[Cringing Negativism Network]

Perhaps the founders who threw off a central government intent on taxation, and which supported our new nation with tariffs.

We’ve ventured quite a bit off that path.

[KevinDavis]

I guess you never heard of the Whiskey Rebellion. Something about the Whiskey Tax I guess that caused it. Yes Tariffs was meant to fund the Government, not protect jobs or protect companies who did a lousy job..

[LS]

The point is, Ron Paul has NOTHING in common with the Founders, including Madison, who introduced an amendment to the Constitutional Convention calling for government to have the authority to issue monopoly grants.

And for what it's worth, most of the taxes imposed by the Brits were IMPORT duties and therefore were no different in kind than what Hamilton advocated, only heavier. Whether in foreign policy, taxation, or the role of religion, or public financing of education (which the Founders all favored), Ron Paul would not be on the same side as almost any of them.