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Hi Bill (McGunnigle),
I'm afraid that "temporary disease" (income tax)
will be around for a lot longer than you and I will, Bill.
I think part of the problem was mentioned by
Douglas in one of his shorter pieces, "Dictatorship By Taxation", where he
quoted Lord Stamp, (a director of the Bank of England at the time), about how a
people could be conditioned to "like" taxation.
In that speech he said, "... not only will you have to pay the taxes that you
now have to pay, but, as Sir Josiah Stamp, one of the Directors of the Bank of
England, suggested a short time ago, with that engaging candour which we are
beginning to expect from the Bank of England,
"While a few years ago no one would have
believed it possible that a scale of taxation such as that at present existing
could be imposed upon the British public without revolution, I have every hope
that with skillful education and propaganda this scale can be very considerably
raised."
In regards to US politics, and their upcoming
Presidential election, it seems to me that the Democratic
Party's candidates are already engaging in some of that "skillful
education and propaganda". And shortly after their expected success
in the election, US citizens might see a scale of income tax "very
considerably raised".
Some of them,
anyways. As once again we enter a new phase
of the same old, "...we'll rob Peter to pay Paul" policy that's only ever ended
up making, and keeping, both poorer wherever it's been tried.
Regards,
Joe
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Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 8:47
PM
Subject: Re: [socialcredit] Food For
Thought
Hi Joe
Absolutely
brilliant comments about taxation. Here is a snippet about Income
Tax
First introduced 1792 by William
Pitt the Younger PM of Britain as a TEMPORARY tax to provide funds to fight
against the French during the French Revolutionary Wars. 215 years seems a
fairly long "temporary time" to me. Instead it proliferated to infect the rest
of the world. I wonder if we will ever cure ourselves of this "temporary"
disease.
regards
Bill Mc G
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 3:34
AM
Subject: [socialcredit] Food For
Thought
The following was forwarded me from a Quebec
friend of mine currently enjoying the Florida sunshine. Thought it
might be of interest.~ Joe
Subject: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
This is
too true to be very funny
The next time you hear a politician
use the word 'billion' in a casual
manner, think about whether you
want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax
money.
A billion
is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising
agency did
a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in
one of
its releases.
A. A billion seconds ago it was
1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone
Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two
feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes,
at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought
is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New
Orleans It's
amazing what you can learn with some simple division
Louisiana
Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress
for
$250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number, what
does
it mean?
A. Well, if you are one of 484,674
residents of
New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each
get $516,528.
B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes
in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or, if
you are a family of four, your family gets
$2,066,012.
Washington , D.C . HELLO!!! ... Are all your
calculator s broken??
Tax his land,
Tax his
wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his
tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the
rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his
pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his
shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his
tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to
think.
Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he
cries,
Tax his tears.
Tax his bills,
Tax his
gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.
Tax him good
and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he
hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and
sore.
Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod
in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
'Taxes
drove me to my doom!'
And when he's gone,
We won't re
lax,
We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building
Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette
Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal
Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License
Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline
Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory
Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax), IRS Penalties (tax on
top of
tax), Liquor Tax, Luxury Tax, Marriage License Tax, Medicare
Tax,
Property Tax, Real Estate Tax, Service charge taxes, Social
Security
Tax, Road Usage Tax (Truckers), Sales Taxes, Recreational
Vehicle Tax,
School Tax, State Income Tax, State Unemployment Tax
(SUTA), Telephone
Federal Excise Tax, Telephone Federal Universal
Service Fe e Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Su rcharge
Tax, Telephone Minimum
Usage Su rcharge Tax, Telephone Recurring
and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax, Utility Tax,
Vehicle License
Registration Tax, Vehicle Sales Tax, Watercraft
Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax, Workers Compensation Tax.
STILL THINK THIS IS
FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation
was the
most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no
national debt, had the largest middle class in the
world, and Mom
stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened? Can you spell
'politicians!'
And I still have to 'press
1' for
English.
I hope this goes around THE
USA at least 100
times
What the heck happened?????
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