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To: central_va

“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.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_United_States_history

A preamble to an Act can say pretty much anything. The test comes when the text of the bill is examined. The tariffs were only large enough to fund the government and were not high enough to protect jobs/manufacturers.

So, you’re wrong again.


105 posted on 04/19/2016 9:51:34 AM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: DugwayDuke

You have a mental problem when presented with facts you deny them. You are delusional.


107 posted on 04/20/2016 4:20:22 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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