That law would not be legal as it does not satisfy the Equal Protection clause.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Democrats could win back Congress: comments? > > I would say that some people are incredibly short-sighted, and would > back something that would be horrible for the rest of the country, yet > good for a very local populace (a tax of 80% of all earnings on > everyone that does not live in Maine, with all money going to people > within 60 miles of Stephen King.). > > Fortunately, most representatives historically have been more far > sighted, and sometimes passed up local benefit for national benefit. > > I don't that should be the norm, but the representative should be > willing to "do the right thing" when neccessary. > > For much the same reason, I vote for local school board initiatives, > even though I have no kids. > > Unfortunately, many of the reps no longer are willing to do this. > Bread and circuses for all. Instead, they say "You can have whatever > you want, as long as I get mine, too". > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217570 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
