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The 16th only removed the apportionment requirement for federal taxes, which means the federal government doesn't have to allocate revenues from specific tax sources to specific expenditures.
Not really. The apportionment clause in the Constitution comes from Article I, section 2:
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
Yes. And the 16th amendment amended that so apportionment is no longer required.
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
My reply was based on this portion of your statement:
which means the federal government doesn't have to allocate revenues from specific tax sources to specific expenditures.
The apportionment requirement doesn't impact how monies are spent. Only how they are collected.
Well, okay. My statements were focused on the collection. But yes, you don't have to apportion spending. I didn't mean to suggest that. Congress passes laws for spending.
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