Thursday, January 21, 2010
MASS Win!
Massachusetts wins!!! The best part of government is gridlock! The slower and longer it takes the government to do something, the better for everyone. We need as much time to review and process any changes. Now that Massachusetts won, what other states will follow suite and put in someone new!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Taxes
Taxes are a necessary means to a wonderful end if used in the right way. We need taxes to support our local and federal government. When used properly we are safer from harm and danger both foreign and domestic causes. When Jesus was confronted regarding taxes he neither praised nor condemned them. He merely said in Mathew 22:21 ……..Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s. There have been a collection of taxes from early Ancient times in Egypt. The pharaohs collected a tax on cooking oil.
The Greeks are one of the few who collected taxes for the war effort and when the war ended they took resources gained from the war , ended the tax and actually gave a refund on the tax collected. It can be done!
The United States had few taxes in its infancy. Section 8.1 of Article 1 in the constitution gives congress the right from the people to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare”. The constitution was not ratified until 1791. From 1791 to 1802, the government was supported by internal taxes on distilled spirits, carriages, refined sugar, tobacco and snuff, property sold at auction, corporate bonds, and slaves. The War of 1812 required more taxes, however in 1817 Congress did away with all internal taxes, relying on tariffs on imported good to provide funds for running the government.
Fast forward to the Civil War. In 1862, in order to support the war effort, Congress put in place the first income tax law. Other taxes were also imposed and by 1866 more $310 million dollars was collected. This amount would not be reached again until 1911. The “Act of 1862” established the “Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue”.
One of the egregious unintended consequences of war throughout the history of civilization is the need for taxation or providing the resources to conduct the war. Even at war’s end the toxic use of power and influence that taxation brings never diminishes but infests until it puts the citizenry in such bondage they are unable to escape their grasp. The initial reaction may be to have the government provide goods and services to us because the individual costs spread over a wide population may seem relatively small. We rationalize that it is for the greater good of the masses. We think this is true in education, roads, utilities, interstate commerce, etc. What we find is that the government is inept to provide almost any service including education as well as the private sector.
We should be aware that whenever we give over to congress the power to provide we also give them the power to regulate and to tax. This power to regulate will almost always then extend further than original intent of the Constitution. The more government provides the more dependant we feel upon the government. We hear rhetoric from politicians who say it’s a “right” to have health care, it ‘s a “right” to have a college education or it’s a “right” to be paid a certain minimum wage. These are all false premises proposed by those who would grasp more power if given the chance. Taxation beyond the intent and scope of the constitution is only “Legal Plunder”.
It would be better for us to stand against more federal regulation, more federal taxes, and bigger federal government when we have a choice. Even when that being proposed is being sold as a solution for the “greater good” we must be wary of the unintended consequences which may come as an unaware result.
The Greeks are one of the few who collected taxes for the war effort and when the war ended they took resources gained from the war , ended the tax and actually gave a refund on the tax collected. It can be done!
The United States had few taxes in its infancy. Section 8.1 of Article 1 in the constitution gives congress the right from the people to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare”. The constitution was not ratified until 1791. From 1791 to 1802, the government was supported by internal taxes on distilled spirits, carriages, refined sugar, tobacco and snuff, property sold at auction, corporate bonds, and slaves. The War of 1812 required more taxes, however in 1817 Congress did away with all internal taxes, relying on tariffs on imported good to provide funds for running the government.
Fast forward to the Civil War. In 1862, in order to support the war effort, Congress put in place the first income tax law. Other taxes were also imposed and by 1866 more $310 million dollars was collected. This amount would not be reached again until 1911. The “Act of 1862” established the “Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue”.
One of the egregious unintended consequences of war throughout the history of civilization is the need for taxation or providing the resources to conduct the war. Even at war’s end the toxic use of power and influence that taxation brings never diminishes but infests until it puts the citizenry in such bondage they are unable to escape their grasp. The initial reaction may be to have the government provide goods and services to us because the individual costs spread over a wide population may seem relatively small. We rationalize that it is for the greater good of the masses. We think this is true in education, roads, utilities, interstate commerce, etc. What we find is that the government is inept to provide almost any service including education as well as the private sector.
We should be aware that whenever we give over to congress the power to provide we also give them the power to regulate and to tax. This power to regulate will almost always then extend further than original intent of the Constitution. The more government provides the more dependant we feel upon the government. We hear rhetoric from politicians who say it’s a “right” to have health care, it ‘s a “right” to have a college education or it’s a “right” to be paid a certain minimum wage. These are all false premises proposed by those who would grasp more power if given the chance. Taxation beyond the intent and scope of the constitution is only “Legal Plunder”.
It would be better for us to stand against more federal regulation, more federal taxes, and bigger federal government when we have a choice. Even when that being proposed is being sold as a solution for the “greater good” we must be wary of the unintended consequences which may come as an unaware result.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Do as I say not what I do
"Hi, I'm President Obama, I like to lie to the American people. Watch me sign this bill plump full of earmarks while I tell the American people earmarks are bad." Let;s be honest Obama is just another politician he is full of himself and his lies. Why can't we just get somebody to do what they say? Today Obama signed the urged pork reform while signing a bill with over $8 million in pork. Check the whole story here. Bring your barf bag, your going to need it!
The people that elected your President
This video is a must see! I think there is far more to this then we really see. I'm sure your thinking this is just a select few of idiots. Well your right on one part, they are idiots. But I don't think it's just a select few. I would guess at least 60% of Obama voters would say the same thing. Now I do need to be fair, I don't think all republicans could tell you who Barney "the bone head princess" Frank is. Anyway watch enjoy and share it with your friends.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Time to rethink
March 21, 2008
Iraq: The Real Story
By Oliver North FOX News
In this article North outlines Operation Iraqi Freedom. He raises many points that should be considered. One directing attention back to the accomplishments.
Many have forgotten that Operation Iraqi Freedom started off as a success. Within three weeks U.S. troops liberated Baghdad. This was something no military force in history had done.
From the accomplishments North went into the problems. The initial problems occurred when the shift of the war went from Iraq to D.C. This is when the political hands got involved and started messing things up.
He then returned to a list of accomplishments. His bottom line was that the americans fighting the war deserve better than what they are getting from the media and politicians alike.
I agree one hundred percent with his article. Even at BYU all I hear now in all of my political science classes is that failure that this war has been. How it is time for us to get out. Don't get me wrong, I hate war more then anybody. But putting that aside, we do have the greatest fighting force in the world. We have the most educated fighting force in the world. And we have the men and women that continue to keep our nation and other nations that desire it, free. It's disappointing that we have let politics and media taint the war. Many great accomplishments have occurred in Iraq, why won't they bring those up? I think it is time that we give the more then 1.6 million that are and have been over sea's a little bit of a thank you for fighting a war they didn't ask for.
Iraq: The Real Story
By Oliver North FOX News
In this article North outlines Operation Iraqi Freedom. He raises many points that should be considered. One directing attention back to the accomplishments.
Many have forgotten that Operation Iraqi Freedom started off as a success. Within three weeks U.S. troops liberated Baghdad. This was something no military force in history had done.
From the accomplishments North went into the problems. The initial problems occurred when the shift of the war went from Iraq to D.C. This is when the political hands got involved and started messing things up.
He then returned to a list of accomplishments. His bottom line was that the americans fighting the war deserve better than what they are getting from the media and politicians alike.
I agree one hundred percent with his article. Even at BYU all I hear now in all of my political science classes is that failure that this war has been. How it is time for us to get out. Don't get me wrong, I hate war more then anybody. But putting that aside, we do have the greatest fighting force in the world. We have the most educated fighting force in the world. And we have the men and women that continue to keep our nation and other nations that desire it, free. It's disappointing that we have let politics and media taint the war. Many great accomplishments have occurred in Iraq, why won't they bring those up? I think it is time that we give the more then 1.6 million that are and have been over sea's a little bit of a thank you for fighting a war they didn't ask for.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Not Wright, but grandma
Why is it that Oboma saves his preacher but throws grandma under the bus. He confessed grandmas feelings but he didn't share his own feelings. "but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe." He does not tell his own feelings, he tells his grandmothers. I want to know how HE FEELS. Not his grandmother, not how the country should be one. I want to know how he feels.
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