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To: DannyTN
The Founding Fathers saw tariffs as maximizing freedom because it allowed them to avoid taxing American citizens.

A $50 a barrel tax on oil, for example, isn't a tax on American citizens?

40 posted on 08/29/2015 5:21:34 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot ("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Not when they can buy American oil for $38.


44 posted on 08/29/2015 7:58:50 PM PDT by DannyTN
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