... plan rapidly moved through the government bureaucracy, the road to a timely passage was not one free of wide criticism, first and foremost being the lack of a public forum to discuss this issue. Since no public forum on this legislation was called, the bill developed without opportunity for the public to testify on their thoughts of specific portions of the bill. Members of the staunch House Committee on Ways and Means were ... initially intent on raising the rate of the state ... ...

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... , but is run for the people and by the people. In our democracy there are 3 branches of government, the judicial, executive, and legislative braches. The executive branch includes the president. The reason that the government is for the people by the people is because of the judicial and legislative branches. The judicial and legislative branches have a system of checks and balances placed on the executive branch and vice verse. The system of checks and ... , declare war, build roads, tax, and declare war or even coin money. The idea behind this is the people are the government. Freedom i...

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