[DannyTN]

That's just simply not true. And you don't understand history if you believe that. Government has a proper role in determining the rules of the marketplace. Inteference can be good or bad. Just depends.

The founding fathers beleived tariffs were a tax on foreigners wanting to do business in America. And that tariffs maximized freedom by avoiding the need to tax U.S. citizens directly.

Don't let a hatred of government blind you to the proper and necessary role of government. The founding fathers established a government for a reason.

[Pining_4_TX]

We will never agree on this issue. Government is force and has no place in voluntary transactions between individuals and businesses, unless that business is illegal or immoral.

Government’s only legitimate function is to protect citizens from criminals and foreign enemies, and it doesn’t even do that very well.