Posted on 06/02/2006 8:33:07 AM PDT by Irontank
The only thing that is correct about the term "progressives" is that they are responsible for wanting to head this country in a new direction... That is, from the top of Olympus, to the bottom of the $hi!pile.
Yup!
If Orwell wasn't dead to rights, I'll eat my tinfoil hat!
What we are seeing worldwide, is the same race to militarist statism - the very same that Hayek (RWR's fav economist) tried to warn the world about in the 30's vis Germany. This is where the world's financial and political elites make the most money off the backs of the masses, while concentrating ever more power that always diminishes our liberties.
"Over the next 10 years experts predict the reform measures will cost the IRS $12.9 billion, mostly in lost collections of taxes and penalties. "
I don't know whether this figure came to fruition, but this is the problem with the tax protest movement. That lost revenue means that ultimately, law-abiding taxpayers will have to pay more to provide the services which government provides.
And don't get me wrong, I think that the government wastes a lot of our tax money. But the answer to that problem lies with spending reform, and doing away with pork-barrel spending, not with refusing to pay at all.
Join these guys, if you want to help make a real, substantive difference:
http://truthlaidbear.com/porkbusters/index.php
There's never a vest bomb handy when you need one, eh? ;>)
That he almost met the maker when he reached for some clothes in the drawer is, to say the least, about the most maddening situation I can think of myself being in, and over effing taxes at that!
If I ever get the big "C", I'd like to take one of those jackboot's bosses along for the ride! Well, one can dream.
Boy and howdy.
Too bad ther were just as many Reps among them as Rats. Rockefeller being the kingpin and behind him the banks of the House of Rothschild. The very same sobs who Jackson shot down with his veto of the 2nd bank of the US's rechartering.
Please read it in my list of links previous to this post on this thread.
They did even worse with the Fedl Reserve Act - even naming it so that it didn't appear to be a Central Bank like the first two failures of elite theft of the taxpayer, which was a private corporation Govt privileged monopoly.
Read Jackson's veto please!
Jackson's 2nd Bank US VETO (very important - what he correctly and constitutionally opposed is just what we ended up with in 1913 foisted upon us by the same int'l banking cabal)
http://alpha.furman.edu/~benson/docs/ajveto.htm
Child protection agencies can screw up your life (and your kids as well) with nothing but a simple allegation.
Come to think of it, the quality of your credit on your credit report also tends to be a "guilty until proven innocent" thing. And in the current environment, unless you are looking to flip burgers, it can keep you from getting a job.
We are indeed in interesting times...
just checked out http://www.freedomtofacism.com/
These are the goals of the movie:
* Stop the polarization of America
* Stop the domination of the Democratic and Republican parties over our political system
* Shut down the Federal Reserve system
* Return America's gold to Fort Knox and have it audit
* Have Congress and the IRS, in a public forum, reveal the law that requires Americans to pay a direct, unapportioned tax on their labor.
* Make computerized voting illegal in all 50 states
* Keep the internet free and out of the control of large institutions
* Rescind the law called the Real ID Act so Americans never have to carry a National ID Card
* Make it illegal to implant RFID chips in human beings
* Educate juries to the fact that they have the right to determine the law as well as the facts of a case
* Educate juries to the fact that they are not obligated to follow the instructions of a judge
* Stop Globalization because it is the path to a one world government
* Protect our borders
* Restore the environment
* Put an end to the Patriot Act
While I can support many of the producer's points, there are some which are completely irrational and contradictory... such as ending the Patriot Act (unless, of course, his proposal is to end it when the WOT is won). His proposal to "stop globalism" is another... Historically, free trade and multinationalist companies have been a benefit to mankind. The problem is that in recent years, it has transgressed the boundaries of rational self-interest, joined with political ambition, and morphed into something which serves only a select few.
Sorry, that would be http://www.freedomtofascism.com/
What do you all think of New American magazine???
It was sold as a soak the rich scheme against the "robber barons".
Ping for later read.
Yup - by the Robber Barons themselves who always had trusts and foundations to shelter their wealth from taxes, and/or secret Swiss bank accounts.
Kerry paid 12% on his income of millions, yet he calls for higher taxes he knows he'll never have to pay.
Historically, free trade and multinationalist companies have been a benefit to mankind. The problem is that in recent years, it has transgressed the boundaries of rational self-interest, joined with political ambition, and morphed into something which serves only a select few.
Correct - it the very interventionism of Govt that costs taxpayers and enriches elites.
See the links posted earlier here please.
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