Quote Originally Posted by Te72Rob View Post
A guy named Bill Benson, a few years back, went to every state capital for proof of each states ratification of the 16th. for an amendment to be ratified, 3/4 of the states need to vote yes. there were 48 states in 1913 when the amendment was on the table, and 11 of the states NEVER EVEN VOTED. Knowledge is power!!
My understanding is that only 3 states didn't vote for it. Several of the states that did vote for it had a misconstrued idea of what they were voting for and reversed their decision after they were made clear. And of course several other discrepancies within that whole ordeal. I'm not saying the country is perfect or even near it at all with my proclamation of happiness. Later, QD.