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•At 31, Yates suspects the Supremacy Clause will give Congress power over all areas controlled by the states. At 50, he sees the Necessary and Proper Clause as giving Congress a blank check. At 57 and 60, he shows by what means power accretes to the center. There is no question he was right, but did the Framers have this in mind... ...were the Framers thinking along another line? Are there gray areas in these arguments, and what are they?

Specifically referring to -

51 Suppose the legislature of a state should pass a law to raise money to support their government and pay the state debt, may the Congress repeal this law because it may prevent the collection of a tax which they may think proper and necessary to lay to provide for the general welfare of the United States?

How long will it take the Federal Government to realize that taxation on a local level has an effect on interstate commerce? What would be the result?

Many people talk about the government taxes as if local state and federal are one and the same. Their perception is understandable given the convenience of 'payroll deduction' from their paychecks and as they see it the bottom line is, well, the bottom line. They are poorer and the government just got richer. At what point will the people say enough is enough?