TAO, That was but ONE of the many "reasons" the Civil War was fought. Wasn't one of the slogans of the American revolt against England "unfair taxation"? The nice thing about histroy is that the winners of a given conflict are the ones that get to write the history books on the subject.
On Jul 20, 9:59 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't the base (real) reason for Mr. Lincolns war the amount of > unfair taxation placed on a particular segment of society ?? (For > those that are lacking in history the "southern" ports were taxed at a > rate MUCH higher than the "northern" ports) > > On Jul 20, 8:15 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On another forum a certain conservative poster who goes by the nic of > > The Supreme Turtle pretty much openly posed that question. I quote his > > words" "if you pay 100k in taxes you should have ten times the votes > > of someone who pays 10K" End quote. > > > Well , I made my feelings about such a statement pretty clear but am > > most curious about what posters here think of that. Fire away folks, > > what do you think? > > Should the U.S. be ruled by the rich?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
