What can a national government accomplish if it does not have the power to tax?

Without the power to tax, a government will have few resources to do anything. It cannot effectively police its citizens, protect its people from foreign invaders, or regulate commerce because it cannot pay the associated costs. ... The Constitution gave Congress the power to lay taxes and also to collect them.

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The first one is russia because in russia they were on the rough times and they never had a way to get out of

“destroyers for bases agreement in the destroyers for bases agreement between the united states and the united kingdom on september 2, 1940, fifty caldwell , wickes, and clemson class us navy destroyers were transferred to the toyalbnavy from the united states navy in exchange for land rights on british possessions.” i hope this you .