Your response indicates a need for better understanding of what tariffs do and how they increase the power of government over economic life. Revenues from a tariff would not come close to funding a modern military much less the whole government.
The federal government was never “meant” to be funded by a tariff. It was only one of several options provided for in the constitution. Any other tax was hopelessly inefficient and almost impossible to collect. Tariffs in today’s world are used only by third world and underdeveloped nations.
Free trade is the policy which maximizes human freedom, minimizes governmental meddling and the schemes of politicians. It also maximizes economic efficiency and production.
You might be interested to know that during the period for which the tariff provided a majority of funds for the government our trade balance was negative and we were funded by British capital. Hardly “taking care of ourselves” as you would term it.
Crank economic theory is what the Left spouts and has no place among intelligent people.
What an ignorant cop out. A) No standing military was intended for the U.S. B) Federal Government should be shrunk in size to a miniscule operation C) An apportioned opt out tax (Tarriff) is the only constitutiional tax (The 16th ammendment was never ruled to have the authority to tax individuals, which is why it is touted as “voluntary”). D) Trade with foreign countries AT ALL is optional. E) Free trade is neither “Free” nor maximizes freedom.
Until you grow up and learn to do anything but dictate from your high horse, just a few the holes in your cop out have been adressed. Do me a favor, and don’t get back to me. I already understand you have little understanding of freedom, nor economics, merely a shady view of how to maximize exploitation for the profitability of a few. No thanks. That’s not what patriotism, Constitutional Government, nor strong Sovereignty is about.