US has tariffed imports since the 1790s which significantly financed the USG
Tariffs existed until WW1 when income taxes were intro’d to pay war debt. Yeah that was Woody Wilson sticking it to the little guy.
“ Yeah that was Woody Wilson sticking it to the little guy.”
Wasn’t that done by his wife? Wilson had stroked out and was incapacitated to the point of being non-verbal. Great government we have when you vote for one but someone else decides…