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“So was George Washington acting immorally when he signed the Tariff Act of 1789? What an utterly ridiculous position you hold.”

The Tariff Act of 1789 did not include “protectionistic” tariffs. “The goal of using higher tariffs to promote industrialization was urged by the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and after him the Whig Party. They generally failed because Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democrats said the tariff should be only high enough to pay the government’s bills; otherwise, it would hurt the consumers.” (first paragraph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_United_States_history “

You said: The Tariff Act of 1789 did not include “protectionistic” tariffs. “The goal of using higher tariffs to promote industrialization was urged by the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and after him the Whig Party. They generally failed because Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democrats said the tariff should be only high enough to pay the government’s bills;

Your post is completely wrong because the Tariff Act of 1789 says it is protectionist

The Tariff Act of 1789, was the first major Act passed in the United States under its present Constitution of 1789 and had two purposes as stated in Section I of the Act which reads as follows;

"Whereas it is necessary for that support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares and merchandise:"

So you are wrong just admit it.