Posted: 3/22/2010 12:00:08 PM EDT
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Is my paycheck not private property? Will someone please explain to me how 55% of the federal budget going to entitlement programs justly compensates me? Does anyone know of any challenges to welfare that have been smacked down despite the presence of this text in the bill? To me it seems almost as self explanatory as "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." |
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Is my paycheck not private property? Will someone please explain to me how 55% of the federal budget going to entitlement programs justly compensates me? Does anyone know of any challenges to welfare that have been smacked down despite the presence of this text in the bill? To me it seems almost as self explanatory as "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Taxation clauses and amendments supersede that language. |
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Is my paycheck not private property? Will someone please explain to me how 55% of the federal budget going to entitlement programs justly compensates me? Does anyone know of any challenges to welfare that have been smacked down despite the presence of this text in the bill? To me it seems almost as self explanatory as "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Taxation clauses and amendments supersede that language. This. One of few enumerated powers is levying income taxes. However, unless Obama can enumerate health-care as a power of the federal gov't, I'm optimistic about the Constitutionality challenges... |
| Why would the Founders say that the government could not take private property for public use without just compensation and then say that the government can tax that ass and give yo skrilla to pablo illegal (aka take your private property and give it to the public without just compensation) without shitting all over the fifth amendment in the Bill of Rights? |
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Why would the Founders say that the government could not take private property for public use without just compensation and then say that the government can tax that ass and give yo skrilla to pablo illegal (aka take your private property and give it to the public without just compensation) without shitting all over the fifth amendment in the Bill of Rights? What Congress does with tax money is regulated by Article I, sections 8 and 9. However, taxing authority is one of the biggest reasons we went from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution of 1789. Taxing is the taking––no "just compensation" is required when the takings are taxes. |