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To: knarf

The federal government used to operate on tariffs before the Sixteenth Amendment.


2 posted on 11/04/2019 2:20:02 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
The federal government used to operate on tariffs before the Sixteenth Amendment.

There was also an income tax during the Civil War.

14 posted on 11/04/2019 2:33:58 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Olog-hai
You beat me to it. 😁
24 posted on 11/04/2019 4:41:48 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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