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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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