Question

"Our Debts being unfunded and unprovided for, the Interest cannot be paid. Those therefore who trusted us in the Hour of Distress are defrauded. To expect that under such Circumstances others will confide in the Government would be Folly, and to expect that Foreigners will Trust a Government which has no Credit with its own Citizens must be madness...

The United States have call'd for eight Million Dollars early in November last, of which the first quarterly Payment was to have been made on the first Day of April next, But I cannot find that a single State has laid the Taxes"
-Robert Morris, letter to the president of Congress, 1782

What statement would the author most likely agree with?

Answer 1

Under the Articles the national government lacks the necessary power to enforce taxes.

"Our loans are unfunded and unfunded for ..." "(...) but I can't find that a single State has levied taxes."

The letter describes a situation where the government has no taxes to pay.

Answer 2

The national government under the Articles lacks necessary tax enforcement power.

"Our Debts being unfunded and UNPROVIDED for..."

"(...) but i cannot find a single State has laid the taxes".

The letter describes a situation in which no taxes are being paid to the goverment.