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To: NormsRevenge

The Founding Fathers always said, When the legislators and the government officials find out they can raid the treasury and then begin to raid the treasury, the time of an end to the republic draws nearer.


14 posted on 02/28/2007 6:21:48 PM PST by no-to-illegals (God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes.)
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To: no-to-illegals
The Founding Fathers always said, When the legislators and the government officials find out they can raid the treasury and then begin to raid the treasury, the time of an end to the republic draws nearer.

Amen! Those are the same reasons why Alexander Hamilton, in his wisdom, insisted the Bank of the United States (ancestor of the Fed.) be a private company, not a branch of the government.

45 posted on 02/28/2007 7:50:01 PM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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