Sample Sentences forSixteenth Amendment (editor-reviewed)
Sixteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
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Before the Sixteenth Amendment, the federal government relied mainly on tariffs and excise taxes for revenue.Sixteenth Amendment = U.S. constitutional amendment that permits income taxes
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The Sixteenth Amendment changed the budget by shifting power from state taxes to federal income taxes.
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The Sixteenth Amendment transformed government funding by creating a system where wealthier citizens pay higher tax rates.
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There had been a Thirteenth Amendment ratified sometime before or maybe it had been the Sixteenth Amendment but what ratification meant she had no idea.† (source)
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The Sixteenth Amendment overruled the Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. decision of 1895.†
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