Hope for Freedom?
Well, probably not. Either way, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that actually has something to do with the things that government IS supposed to be concerned with -- interstate commerce.
You see, one of the few things actually IN the Constitution is that it is illegal for states to put up barriers to trade with one another. That was one of the primary ideas behind these "united" states. Article I, Section 10:No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress.
So states are very clearly prohibited from charging a company from out of state any duty on interstate goods. As to be expected from today's non-Constitutional Republic, states have been violating the law left and right -- with their "tax breaks" for businesses. For example, NC just gave over $250 million cash to Dell to get Dell to put a plant in NC. That means they just charged every other business $250 million to DO business in North Carolina -- and that's illegal. In 2004, a federal appeals court agreed -- a state cannot take money from one business and give it to another to take that business from another state. It's a clear violation of the commerce clause. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case. They very clearly should uphold the appeals court ruling. I don't know if they will. On the other hand, even if they do, state governments will surely continue doing exactly the same thing, they'll just call it something else. Government really, really, really stinks.
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