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Tizzy??It's painfully obvious you have no clue as to how the republic was meant to work.
"We the People" were to elect state representatives, who in turn selected Senators and had those appointees seated by the Governors.
This was to be a check against the federal taxing power, as all taxes -prior to the 16th Amendment- were apportioned to the states for collection.
Since the passage of the 17th Amendment, no state has had any say in federal spending, and the Senate has been a defacto second branch of the HoR.
So at which point does the residents of a state directly electing their Senators throw you into a tizzy?
The Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states and is now the law of the land. You, as a citizen are welcome to change it back....good luck
"The proposed tax increases that the White House and Congress are proposing will probably pass. According to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, during 2006, roughly 43.4 million tax returns, representing 91 million individuals, had no federal tax liability. That's out of a total of 136 million federal tax returns. Adding to this figure are 15 million households and individuals who file no tax return at all. Roughly 121 million Americans -- or 41 percent of the U.S. population -- are completely outside the federal income tax system. These people represent a natural constituency for big-spending politicians. Since they have no federal income tax obligation, what do they care about higher taxes or tax cuts?"
Are you implying that the people you mentioned above did not vote in 2004, 2000, 1988, 1984, or 1980?
"The proposed tax increases that the White House and Congress are proposing will probably pass. According to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, during 2006, roughly 43.4 million tax returns, representing 91 million individuals, had no federal tax liability. That's out of a total of 136 million federal tax returns. Adding to this figure are 15 million households and individuals who file no tax return at all. Roughly 121 million Americans -- or 41 percent of the U.S. population -- are completely outside the federal income tax system. These people represent a natural constituency for big-spending politicians. Since they have no federal income tax obligation, what do they care about higher taxes or tax cuts?"
"The proposed tax increases that the White House and Congress are proposing will probably pass. According to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, during 2006, roughly 43.4 million tax returns, representing 91 million individuals, had no federal tax liability. That's out of a total of 136 million federal tax returns. Adding to this figure are 15 million households and individuals who file no tax return at all. Roughly 121 million Americans -- or 41 percent of the U.S. population -- are completely outside the federal income tax system. These people represent a natural constituency for big-spending politicians. Since they have no federal income tax obligation, what do they care about higher taxes or tax cuts?"
Don't you CON$ ever get tired of lying?????
According to the CBO publication "Effective Fed Tax Rates pg 18 Table 2: in 2006 the bottom 40% had a 6.3% Federal Tax Liability.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/08-13-EffectiveFedTaxRates.pdf
"The proposed tax increases that the White House and Congress are proposing will probably pass. According to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, during 2006, roughly 43.4 million tax returns, representing 91 million individuals, had no federal tax liability. That's out of a total of 136 million federal tax returns. Adding to this figure are 15 million households and individuals who file no tax return at all. Roughly 121 million Americans -- or 41 percent of the U.S. population -- are completely outside the federal income tax system. These people represent a natural constituency for big-spending politicians. Since they have no federal income tax obligation, what do they care about higher taxes or tax cuts?"
"The proposed tax increases that the White House and Congress are proposing will probably pass. According to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, during 2006, roughly 43.4 million tax returns, representing 91 million individuals, had no federal tax liability. That's out of a total of 136 million federal tax returns. Adding to this figure are 15 million households and individuals who file no tax return at all. Roughly 121 million Americans -- or 41 percent of the U.S. population -- are completely outside the federal income tax system. These people represent a natural constituency for big-spending politicians. Since they have no federal income tax obligation, what do they care about higher taxes or tax cuts?"
Don't you CON$ ever get tired of lying?????
According to the CBO publication "Effective Fed Tax Rates pg 18 Table 2: in 2006 the bottom 40% had a 6.3% Federal Tax Liability.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/08-13-EffectiveFedTaxRates.pdf
Do you parasites ever get tired of hanging around the house, drinking beer, farting and begging ?!?!?!?!?!!?!?
Isn't you favorite song [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnJxvb8pWDE"]"Feed Me Seymour"?[/ame]
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50% Of Americans Are Parasites AND They VOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/B]
"the proposed tax increases that the white house and congress are proposing will probably pass. According to the washington, d.c.-based tax foundation, during 2006, roughly 43.4 million tax returns, representing 91 million individuals, had no federal tax liability. That's out of a total of 136 million federal tax returns. Adding to this figure are 15 million households and individuals who file no tax return at all. Roughly 121 million americans -- or 41 percent of the u.s. Population -- are completely outside the federal income tax system. these people represent a natural constituency for big-spending politicians. Since they have no federal income tax obligation, what do they care about higher taxes or tax cuts?"
big problem with your figure.
Withholding taxes from weekly or monthly paychecks. That hits literally everyone legally employed in some form or another. Add to that sales taxes, which while not federal, do impact nearly everyone (and the poor to an even greater degree) and you have a system where we all pay to play.
even if what you said was true, and that's a big if, what exactly are you advocating? Taking the right to vote away from anyone not paying taxes? Taking it away from anyone who gets federal money (which wipes out farmers, soldiers, civil servants, teachers, and a sizable chunk of industry)?
There's no link to any "tax foundation" there's a link to Walter Wiliams' OPINION....
Walter Williams OPINION is solid rock reliable... Aside from his Ph.D in economics... he is a man of impecable reason.
It's worth noting that the above noted imbecile had only gone so far as to attack his name; and demonstrates her inability to address his argument, through her intentional avoidance of that argument.
But hey... it does prove, in large measure, Williams' case... This idiot has no BUSINESS being allowed within 10 MILES of a voting booth.
Tizzy??It's painfully obvious you have no clue as to how the republic was meant to work.
"We the People" were to elect state representatives, who in turn selected Senators and had those appointees seated by the Governors.
This was to be a check against the federal taxing power, as all taxes -prior to the 16th Amendment- were apportioned to the states for collection.
Since the passage of the 17th Amendment, no state has had any say in federal spending, and the Senate has been a defacto second branch of the HoR.
So at which point does the residents of a state directly electing their Senators throw you into a tizzy?
The Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states and is now the law of the land. You, as a citizen are welcome to change it back....good luck
The fact is that original intent of legitimate de jour tripartite governance was usurped in favor of mob rule.....And, like with the 16th Amendment, there's certainly evidence that the ratification process was less than above-board.
But, I guess as long as you get your piece of the graft.........
Don't you CON$ ever get tired of lying?????
According to the CBO publication "Effective Fed Tax Rates pg 18 Table 2: in 2006 the bottom 40% had a 6.3% Federal Tax Liability.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/08-13-EffectiveFedTaxRates.pdf
Do you parasites ever get tired of hanging around the house, drinking beer, farting and begging ?!?!?!?!?!!?!?
Isn't you favorite song [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnJxvb8pWDE"]"Feed Me Seymour"?[/ame]
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Whenever CON$ are caught lying they resort to personal attacks because they can't debate in the arena of ideas.
Williams' lie gets exposed by CBO numbers and that makes me a parasite, BRILLIANT
Do you parasites ever get tired of hanging around the house, drinking beer, farting and begging ?!?!?!?!?!!?!?
Isn't you favorite song "Feed Me Seymour"?
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Whenever CON$ are caught lying they resort to personal attacks because they can't debate in the arena of ideas.
Williams' lie gets exposed by CBO numbers and that makes me a parasite, BRILLIANT
Excuse the fuck out of me, what are we debating? How many hours I should work in order to keep you in the standard of living you have become accustomed to ?!?!?!?!?
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50% Of Americans Are Parasites AND They VOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/B]
Would you like to have these people...?
A. exiled from the country
B. enslaved
C. executed
Which?
Origins of the Welfare State in America
The New Deal
It was not long before these progressives and social reformers exerted an impact on American national politics. The Progressive Party was launched in 1912 by the Morgans the party was headed by Morgan partner George W. Perkins in a successful attempt to nominate Theodore Roosevelt, and thereby destroy President William Howard Taft, who had broken with his predecessor Roosevelt's Pro-Morgan policies. The Progressive Party included all the spearheads of this statist coalition: academic progressives, Morgan businessmen, social-gospel Protestant ministers, and, of course, our subjects, the leading progressive social workers.
Learn a marketable skill and stop being a parasite.
Since the overturning of that provision and the 17th Amendment, the federal gubmint has pretty much operated as tripartite mob rule.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
I never met anyone who in this day and age questions the right of "We the People" to directly elect our Senators. The idea that someone actually prefers having state legislatures select who serves as Senator is archaic
