Posted on 08/21/2005 3:31:38 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
I pay taxes so that the US Government will protect me, my family, and my property from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Most of the other costs of Government were incurred without my consent, and I disagree with a majority of them. Nonetheless, we live in a democratic Republic, and until I can change things, I agree to pay tribute to the crooks in Congress who insist on buying other people's votes with my money. It's cheaper than fighting the bastards.
Now if you don't like that I took the Lord's name in vain, I apologize, first because I believe in Him, and second, because I shouldn't let my anger at the Looting Class get the best of me. That said, you are correct that tribalism predates Liberty. Democratic capitalism is a relatively new concept in human development. It was predated by dictatorship, monarchy, theocracy, and brute force, none of which immediately present themselves as morally superior alternatives. I think the best way we can serve the Lord is by doing His work on Earth. In purely economic terms, that means by being productive, voluntarily generous, and by not coveting thy neighbor's ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. If you saw my neighbor's ass, you'd understand. PS - a sense of humor is also indispensible to happiness.
You obey because you must.
He told us to pay taxes and to submit to the government. This includes "involuntary" generosity.
A limit on the number of piemakers is done everyday by business owners but doesn't rise to the level of class warfare unless engaged in by the "populists".
There are agencies that provide day laborers. Because the laborer is employed by the agency, taxes and regulations apply to them, not the end user.
I have used laborers from agencies from time to time and been very satisfied with the cost and the work.
No doubt its satisfying to blame liberals for every social ill, but they are out of power at the federal level where immigration policy is made.
It's mostly not a federal problem. The welfare that illegals are taking advantage of that I was referring to is mostly run by the states.
As I understand it, the federal government requires the states to provide certain services. Several years ago California passed an initiative to end state services to illegal immigrants, but it was overturned in federal court.
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