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Fiscal Cliff Team Not Worst Congress Ever – Just Seems That Way

Fiscal Cliff Team Not Worst Congress Ever – Just Seems That Way

I have to thank Mr. Puleo for the interesting tidbits that  Sumner’s brother was on board The Elizabeth.  Also drowned in that incident were Margaret Fuller and her husband and infant son.  In the hold of The Elizabeth was a statue of John Calhoun.  It is all fraught with symbolism, which someday I will work out.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.