All YELLING will go unread! — J. A. A. — On Apr 20, 1:19 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > <sigh> > Again, the WORDS of your effort do not match your claims. In fact, there is a > constant INCREASE of 15% of the previous year's GNP. > There is no 'maximum' cited. Were a 'maximum' cited it would not be the > 'maximum' but the amount used. > Again, What has GNP to do with anything? > When I reply in baby portions as you request, the Moderators will whine that > there are 20 responses instead of 1. Strange how what's good for the goose is > not for the gander. > Again, 'yelling' is all caps. I do not use all caps. If only you might > concentrate on the words, concepts and ideas presented instead of concocting > all sorts of nonsense. > Regard$, > --MJ > I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested > in politics. -- Alyssa RosenbaumMJ: My ideal for total taxation by > government (ALL government) is 10% > of the GNP. The reason the stated percentages are higher, is to allow > for a gradual down-sizing of government. I state the maximums for > taxes, not the minimums! Stop the yelling and shorten your replies. > I'll only read the first paragraph of what you write. It's not > necessary for you to copy and paste what I said. Just top post with > your comment. The readers already know what I have said! — J. A. A.Section > 6, 7 & 8: The House shall have the power to collect taxes, > customs duties and user fees that are due from the states and > territories, with the proviso that user fees shall not be applied to > major areas of government services so that the total cost of federal > government exceeds 15% of the previous year’s GNP.What relation does GNP have > to anything? > Why should Government spending EXCEED 15% GNP?Additionally, the > House shall have the power to: regulate commerce with nations, among > states, and with Indian tribes; coin money and set the value of such, > and of foreign money; set standards for weights and measures; punish > counterfeiters; establish uniform rules of naturalization, but > specifically excluding destitute persons seeking jobs and benefits at > the expense of local, state or federal governments or the Citizens; > establish uniform laws on bankruptcies; establish post offices; create > tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; punish piracies and felonies > committed at sea, and offenses against the laws of nations; declare > war and appropriate money for such, but for no longer than two years; > grant letters of marquee and reprisal and make rules concerning > capture; raise, support and maintain the Army, Navy, Marine Corp., Air > Force and Coast Guard, and make laws regulating such, as well as the > militias to uphold the laws, suppress insurrections and repel > invasions; provide for organizing, arming, disciplining and governing > those parts of the militias employed in the service of the USAbut > each state selects its militia officers.You have lost a great deal in your > translation. > You have also created a standing army -- which the Founders PROPERLY sought > to avoid. > One would THINK you might have sought to CORRECT the misapplication of AIS8C3 > and other enumerations.With assent by the apt state legislatures, the House > may purchase > property for, and have continuous authority over, all needed forts, > magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and buildings. The House determines > fair, maximum sentences for federal crimes, and defines and imposes > reasonable, uniform sanctions for non criminal violations of federal > rules and/or procedures. The House shall make laws as necessary and > proper to execute the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by > this New Constitution of the United States of America to any > department or office thereof.What do you imagine these 'federal crimes' to > entail? > Jefferson, for instance, listed them in the Kentucky Resolution > (nullification):... the Constitution of the United States, having delegated > to Congress a power to punish treason, counterfeiting the securities and > current coin of the United States, piracies, and felonies committed on the > high seas, and offenses against the law of nations, and no other crimes > whatsoever; and it being true as a general principle, and one of the > amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that "the powers not > delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to > the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people," > therefore the act of Congress, passed on the 14th day of July, 1798, and > intituled "An Act in addition to the act intituled An Act for the punishment > of certain crimes against the United States," as also the act passed by them > on the -- day of June, 1798, intituled "An Act to punish frauds committed on > the bank of the United States," (and all their other acts which assume to > create, define, or punish crimes, other than those so enumerated in the > Constitution,) are altogether void, and of no force; and that the power to > create, define, and punish such other crimes is reserved, and, of right, > appertains solely and exclusively to the respective States, each within its > own territory.What 'crimes' are you ADDING?Regard$, > --MJ > “All States are governed by a ruling class that is a minority of the > population, and which subsists as a parasitic and exploitative burden upon > the rest of society. Since its rule is exploitative and parasitic, the State > must purchase the alliance of a group of “Court Intellectuals,” whose task is > to bamboozle the public into accepting and celebrating the rule of its > particular State. The Court Intellectuals have their work cut out for them. > In exchange for their continuing work of apologetics and bamboozlement, the > Court Intellectuals win their place as junior partners in the power, > prestige, and loot extracted by the State apparatus from the deluded public.” > -- Murray Rothbard
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