Economics not my forte. Suggest reading the Federalist Papers. My take from my read was the founders had pretty well restricted income to this newly formed fed mainly restricting it to collecting tariffs. So in keeping with this obvious intent of the Founders, income to the fed should be limited as much as possible with the states taking on more of the task of governance that the fed has improperly acquired.
How would an alternative tax work and wouldn’t it be then easier for government to spend as it wants?
Economics not my forte. Suggest reading the Federalist Papers. My take from my read was the founders had pretty well restricted income to this newly formed fed mainly restricting it to collecting tariffs. So in keeping with this obvious intent of the Founders, income to the fed should be limited as much as possible with the states taking on more of the task of governance that the fed has improperly acquired.