7. Reflection and Choice | On Taxation & Concurrent Powers 

Summary

In this seventh episode of Season 4 of Vital Remnants, McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary L. Gregg II guides readers through Federalist 30-36 and four Anti-Federalist papers in Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, The Anti-Federalists, and the Debate that Defined America, edited by Gary L. Gregg II and Aaron N. Coleman. 

Dr. Gregg discusses Publius’s defense of the unlimited power of taxation and the Anti-Federalist concerns regarding federal taxation. 

Corresponding Reading 

Section 6, pp.195-242 of Gary L. Gregg II and Aaron N. Coleman, Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, The Anti-Federalists, and the Debate that Defined America. 

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Contributors 

• Host: Dr. Gary L. Gregg II, McConnell Center Director 

• Producer and Editor: Connor Tracy, McConnell Center SBS Coordinator  

• Co-Editor: Will Randolph, McConnell Scholar