tax (
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/say-happy-birthday-to-the-first-income-tax
) and the constitutional amendment via Republican William Howard Taft (
https://teachdemocracy.org/online-lesson/the-income-tax-amendment-most-thought-it-was-a-great-idea-in-1913/
).

It is definitely better than tariffs, but it has not turned out to be the
panacea that many had hoped for.