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To: Nam Vet
"Repeal the 17th amendment. Let the statehouses decide." That would go a LONG way to restore our Republic.

The original purpose of the Senate was to preserve the power of the States against Federal encroachment. In 1913, three things happened: the Constitution was amended to have Senators elected directly, the Income Tax amendment was passed which allowed the Feds to have unlimited funds available to them, and the Federal Reserve was created to have power over the national banking system and economy

I would vote to reverse all three

1,455 posted on 09/30/2002 3:13:01 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: SauronOfMordor
I would vote to reverse all three

And then they voted for Prohibition...
What were these people thinking?

1,521 posted on 09/30/2002 3:22:50 PM PDT by eddie willers
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