Culturcidal by John Hawkins

Culturcidal by John Hawkins

Should We End Income Taxes for the Bottom 50% of Americans?

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John Hawkins
May 22, 2026
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The idea of waiving income taxes for a large percentage of Americans feels like it may be starting to pick up steam on both sides of the aisle.

Donald Trump has floated the idea of using tariffs to replace all income taxes several times. Incidentally, that is how it used to work in the early days of the United States, long before the income tax came around in 1913:

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