To: Jaysun
Not according to Jimmy Madison......
Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
46 posted on
09/27/2006 4:47:34 PM PDT by
nitzy
(Every man needs a credo)
To: nitzy
Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
Congress has lots of powers. Let them exercise them less or not at all, in some cases. I doubt that Jimmy Madison, or any other founder, was opposed to free trade. You suggested that private control is somehow inferior to government control. I think otherwise.
49 posted on
09/27/2006 5:28:30 PM PDT by
Jaysun
(Idiot Muslims. They're just dying to have sex orgies.)
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