Taxing History
13 April 2006
Editor, USA Today
Dear Editor:
Laura Vanderkam is correct: tax withholding makes citizens less sensitive to the amount of their earnings confiscated by government ("Withholding feeds tax apathy," April 13). It's no coincidence that 1943 was both the first year that Uncle Sam collected income taxes through withholding AND the first year that Americans earning no more than average wages were required to pay federal income taxes.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, USA Today
Dear Editor:
Laura Vanderkam is correct: tax withholding makes citizens less sensitive to the amount of their earnings confiscated by government ("Withholding feeds tax apathy," April 13). It's no coincidence that 1943 was both the first year that Uncle Sam collected income taxes through withholding AND the first year that Americans earning no more than average wages were required to pay federal income taxes.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Saturday January 20, 2007 at 10:02am