"The underconsumptionist of 1819 believed that consumption would be stimulated by tariffs, while the ..." — Murray Rothbard

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.

The majority is not society, is not everyone. Majority coercion over the minority is still coercion.

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.

Originally, Congress provided in 1793 that all foreign coins circulating in the United States be legal tender. Indeed, foreign coins have been estimated to form 80 percent of American domestic specie circulation in 1800.