Posted on 09/14/2009 1:01:40 PM PDT by erkyl
We elect a President every four years but we pay taxes every year. I propose that we create a Check-Off on our Federal Tax Form like the Presidential Campaign Fund. Every year all the bills signed by the President would be listed and we could check off if we want our tax money to go towards it. If our IRS Form listed ObamaCare, Cap and Trade, Stimulus, Auto Bailouts, TARP, how much money do you think these programs would be able to spend if we had a say in it?
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How to distinguish Liberty from Tryanny:
| Liberty | "Soft" Tyranny | |
| 1 | Rights are inherent in, and unalienable from, individuals | Rights are granted/rescinded by the majority through the government |
| 2 | Fundamental rights are life, liberty, and property (absence of coercion) | Fundamental rights are food, housing, and healthcare (absence of necessity) |
| 3 | Property is owned by individuals who make decisions as to its use, improvement, and transfer | Property is owned by 'the public' with government officials making decisions as to its use, improvement, and transfer |
| 4 | Government exists to protect the rights of individuals | Government exists to plan and direct the resources of society |
| 5 | Government authority is decentralized in a federal system with limited and enumerated powers | Government authority is centralized in a national system with broad and necessarily intrusive powers |
| 6 | Government action is prescribed by rules fixed and announced beforehand | Government action is arbitrary and at the descretion of "czars" and planning boards |
| 7 | Economic activity is driven by a large number of small entities interacting according to simple rules | Economic activity is driven by a small number of large entities operating within the constraints of complex regulations |
| 8 | Effective innovation results from contrarian thinking, individual initiative, and the voluntary exchange of property | Efficient implementation of government planning requires conformity of opinion, collective action, and the coerced transfer of property |
| 9 | Standards of living for the many increase permanently as they utilize improved products and services conceived by the few | Standards of living for the many increase temporarily as they utilize property redistributed from the few |
| 10 | Altruism is using one's own resources in concrete acts to help specific individuals | Altruism is obligating the resources of others for broad-brush programs to help mankind in the abstract |
Rights exists solely as a way to fairly decide whose will shall prevail in cases where two or more people disagree. They do not exist for the purpose of enslaving one person for the benefit of another (e.g., the "right" to free medical care.)
Liberty is the right to do whatever does not infringe the rights of others. Rights empower you to help yourself, free from interference by others.
Tyranny makes you a serf to be used by the elite to further their own power. Once upon a time, the nobility used religion to convince the serfs they had to serve the nobility. Modernly, the elite use good people's feelings of altruism to convince them to enslave both themselves and their neighbors. It's basically the same con game, just using a more sophisticated hook.
I’ve thought that kind of check-off would be a great idea for at least the past 40 years!
Mine would go to fund the military, VA (with a requirement to clean house where needed), and border fence.
Ummm - this was tried by the libtards during the Vietnam War, didn’t work then, won’t work now.
Add a check box for ‘rats to double their “voluntary (see H. Reid on the subject)” contribution.
How about repealing the unconstitutional 16th Amendment and returning to a constitutional taxing system?
Under the definition of a terrorist organization, the IRS is one of the largest and most enduring the world has ever seen.
Also, supporting Ron Paul's HR 1207 bill and eventually getting rid of the Federal Reserve (which isn't Federal, nor has any reserves).
Bernanke (head of the Fed) Threatens Economic Collapse If the Fed is Audited.
The brunt of Bernankes statement is as crystal clear as a threat from a common street thug -- back off from the Fed, or the economy gets it.
I believe this would be a better idea then having a say in where the thief sends your money?
My new tag line, thanks
I know that's a great idea, cause I've been promoting it for over 15 years.
Whenever I used to get into discussions with liberals or a soft-in-the-head "conservatives" and I offer that as a reasonable compromise, they either have a hissy fit or walk away...
Pro-choice can go only so far...
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