To: ggekko
Immediately before the start of Civil War the South was paying 87% of all Federal Taxes! No it didn't. About 95% of all tariff revenue was collected in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
To: Non-Sequitur
"No it didn't. About 95% of all tariff revenue was collected in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia..."
Please cite a source. I do not think your number is correct.
Remember, the Northern politicians has set up the tariff regime to encourage the use of manufactured goods made in the North.
The South bought and sold a high volume of goods with Europe.
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02/17/2003 8:33:01 PM PST by
ggekko
To: Non-Sequitur
No it didn't. About 95% of all tariff revenue was collected in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. By that same reasoning, inland states such as Iowa, Vermont, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee must have NEVER paid ANY taxes at all because they didn't have a seaport to collect them. Surely that is not what you are suggesting, is it?
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