UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide:
Let’s face it. You can’t answer that last question in post #79. Because the answer TOTALLY COLLAPSES your argument.
The only plausible answer is that as a sitting US Senator hoping for re-election that there is no way in hell you’re going to vote for a bill that demonstrably harms the financially interests of your State. You wouldn’t even survive the primary.
And you’ll not that I intentionally did not name the State you hypothetically represent in this scenario. – Because it doesn’t matter. This scenario would play out identically in every State where it is announced by the local press and the Governor that the bill was a billion dollar detriment to the State.
This makes it clear that under the proposed 28th Amendment, the members of Congress (“the Feds” as you term them) will have ZERO political will to pass pork laden bills.
For those interested, I have slightly modified the language to the proposed 28th Amendment to read:
“The Congress shall not have power to lay and collect taxes of any kind within the borders of a State with the exclusive exception of a revenue-tax which shall be based solely on the accrued revenue of that State’s government. Congress shall not grant tax exemptions, deductions, or credits to any State government except in cases of relief assistance for catastrophe and strain.
All provisions of this Amendment shall enact after one year from its ratification.”
The transparent and competitive mechanisms necessitated by the language of this version of the Amendment are identical with the first posted version. But the wording is tighter and removes any doubt about the restrictions on Congress’s taxation powers.
I encourage everyone interested in the proposed 28th Amendment to read the extended presentations at my Google Docs web page:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=d9zrjs6_12g68ptbg5