The income tax does nothing more than pay the interest on the national debt to the banks who loan the government supposedly taxpayer money with interest.
Has been since they found this out in the 80's in the Grace Commission Report. Although its not 100%, its very high and higher than it should be.
The way the Fed and the govt work hand in hand and how it is operated is a travesty. The masses barely noticed when our currency went from being a US Note to a Fed Note - which are very different. It turned over control of our money supply to a private entity (yes the Fed is privately controlled) from the Congress (Article 1 US Const - Congress shall have the Power to Coin Money and Regulate the Value Thereof.). The big difference is that it is debt money now. With interest on each dollar. Its absurd.
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money... the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered!” - Thomas Jefferson