Like the United Netherlands, the US under the Articles had no power to enforce its authority to receive taxes from the states. The Netherlands more than once resorted to “the point of a bayonet” to force payment.
We were headed for a similar situation as the Virginia House of Delegates discussed in 1784 a measure that would enable Congress to force payment by delinquent states through the use of armed force. It was a bad idea and never passed, but it is illustrative of the awful situation we were in.
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05/17/2010 9:51:52 AM PDT by
Publius6961
(10% of muslims, the killer murdering radicals, are "only" 140,000,000 of 'em)