On Aug 31, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Grant Shipley wrote:
On 8/31/05, James Clawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
No one in
the Federal Government or the governments of the respective states
has the responsibility or the AUTHORITY to control the price of
gasoline or of any other consumer product, or to impose MPG
restrictions on automobiles.
Hmm... Government can't control consumer products? Last time I heard
it was illegal to buy or use any product made in Cuba.
but this is not the government regulating price - this is the
government refusing the import of products from an enemy nation.
This falls specifically in the realm of one of the three primary
powers given to the Federal Government in the Constitution. These
are defense, negotiation of treaties and trade agreements with
foreign powers, and the ability to regulate interstate commerce.
For your trivia collection: The fine for an American having a cuban
cigar in their posession, even while in another country, is 55,000.
If you smoke it?... who knows, maybe they will sentence you to death.
:)
You may also be tried for treason and aiding the enemy during a
time of war.
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