To: Tau Food
Supporters of the income tax believed that it would be a much better method of gathering revenue than tariffs, which were the primary source of revenue at the time. Ref: Wiki
Which makes sense to the South as historically they were net importers and against protectionism.
274 posted on
08/20/2013 6:37:45 PM PDT by
central_va
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To: central_va
So that would make the south in favor of the liberal income tax rather than the conservative tariff.
297 posted on
08/21/2013 9:47:01 AM PDT by
donmeaker
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