Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120630:12:17:00
Imposts and excises. you don't have to call it a tax. >> revenue enhancements to provide for the general welfare of the united states. that's because without taxes you can't have national defense. >> right. >> you can't have an army. you can't do the things we weren't able to çdo. one more thing. 1789 and the founders, this constitution is an intergenerational document. we made amends to it, got rid of slavery after the civil war. this didn't get rid of slavery. we the people of the united states at the beginning of the 20th century, people proudly called themselves progressive into that pro...