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To: Howlin

That's wishful thinking...prohibited by the constitution.

Of course, the surrounding states could charge a tariff on food that flows into LA if they really want to go that direction.


25 posted on 01/29/2006 2:44:27 PM PST by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: A.Hun

That's exactly what I told them; how about the other 49 find something they might need in NO and put a tax on that.

They were gleeful in the idea that they had found a way for somebody else to pay for it though.


27 posted on 01/29/2006 2:47:26 PM PST by Howlin (Why don't you just report the news, instead of what might be the news? - Donald Rumsfeld 1/25/2006)
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To: A.Hun

Commerce clause legitimately prevents it both ways.....a rare instance where it could be invoked for its intended purpose instead of the nonsense that they usually use it for.


78 posted on 01/29/2006 4:37:48 PM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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