Waffler, Smith <- "For most of our nation's history, individual taxpayers rarely had any significant contact with Federal tax authorities as most of the Federal government's tax revenues were derived from excise taxes, tariffs, and customs duties." http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml

Sad to think that as recent as Coolidge's administration, the federal budget was smaller than the states, then came the socialist big government venture that never ends...