Title: 7 Accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln That Might Surprise You | Guy Counseling
Headings: 7 Accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln That Might Surprise You
7 Accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln That Might Surprise You
Abraham Lincoln and his accomplishments
1. Opening Settlement of the West through Homesteading
2. Authorizing The First Railroad Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
3. Beginning the Land Grant Colleges
4. Coining the American Greenback dollar
5. Collecting the First Income Tax and Founding the IRS
6. Beginning the Secret Service
7. Instituting the first official Thanksgiving Day
Summing Things Up
About John D. Moore
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Content: To this point, America was financed through tariffs, bonds, and other taxes. This first ever income tax rate was a 3% flat tax on all income over $600. This was soon changed to a progressive scale where, based on income level, citizens paid either 5%, 3%, or no money at all. Lincoln’s income tax also started the policy of withholding taxes from worker’s pay. Taxes without collection and enforcement don’t produce revenue, so Lincoln also created the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which became the storied IRS. The income tax has lived on as the principle means of funding the federal government. What’s interesting is that Mr. Lincoln died at 7:22 am on April 15. As you may know, April 15 happens to be the official deadline for filing federal taxes. Lincoln started the U.S. Secret Service
6. Beginning the Secret Service
In one of his final acts as president, on the very day he was to be struck down by his assassin, Abraham Lincoln created another lasting government institution: