Why does Mark Levin perpetuate FDR’s slavish Victory Tax with a Liberty Amendment?

In one of Mark Levin's Liberty Amendments he promotes keeping alive taxes calculated from profits, gains and other incomes.

If one wants to judge the motives and character of those who advocate changes to our Constitution, there are two specific issues which give us a clue: (a) the manner in which Congress fills our national treasury; and (b), what our nation uses for “legal tender”. In other words, “its all about the Benjamins”. So, let us take a look at issue (a) and ask ourselves why does Mark Levin offer to perpetuate taxes calculated from profits, gains and incomes which is a tool of despotic governments and particularly embraced by our progressive domestic enemies?

To fully understand this issue one must first be informed about the progressive movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s, a movement which was, among other things, intentionally designed by its leadership to enslave the working class person, not to mention seizing an iron fisted regulatory control over America’s businesses and industries.

In 1913 the leadership of the progressive movement convinced the working person [that’s your ordinary working person] to get behind the 16th Amendment. It was sold to the working person as a means to get those greedy corporations to pay their “fair share” in taxes.

During the 16th Amendment debates we find Mr. HEFLIN agitating the working class people into supporting the amendment by saying “An income tax seeks to reach the unearned wealth of the country and to make it pay its share.” 44 Cong. Rec. 4420 (1909). Note the wording “unearned wealth“ as distinguished from earned wages.

And this was shortly after Mr. BARTLETT of Georgia had begun the class warfare attack by preaching to the working poor: As I see it, the fairest of all taxes is of this nature [a tax on gains, profits and unearned income], laid according to wealth, and its universal adoption would be a benign blessing to mankind. The door is shut against it, and the people must continue to groan beneath the burdens of tariff taxes and robbery under the guise of law.” 44 Cong. Rec. 4414 (1909).

But what these cunning con artists really had in mind was to create a tax allowing the expansion of the federal government’s manipulative iron fist over the economy which would eventually be used to squeeze the working people’s earned wages from their pockets in a more devastating manner than any tariff has ever done, and make them dependent upon government for their subsistence! But they cleverly waited for one generation to pass after the adoption of the 16th Amendment and a war to begin before completing their mission which the imposition of the Temporary Victory Tax of 1942, not letting a crisis go to waste!

Roosevelt’s class warfare tax expanded the “income tax” upon corporations and businesses to include a 5 percent “temporary” tax upon working people’s earned wages. And although the 16th Amendment was sold as a way to tax “unearned income”, the temporary tax on working people’s earned wages was sold as a patriotic necessity in the war effort. But somehow Roosevelt’s class warfare tax, which robs the bread which poor working people earned by the sweat of their brow, is still to this very day being collected, and its burden has constantly increased over the years, forcing millions upon millions of poor working people into a state of poverty and then dependency upon government for their subsistence, an outcome which is needed by corrupted political leaders to maintain a permanent and captive voting block!

Now, with this in mind the question is, does Mark Levin’s proposed Liberty Amendment to reform taxation offer real change, or is it a “fan dance” to keep alive the source of power which is now used to create an iron fisted control over America’s businesses, industries and working class people? Why does Mark Leven avoid getting to the root cause of our miseries and could be ended by adding the following 32 words were to our Constitution?

The Sixteenth Amendment is hereby repealed and Congress is henceforth forbidden to lay ``any`` tax or burden calculated from profits, gains, interest, salaries, wages, tips, inheritances or any other lawfully realized money

These words, if added to our Constitution, would return us to a consumption based taxing system, our founding father’s ORIGINAL TAX PLAN as they intended it to operate! And, they would remove the evil power Congress now exercises which has socialized America‘s once free enterprise system. The words would also help to end Congress’ current love affair with class warfare, which it now uses to divide the people while plundering the wealth which America’s businesses and labor have produced.

JWK

“Honest money and honest taxation, the Key to America’s future Prosperity“ ___ from “Prosperity Restored by the State Rate Tax Plan”, no longer in print.

I thought they supported and defended our Constitution and the documented intentions and beliefs under which it was adopted. Our founding fathers believed in a free market system, but also believed in an America first policy when it came to foreign trade. And they used taxing at our water’s edge to advance America’s best interests!

"...a discount of ten percent on all duties imposed by this Act shall be allowed on such goods, wares, and merchandise as shall be imported in vessels built in the United States, and wholly the property of a citizen or citizens thereof." see: An Act imposing duties on Tonnage July 20, 1789. What a novel idea … an America first policy!

Do they not know our founders clear intentions with regard to raising a federal revenue and how the above taxing policy led to America’s merchant marine becoming the most powerful on the planet?

“…a national revenue must be obtained; but the system must be such a one, that, while it secures the object of revenue it shall not be oppressive to our constituents.”___ Madison, during the creation of our Nation’s first revenue raising Act

The act went on to tax imported articles of consumption and not one dime was raised by taxing the wages of labor, the earnings of America’s businesses, or did it tax the returns on invested capital ___ all of which contributed enormously to America becoming the economic marvel of the world!

Our founders original tax plan was based upon principles which do not change with the passage of time and the fact is, our founder’s original tax plan was so successful that by the year1835 America was manufacturing everything from steam powered ships, to clothing spun and woven by powered machinery and the national debt [which included part of the revolutionary war debt] was completely extinguished and Congress enjoyed a surplus in the federal treasury from tariffs, duties, and customs. And so, by an Act of Congress in June of 1836 all surplus revenue in excess of $ 5,000,000 was decided to be distributed among the states, and eventually a total of $28,000,000 was distributed among the states by the rule of apportionment in the nature of interest free loans to the states to be recalled if and when Congress decided to make such a recall.

Why on earth does Mark Levin propose to perpetuate taxes calculated from profits, gains, and other incomes which is the source of power used by progressives to steal and plunder the wealth which America’s businesses, industries and labor have created?

JWK

"Why do you find it necessary to make Mark Levin the subject of your blog pimp?"

Perhaps you have missed it but Mark Levin has appeared on a number of talk shows and is promoting various amendments to be added to our Constitution. Why do you find it objectionable to talk about and question what he is promoting?

Mark Levin's "Liberty Amendments" are disappointing at best and came as a shock to me because they seem to contradict his very criticisms of our tyrannical Washington Establishment.

Why on earth does Mark Levin propose to perpetuate taxes calculated from profits, gains, and other incomes which is a source of power used by progressives in Washington to steal and plunder the wealth which America’s businesses, industries and labor have created?

Why on earth does Mark Levin propose an amendment which would constitutionally recognize and keep alive the current federal reserve money system when our founding fathers specifically forbid notes of any kind, which would include Federal Reserve Notes, from being made a legal tender?

Why does Mark Levin propose an amendment which would make it constitutional for Congress to not balance the annual budget when our founding fathers intended deficits ought to be extinguished with an apportioned tax among the States?

JWK

I offered part of the solution. Did you miss it?

JWK

It’s not PORK. It’s a money laundering operation used to plunder our national treasury and fatten the fortunes of the well connected in Washington.

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