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The problem of tariffs is one with which governments have contended from the beginning of recorded history.
The Old Testament mentions customs duties and indicates that in those ancient times a well-established system of duties existed. In the early chapters of Ezra is to be found the story of Cyrus, a king of Persia, who permitted the captive Israelites to return to Jerusalem from Babylon in order to rebuild the city and their temples. But there were those who opposed the return of the Israelites. The scriptures say these opponents "weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose."