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To: Angel

Congress would meddle before that point arrives. In the eyes of Congress, they derive most of their power from the ability to target specific groups for "reward" or "punishment" through the tax code.


2 posted on 06/01/2006 7:05:49 PM PDT by Phocion ("Protection" really means exploiting the consumer. - Milton Friedman)
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To: Phocion

Which is why K street ("lobbying") needs banning.


3 posted on 06/01/2006 7:08:07 PM PDT by mo
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To: Phocion

Exactly. The income tax is the power to grant favor or to punish.


10 posted on 06/01/2006 7:20:04 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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