Over the years, I've gotten into many discussions with people regarding the intended nature of our government and how one of the major "checks" on its power was subverted in 1913.
With the creation of the "Federal Reserve Bank" and the "Income Tax Amendment" the government destroyed all reasonable limitations on how much money it had access to. Subsequently, it also destroyed all reasonable limitations on its ability to expand far beyond its constitutional role.
When discussing the issue of "taxation," the average American has a tendency to defend "income tax" as being necessary to run our government. (Below, that very point is made by a visitor to StopTheLie.com.) Hopefully this short article will put the issue into its proper perspective.
Assertion:
<<<As for the income tax, only an anarchist thinks a country can survive without taxation.>>>
Rebuttal:
These are two separate issues. One, the issue of needing "taxes" to finance government. Two, the issue of whether or not an INCOME tax is needed.
Few Americans realize that this country DID NOT have an income tax prior to 1913. -Think about that for a minute. America went from being a "start up" (in 1776) to the most prosperous nation on the planet without an "income tax." (Let alone the intrusive, bloated and dare I say "unconstitutional" government that goes with it.)
Corporate taxes, excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms, tariffs on trade, military hardware sales, etc.; these would be MORE THAN enough to fund the "constitutionally limited government" won for us by our founding fathers.
Also, few realize that a huge percentage of the income taxes collected do nothing to fund government programs. The money is simply burned away as interest payments on the debt that our "leaders" have accumulated for us. Whatever benefit (real or imagined) the borrowed money was supposed to have, the actual cost of all those programs increases drastically when you include the added expense of interest payments. How much is added? Currently, interest payments on our 8 TRILLION dollar debt are costing American Taxpayers about 50 million dollars PER HOUR. That is every hour of every day, every week of every year. (Approximately $450 Billion a year)
Now, you'd think our elected officials would be a little worried about this. You'd think they'd want to get rid of the national debt and "free up" all that money currently being wasted on interest payments. Instead, they continue to spend money like there is no tomorrow. More specifically, they are currently adding more than 60 million dollars PER HOUR to the debt we already have.
Do the majority of Americans consider this acceptable? -Very unlikely, but it doesn't matter because we can no longer "turn off" the spigot. Those who engineered the take over of our country in 1913 were careful to make sure of that.
You see, the "Income Tax" is just part of the equation. The other part (also created in 1913) is the Federal Reserve Banking System. This central bank was created to act as an exclusive lender to our ambitious friends in Washington DC. -Now, instead of having to go to the American people for money, the government could just go to their friends at the Federal Reserve. -And "The Fed" bankers would be happy to loan whatever was requested.
To put the importance of this arrangement into perspective, consider the following:
When you and I "give money" to the government, it COSTS us money. You and I have to actually earn wages before we can hand them over and, in handing them over, our financial means are depleted. When the bankers give money to the government, they EARN money. Unlike us, they can simply print whatever the government needs prior to handing it over and, in handing it over, their financial means are enhanced.
So, the bigger the government gets and the more money it spends, the greater the burden on you and I becomes. On the other side of the equation, the bigger the government gets and the more money it spends the greater the benefit to the bankers - where spending and debt costs us our wealth, spending and debt makes them theirs.
Given these facts, we see why the bankers are more than happy to fund the creation of an overgrown "unlimited" and inherently unconstitutional government in America. And knowing that government ALWAYS seeks to secure and expand its power (as our founding fathers repeatedly warned) we see how they could easily succumb to the temptation of "money" that they themselves will never have to repay. Why would "we the people" ever trust this sort of arrangement? It goes without saying this system is antithetical to the concept of "limited government."
The Creature from Jekyll Island (written by G. Edward Griffin) is perhaps the best single resource regarding the income tax and Federal Reserve System I've seen. It not only covers how the take over of 1913 was engineered but it also covers the goals of the international bankers who made it all happen. Their final aim is nothing less than the destruction of American sovereignty and merger of all nations into a financially controlled "one world government." To read this book is to learn more (in 20 hours or so) than 99.99% of Americans will learn in a lifetime. -it is everything the criminal elite don't want you to know about their socialist / anti-American agenda. If you want a much shorter version, check out "Meet The System."
Now, back to where this all started: Can we support our government without an income tax? That depends. The corrupt, overgrown, unconstitutional government we currently have? - Absolutely not. The constitutionally limited government America was supposed to have? -Absolutely. And if we don't gain control of this "creature" that is feeding on our country, we will inadvertently facilitate the destruction of everything America was meant to be. Rest assured that won't happen by accident; it will come to us by design.
"I sincerely believe the banking institutions having the issuing power of money, are more dangerous to liberty than standing armies." ~ Thomas Jefferson
J. Plummer 1.13.06
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