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Re: Vietnam and Mexico

> It was, in an era of Shays rebellion and the French revo.with all the
> anxiety they provoked amongst elites re the unwashed masses, easier to
> tax foreign goods than to tax one's own citizenry.

true, but the Southern cotton kings didn't like that tax. In fact, the
US civil war had some characteristics of the liberal vs. conservative
civil wars over tariffs that hit some Latin American countries.


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Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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