And the last time some states decided not be in the United States the
President started federal income tax to pay for the war. Also had a
wonderful little draft going where the rich fellows could pay 300 bucks and
send a poor guy in his place. But it's a long story....

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Dylan Smith wrote:

If the Federal Government is supposed to have so little involvement,
what's the point of Louisiana being a state of the United States?

It keeps the government of the United States from sending the army in to
kill people and burn cities.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.