The 16th amendment

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

This amendment gives congress the power to impose taxes but makes it to were they must take out taxes within proportion to the amount of money and individual makes. I.E. if the taxes are 15% and a person makes $1000 every other week, then the taxes taken out will be $150/check

The history and purpose

This amendment keeps us from being taxed to the extent that we cannot make profit from our efforts.