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To: Monorprise
>>“Appropriate, since Lincoln freed the enslaved, and Obama has enslaved the free....”
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Life does have its little ironies.

I will not deny that Obama has made us less free; however, much of our enslavement came long before he appeared on the scene.
Income-tax withholdings are, by far, the most vile and immoral tool of our enslavement: for we cannot even refuse to pay our masters, they that take our due pay before it even enters our hand. It was the 16th Amendment that re-instituted slavery.

39 posted on 01/12/2013 9:17:52 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

>”>>“Appropriate, since Lincoln freed the enslaved, and Obama has enslaved the free....”
>”>
Life does have its little ironies.
I will not deny that Obama has made us less free; however, much of our enslavement came long before he appeared on the scene.
Income-tax withholdings are, by far, the most vile and immoral tool of our enslavement: for we cannot even refuse to pay our masters, they that take our due pay before it even enters our hand. It was the 16th Amendment that re-instituted slavery.

Once again I find-myself in agreement. Perhaps maybe one of us should start debating with liberals on their forums?

I think it is interesting that the income tax withholding(payment by employee) started in world war 2 because a lot of people were failing to pay any income taxes and the Federal Government could not go after them all.

So as usual they target a smaller more manageable minority.
Namely business owners who generally have stationary locations in which to visit in addition to being much fewer in number than the general population. The measure was controversial at the time for exactly the reasons you described. But like most Government evils it was never over turned.


41 posted on 01/12/2013 11:31:09 AM PST by Monorprise
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