More than a century before the 16th Amendment and the IRS, the Anti-Federalists warned that the Constitution’s taxing power would be used to bleed the people dry and consolidate power. Luther Martin, George Mason, Cato, and others saw it coming – unlimited taxation, oppressive enforcement, and economic subjugation. We ignored them. Now we live it.
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Episode – Tax Battle! Henry vs Hamilton on the Requisition System
Patrick Henry – Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)
Boldin – Taxing Power: Luther Martin’s Anti-Federalist Warnings
Luther Martin – Genuine Information VI (15 Jan 1788)
Elbridge Gerry – Letter to James Warren (18 Oct 1787)
George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (3 June 1788)
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