> > 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 > Go back and read the debates. Not just for the Tariff Act of 1789, but throughout the first 150 years of the system's history. This was not the rationale. And it was a complete success, with respect to its stated rationale.
During Teddy Roosevelt's administration, the government had such a huge surplus of revenue from the model that they had to "justify" it by building public works projects, like funding the railroad infrastructure. We got off it because the "philosophy" of our Republic started to change dramatically with the administration of Woodrow Wilson, whose vision of making the world safe for democracy was actually no different than Dubya's.. or Clinton's...or Nixon's... or Kennedy's... or Eisenhower's...or Franlkin Roosevelt's... or eventually Obamessiah's when his handlers feed him his "actual" governing policies. Both parties are in the bag for free trade, the only distinction is how much regulation they want to attach to said "free" trade. A difference of degree, not kind. - Bob _______________________________________________ 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.
