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)
To: Phocion
Which is why K street ("lobbying") needs banning.
3 posted on
06/01/2006 7:08:07 PM PDT by
mo
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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