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To: marktwain
Because, as has been shown in the debate on this thread, that is not true (i.e. "a lie").

It has not been "shown." It has been alleged. The evidence contradicts that. I have real number evidence to prove the point. The other side has obfuscation.

The 72% of the total revenue for the government came from the South. Now you can jump through hoops pretending the North paid some of that, but the reality is that that money came out of the South's pocket, not the North's.

The idea one side is all good, and the other side is all bad, is a ridiculous simplification.

Yes, i'm sure the Nazis had some redeeming characteristics, though I could not put my finger on what they were. I suppose them killing a lot of Communists could be seen as a good thing, but they weren't really doing it for a good reason. In that regard they are kind of like Lincoln invading the South. It may have had some good results, but it wasn't the reason why he was doing it.

178 posted on 05/14/2024 7:28:01 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
The 72% of the total revenue for the government came from the South. Now you can jump through hoops pretending the North paid some of that, but the reality is that that money came out of the South's pocket, not the North's.

Nope. You allege it does.

Your numbers do not add up.

Just because the South had more exports does not mean they paid more in tariffs.

Reality does not support what you say.

As I recall, you claim, for example, that exports of gold and silver are not exports.

Just because you claim the South paid more does not mean it really did pay more.

I am not sure of the sort of mercantalist economic model you are using. It seems a way to make an economic argument which does not exist in fact.

179 posted on 05/14/2024 7:39:34 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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