[reed13k]

Where are the import/export taxes pre-civil war? Wasn’t that the primary means of funding the fed between the whiskey tax and the CW?

[VitacoreVision]

Tariffs vs Taxes?

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reed13k: Where are the import/export taxes pre-civil war? Wasn’t that the primary means of funding the fed between the whiskey tax and the CW?
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[reed13k]

ah - there were ad valorem taxes then - which is similar to a vat sales tax.