Posted on 02/08/2009 9:07:14 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Are you up for a cathartic act of civil disobedience? DaveG at Where’s the Change? has a subversive plan. I like it:
"I think it’s time for a comeback for civil disobedience. The only thing that angers me more than the rampant elitism and corruption in our government is that apparent tolerance for it that was demonstrated most recently with the appointment of what is almost certainly a tax cheat as the Treasury Secretary. Surely I am not alone in wondering why I am a big enough sap to pay tens of thousands of dollars in Federal taxes each and every year, while our Washington bureaucrats seem to get away consequence free with a pattern of cheating and fraud. And please, don’t tell me Tom Daschle didn’t get away with it. Sure, he lost his position for a cabinet position, but don’t you think he will be laughing all the way back to his millions-a-year “consulting” gig? Will he be prosecuted for his fraud like I would be? Did he pay any penalties? No, and no. Since my single, solitary vote is nothing more that a BB in a machine gun world, I intend to start practicing civil disobedience. In the case of Treasury Secretary Geithner, I am going to have a rubber stamp made that says “Tax Cheat!” in block letters. Every time I see a piece of paper currency with Geithner’s signature on it, I am going to stamp over his name with my Tax Cheat stamp. Sure, this action is just as futile as my vote, but eventually maybe others will reach the same conclusion that I have: it is far past time to make our voices heard.'
Dave has a link to an inexpensive stampmaker at his blog, or you can go to taxcheatstamps.com — until, that is, Dear Leader and Dear Treasury Tax Cheater move to shut them down. Remember: Dissent is no longer patriotic.
Notice that once in power, liberals like Obama disdain "tolerance and compassion, political correctness, equality under the law," and all the other glib liberal notions. All of that does not apply ......once they get power.
Obama and Michelle and their crowd see themselves primarily as "deconstructionsists"------- with the goal of tearing down American traditions.
That's why they puposefully sought out tax cheats for Cabinet appointments ----- tax evasion is the plusperfect way to tear down the Nation.
Another Machiavellian facet.......Obama's flawed nominees not only populate our government with an insular cadre with shady pasts, but Obama fosters an ancillary benefit.............that of feeding the growing distrust and disconnect between Americans and our government, striking another blow against a system built on faith, trust, honesty and morality.
October 11, 1798, John Adams: "We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Biden claims it is patriotic to pay taxes. That's why they expect Republicans to do it (without complaint). Elitist liberal DemonRats are exempt.
If so, then every time a store uses one of those pens which are supposed to reveal counterfeits, they are committing a federal offense.
Since I am still unsure if the POTUS is legal, I would wonder if the currency that the tax cheat puts his signature to is legal if not defaced.
BTW, in my past life I was a bank teller. Most tellers hate holding mutilated/defaced money from circulation. As long as you can read the denomination it goes back out.
Good idea. When you buys yours, would you buy one for me? I'll reimburse you. ;-)
I bet he'd clean up if he ran for Mayor of Detroit or Governor of Michigan, though.
good points.
“So what reason is there to deface U.S. currency?”
The U.S. Treasury Secretary’s signature is on the paper currency. The idea is to stamp “Tax Cheat” over his name.
Thank you.
I’m in as well.
I’ve been writing, “Gun Owner,” with an arrow pointing to whoever’s on the face of our paper current for years.
Current = Currency
I can hardly wait for mine to arrive. I will be down at my bank for a stack of singles the very next day. Get those puppies in circulation!
it is a great idea but will be meaningless until currency is printed with his name on it. You can’t legitimately start stamping all the bucks in you wallet with the stamp..
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