Roads and sewers aren't generally handled by the federal government, other than in the case of interstate highways.
While I do not like the way that the interstate money has been used like a club by the federal government against the states, I do see both from an interstate commerce and a national defense perspective where it would be constitutionally legitimate. So you think the founding fathers supported welfare, unemployment, and other social programs? These men that didn't support ANY level of taxation on wages? You do realize that we didn't have taxes for almost 150 years right? That taxes were a major cause of the revolution right? That they were sick of government being involved in their businesses and homes. Judah McAuley wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> oh and no I'm not saying fuck the poor. I'm saying fuck government >> helping the poor. Everything the government touches is more expensive, >> and less productive than it's private counter part. >> > > This is patently false and dogmatic. If the founding fathers had > agreed with you, we wouldn't be a country. Thankfully they were more > enlightened. > >> If you want to help the poor by all means feel free to donate your time >> and money, don't extort mine from me at the barrel of a gun, under >> threat of prison or death. > > If you find no use for government, then I shall kindly ask you to stop > using my roads, sewers, and any and all public infrastructure not > mentioned specifically in the Constitution. The Internet would be a > nice one to start with. > > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273670 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
