Mrs. R, I agree. The biggest states right was to be treated and taxed equally. Taxation lead the South to rebel and there is a lot of paper still on the trail about Lincoln knowing that this would cause conflict and doing it anyway.
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Mrs. Rabbit <[email protected]>wrote: > > State's rights was the MAIN reason for the Civil War. > > > On Jul 20, 10:59 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 - > > > -- Mark M. Kahle, , www.filacoffee.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
