Blame the Temperance movement for the Volstead Act (18th Amendment) which brought on Prohibition. This small but vocal group (think Tea Party) through the banning of alcohol, affected the amount of taxes collected to such a degree that Congress was forced to create the IRS. Up until this time, taxes paid on alcohol were more than enough to run our Government…Small short-sighted group affected us all.
Blame the Temperance movement for the Volstead Act (18th Amendment) which brought on Prohibition. This small but vocal group (think Tea Party) through the banning of alcohol, affected the amount of taxes collected to such a degree that Congress was forced to create the IRS. Up until this time, taxes paid on alcohol were more than enough to run our Government…Small short-sighted group affected us all.