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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:00:26 GMT, brtaylor@ann.qtpi.lakewood.ca.us
("Bob Taylor") wrote:

>In article <6vu8g4$eju$1@netra.msu.montana.edu>,
>	"Larry Elmore" <ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net> writes:
>> "Bob Taylor" wrote in message ...
>>>In article <6vt0nj$223$1@netra.msu.montana.edu>,
>>> "Larry Elmore" <ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net> writes:
>>>> M O'Neill wrote in message <36213b4a.7759144@news.concentric.net>...
>>>>>On 7 Oct 1998 18:30:11 GMT, unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>sorry pal, the income tax is constitutional because the Supreme Court,
>>>>>which under the constitution is the final arbiter of what is
>>>>>constitutional, has ruled that it is.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have a specific reference for that? I was under the distinct (but
>>>> possibly incorrect) impression that the Supreme Court has never, in fact,
>>>> ruled one way or the other on the income tax, and that it simply refuses
>> to
>>>> look at any real case involving it or the IRS as a whole (individual
>> agents
>>>> being another matter).
>>>
>>>You are both wrong. Why don't you both do a little research?
>> 
>> Asking a question and getting a pointer in the right direction is generally
>> a lot faster and less time-wasting than starting from scratch, as you should
>> know if you've done much research. So why waste bandwidth on a snide remark
>> instead of actually answering a polite question???
>

>Snide? Scratch? I studied the Constition in school. I expect Americans to know
>the U.S. Constitution. Sheesh.

you'd be surprised how many lawyers have never read the constitution.

the ignorance level of the public in the U.S. concerning such things
is frightening.  

I just did an impromptu quiz of one of my office workers.  She's
unable to name the current vice president, she believes that New York
has three senators, she can't name them but thinks Al Gore might be
one of them, and she has no idea how many senators New Jersey has.

This is not at all atypical.  Howard Stern regularly quizzes models
and celebrities about such matters and obtains similar results.