It would seem that the Sixtenth Amendment doesn't really allow taxation on the value of the goods, so that would be out. It also seems that the taxing power granted in Article one would have to be uniform, so it's a stretch to think that they could come up with some VAT that would operate in such a manner...

We'll see... One thing is certain, it will be less recognized by the public than the income tax, and will grow and grow...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_tax

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This ties in to the whole "social justice" nonsense, and also reveals how the EPA is going to work with the "Boys and Girls Clubs of America" to propagandize kids all over the US. The EPA Head says, "we've seen this kind of thing done before..." Yeah, in Nazi Germany. It was called Hitler Youth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rb37Vr3uCI&feature=player_embedded

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... While the article is good, it misses two major points:

1. The US Constitution does not allow the federal gubment to regulate businesses in this way.

2. Beyond the way the Constitution stipulates the politicians operate or do not operate, there is the moral question of "the state" in the first place. Who can claim moral authority over the peaceful monetary exchanges of others?

Take a look, but be ready to avert your eyes!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870444830457519630370779086...

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But... But... The politicians passed that massive health fascism bill, and what about all that stimulus $? You mean employers are even more uncertain about the future? You mean they might actually worry that the government is going to regulate them more, cost them more and make it a potential financial DANGER to hire any new employees?

NO way!

Anyone read Robert Higgs in the past TWENTY years? It's called "Regime Uncertainty", and it happens every time gubment starts imposing new regulations on business..........

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=adEmhO3rPqa8

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So, all those people in favor of "privacy"... How does one address the gubment snooping into what people earn, and then taking huge portions of it to give to others long after they've used up the "unemployment insurance (ie taxes) they've had stolen from THEM while THEY worked?

To quote Dennis Moore:

"This redistribution of wealth thing is trickier than I thought!"

Indeed. But the politicians don't feel the impact.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-04-15-unemployment-benefits...

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Check out these reports, collected from USA Today since December of 2009. Nothing like expanding government in sheer numbers and in expense, especially during a time when the productive private sector is being squeezed more and more...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-12-10-federal-pay-salaries_...

and

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-04-federal-pay_N.htm

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Funny, the Boston.com (ie the Boston Globe) writer includes the description of the two opthamologists as the "aggressors" in this situation. This is how anyone who is trying to stop the aggression of government is depicted. All one need ask the reporter and politician is this: "Who is initiating action against the other? And in what form"

The answer, of course, is that Barney Frank is the aggressor, through his push to coerce and manipulate the doctors and insurance companies and tax payers. The doctors on the plane are REACTING to action he has taken.

But, of course, they're the aggressors.

How strange... The state orders the insurance companies to accept anyone with preexisting conditions, regardless of the extra financial burden and risk they pose to the company.. Then they set up small fines for people who don't buy insurance... THEN the insurance companies tell the gov that they NEED TO INCREASE RATES BECAUSE THEIR COSTS ARE RISING, buuuut he won't LET them... Sound like a harbinger of things to come nationally?

Check it out, Homestar!

http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/04/mass_rejects_re.html

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Not that the interstate commerce clause has been misconstrued to allow the very existence of the FDA, oh no... Don't bother with that...

Here's the first story, about our pal Ed (Big Dig) Markey (D - Mass) and his anxiety that the Feds haven't stopped soap.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63759M20100408

Then there's this one, which, though the complaints are very few and don't even hit on some of the manufacturers being hunted, seems to be getting a lot of attention from the pop media. Could that possibly be due to the new TAX in the medical fascism bill that will shoot the prices of medical devices through the roof? Is it possible that the feds are engaged in more propaganda to demonize the medical device industry?

And as the corrupt Congressmen ask him questions, one wonders why they weren't upset when Rubin, as Secretary of the "Treasuuuuure", send $22 Bil to bail out Mexico, a state in which CITI was HEAVILY invested... Hmmmmmm..........

Funny how Congress works, isn't it?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100408/tpl-uk-financial-crisis-d1a0d5d.htm...

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It would be great if this report that 47% of Americans not paying taxes meant that the bruden of government were lower, but all it means is that a huge number of US citizens live off the backs of others.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Nearly-half-of-US-households-apf-110556732...

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Again, that pesky thing the Fourth Amendment seems to be forgotten...

Oh, then there's the sad re-working of the interstate commerce clause...

But hey, we're living in Utopia now, so why question things?

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0517093120100405

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This is good news, despite what some might think about "freedom of speech". At question here is whether Comcast can control its own product/service, and place stipulations on how customers will use what they buy. It's a two-way street, and it's complicated, due to prior FCC regulations, but the idea that the government should step in to tell Comcast that it cannot make rules regarding file sizes, and content is absurd. If customers don't like what Comcast offers, there are other providers who are ready to gain market share.

At some point, people might just possibly wake up to the fact that the US government is now a nearly complete fascist state. There are very few areas into which its invasive and regulatory hand does not reach...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html

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One suspects he just could have said, "NO, I don't think you're being taxed, or regulated, or having your privacy invaded, or being lied to ENOUGH!" and been done with it.

Brevity. Ahh, such a rare commodity.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/04/obamas-17-minute-2500-word-r...

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Could it be that the massive amount of liquidity thrown into the market over the past eight years has caused a bit of a... problem when it comes to the value of the Dollar?

Hmmmmmm...........

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azQRzn_a9eP8

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Good for him!

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-04-02/news/os-mount-dora-doctor-tells-patients-go-aw20100401_1_health-care-doctor-patients

He's getting all sorts of abuse. Amazing. We need more people like him.

More: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/02/1560366/florida-doctors-sign-warns-away.html 

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePGHkBxOVMg

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The fascism increases.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR201003...

Sorry to use "technical" political jargon like that, evidently the leftists don't like it when their statist tendencies are actually described accurately.

Will be in Brighton, England until April 1. Watch a new audio soon! (Recorded on the plane!)

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Goodbye remnants of the 4th amendment prohibition against unwarranted searches (your medical data will be put into the hands of the feds). Goodbye private insurance market (over time, more and more people will recognize the economic advantage of not getting health insurance because the fed penalty for not buying it will be less than the cost of the policies. They will, instead, wait, until they become ill, and then buy policies -- which isn't INSURANCE)...

Lots to consider for the statist. Oh, things like spurring higher prices for college (by artificially increasing demand), watering down curricula, infusing psychiatric monitors in schools, avoiding the teaching of phonics to young children, and much more...

Take a look at the piece. Good stuff!

http://libertymaven.com/2010/03/18/the-implications-of-federal-education...

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