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To: Non-Sequitur
Jefferson Davis ran one of the worst constitution trashing, big intrusive government, high tax, high regulation, fiscally irresponsible administrations in recorded history.

Citations please.

262 posted on 12/01/2007 6:56:05 PM PST by rustbucket
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To: rustbucket
Citations please.

"Look Away: History of the Confederate States of America" by William C. Davis goes into it in great detail about a lot of it. Davis details government control of industries like liquor, salt, and textile in Chapter 10. In Chapter 7 he talks about how the federal government impressment of agricultural output for the army made already food supplies in many Southern states even tighter. Chapter 6 details arrests without warrants, something Mark Neely goes into greater detail in his "Southern Rights: Political Priosners and the Myth of Confederate Constitutionalism". Stephen Wise talks about how the government forced private ship owners to reserve a significant portion of their cargo space without compensation. As far as taxes are concerned, Davis goes into that as well. In Chapter 13 he details that from the very beginning the confederate government was tax happy. In August 1861 the central government levied a property tax on real estate, slaves, stocks, bank accounts, and other property, something that the U.S. never did. In 1862 the confederate government first proposed an income tax, something that had never been done before as well, and which had rates as high as 20%. A variation of this was passed at last in 1863. Finally, the fiscal irresponsibility of the Davis government is evident in the fact that confederate currency lost value almost from the moment it was introduced and by the end of the rebellion had the approximate value of toilet paper.

So you obviously disagree with me. Fine, nothing new in that. So please feel free to explain why a libertarian should love the confederacy. Include citations please.

263 posted on 12/02/2007 5:35:58 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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