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(...) I haven't actually seen him speak, but he will be the third LP presidential candidate that I will have voted for. I think it all comes down to money, and the LP isn't willing to get enough of it to actually take hold. I am a "belly up to the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've gotta look this up to be sure, because I couldn't believe my ears, but I thought that Browne said there was no federal income tax before something like 1913. If I heard that correctly and it's true, it means that there are people alive (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yup. It was quite a national argument too. The proponents of a federal income tax eventually got it passed by assuring (though not writing it into law) the skeptics that it could never go over something like 3% of income. (...) I never thought (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah yes, here it is...the 16th Amendment. (URL) to .off-topic.debate & .loc.us] (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G3Ksu6.76n@lugnet.com... (...) can (...) with (...) they'll (...) but I (...) like (...) people (...) I (...) such (...) them. I believe it was implimented temporarily for the Civil War by (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G3Ktyx.9ts@lugnet.com... (...) but (...) something (...) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us)
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(...) Indeed. Don't get ME started either. The Commission on Presidential Debates is a "bipartisan" not "nonpartisan" and the bar has been set so high to ensure no candidate other than a demopublican can participate. This enusures perpetuation of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's true, except for during the civil war. It was unconstitutional, and as proof I point out that a constitutional amendment was required to get it past the supreme court which routinely struck down any income tax laws (they were steamrolled (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think 1% is low but not by much. The LP has said that it has had between 200 and 400 officeholders nationally. Many of them were elected in smaller elections (not the national general election) or appointed. I am guessing too. One thing that (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) WHOOPS! c/in favor/against/ OR c/espouses/opposes/ ++Lar (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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