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:: Thursday, July 10, 2003 ::

Highlighting the gross ignorance of the major media outlets would be a full-time job, but then how would you find the time to point out the stupidity of their sources and guests?WorldNetDaily: Media ignorance
On NBC's June 15 edition of 'Meet the Press,' Tim Russert interviewed retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who might be a presidential candidate in 2004. Clark criticized President Bush's tax cuts. That's OK, but Clark demonstrated gross ignorance when he said, 'I thought this country was founded on a principle of progressive taxation. ... In other words, it's not only that the more you make, the more you give.'
Tim Russert, just as ignorant, passed over the statement.


The article goes on to point out the following:
It was not until the Abraham Lincoln administration that an income tax was imposed on Americans. Its stated purpose was to finance the war, but it took until 1872 for it to be repealed. During the Grover Cleveland administration, Congress enacted the Income Tax Act of 1894. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in 1895. It took the 16th Amendment (1913) to make permanent what the Framers feared – today's income tax.

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