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To: Strawberry AZ; All
A balanced budget needs to include a provision which enumerates Justice John Marshall's official clarification of Congress's limited power to lay taxes.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.

3 posted on 03/22/2014 8:36:35 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Amendment10
A balanced budget needs to include a provision which enumerates Justice John Marshall's official clarification of Congress's limited power to lay taxes.

Actually this one does, and the provisions have teeth!

This is the Goldwater bill, and it's not my favorite. I prefer the Convention of States legislation being advanced by the Citizens for Self-Governance, but I have to count myself as a supporter of any Article V legislation on principle, if not entirely on policy.

I haven't read through all of the bill (it's a headache!), but the anti-taxing stuff is awesome. Not only does it seriously limit how much the feds can spend, it totally limits borrowing, and makes non-compliance or attempts by the president to do an end-run around the law an impeachable offense!

Here's a link... just take a look at Section 4... it'll make your eyes water!

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4 posted on 03/22/2014 8:56:33 PM PDT by Strawberry AZ
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