To: hedgetrimmer
...uphold the core function of the American government, protection of individual rights and defense of the Constitution... This is probably a dumb question, but its something I've wondered about. The Constitution gives the federal government the right to levy tariffs to raise money; because that is a Constitutional right, does the government have the power to negotiate away that right in trade agreements without a Constitutional amendment?
77 posted on
06/19/2006 8:12:49 AM PDT by
lucysmom
To: lucysmom; hedgetrimmer
The Constitution gives the federal government the right to levy tariffs to raise money; because that is a Constitutional right, does the government have the power to negotiate away that right in trade agreements without a Constitutional amendment?As I was informed on another thread, only the US Senate is required to ratify such treaties, which is interesting since when big bisiness wanted to ram through their globalist agenda, that's exactly who they bought off.
78 posted on
06/19/2006 8:16:54 AM PDT by
Rockitz
(This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
To: lucysmom
The Constitution gives the federal government the right to levy tariffs to raise money; because that is a Constitutional right, does the government have the power to negotiate away that right in trade agreements without a Constitutional amendment?
In a word, no.
79 posted on
06/19/2006 8:18:27 AM PDT by
hedgetrimmer
("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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