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The Amendment That Changed #America: How the Sixteenth Amendment BROKE the #Constitution **The founders expected each state to raise its own taxes** They also understood that a state that **taxed too aggressively would LOSE people, businesses, and investment to its neighbors** Competition among the #states was NOT a flaw in the system. It was one of its SAFEGUARDS. The one tax that could grow almost without limit, a direct claim on what Americans EARNED, **was deliberately kept out of Washington’s reach**. That constitutional ceiling held until 1913. #Switzerland uses cooperation to preserve #federalism. #America increasingly used #federal $money to WEAKEN IT The founders wanted states that could stand on their own feet, compete for citizens and businesses, and answer primarily to their own taxpayers. Switzerland largely kept that model. America gradually replaced it with one in which states became increasingly dependent on programs designed, funded, and often directed from Washington. That does not mean the story is over. The states still possess broad taxing authority. They can still compete for citizens, businesses, and investment. They can still resist becoming mere administrators of federal programs. Federalism is not dead. It has been weakened, and **what has been weakened can be strengthened** https://www.malone.news/p/the-amendment-that-changed-america