Oddbean

Tariffs is how it worked before 1913, and America became the wealthiest most powerful nation on the planet under our tarrifs system, with zero federal income tax. Sure politicians tried putting a federal tax on people here and there, but it always got shot down in court. That's why they, the forced-collectivist, had to sneak their income tax amendment into the constitution, and that is when America was fundamentally changed into a socialistic society.