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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
From our AIP Platform:

Repeal of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments

We consider the federal income tax to be destructive of our liberty, privacy, and prosperity. Therefore, we are working to bring about its complete elimination and the repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. We recommend that the current system be replaced by an equitable, simple, noninvasive, visible, efficient tax, one that does not destroy or even infringe upon our economic privacy and liberty.

We also call for the repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment. Its enactment greatly reduced the power of our state legislatures and state governments – which are much closer to the people – and damaged our system of federalism.

5 posted on 02/22/2009 7:34:44 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Where every principled conservative belongs: http://aipnews.com/mxPage.asp?ID=3)
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To: EternalVigilance

What is your party’s position on how to prevent the numerous deadlocks on choosing Senators that plagued state legislatures prior to 1913?

Also, what is your party’s position regarding the Federal Reserve and the Gold Standard?


7 posted on 02/22/2009 7:39:30 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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To: EternalVigilance
Repeal of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments...I'm all for that.
"Socialism is great until you run out of someone elses money" Margaret Thatcher
There are two sets of rules. One set for the rulers and another for the rest of us. —Richard Yancey, former IRS tax collector

15 posted on 02/22/2009 7:45:41 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (just b/c you're paranoid, doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you.. :^)
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To: EternalVigilance; BillyBoy

Why the hell do you want corrupt state legislators to appoint Senators? I’d rather vote on it myself thanks.


41 posted on 02/23/2009 2:55:06 AM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: EternalVigilance
While you're working to restore the intent of the Founders, consider increasing the number of Representatives.

The constitution mentions one representative for every 30,000 citizens. That would give us around 10,000 in the house.

We need this because:
- you can't lobby 5,000 people. No need for campaign finance reform
- They would only agreee on important things. it would limit government

Get to the root cause of the problem

45 posted on 02/23/2009 4:54:29 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED)
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