He’s obviously believes in high taxes as shown after 1861 when he passed huge tariffs on the entirety of the South. These taxes effected those of every walk of life and began to break the back of the “Confederate” economy. Then again, high taxes made him an American liberal, not a socialist. Lincoln was one of the first real proponents of the progressive income tax, which many at the time said was unfair to tax the rich just for being rich...
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Then again, high taxes made him an American liberal, not a socialist. Lincoln was one of the first real proponents of the progressive income tax, which many at the time said was unfair to tax the rich just for being rich. Lincoln did not view it as such; he viewed it as a means to pay for his war against state’s rights...
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