First, the President can not raise taxes. Only Congress can do that. Thomas Jefferson was the President who made the Louisiana Purchase. Money had to be borrowed from European bankers to make the purchase. I am not aware that Jefferson asked for any tax increases. There was no income tax in those days. Tariffs and duties were the main source of revenue. There were taxes on whiskey and certain commodities.
we had to start paying the taxes at the stores
The US payed about 15 million dollars to buy the Louisiana Purchase to the French.
Farmers had to pay for using the port at New Orleans before the Louisiana Purchase because it was controlled by Spain. Spain, which had acquired the Louisiana Territory from France, required farmers to pay tariffs and fees to use the port for trading their goods.
It Raised Taxes On inported goods
Louisiana makes money in a variety of ways, including from income tax, sales tax, corporate tax, gambling fees, tobacco taxes, oil and gas revenue, tourism, timber sales, agricultural taxes, and severance taxes.
we had to start paying the taxes at the stores
No. The President has no power over taxes. He can ask Congress to raise the income tax, but they tend to do what they want to do. President Obama did ask Congress to increase the income tax on high incomes.
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They pass a bill to raise taxes which becomes law if the Senate also passes it and the president signs it.
George H. W. Bush promised not to raise taxes but conditions made that impossible.
Pres. Barack Hussein Obama did not force Congress to raise gasoline sales taxes. The president wanted Congress to raise the federal gasoline excise tax but the Republican led House refused to do so.
Only Congress has the power to legislate taxes. Not even by executive order can a president do so.
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President Jackson was elected the 3rd president. Thomas Jefferson was not just a president but an inventor as well. The first thing Jefferson did was lowered the taxes and reduced the size of the army. He bought the French's land of Louisiana so the french had money to fight great Britian. This land that Thomas Jefferson bought is called the Louisiana Purchase. The US started by adding 530 acres.
Republicans will lower taxes making more money available for the private sector to provide products and services.Democrats will raise taxes and try to stimulate the economy through government spending and social programs.
YES, he is going to raise taxes on the higher class.
"to raise taxes" is an infinitive phrase. It is used as a noun-object of the verb "wanted" in this sentences.