tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886353283832358677.post2136506254026635476..comments2023-11-03T04:54:28.663-07:00Comments on Reason Reigns: All Honor to Thomas JeffersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886353283832358677.post-60191029320860032952012-10-14T16:14:52.558-07:002012-10-14T16:14:52.558-07:00The 1798 property tax raised
approximately $2 mill...The 1798 property tax raised<br />approximately $2 million over the next three years. The federal land tax continued to be<br />collected until 1802, when the Republicans took control of the executive and legislative<br />branches. Newly elected Republican President Thomas Jefferson abolished all internal taxes,<br />including the still controversial whiskey excise tax and the land tax.<br /><br />http://www.gwu.edu/~gwipp/papers/wp027.pdfIlyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361065075979697054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886353283832358677.post-84519281108429893052012-10-14T16:02:55.901-07:002012-10-14T16:02:55.901-07:00http://political-economy.com/thomas-jefferson-on-t...http://political-economy.com/thomas-jefferson-on-taxes/ <br />Ilyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361065075979697054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886353283832358677.post-58589320755772337972012-10-14T15:55:12.156-07:002012-10-14T15:55:12.156-07:00"Mr. Jefferson, ... who was, is, and perhaps ..."Mr. Jefferson, ... who was, is, and perhaps will continue to be, the most distinguished politician of our history..." - Abraham Lincoln<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=XufSf2ffzKsC&pg=PT365&lpg=PT365&dq=Abraham+Lincoln+called+Jefferson+%22the+most+distinguished+politician+in+our+history&source=bl&ots=yFfUK0vG_-&sig=yTXPi1SUj9O_2pmakmWyLDOIUM0&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Abraham%20Lincoln%20called%20Jefferson%20%22the%20most%20distinguished%20politician%20in%20our%20history&f=falseIlyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361065075979697054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886353283832358677.post-80815109574677972552011-05-15T10:22:44.339-07:002011-05-15T10:22:44.339-07:00"The principles of Jefferson
Are the definit..."The principles of Jefferson <br />Are the definitions & axioms of free society…<br />All honor to Jefferson... who... <br />Had the coolness, forecast, & sagacity <br />To introduce... An abstract truth, applicable to all men & all times, <br />And so embalm it there that today & in all coming days<br />It shall be a rebuke & a stumbling-block <br />To the very harbingers of reappearing tyranny & oppression.” - AL<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAgkV0y7Njg&feature=shareIlyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361065075979697054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886353283832358677.post-12755109080308507052011-02-21T19:28:58.749-08:002011-02-21T19:28:58.749-08:00"I predict future happiness for Americans if ..."I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas JeffersonIlyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361065075979697054noreply@blogger.com