Isn’t it true that initially, right after Founding, the government’s sole source of income WAS tariffs? Not 100% sure about that, but that factoid is rattling around in the BHG (Brain Housing Group).
Tariffs and excise taxes.
1,215 posted on 03/06/2018 9:37:02 PM PST by Swordmaker
(My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)