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So, in your terminology, it became terrible to be successful at least 140 years ago. >>
>>One deserves to have his or her hard work pay off. Rewarding faillure and laziness and punishing success only serves to stifle innovation. From each according to his ability and to each according to his need only serves to create a society of needy people. I contribute a significant amount of my income to charity - but that is
my choice. The federal government does not have the right to legislate to whom I must be charitable.
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>Actually it does, like it or not. Whichever amendment created the IRS established that in a formal way.
Not charitable contributations or anything other than war expenses (when the IRS was established).
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