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want to speak for him, is this: If it is possible that
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the Legislature dedicates specific taxes for specific
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purposes and does this in a great many cases , then you
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are going to get a very rigid system of government which
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is almost going to be or could be unmanagable, and he has
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suggested that might be desirable to have a specific
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provision in the Constitution which would prohibit the
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General Assembly from doing this. Is that what you ask?
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MR. SAYRE: Yes, as far as to new taxes.
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: I think that whole situation
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is sound unless you had a dire emergency that you couldn't
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anticipate today. Today we live in the Atomic Age, Space
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Age.
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MR. SAYRE: You get a lot of things under
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those circumstances.
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: That is right. As a general
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rule, I would say it would be a very sound and good
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recommendation.
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MR. NOSSEL: May I make an observation here?
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Go back in time. We are presently operating under the
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Constitution of 1867. If that Constitution had contained
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