rich1.0Cykros (npub1lc…63apw)https://yabu.me/npub1lcetwt8hcd9gagdytu4e35ufykxek0elfvx8q3spugmgj9x0ev0q363apwnjumphttps://yabu.meI mean, mostly just on imports, rather than absurd things like income or wealth. And while I don't love friction on trade at all, if you're gonna implement taxes (which will be necessary to fund a government), doing it on an optional activity like imports rather than inescapable on something like just owning things or earning money is preferable. Taxes on income didn't come until 1913 with the passage of the 16th amendment -- same year as the Federal Reserve -- when the British empire we revolted against took back a large measure of control through their proxy they'd backed in the Confederate Colour Revolution of the 1860's. The founding fathers had actually prohibited such a tax (direct yet unapportioned -- See Article I) with the Constitution, which is why an amendment was necessary in the first place. They weren't saints, but they did at least reject the machine that was the Bank of England and the continuation of imperial practices stemming from the British East India Company, which came from the Dutch East India Company, which had ties to Venetian banking (see: the Warburg Family) which ultimately had ties back to the Roman Empire. Those who've run the country for the last century+, however, did not share their patriotism.