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Re:The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets (2015) by HeWhoLurksLate on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @02:46PM (#19557315)
Also, bootleggers who made money by smuggling stuff for cheap and selling it right below the full tariff price and weren't happy about the British ending their tariffs and making them lose money.

Also, the whole trial by jury of peers was really great for those like John Hancock (the guy who signed his name really big on the Constitution) who got in trouble with the British for smuggling and then would be invariably found not guilty by his employees. When military trials came into place, Hancock and his distributor buddies started getting jail time.

Also, by the way, Hancock shipping basically had a mob, who were responsible for a bunch of the rioting in Boston and likely the related Tea Party.

Just wanted to point out that America wasn't exactly formed out of ideology.

By the way- that big signature? Essentially the largest political middle finger ever.

Re:The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets (2015) by max76 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @02:57PM (#19557446)
I did say my history lesson was oversimplified. The question of _how_ Americans avoided paying taxes is always interesting, not just during this time period.