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Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]



Matthias Julius wrote:
> To cite the U.S. Constitution
> (from http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html):
> ,----
> | Section 8 - Powers of Congress
> | 
> | The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties,
> | Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common
> | Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties,
> | Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
> `----

    Thanks for that cite, goes to show another area the Feds are messing up.
Uniform taxation... yeah, and what's this with the progressive tax scale?  Not
very uniform to me.

> I would put education into that category.  It is a necessity for
> prosperity.

> To summarize: The congress has the power to collect taxes for
> education.  IMHO

    Operative word, opinion.

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         Steve C. Lamb         | But who decides what they dream?
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