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- From: grant@bluemoon.rn.com (Grant DeLorean)
- Subject: Re: Back to ONE vs. IBECC (was Re: Want _Your_ Blood to Boil too
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.152700.4303@bluemoon.rn.com>
- Organization: Blue Moon
- References: <1992Aug13.130432.18020@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Aug19.13315 <1992Aug25.221215.27418@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 15:27:00 GMT
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- thester@nyx.cs.du.edu (Uncle Fester) writes:
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- >Without repeating everything that's already been said, I only have one
- >teeny tiny nit to pick with the debate so far.
- >While the Constitution may have been ratified 200+ years ago, I have
- >always been under the impression that a real income tax didn't begin until
- >the year 1913.
- >Was that voted upon by the people at that time?
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- I just pointed that out in mail... It was also supposed to be a
- temporary measure and not a permanent curse. The part about noone
- ever paying more than 5% (and that only for people making over $50,000
- in 1913 which is equivalent to over a million now) has also been
- forgotten...
- --
- \ Grant DeLorean - IHMSA & NRA Life Member - (grant@bluemoon.rn.com) /
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