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Re: Senate committee approves repeal of 65 mph limit
John Horner (GNKP18A@prodigy.com) wrote:
: States rights are finally being noticed again. Anyone who takes the
: time to read the constitution knows that the federal government has no
: right to regulate state traffic laws.
: The loophole the government has used is the power of money.
: 1) Fed Gov't collects income taxes from a state's residents.
: 2) Fed Gov't allocates some of the income taxes for highways.
: 3) States beg/politic for a piece of the 2).
: 4) Fed Gov't says "sure, you can have money, but only if you
: pass state laws requiring the following ___________."
: Gee, why not stop collecting those taxes at the federal level and let
: the states collect their own road use taxes to use as they see
: fit? Thomas Jefferson and George Washington would most
: certainly agree that this would be a better way.
: -
: JOHN HORNER GNKP18A@prodigy.com
States DO collect their own road use taxes. And a state can simply
refuse its share of the federal highway funds and set its speed limit,
drinking age, and seat belt laws any way they want. Hey, if you accept
money from somebody, you've got to expect conditions to be attached to
it.
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