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History of the Income Tax

April 15 th is a day that has gone down in notoriety.  On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died.  He was shot the night before in Ford’s Theatre. On April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank, having struck an iceberg the night before. April 15, 1927, was the Great Mississippi Flood where some 15 inches of rain fell in 18 hours causing the river to break out of its levee system at well over 100 locations and caused flooding in 10 states.  In 1954, April 15 th became the deadline for filing income tax returns.  No doubt you’ve heard the familiar quote of Benjamin Franklin who said, ‘Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.’  

Republic vs Democracy and Other Forms of Government

In protests around the nation, you’ve probably heard people chant, ‘This is what democracy looks like!’  In addition to that, members of Congress have talked about our ‘democracy.’  However, in our Pledge of Allegiance it says, ‘…and to the republic for which it stands…’. So what is the United States of America?  Are we a democracy or are we a republic?   Joining Jim to answer that question was William Federer.  William is a nationally known speaker, historian, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc, a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage.  He’s the speaker on

A Nation Pursuing a Path of Socialism

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to force the vice-president to unconstitutionally use the 25 th Amendment to remove President Trump.  When that didn’t work, with no hearing and limited debate, she rushed to have the president impeached for a second time. What does the 25 th Amendment say?  What was its purpose?  What about the efforts of social media to silence the president with some sites even banning patriotic merchandise?  What about the attempts to blacklist those who’ve worked in the Trump administration?  Could it be that the gates are now officially opened to fulfill the socialist dreams of people like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer?  

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