[bowzer313]

"...you need to understand that tariffs, under the US Constitution, can not be and have never been applied to exports, from the South or anywhere else."

Simply wrong.

[brownsfan]

"...you need to understand that tariffs, under the US Constitution, can not be and have never been applied to exports, from the South or anywhere else."

Simply wrong.


I just asked about this! Thanks. So, if you are correct, even though I didn't study 40 years of conflict and legislation, I was more correct on this point than fellow freeper ditto?

[Ditto]

No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state.
U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9.

bowzer,

Please tell brownsfan and myself where exports are or have been taxed.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"tariffs, under the US Constitution, can not be and have never been applied to exports, from the South or anywhere else"

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While it is true that tariffs (properly understood) cannot be applied to exports, the federal government has always had the ability to levy *excise taxes* upon goods produced domestically. So maybe you all are talking past each other because of semantics.