Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > Pete Theisen wrote: > >> Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >> >> >>> we will see the government robbing Petter >>> >>> >> Hi Leland! >> >> What if Paul is a petter himself? >> >> >> >>> to Pay Paul >>> >>> >> Don't you think Bob's international import tariff is a good idea? >> >> > No, I believe in free trade. A tariff is a tax that is paid by the > foreign country to allow their goods and service into the USA for sale. > The foreign country must pay the tax even though they receive no benefit > from the Federal Government in the form of USA national defense, > military, branches of government, Supreme Court, Agriculturalist > Programs, etc. It's a kind of taxation without representation. > > I believe their should be a strong relationship between the source of > the tax revenues and the people that receive the benefits from the > government spending, and that would be you and I, not some foreign country. > > Also, a tariff paid by a foreign country could damage international > trade and put the USA in a disadvantage there. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > >
It is likely the USA used a tariff to raise government revenue in the early days of our nation, because a tariff is easy to collect at the ship's port of call, where as an income tax places a much greater bureaucratic burdon on a government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs Regards, LelandJ > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
