The Price of America: How Taxation Shaped a Nation and Exposed the Machinery of Power - Softcover

Lemma, Isaiah

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798257134821

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Taxes are never just about money.

The Price of America is a short, laser-focused nonfiction book that reveals how taxation helped build the United States, shape its institutions, and expose the deeper machinery of power behind law, wealth, and representation.

Drawing from history, public policy, and real-world tax practice, Isaiah Lemma connects empire, revolution, territorial expansion, inequality, tariffs, labor, and capital into one clear argument: tax systems do far more than raise revenue. They help decide who carries the burden, who holds influence, and what kind of nation is being built.

Inside this concise read, you will:

• understand why taxation has always been about more than money
• see how tax policy shapes power, citizenship, and economic life
• connect America’s founding tax revolt to today’s fiscal debates
• gain a sharper lens on fairness, representation, and national priorities

This book is for readers of American history, public policy, taxation, economics, and serious short nonfiction.

Brief, clear, and thought-provoking, this is a book you can read quickly and think about long after the last page.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798257134821
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 68
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