Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   The House Represents the People Date:   6/30/2012 1:45:48 PM

One of the primary tenets of the Declaration of Independence… the impetus for the Revolutionary War… and the Constitutional establishment of our government is the onerous “taxation without representation.” It is for THIS reason that bills for raising revenue MUST originate in the House of Representatives… the consent of the people to be taxed (the Senate represents the States).