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Taxing Clause

On this day: “No taxation without representation!”

by NCC Staff

The Stamp Act Congress met on this day in New York in 1765, a meeting that led nine Colonies to declare the English Crown had no…

On this day: “No taxation without representation!”
How we wound up with the income tax

by Scott Bomboy

Imagine a world with a federal income tax; if you were an American citizen before 1913, with a few exceptions you didn’t have to…

How we wound up with the income tax
Donald Trump and the history of tariffs and trade

by Lana Ulrich

The incoming Trump administration will focus on tariffs and trade, and a brief review of their history might help to put Trump’s…

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