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 whole Weight therefore of the War must be borne in the present Moment. . . . " - Robert Morris to John Hanson, president of Congress, 11 Feb. 1782 In this correspondence, what weakness in the Articles of Confederation is Robert Morris explaining?

Answer 1

Answer:

The national government under the Articles lacks necessary tax enforcement power

Explanation:

The absence of tax enforcement would lead to the government's discredit of the people, and create a culture of not being representative. But perhaps the biggest risk is the danger of creating an economic bubble in the absence of strict tax enforcement.