[muawiyah]

Nothing wrong with the collection of taxes.

Now if you are talking about the federal income tax, another poster noted that it was pasted into the Constitution to assuage the sensibility of Southerners who were getting darned tired of direct taxation on imports ~ inasmuch as they imported almost everything they used (except cotton).

If taxes were the issue, you boys sure got even with everybody. Now go pray to God that he might forgive you someday!

[Remember_Salamis]

First off, I'm a Yankee who merely understands history. In the decades that preceded the Civil War, over 75% of all revenue came from Southern States (sometimes as high as 90%). Southern States were forced to buy either (1)Northern goods and inflated prices, or (2) imported goods with a massive tariff. Those Tariff revenues were then funneled back into subsidizing Northern Industry.