The whiskey tax was a failure after some years of outright rebellion by many Americans. It was repealed under Jefferson in 1802 as being almost impossible to collect. Interesting that since that time, Americans have submitted to unlawful taxation in all of its forms. This is what happens when we do not know our rights, the supreme law of this land and the absolute limitations of our public servants at all levels.
I think that most people will agree that "chipping in" in one's local town for rightful expenses makes sense and I'd suggest that this would carry over to the feds and the state. However, the taxation that exists now is not much more than an outright money-grab that's very wrongly spent with no real accountability. Every single expense that a town/state has must to be viewed microscopically and except for true bare-bones expenses, eliminated. This must be done.
How did they get it for the first 100+ years the country was formed and there was no income tax?
Tariffs.
Tax on trade and whiskey.
The whiskey tax was a failure after some years of outright rebellion by many Americans. It was repealed under Jefferson in 1802 as being almost impossible to collect. Interesting that since that time, Americans have submitted to unlawful taxation in all of its forms. This is what happens when we do not know our rights, the supreme law of this land and the absolute limitations of our public servants at all levels.
I think that most people will agree that "chipping in" in one's local town for rightful expenses makes sense and I'd suggest that this would carry over to the feds and the state. However, the taxation that exists now is not much more than an outright money-grab that's very wrongly spent with no real accountability. Every single expense that a town/state has must to be viewed microscopically and except for true bare-bones expenses, eliminated. This must be done.