Taxes are fair. They are only unfair if: the people who are being taxed have no say, or they are discriminating. i.e. poll taxes.Taxes fund almost everything our government does.
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes
Low income citizens cannot afford to pay the poll taxes. If they don't pay poll taxes, they can't vote. Incidentally, poll taxes have been outlawed in the United States.
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Poll Taxes
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution made poll taxes illegal. =)
Yes, poll taxes are illegal in all government elections.
by poll taxes, made them pass literacy test, and the Grandfather clause. :)
Poll taxes were effectively abolished by the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1964, which prohibited the use of poll taxes in federal elections. Additionally, in 1966, the Supreme Court case Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections ruled that poll taxes in state elections were unconstitutional. These actions collectively eliminated poll taxes as a barrier to voting in the United States.
poll taxes and literacy tests
A poll tax is illegal because it prevents minorities from voting.
The Poll Taxes were created by act of various state legislatures.