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pstuartyesterday at 6:31 PM1 replyview on HN

The stated intention was to replace income taxes with tariffs; and it came with a bonus feature of handing the President a cudgel with which to grant him personal powers and personal rewards.


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Matticus_Rexyesterday at 8:57 PM

There were something like six different stated intentions, most of which were entirely mutually-exclusive. Replacing income taxes was always the least credible of them.

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