Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
The government is broke.
Liberals want the government to spend money, because they always want it to spend more money.
Conservatives want a leaner government.
The Supreme Court says Congress’ taxation power is essentially unlimited; Congress can tax anybody or anything. It can even use its taxation power to levy a mandate which, under the commerce clause and without said taxation power, would not be constitutional. So Congress’ power to reward and punish via taxation, is curtailed by no limits anywhere, none whatsoever.
The solution is completely obvious:
Congress should pass a special tax on liberals and on the dupes who are fooled into voting for them. You know, to help fund this larger and more expensive government they want.
The twenty-fourth amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a poll tax of any kind:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Doesn’t say anything about levying a tax, after the fact, based on how that vote was cast. It’s a completely separate issue…and, more poignantly, I think it should be possible to convince five Supreme Court justices of that.
Congress can tax anybody! Conditionally and unequally! It can tax redheads for having freckles! It can make you buy stuff! It can require you to pay “tax” money to private corporations…just for existing.
There’s nothing stopping my wonderful super-duper plan at all, that I can see. We should totally do it.
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