Harry In Your Pocket

I remember a movie from the early 70’s called Harry In Your Pocket. It starred James Coburn as the leader of a band of pick pockets. It co-starred Michael Sarrazin and Walter Pidgeon. Michael was the apprentice and Walter was the older trusted confidant. They set up elaborate schemes to steal wallets, purses, and any other loose item they could get. I don’t know why it stuck in my head other than I had just watched Michael Sarrazin in an updated version of Frankenstein. The point I want to get at is we have Harry (actually it is Sam but…) in our pockets and it needs to stop. We need to repeal the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution; the Income Tax Amendment

The 16th Amendment allows the United States government to reach into your pocket and extract however much flesh they want. They have set up a watch dog to ensure that they get the correct amount of flesh. The watch dog has no real master and chooses its victims with all the care of a suicide bomber. The money is snatched from those who work hard to make it so it can be redistributed to those who do little or nothing except spend it. The government has enough methods of creating a revenue stream that it can do without collecting income taxes. It worked just fine before WWI in collecting enough money to run the nation. It was after WWI when the bills came due that it looked to taxing those who have to cover their expenditures. From there it has grown into the monolithic tower of Babel we are forced to pay homage to every April 15th.

We have precedence for repealing the 16th Amendment. Our nation joyfully carried the torch toward elimination of drinking alcohol in the 1920’s. It took a few years to realize that prohibition was a losing cause. Americans were going to drink and creating a constitutional amendment saying they can’t just forced it underground. The 18th and 21st amendments provide the insight into how to stop the government from playing Robin Hood with your paycheck. So lets all take a look at Harry and remember that whether you like it or not, he has his hand in your pockets. Not a comforting thought.

Stay tuned for part II.

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