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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: Roads and Taxes (was Re: NEWS: True Costs of )
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 20:24:02 GMT
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- stead@skadi.CSS.GOV (Richard Stead) writes:
-
- >I agree with you only in that there is an imbalance in Federal vs. Local
- >control of taxes. I do not have the opinion of Federal taxes are wrong.
- >I think they are essential for the nation - it is why the constitution
- >was created in the first place. Certain things must be done at a federal
- >level, and certain regions of the country will be net payers and others
- >net "tit-suckers". Preferably, the government will allow this only
- >where it truly benefits the nation as a whole. It is up to us to elect
- >officials who will do this correctly - any failing is directly due to
- >voting for the wrong person.
-
- Actually Richard, the Constitution was written specifically to prohibit
- federal income taxes. The founding fathers rightly feared a strong federal
- government and realized that taxes were the root of power. Check Article
- 8, para 1 and 22. Note that any taxes levied against the citizens
- must be uniform and based on the census. Only after the ill-begotten
- 16th amendment did the federal government gain the means of seizing
- power from the states and the people. (BTW, has anyone contemplated
- the fact that the 16th did not repeal the requirement of Article 8, para 1
- that taxes be uniform? That would sure kill "progressive" [newspeak for
- 'soak the worker, give to poor and gov't tit suckers'] tax schemes.)
-
- >This discussion has moved far from energy (a discussion of energy policy
- >and the role a gas tax could have) into the realm of personal invective
- >(John) and pure politics. I am not interested in furthering this beyond
- >this response, so if anyone has further comments for me personally, better
- >Email them, I will not post any more on this thread unless it deals
- >specifically with energy.
-
- That's right, run from the controversy.
-
- John
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