Forum Home | Log in | Signup | My Page | Rules | FAQ | Boards | Members | Search
Replies to Msg. #1033181
.
 Msg. #  Subject Posted by    Board    Date   
45257 Re: In case you didn�t know, tariffs made up 95% of the US government�s revenue until 1913, at which point they switched to gaining money through taxing you.
   ...the tariffs were paid by citizens too. Ya just didn't have any idea... 		ribit   POPE IV   07 Mar 2018
 3:02 AM
45233 Re: In case you didn’t know, tariffs made up 95% of the US government’s revenue until 1913, at which point they switched to gaining money through taxing you.
   Decomposed  		 POPE IV   06 Mar 2018
 9:59 AM

The above list shows replies to the following message:

In case you didn’t know, tariffs made up 95% of the US government’s revenue until 1913, at which point they switched to gaining money through taxing you.

By: capt_nemo in POPE IV
Tue, 06 Mar 18 8:14 AM
Msg. 45226 of 47202
Jump to msg. #  

In case you didn’t know, tariffs made up 95% of the US government’s revenue until 1913, at which point they switched to gaining money through taxing you. It’s no coincidence that this isn’t taught in schools.

The tariff history of the United States spans from colonial times to present. The first tariff law passed by the U.S. Congress, acting under the then recently ratified Constitution, was the Tariff of 1789. Its purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government (to...

http://investmentwatchblog.com/in-case-you-didnt-know-tariffs-made-up-95-of-the-us-governments-revenue-until-1913-at-which-point-they-switched-to-gaining-money-through-taxing-you-its-no-coincidence-that-this/


The Jekyll Island duck hunt that created the Federal Reserve


http://www.jekyllislandhistory.com/federalreserve.shtml


Avatar

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.