[105247] in Cypherpunks
Re: How to solve the tax problem w/o anarchy or force (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Mon Nov 9 01:46:50 1998
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 00:31:21 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> Subject: Re: How to solve the tax problem w/o anarchy or force
> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 98 21:28:00 -0800
> From: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
> the big problem imho is fraud/waste/corruption in govt though.
> I think if a lot of it were eliminated we would be flabbergasted
> at how little a personal contribution it takes to take care
> of people who need it. bureaucracies are the most expensive
> thing on the planet. here's hoping that cyberspace will cut
> through the *ultimate* middleman: govt.
I agree. What is needed is some sort of checks and balances on the budgets
and duties. It is my view that the Constitution doesn't allow the executive
or legislative branch to create major government institutions like the FBI,
NASA, the Air Force for that matter without a constitutional amendment
requireing 2/3 of the states ascent. I can find absolutely not one delegate
sentence, per the 10th, that assigns these powers to the federal level. The
10th Amendment would seem to indicate such issues (well except for the Air
Force) should be state issues unless they agree to give the authority up.
The only way they can do that with the prohibitive first sentence is via an
amendment.
If this country were operated compliant with the letter and intent of the
Constitution each major government agency would have an amendment dictating
it's duties, budget, and related matters. No Amendment, no agency.
There wouldn't also be this executive order bullshit. The executive branch's
job is to carry out the laws as created by Congress. No more, no less. It
certainly is never given the authority to create laws itself under the
Constitution.
The Supreme Court would quit asking "if citizens have a right to doctor
assissted suicide" and start saying, per the 9th & 10th, that it wasn't any
of their business. They could return it to the state courts (and
legislature) or pass a request for legislation from Congress if a delegate
sentence in the Constitution can be found (if it is then Congress has a
responsibility to create regulatory statutes).
____________________________________________________________________
Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want
the right answers.
Scully (X-Files)
The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate
Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com
www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087
-====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
--------------------------------------------------------------------
