robkelk Wrote: Perhaps you've forgotten that Andrew Johnson (the President immediately after Lincoln) and Bill Clinton were both impeached,
Impeachment for a US president is not a long term consequence, it just means that the President can be tried in the Senate to determine if he should be removed from office. Neither Johnson nor Clinton was removed.
Quote:"because if you're not willing to rob and kill you can't get elected in the first place." Evidence within living memory indicates otherwise - Jimmy Carter was elected President, after all.
And yet the IRS remained in operation all throughout his presidency. I won't dispute that he wasn't as bad as those who came after him, but "less bad" is not the same as "good."
Quote:"As far as I'm concerned, if someone orders his men to go out and steal from people and kill any who resist, it doesn't make any difference whether his organization is called "Mafia" or "Congress."" Please cite any case where Congress has given such an order.
Here you go:
1. Taxation
2. Inflation
3. Asset forfeiture
4. Eminent domain