A Day That Will Live In Tyranny
Today is the 95th anniversary of the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution. For those who are not constitutional scholars, it is the amendment that provides Congress the power to levy and collect income tax. For many Americans, the act of the government taking money from your paycheck goes unnoticed. All many citizens see is the amount left over to buy the items necessary to continue living. For many, it is a shrinking pool that causes us to make decisions between subsisting and enjoying life just a little.
I am continually amazed by how our government views taxes and how they have conditioned Americans to view them. When you say taxes, I think my money. It is not the government’s money. They did not earn it. What they have done it appoint themselves guardians of an ever increasing stream of cash, that they themselves can make even bigger just by changing the law. There is never accountability for what they are spending it on. It is viewed as an endless pot with which they can pull from to get re-elected. I believe the operative word is pork.
So as we approach the election of our nation’s leaders, I look to see which of them is looking out for my welfare. What I am seeing is promise after promise to give me something I do not want in exchange for a larger portion of my earnings. I do not want universal healthcare because it will do nothing but make our medical system as effective as every other socialist countries. It will make waiting in a Soviet breadline seem like a memory to enjoy. I do not want illegal immigrants being provided the same rights and privileges as American citizens. That is one reason our health care system is in the shape it is in. We do not need more restrictions placed on our energy usage. Humans are not responsible for the rise in temperature our globe appears to be experiencing. It gives us way too much credit. And there are many other “promises” on the drawing board that are slated to be implemented without any idea of eliminating the waste already in the system.
I guess it is not a matter of replacing anything. You cannot get votes by depriving those who do not recognize theft when they see it. If we do not continue to build this governmental tower of Babel, how will be ever reach the perfection that socialism promises for all of us. Everyone equal and every one equally poor except those we elect.
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Cobb
I am continually amazed by how our government views taxes and how they have conditioned Americans to view them. When you say taxes, I think my money. It is not the government’s money. They did not earn it. What they have done it appoint themselves guardians of an ever increasing stream of cash, that they themselves can make even bigger just by changing the law. There is never accountability for what they are spending it on. It is viewed as an endless pot with which they can pull from to get re-elected. I believe the operative word is pork.
So as we approach the election of our nation’s leaders, I look to see which of them is looking out for my welfare. What I am seeing is promise after promise to give me something I do not want in exchange for a larger portion of my earnings. I do not want universal healthcare because it will do nothing but make our medical system as effective as every other socialist countries. It will make waiting in a Soviet breadline seem like a memory to enjoy. I do not want illegal immigrants being provided the same rights and privileges as American citizens. That is one reason our health care system is in the shape it is in. We do not need more restrictions placed on our energy usage. Humans are not responsible for the rise in temperature our globe appears to be experiencing. It gives us way too much credit. And there are many other “promises” on the drawing board that are slated to be implemented without any idea of eliminating the waste already in the system.
I guess it is not a matter of replacing anything. You cannot get votes by depriving those who do not recognize theft when they see it. If we do not continue to build this governmental tower of Babel, how will be ever reach the perfection that socialism promises for all of us. Everyone equal and every one equally poor except those we elect.
Icool
Cobb
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