I am a fan of the film, "The Wizard of Speed and Time". I have been since it was shown to me on laserdisc by John Hudgens, a guy who made a name for himself by producing music videos for the creator of the TV show, Babylon 5. Anyway, that one viewing was the one and only time I had seen WoSaT until tonight. At the end of the film I downloaded, there is a text screen saying that Mike Jittlov (the creator and star of the movie) was okay with people making a few copies of it and spreading it around to friends. Knowing what John told me about the producer of the film, I'm 100% positive that it's true.
But the movie is not the subject of this post. That text screen also gave Mike Jittlov's web address. As I was perusing the pages that haven't been updated since the early part of last decade, I found
this page of the history of the 1040 tax form.
Being that it is relevent to my current job, I was fascinated, and thought you guys might be as well. I was especially intrigued by the 1% tax rate of the original form from 1913, and that it didn't kick in until you made
over $20,000. Plus the fact that prior to 1913, the country had been running completely fine with pretty much no individual income taxes whatsoever.
