“The power to tax involves the power to destroy,” Chief Justice John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819. Here’s what Obama’s advisors are telling him about the way to confiscate guns: Tax them. They are advising him to tax guns, ammunition, magazines, and licenses and then attach draconian remedies for failure to register and pay the taxes. Set the taxes low the first year, then increase them gradually to the point where a person owning an AR 15, three magazines and a box of ammo would owe $5,000 a year in taxes. If a gun owner doesn’t pay, the small print at the end of the tax law would subject him to jail and confiscation of everything he owns. Why use this approach? Because people ignore gradual change and taxes can be imposed as a gradual change. citeste si comenteaza …

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Armata americana intentioneaza sa dezvolte o noua generatie de rachete ultra-rapide care pot lovi orice colt al Pamantului in mai putin de o ora. Programul, care se bucura de sprijinul presedintelui Barack Obama, a alarmat deja tari precum China si Rusia si a complicat negocierile legate de reducerea armamentului nuclear, relateaza The Times, in editia online. Oficiali ai Casei Albe au confirmat saptamana trecuta ca presedintele ia in considerare dezvoltarea unei noi clase de rachete hipersonice care pot atinge o viteza de Mach 5, in cadrul programului Prompt Global Strike (PGS). Viteza noii rachete este de aproape sapte ori mai mare decat citeste si comenteaza …