Per Mr. Huebert’s entry, today’s reference of Farmer Bunce’s retort to Davy Crockett’s endorsement of a relief bill through Federal Congress for a mere $20,000 is entirely appropriate: “The power of collecting and disbursing money at pleasure is the most dangerous power that can be intrusted to man, particularly under our system of collecting revenue by a tariff, which reaches every man in the country, no matter how poor he may be, and the poorer he is the more he pays in proportion to his means. ” “The people have delegated to Congress, by the Constitution, the power to do … Continue reading Farmer Bunce to Clint Bolick: “Not Yours to Give”