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Under Article of Confederation Congress did not have the power to tax states directly, only!

request tax revenue. What problem did this cause funding the national government?!

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Step-by-step explanation:

A request is not binding. "We're having a bad year. The crops are failing. We need to defer our payment until next year."

That's the sort of excuse that could be offered. When it was, the Feds could do nothing.

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