sangha
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No shit. But in a limited Capacity even then, and based upon Commerce.
You're dismissed. Go learn some history
*ASSCLOWN*
If by "limited Capacity" you mean "policing international waters, regulating interstate commerce, establishing a national bank, a post office, and a court system to ajudicate business disputes" then "Yeah, it was a limited capacity"
What?
Your words:
And the govt has been involved in the economy since before the Constitution was ratified.
And you cite things that weren't in play at the time. YOU are one confused puppy.
Still stands.
So you want pre-constitutional examples? No problem
Before the Constitution, the govt was responsible for the division of land into useful units. In an agrarian economy, this represented an enourmous involvement in the economy. The govt passed laws which stated that new states admitted to the union in certain specific territories would never be slave states, another huge involvement in the economy