The Federalist No. 34
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The Federalist No. 34 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist Papers that argues for broad federal taxing power as essential to national defense and effective government.
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| instanceOf |
Federalist Paper
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political essay → |
| argumentType |
economic reasoning
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normative political argument → |
| author |
Alexander Hamilton
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| genre |
constitutional commentary
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political theory → |
| hasSubject |
constitutional interpretation
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federal-state relations → public finance → taxation → war powers → |
| historicalPeriod |
Founding era of the United States
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| inCollection |
The Federalist (book form)
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| intendedAudience |
voters of New York
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| language |
English
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| mainTopic |
United States Constitution
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division of taxing authority → federal taxing power → federalism in the United States → national defense financing → |
| originalPublicationMedium |
New York newspaper
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| partOf |
The Federalist Papers
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| politicalAlignment |
Federalist
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| positionTaken |
argues that constitutional limits on taxation should be minimal at the federal level
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argues that federal government must have unlimited resources for national emergencies → argues that federal government should predominate in revenue for war and defense → argues that future contingencies cannot be precisely foreseen in revenue matters → argues that overlapping taxing powers are necessary → argues that practical and political checks will restrain federal taxation → argues that states cannot reliably provide for national defense needs → argues that states will retain significant sources of revenue → rejects fixed constitutional apportionment of all taxes → supports broad federal taxing power → supports concurrent taxation by federal and state governments → |
| publicationSeries |
The Independent Journal
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| publicationYear |
1788
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| relatedWork |
The Federalist No. 30
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The Federalist No. 31 → The Federalist No. 32 → The Federalist No. 33 → |
| seriesOrderWithinHamiltonEssays |
one of Hamilton's essays in the series
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| supportsDocument |
proposed United States Constitution
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| workNumberInSeries |
34
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Referenced by (1)
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The Federalist No. 33
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relatedWork |