To: A. Pole
The reason tariffs were at such a level is 1. the industrial elites at the time (yes, those fat cat capitalist cronies) WANTED protectionism, it had nothing to do with the "common good" of the country and 2. We didn't have an income tax, so DC had to raise funds via tariffs.
73 posted on
06/10/2006 7:30:39 AM PDT by
Clemenza
(The CFR ate my bilderburgers! Time to call for a trilateral commission to investigate!)
To: Clemenza
We didn't have an income tax, so DC had to raise funds via tariffs. So you prefer income tax over tariffs?
75 posted on
06/10/2006 7:32:49 AM PDT by
A. Pole
(Evolution has demonstrated that the optimal IQ is the average IQ !)
To: Clemenza
"We didn't have an income tax, so DC had to raise funds via tariffs"
So you support a progressive income tax and oppose tariffs and you call yourself a "conservative"? LOL!
148 posted on
06/10/2006 9:23:01 AM PDT by
jpsb
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