The 1888 Model

"…they had to debate what the hell to do with all the money, because tariffs were bringing in a fortune…”

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/5134724.html

The President directs us to look at 'The Great Tariff Debate of 1888'. One analysis: "Higher Tariffs, Lower Revenues? Analyzing the Fiscal Aspects of 'The Great Tariff Debate of 1888'".

https://www.nber.org/papers/w6239.pdf

"After the Civil War, Congress justified high import tariffs (relative to their prewar levels) as necessary in order to raise sufficient revenue to pay off the public debt. By the 1880s the federal government was running large and seemingly intractable fiscal surpluses…"

"The Republicans proposed higher tariffs to achieve the dual objective of reducing government revenue and protecting American industry from import competition."

Trying to interpret:

So… once the government began running a surplus, less government revenue was needed. Republicans (President McKinley) increased tariffs, expecting this would reduce government revenue – but more importantly, protect American industry.

Is that it?

I'm wondering how much money and property is presently under lock and key by EO, especially Executive Order Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption. Is it enough to produce a government fiscal surplus when released?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/

If so, that would square with the recent increase in tariffs, in this interpretation. High tariffs would indirectly signal the existence of a new but unannounced source of wealth that's sufficient to initiate a government surplus. It might be property that’s blocked by EO, worldwide.

Maybe this also signals an upcoming, very significant cut in federal income tax. That cut would force the federal government to live off tariff revenue, as it did in 1888. Slashed income tax would protect American families, while increased tariffs would continue to protect American industry. Moreover, the forced reduction in federal revenue would square with a significant federal Reduction In Force (RIF), which has sometimes been rumored as a motive behind shutdowns.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Federal_taxes_by_type.pdf

It’s just a speculative interpretation, but that “1888 Model” would be a wild 2020 platform plank, don’t you think?

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Or maybe President Trump was just pointing us to Q post 1888.

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/5133269.html#5133299

“You sent shock waves to the netherworld!” That ties to Trump’s downward gesture at the rally, which may have imitated Michelle Obama’s downward gesture at the Grammy’s – a suggestive answer to the question, “Who runs the world?”

https://media.giphy.com/media/iqzlAOqTGoxp7SKJVp/giphy.gif

In which case tariff debate only points to the, ah, netherworld.

Well, Q knows.