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Who ever said they had to be high?  I would only support a flat tariff regardless.  The HTS is composed of as much unnecessary complexity as the IRS code.  Don't forget that mere COMPLIANCE with the IRS code costs $100 billion a year - above and beyond the costs of the taxes themselves.


And, high tariffs or not, this system was once working perfectly fine.  There were no internal taxes in the U.S. from 1802 to 1860 minus the brief temporary taxation to fund the war of 1812.  WE BECAME THE MOST PROSPEROUS NATION ON EARTH.


You're also failing to recognize that if all our internal taxes were repealed (and our currency issues were resolved), we would instantly become the largest tax haven on the planet.  Foreign investment would skyrocket.


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