Re: OT: My letter to Ron Paul

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:11:59 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:46:56 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:22:50 -0700, Jim Thompson
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:41:58 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
[snip]
Say, what is this "executive privilege" thing anyway? I have read the
US Constitution but I didn't see anything in there about that.. is it
one of those interpretation things?

I think it's derived from the "separation of powers" clause. IIRC
Jefferson was the first to tell Congress to "shove it" ;-)

#3, it didn't take long eh? ;-)

Nope.

I'm a great believer in separation of powers.


Giving them the power to tax income was probably the worst thing
that's happened in the history of the USA.

Thanks,
Rich

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