Secretary of Inversion

While some of us on Bullamanka-Pinheads are wondering what the Secretary
of the Exterior does, others are examining the interior side of the
coinage. The idea of an "interior" predates the American Revolution.
American colonialists held that the English Parliament as a body
representative of property owners had the right to levy taxes upon
itself internally, but did not have the right to tax externally upon the
American colonies who considered that a right of liberty was the ability
to tax oneself. In hindsight, why anyone would confess that they enjoy
taxing themselves is beyond my comprehension but it has something to do
with enjoyment of the commons. Parliament, faced with the economic
burden of supporting a military on the colonial frontier, did not see it
quite the way the colonialists did and felt they should be made to
contribute to support for their defense.

When did the office of Secretary of the Interior come about and what
were the original duties? I would also like to know the history of the
decisions that lead from colonial property rights to the Secretary of
Interior Standards.
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][<en Follett
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