"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."
In the 16th amendment, the Federal government gains the power to tax income. This way, they would be able to keep the taxes they collected for the use of the Federal government versus sharing the money with the states. I think it was a smart move for them to generate some sort of revenue so that they could build roads and maintain things all over the U. S.
In this episode of the constitution for dummies series, Hughes talks about the taxes that the government implemented and why they needed taxes. Pollock v Farmers' Load and Trust covers the argument about a direct tax versus an income tax. This means that direct tax must be apportioned by the census, income other than labor cannot be taxed.
In this comic, it jokes about how the American people must pay income tax each year. In reality this is probably something I would do and joke about.
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