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To: central_va

Yes, tariffs designed to be protectionistic are immoral since their only purpose is to use the power of government to extort wealth from one class of people to transfer to another class. Robbery is always immoral.


97 posted on 04/17/2016 6:45:35 AM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: DugwayDuke

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


101 posted on 04/18/2016 8:54:39 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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