He had to steal the money for the war somehow!! That was also when gold was money.

Lincoln imposed temporary income tax during the Civil War


Bell_curve

It jumped so they could do WWI. You know, 

. They had to take the money from someone, didn't they. So, they took it from the 

Politics_And_Law

Replace The Income Tax With Tariffs?

Rothbardian_fanatic

It jumped so they could do WWI. You know, ***the war to end all wars***. They had to take the money from someone, didn't they. So, they took it from the ~slaves~ citizens.