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To: weikel
"....a quote from Ben Franklin "no nation ever ruined itself by free trade".

From which of his personal writings did you lift this alleged quote? Perhaps you are relying upon a self-serving globalist hack like Rushmouth? Please also include documentation supporting your claim that President Jefferson was anti-tariffs. You will recall that tariffs were, at that time, the primary revenue source for central government expenses.

Sources are the only medium of exchange in the FR. Credible sources that is.

136 posted on 03/17/2002 1:34:30 AM PST by Robert Drobot
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To: ALL; VinnyTex; Mercuria
CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!
137 posted on 03/17/2002 1:43:54 AM PST by Richard M. Nixon
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To: Robert Drobot
Yes there were tariffs but they were low for the record I DO prefer them to income taxes. As for a source Ben Franklin Quotes . As for Jefferson Thomas Jefferson's 1793 Report On Trade
138 posted on 03/17/2002 1:47:25 AM PST by weikel
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