Robert Morris proposed a 5% tax on imported goodsto help pay the national debt.
Robert Morris proposed a 5 percent tax on imported goods to help pay the national debt Robert Morris proposed a 5 percent tax on imported goods to help pay the national debt
Robert Morris proposed the establishment of the National Bank to help pay off the national debt. He believed that a centralized banking system would provide stability and enable the government to borrow and manage funds efficiently. His plan was eventually adopted, leading to the creation of the First Bank of the United States in 1791.
Alexander Hamilton drafted his First Report on the Public Credit to outline a plan for eliminating the national debt. He did this at the request of Congress in order to pay of the debt and establish national credit.
To restore the nation's economic credit so that the government could raise money in the future.
Morris was a valuable member of the Continental Congress where he specialized in financial affairs and military procurement, serving in Congress's war department and as the chairman of the Secret Committee of Trade. The Continental Congress hired Morris's firm (Willing and Morris) to supply the Continental Army with arms and ammunition. Pamphleteer Thomas Paine and others would later vehemently criticize Morris for supplying the Continental Army because Morris profited greatly from the war. Although he was never tried for this apparent conflict of interest, Morris's reputation was severely weakened. In 1781 Morris was appointed the Superintendent of Finance (modern day Secretary of the Treasury), with a goal to solve the national debt crisis. ----
so they can be out of debt, and so they can buy land
by taxing imported goods
Robert Morris proposed a 5 percent tax on imported goods to help pay the national debt Robert Morris proposed a 5 percent tax on imported goods to help pay the national debt
10 pecent inflation tax
5 percent national income tax
He proposed 5% sales tax on imported goods.
Robert Morris proposed the establishment of the National Bank to help pay off the national debt. He believed that a centralized banking system would provide stability and enable the government to borrow and manage funds efficiently. His plan was eventually adopted, leading to the creation of the First Bank of the United States in 1791.
Andrew Jackson was the only president to date to actually pay off the national debt. President Jackson paid off the debt in 1835. He was a wise man by doing so. Many people get confused and believe that there is no national debt when there is a surplus. The last president to balance the budget and regain a surplus of revenue was Bill Clinton and he did it only for one fiscal year.
Hamilton proposed an excise tax to repay the national debt by setting up a national bank. The opposition was that taxing was giving the federal government too much power and a National Bank was unconstitutional.
Robert Morris' "On Public Credit", an economic plan for the colonies, was submitted to the Continental Congress in 1781. The paper laid out a national funding plan with a reliance on direct taxation, including a head tax on slaves. There was no support for the taxation plan.
Alexander Hamilton drafted his First Report on the Public Credit to outline a plan for eliminating the national debt. He did this at the request of Congress in order to pay of the debt and establish national credit.
Hamilton proposed an excise tax to repay the national debt by setting up a national bank. The opposition was that taxing was giving the federal government too much power and a National Bank was unconstitutional.