You are a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. Congress is debating whether to allow the central government to impose taxes. Take a stand on this issue, and write a short essay defending your position. Give specific reasons for your opinion.

Disregard the previous answer to this question. In the second Continental Congress, there was no internet. Here is the Real answer:

When the united states first started out, they came up with the articles of confederation, which served to frame the way that the US should carry things out as a government. However, this system didn't work out and riots erupted such as Shays Rebellion, which consisted of farmers and veterans that ransacked a bank in hopes of getting what was owed to them from participating in the Revolutionary war. While the rebellion was put down, it served to show the "big wigs" that the Articles of Confederation wouldn't work, hence triggering the Second Continental congress in which the founding fathers realized that while taxation without representation was absurd, they had to have a system to tax people. After that it was obvious that taxes were necessary in a capitalistic system and are the norm in the US nowadays.