Which of the following gave the U.S. federal government the power to tax income?

A. The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978.
B. The capital gains tax of the Bush administration.
C. The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
D. The Social Security Act.


Answer: C

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