Wow. You are honestly using a successful REBELLION against federal government usurpation of power to bolster your support of the same usurpation going on today??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion Whiskey tax? "The hated whiskey tax was repealed in 1803, having been largely unenforceable outside of Western Pennsylvania, and even there never having been collected with much success."
"The Commission's five members were appointed by the President with the consent of the United States Senate. This was the first independent agency (or so-called Fourth Branch). The ICC's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers." And this relates to... anything remotely being discussed how?
"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (or OCC) was established by the National Currency Act of 1863 and serves to charter, regulate, and supervise all national banks." Again, relevance?
"It took the political influence of newly elected Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, along with a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, to get the Aldrich Plan passed as the Federal Reserve Act in 1913." Ohhhh, getting closer, 94 years.
"The Mexican-American War was an armed military conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Mexico did not recognize the secession of Texas in 1836; it considered Texas a rebel province." Uh.... yeah.
"The Pure Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1906 is a United States federal law that provided for federal inspection of meat products, and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products or poisonous patent medicines." Closest yet, 101 years.
"Though the Pure Food and Drug Act was initially concerned with making sure products were labeled correctly (habit forming cocaine-based drugs were not illegal so long as they were labeled correctly), the labeling requirement gave way to efforts to outlaw certain products that were not safe, followed by efforts to outlaw products which were safe but not efficacious." Great example of why Ron Paul wants to abolish a lot of the agencies and laws don't you think?
Oh yeah, great catch on the spelling, glad the important and relevant part of the post was so soundly refuted. Yep, I'm totally ignorant and my whole argument is negated by a spelling error. Way to soundly argue that one.
Edited for grammatical error... saved you the time.
