Critics have called a wealth tax 'un-American,' but the idea is as old as the American Revolution

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Joe Raedle/Getty Images The idea of levying a tax on the wealthy has become more popular, and critics have attacked the idea as "un-American." But the history of progressive taxation in the US dates back to the founding of the country. So perhaps a wealth tax…