[Alter Kaker]

Reading is fundamental. I'm not talking about tariffs and I wasn't talking about the Tariff Act of 1789, I was talking about the Embargo Act of 1807. The Embargo Act wasn't a tariff. It was an Embargo. It didn't impose a tariff or some other kind of consumption tax, it completely outlawed trade. And it wrecked the economy.

Also, even though Jefferson opposed a strong centralized government in theory, the federal government wound up assuming vast powers in order to enforce the Embargo - something any decent conservative ought to have opposed.

[central_va]

You need to read up on the Embargo Act. It only embargoed EXPORTS which I agree is crazy. That way the USA couldn’t be accused of taking sides.