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Posted By George Scoville On May 24, 2011 @ 11:23 am In Cato Publications | Comments Disabled

“Vouchers and tax credits differ from one another in important ways, and Pennsylvanians deserve to have their representatives consider them one at a time ^[1].”
“So, if the Supreme Court’s precedents defer to Congress’ assessments of its powers, but Congress is relying for ‘constitutional authority’ on the Supreme Court’s precedents, then NO ONE is actually looking at the Constitution itself ^[2] to see if a bill is within Congress’ enumerated powers.”
“Carbon dioxide, thought to be a significant cause of the warming of surface temperature since the mid-1970s, is currently the respiration of the world’s economic civilization. Getting rid of it isn’t as simple as banning CFCs and switching to another refrigerant ^[3].”
“As Arthur Schlesinger Jr. explained in his book of that name, the presidency’s transformation from limited, constitutional office to Supreme Warlord of the Earth ^[4] has been ‘as much a matter of congressional abdication as of presidential usurpation.’”
It’s the expenditures ^[5], stupid:

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[1] consider them one at a time: http://articles.mcall.com/2011-05-23/opinion/mc-school-vouchers-schaeffer-yv-20110521_1_school-vouchers-voucher-program-education-tax

[2] NO ONE is actually looking at the Constitution itself: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2011/05/tort-reform-and-gops-fair-weather-federalism

[3] isn’t as simple as banning CFCs and switching to another refrigerant: http://blogs.forbes.com/patrickmichaels/2011/05/19/sound-fury-and-the-policy-of-climate-change/

[4] Supreme Warlord of the Earth: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13132

[5] It’s the expenditures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAbLvGAFH2w

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