But could America exist without an income tax? The idea seems radical, yet in truth America did just fine without a federal income tax for the first 126 years of her history Yeah, it was just fine if you were a rich land owner or a rich anything. The poor had no plan to help them at all. There were no safety nets for the less fortunate among us and the poor had 2 choices, be dirt poor or rob banks, which would you choose? Now tell me about all the peons that became millionaires, But that leaves out the millions of poor that had squat! Taxation is here to stay. the plutocrats want to slice the pie in their favor, thats all!