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1 posted on 12/18/2023 10:55:13 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

And we have loyal Americans rotting in jail for exercising their right to protest.


2 posted on 12/18/2023 10:56:55 AM PST by BipolarBob (Yes officer, I saw the speed limit sign. I just didn't see you.)
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IIRC, much of the ire regarding the tea tax was that it wasn't applied to everyone equally -- making tea merchants loyal to the crown (East India Tea Company) have an unfair advantage over other tea merchants.

In other words, the Boston Tea Party was as much a statement for equal treatment under the law as it was a statement regarding tax.

3 posted on 12/18/2023 11:02:26 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Red Badger

The federal deficit in 2023 has jumped to $1.7 trillion, an astonishing 23% increase on the prior year. And no one seems bothered.


Nothing changes till the cashflow stops.

We woke up one morning, read the paper and learned the USSR was bankrupt. It happened that fast.

A major world power has gone bankrupt in our lifetime.

What is important is what happens afterward. Prepare now for the rebuild. WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO PREPARE FOR THAT?


4 posted on 12/18/2023 11:05:31 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Red Badger

Breathtakingly, stupidly wrong. The revolution began in 1775 at Lexington.


6 posted on 12/18/2023 11:14:22 AM PST by Brass Lamp
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protectionism never works? it seemed to be doing just fine until the 16th amendment in 1913. the author seems to be claiming that everything between 1776 and 1913 was in essence dysfunctional.


7 posted on 12/18/2023 11:25:14 AM PST by SteveH
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The US got along just fine till 1913 without an income tax.


12 posted on 12/18/2023 2:13:20 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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13 posted on 12/20/2023 8:57:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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