[ticviking]

Imposing a protective tariff on goods that are against our interest to sell isn't at all comparable to a 200% property tax

[s1artibartfast]

It depends on the interest.

If the interest is "we want their water so that we can use it instead" then it very much similar. This is very different than if the purpose of the alfalfa tarrif was somehow National military security, and cities getting more water was simply an unintended a side effect, not the primary purpose