Will Biden Nullify This Founding Principle?

By Terence P. Jeffrey
| June 9, 2021 | 4:27am EDT
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Who should control taxation in America? The American citizens who live and work here or politicians who live somewhere else?
That question seemed to be settled in 1783 when Great Britain ended its war to stop the United States from becoming an independent nation.
Our revolution was precipitated by the British Parliament's repeated efforts to impose taxes on the American people even though the American colonies were not represented in Parliament.
The Parliament, for example, passed the Stamp Act in 1765.
"The provisions of the Bill required certain goods to bear a revenue stamp, similar to those already used in Great Britain, and for which a fee was payable to the government for such 'stamping,'" says an explanation of the act on the website of the British Parliament. "It sought to impose duties on all legal and official papers, such as deeds, wills and ship's paper, as well as on pamphlets, newspapers, and even on dice and playing cards."

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