Ri-chard Loc: 23322

In 1802, President “Thomas Jefferson, an anti-Federalist, repealed all direct taxation, including the Excise Whiskey Tax. Unlike Hamilton, Jefferson saw tariffs as enemies to the constituents of a free democracy, limiting the worker’s ability to benefit fully from his labor. [In other words, Jefferson understood that taxation was a form of s***ery or serfdom that appropriated the labor of people for needs other than their own, which is the same as s***ery.]

While the pardons showed the power of the presidency, Jefferson’s repeal proved the power of American democracy. Even though the farmers lost the r*******n, they succeeded in checking the federal government’s early reach into civic liberties. That legacy of the grappling between government authority and individual freedom would become as much, if not more, a part of the American story as the pardon itself.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-p**********l-pardon-pitted-hamilton-against-george-washington-180964659/

Also, remember President Lincoln made us enemies of the State (States are corporations) and President Roosevelt made us enemies of the Banks. (Banks are foreign)