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Welcome New Member
Welcome @Kimberly Anne to our community! Now a Portugal resident, who is from the United States! So please give a warm welcome! We discuss our freedoms, local area history and culture, the U.S. Constitution, and historical periods from Colonial times to present day. Please introduce yourself. I am honored to have you here.
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@Kimberly Anne the 1st amendment applies here, freedom of speech, and all viewpoints are respected. You will find great people here!
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Welcome New Member!!!
From Australia @Stephanie Kara has joined our history community!!!!!! Please welcome her and we can hear a story or two from “The Land Down Under”! We discuss our own local history here, historical time periods from colonial times to present day, our great wars, Presidents, infrastructure, and the U.S Constitution with our freedoms in mind.
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States’ Rights (Controversial)?
The 10th Amendment holds (paraphrased) “all rights not granted in the U.S. Constitution are reserved to the States” New Jersey, where I live, has a different culture and economy than Texas, for instance. In other words, just because the Constitution does not explicitly say a specific right does not mean you don’t have them. Each State has autonomy to a large extent. How is your State unique? Should States be left alone to run themselves from the Capital, Washington D.C. ,which may be far away and unresponsive to their particular region’s needs?
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@Maureen Greer Is that so? I think you’re obviously kidding me. He sold us the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Doesn’t make sense. Must be a Veteran’s joke! 😝
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@Tav G. Lincoln chose war to keep the Union together, not to free the slaves. Lincoln set up Fort Sumpter as a way to get the South to fire the first shots and then declare what he believed would be a quick victory, which did not happen in a very bloody and difficult Civil War. Why did the South succeed in the first place however? It was because the Republicans and Lincoln as the 1st Republican President promised that none on the State and territories gotten from the Mexican-American war all the way to California would be slave states. The South knew that its tie in the Senate , splitting states with the free states would be over and the slave states would be a permanent minority as far as representation in the Senate, upsetting the delicate balance of power between free and slave states. Hence, the Civil war was indeed fought for slave state U.S. representation purposes. If the South seceded, which they did, they could ensure that way of life for, yes, their States. Lincoln never said he would ban slavery in the South, he just would not allow the Union to be dissolved at alll costs, 400,000 Northerners, whether that meant the slaves we’re freed or not.
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Livestream Tomorrow (11 AM)
A special Top 7 U.S. Presidents presentation for Presidents’ Day. I changed the time to 11am EST. I look forward to it and tell me your opinions and tweaks you would make to the list. Enjoy our community’s and my YouTube channel’s 1st livestream. 👍
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@Maureen Greer Have fun. Mardi Gras is in February near Valentine’s Day!
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@Sandra James I appreciate it. I will catch yours also
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IRS History? 16th Amendment (Income Tax - 1913)
Why is it just accepted that personal income gets taxed in your opinion? Is it because if you don’t pay the IRS is there? Is it patriotic to fund our government through our own checks, which are taken out before we ever get them if you’re an employee? There was no federal income tax established in the U.S. Constitution until ratified in 1913, when Woodrow Wilson was President. At the time, it affected only 1% of all Americans. Tariffs and excise taxes were the main ways of funding the government before then. April 15th is not a national holiday! How do you think our government should be funded?
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@Tav G. I totally agree with minimumly getting rid of the property tax for homeowners who do not have children who use the school system. That alone accounts for half of property taxes I believe
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@Maureen Greer Property taxes are a local taxes in municipalities and a way to ensure no one “owns” their property if you don’t pay it. However, religious areas seem not to pay property taxes at all, which always confused me. Interesting take on the Constitutional issue where property taxes are not mentioned, are you possibly referring to the seizure of property, 4th amendment issue without “due process”. Interesting 🤔
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@mike-karabell-6456
I’m a 53 year old New Jersey resident who shows and tells the history of local historic sites. That’s local history for me, what’s your local history
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