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> The country ran just fine with 0% income taxes until 1913. Sure, apart from that whole Civil War fracas in the mid-1800s and the ensuing decades of reconstru
by culturestate 4y ago
> The country ran just fine with 0% income taxes until 1913.
Sure, apart from that whole Civil War fracas in the mid-1800s and the ensuing decades of reconstruction.
- brigandish 4y agoThe Civil War was a fight over the efficiency and ability of the country to run itself via taxes or not?
- culturestate 4y agoMy point is that regardless of the tax regime, America pretty clearly did not run "just fine" in that era.
- brigandish 4y agoIt seems that you could also say it didn't run fine if there were an invasion, for much the same reasons, but that wouldn't, in most cases, make it a valid critique of the way things were being run, especially with regard to the actual subject here, which regards the tax regime.