Taxation Without Representation

In a turnabout that took a couple-a-hundred years, our America has returned to its roots...to age enough to become the King George it once fought against.  Our tax code provides that there are many who pay no effective tax...nay...they receive from the coffers because it is what's "fair" by the posse.

I am not talking about those poor destitute souls who have washed ashore in unparalleled tragic consequence, with no means or ability to care for themselves, with no family or church to assist, with no neighbor.  No, I mean the new definition of welfare state.  Those deemed handicapped by their inability to get along with others, patiently work for 30 hours a week at a job they may or may not enjoy, or educate themselves into prosperity for their own sake and for those around them.

Those 'takers' have joined with a near-permanent ruling class of oligarchs who perpetuate the outsized growth of our Federal government, sucking the lifeblood of weakening states and giving less and less milk to those that feed it.  This leviathan parasite must inevitably reduce its appetite to maintain itself or feed on, resulting in the death of its own sustenance.  States who dare to fight back are cut off from the cash flow.  Illustration? ObamaCare with its regulatory load.  Not only did Congress fail to 'find out what is in it' before they passed it, an utter dereliction of duty, but they've created a schizm between those who would have our society survive and those who refuse to address impending (albeit slow-mo immediacy) doom.  They're crafting such a fragile complex inflation bubble that any less interjection of Federal management can be labeled a financial Armageddon.

Dear Leader wants us to believe we must choose between cutting support from sick children or the needy children.  Hogwash.  @TheDemocrats believe there is a governmental burro and you can keep putting new programs and debts and requirements onto that ass...but although great, there is a weight limit and they seemed determined to find it.  Maybe its recklessness.  Maybe its an utter lack of understanding on how budgets and money work.  Maybe its an innate, anarchic, nihilistic desire to bring down what they feel is the "old style" American government to build up a new one in their own image.

Madame Déficit 2013

Madame Déficit 1792

Whatever the case, the Founders were concerned about this from the very start.  Their letters to each other, the Federalist Papers, the Constitution itself and the Bill of Rights are all evidence of this.  Militias? Yeah those were so states could take down a tyrannical central government if need be.

What is left after this tyrannical democracy is a minority who is always outvoted and outflanked.  Where we were sensitive to minorities in the past we now turn a blind eye.  Those hardworking souls who provide 30-50% of their work to the government and get nothing in return grow fewer as industries fail and government costs grow.  Where is their representation?
California offers a fine example of this tyrannical democracy...enacting a retroactive (for 3 years) tax on businesses.  It's simple theft by taking.
When will it stop? When the checks and cheese stop flowing and America is out of order.




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War In Heaven On Earth

Lucifer offered a solution. Guarantee no soul would be lost...merely give him the power and dominion over all the Earth and its inhabitants. He would make sure not a single soul was lost...by compelling Mankind to obey. Jehovah offered a different plan. Allow Mankind to make choices, learn & grow, overcome, live by faith, and learn to be obedient to God's Will. He even offered to pay the blood sacrifice the Law of Moses required, to fulfill it, so that Man might not be punished with death but could be resurrected smarter and wiser for having lived an Earthly existence. And some would be lost.

We face a theocratic divide in our country now. Culture War? UnCivil War? Whatever you call it, there are two philosophies that dominate: those who believe in freedom and limited government and those who want slavery and tyranny. The Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to build a Constitution that would limit the Executive; they had had enough of kings. I once wondered how 1/3 of the heavenly hosts could be swayed to follow a diabolical plan but looking at our government leaders and those who believe in that unrighteous dominion, it becomes easier. Our culture of dependency is perpetuated by a fatalist mentality...remember eat, drink & be merry for tomorrow we die of Isaiah 22? If you look at the short-term policies of Liberal politicians and the 'I want it now' mentality of their core constituency, it's no wonder that there is no planning for the next generation, paying down of debt or talk of 'in the long run.' There is no sacrifice (of yours) too great or too small to keep them in the style they've become accustomed. I believe in charity...the giving of one's time and talents freely where possible and needed. Liberals believe in confiscation...and even if it is for the same worthy cause, they're taking...and as any kindergartner will tell you...that's not nice. These selfish brats are ruining the best country ever made...a fall from grace. I'm going to hold on to the iron rod as long as I can.