1. To Democrats, worshippers of govenment, there are no limitations on what government can do to citizens. The Constituion is the only thing that stands in their way.
At ratification of the Constitution, the problem did not go unnoticed. They knew that some would use the phrase "general welfare" to mean anything. Madison tried to cut them off: the introduction stated that the government had the power to tax and spend what it accrued. The list of authorized powers of the federal government, Article 1, section 8,he said, summarized what the funds could be used for.
" Nothing is more natural nor common than first to use a general phrase, and then to explain and qualify it by a recital of particulars. But the idea of an enumeration of particulars which neither explain nor qualify the general meaning, and can have no other effect than to confound and mislead, is an absurdity, ... For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding general power?"
Federalist #41
2. William Drayton, in 1828, came down on the side of Madison, Jefferson and others, pointing out that if Hamilton was correct, what point would there have been to enumerate Congresses’ other powers?
If Congress wished to do anything it was not authorized to do, it could accomplish it via taxing and spending.
He said, "If Congress can determine what constitutes the general welfare and can appropriate money for its advancement, where is the limitation to carrying into execution whatever can be effected by money?" '
Charity Not a Proper Function of the American Government' by Walter E. Williams
3. The Democrats follow a very different view:
"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."
Lenin
6 days ago — Millions of Americans making less than $400,000 per year would see tax hike. Washington, D.C.--The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) ...
4. What if you find that based on Federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes, gas tax, sales tax, parking fees, license fees, speed cameras, tolls, hidden taxes of all sorts......
....and the most regressive and insidious tax, inflation.........amounted to more than half your income at least?
Taxation to the point of slavery......or, at least serfdom.
5. The Democrats actually started a war to maintain their right to own other human beings.
August 5th, 1861 American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861
How much should the Wehrmacht....Democrats.....take from earners to buy votes and stay in power?
How much?
At ratification of the Constitution, the problem did not go unnoticed. They knew that some would use the phrase "general welfare" to mean anything. Madison tried to cut them off: the introduction stated that the government had the power to tax and spend what it accrued. The list of authorized powers of the federal government, Article 1, section 8,he said, summarized what the funds could be used for.
" Nothing is more natural nor common than first to use a general phrase, and then to explain and qualify it by a recital of particulars. But the idea of an enumeration of particulars which neither explain nor qualify the general meaning, and can have no other effect than to confound and mislead, is an absurdity, ... For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding general power?"
Federalist #41
2. William Drayton, in 1828, came down on the side of Madison, Jefferson and others, pointing out that if Hamilton was correct, what point would there have been to enumerate Congresses’ other powers?
If Congress wished to do anything it was not authorized to do, it could accomplish it via taxing and spending.
He said, "If Congress can determine what constitutes the general welfare and can appropriate money for its advancement, where is the limitation to carrying into execution whatever can be effected by money?" '
Charity Not a Proper Function of the American Government' by Walter E. Williams
3. The Democrats follow a very different view:
"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."
Lenin
"Democrats' Proposals Increase Taxes on Millions of Americans"
https://www.finance.senate.gov › ranking-members-news6 days ago — Millions of Americans making less than $400,000 per year would see tax hike. Washington, D.C.--The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) ...
4. What if you find that based on Federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes, gas tax, sales tax, parking fees, license fees, speed cameras, tolls, hidden taxes of all sorts......
....and the most regressive and insidious tax, inflation.........amounted to more than half your income at least?
Taxation to the point of slavery......or, at least serfdom.
5. The Democrats actually started a war to maintain their right to own other human beings.
August 5th, 1861 American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861
How much should the Wehrmacht....Democrats.....take from earners to buy votes and stay in power?
How much?
