Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names
A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating.
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A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating.
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The founders built a structural limit on federal taxing power, a restriction the Progressive Era removed. The government that followed was not a coincidence. The 16th Amendment, ratified Feb. 3, 1913, gave Congress the power to tax income โfrom whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states.โ Those 23 words eliminated the constitutional constraint [โฆ]
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