Constitutional Law
The U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1789, gave the federal government authority to tax, stating that Congress has the power to
- "... lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States."
Tariffs between states are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution and all domestically made products can be imported or shipped to another state tax free. In the U.S. constitutional law sense, an excise tax is essentially an event tax (as opposed to a state of being tax).
Read more about this topic: Excise Tax In The United States
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“For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
—Bible: New Testament, Galatians 2:19-20.