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To: Boogieman
When is the last time a tax has been permanently repealed by the US Congress?

I seem to remember certain Excise taxes were repealed

And how is it Roberts fault that congress who they people vote for don't do it

In addition as I keep posting the GOP called Obama and the democrats liars because in reality it was a tax and Roberts agreed OR was that not the case --your answer please
59 posted on 06/29/2012 5:54:06 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: uncbob

“I seem to remember certain Excise taxes were repealed”

Ok, which ones? When?

“And how is it Roberts fault that congress who they people vote for don’t do it”

I never said it was. I’m just asking the question, because if we are to console ourselves that Congress can repeal it, we might want to look at Congress’ history to see how likely that will be. If the history reveals it’s not likely at all, then it’s little consolation.

“In addition as I keep posting the GOP called Obama and the democrats liars because in reality it was a tax and Roberts agreed OR was that not the case —your answer please”

The job of the GOP and the job of the Supreme Court are different. The GOP’s job is to campaign against its political opponents, and the Supreme Court’s job is to determine whether a law is Constitutional as it is written. The GOP can say that a law is effectively a tax, even though it’s not written as one, since that is well within the scope of political campaigning. If the Supreme Court does that, then it’s an improper abuse of their office.


63 posted on 06/29/2012 6:01:02 AM PDT by Boogieman
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