From: Gene McAloon 

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 11:50:38 +0200, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>> >It's not so much the price of gas itself as the taxation upon it.
>>
>> Those taxes use to be posted on the pump when I was younger; I believe
>> it is illegal to do so now.
>>
>> Politicians always looking to ease our pain...
>
>Isn't there something in your Constitution about free speech?
>
>Then again, your constitution is rarely consulted these days.

Don't believe everything you hear, especially not from some of the people
in this group. There is no law forbidding the posting of the tax on the
pump. Sales taxes are rarely posted on items subject to that tax and excise
taxes never.

But you are right about the Constitution. Bush is bending it every which
way or just ignoring it when it suits his agenda. But the courts are now
reigning in his reckless and indeed dangerous policies. That is one of the
benefits of a constitution and an independent court with equal authority to
that of the other branches. It is a simple and incontrovertible fact that
the American form of government, for all its bungling in the execution, is
nonetheless the best form of government ever devised by man - and I
emphasize _form_ of government. Unfortunately, with far-right ideologues
like Bush & Co. things get dicey at times.

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