[ConservativeMind]

Excise taxes are what this country largely existed on until the early 1900s.

Our country declined during those years, didn’t it?

[1rudeboy]

Do you have a point? How much do you want to raise my taxes now, in order to ensure prosperity for others but not myself?

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

We also got along with a tiny military after the Civil War, no Social Security, no Medicare, and about 1/100 the amount of other government we have today.

If we can replicate that situation now, yep, I agree we can run the government on tariffs.

But I think what we'll have are some big tariffs protecting those businesses who kick in the most bribes to D.C., and income taxes on top of that.