shall
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As he put it, the first clause of Article 1, Section 8 specifies that “The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.”
From Salon
The state constitution says “all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property.”
The document specifies that “the word ‘property’ as used herein shall mean and include everything, whether tangible or intangible, subject to ownership.”
No soldier, writes Chesterton, says to himself in battle: “My leg is nearly dropping off, but I shall go on till it drops; for after all I shall enjoy all the advantages of my government obtaining a warm-water port in the Gulf of Finland.”
“Let’s stay within the realm of reality, shall we?”
From Literature
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