War Room’s Steve Bannon and author John Gardner of the book “Manufacture Local” discussed the future of taxation in the United States.
Gardner discussed the idea of shifting away from income taxes and using tariffs as an alternative. He explained that the Founding Fathers’ vision for the US did not include an income tax and that President Trump shares their vision.
In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution established the income tax.
“The President is talking about a trillion dollars coming in on tariffs. You think you’ve had a pretty good first year?” Bannon asked.
“I think we’ve had a great year,” Gardner said.
“The thing that stands out to me is that 600 billion by 2022 numbers is what 90 percent of the lower-income taxpayers pay in America. Imagine replacing 90 percent of the income tax that Americans pay, how much that would help the working families and the middle class,” Gardner said.
“We can replace 600 billion of that easily,” Gardner said of tariffs replacing a significant portion of income tax.
Gardner explained that the Founding Fathers never intended there to be an income tax. He went on to explain that the earliest legislative act passed was a tariff act.
“The Founding Father’s never intended for the citizen to be an indentured servant to the government, and they proved this. Income tax was never a conversation with the Founding Fathers,” Gardner continued.
“The very first legislative act they passed was a tariff act, and they passed it on July 4th, which had a lot of meaning for the Founding Fathers, Independence Day,” Gardner explained.
“So, they never had a plan to punish the citizen and garnish their wages,” Gardner said.
“You have more freedom of choice when you can choose, hey, I’m gonna buy a foreign good and I choose to be taxed, or I’m gonna buy an American made good, and choose not to be taxed and not pay income tax,” Gardner explained.
“That is a truly more limited government when we remove income tax on the citizen and we pay our bills with external revenue,” Gardner continued.
“That’s why I believe external revenue and tariffs actually are more limited government and they actually are more personal liberty for the citizen,” Gardner said.
“The 16th Amendment, which created income tax, has no boundaries on it,” Gardner continued.
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