The 24th Amendment to the US Constitution
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It was the Twenty-fourth Amendment that stated people could not be prevented from voting for not paying taxes. It was ratified on January 23, 1964.
The 16th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution cleared the way for Income Taxes.
Supposedly, income taxes were "enforced" by the 16th Amendment, after it was ratified in 1913. The 16th Amendment states:AMENDMENT XVIPassed by Congress July 2, 1909. Ratified February 3, 1913.Note: Article I, section 9, of the Constitution was modified by amendment 16.The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.Does this require Americans to pay income taxes? and to whom do we pay our federal income tax? Not, the government...
Because they thought there should be no taxation without representation in Parliament.
Oh, dude, that would be the 24th Amendment. It was like, passed in 1964 to ban those sneaky poll taxes that were trying to stop people from voting. So yeah, no more paying to vote, because that's just not cool.