Whose quote is this/: Quote: - The reason Lincoln provoked the "War of Northern Aggression---. "At the time of the recession the South was being charged 50% in taxes ---" 50% in taxes on what? Total commerce? Taxes on taxes the States collected? Some kind of early day sales tax? So, Lincoln was a pawn in the 19th Century New World Order and "provoked" the Civil War. Ooops. I meant the War of Northern Aggression. B2B