Warfare
Deborah Venable
10/08/11
As
we find ourselves staring down the “barrel” into the last quarter of this tumultuous
year, we may also “target” a common denominator to describe current
events. We could look at life as just
one big “battleground” these days. Lord
knows there are reminders everywhere we look of the “fight” we are in for
everything from basic survival to retrieving and saving freedom itself. “Enemies” to those two things abound
everywhere we look, and “revolution” is all the “rage” now. Yep, I’d say we’re seeing the tools of
“warfare” at work.
Okay,
so it’s a bit of a gimmicky article, but we have to find a little fun in some
of these really serious subjects or we’d all just go bonkers!
I
would like to conduct a little warfare on ignorance because that is the most
destructive enemy we have to fight right now.
My son reminded me recently that the easiest way to rile him up is to
question his knowledge, (with none of my own) on facts. I won’t even go into the subject matter we
were discussing, but suffice it to say that he made his point well, (as he always
does) and I came away with a much clearer understanding of the subject matter
of this particular article. Discussing
any subject from a point of ignorance will always be a losing battle. If we can’t be bothered to hear the facts
from the other side, check them for ourselves, and allow ourselves to be
educated, we will forever be facing this most destructive enemy.
Thank-you,
Brett!
Now,
I will tell on myself – I tried to play the “I’m your mother, so please respect
me card” on my son and it only infuriated him more – rightfully so. I taught my kids that respect is earned and
is mutually granted in a good relationship.
This subject of “mutual respect” is sprinkled liberally throughout my
parenting book. So, with that little
background, let’s attack the subject at hand.
The
latest “warfare” we are hearing about in the news is the “class warfare” being
waged in the name of Obama’s new “jobs bill.”
In one breath, he says it isn’t class warfare, and in the next one he
claims to wear the accusation as a “badge of honor.” Now, Mr. President, there is NO honor in a lie. If you really think that you are being
accused unjustly, the “badge” would be based on a lie, and if you are the one
lying about the subject, YOU have no honor, sir. Present your knowledge of the facts, let us hear you out, check
the facts for ourselves, and proceed with an honest discussion, shall we?
This
jobs bill is just another progressive attempt at tweaking the already ungodly
tax code in the name of economically unsound and unfounded principles. The only good thing that could possibly come
from it is a greater understanding of just how dangerous the tax code is. It has always been a weapon of class warfare
– pure and simple. Ignorance abounds on
the subject of taxes in this country and that is a devastating problem. Simple facts about the federal income tax
alone are so misunderstood and misrepresented that most people still don’t
realize the income tax was instituted as a sneak attack on the American people
by a government that had no right to even consider such a weapon. It is a weapon of mass destruction on
individual freedom, on American lives, and on the American economy.
Progressive
income tax is a weapon that must be dismantled if we are to survive.
If
anyone attempts to address this subject with the true facts, he is immediately
accused of an unpatriotic attitude, (thank-you, Joe Biden), or complete lack of
human charity. Nothing could be further
from the truth. Only a complete idiot
would think that a government should not be funded by some kind of tax, but
only a complete idiot would think that the tax should be extracted at “gun
point” based on an unequal rate of liability.
That’s what we now have I guess – a country full of complete idiots.
The
progressive income tax wields ungodly power for the government entity and those
individuals that control it. Much like
every tyranny that ever existed, the government that wields such power,
(federal, state, or local) is no better than the most ruthless king, dictator,
or other evil ruler that ever lived. No
better. It can decide who lives and
dies, who succeeds or fails, who is comfortable or miserable, who is enslaved
or free. These are indisputable facts. They are easily checked for accuracy – and
they should be. Many already know these
truths and have been fighting for years to abolish the progressive income tax
in America.
It
makes me sick when people of power and influence jump into this class warfare
argument hobbled by lies or blinded with greed and try to use words like “fair
share” to tell the rest of us how stupid and greedy we are for not accepting
the lies. It also further infuriates me
because they expect us to respect their ranting just because of who they
are! They couldn’t make the argument
without the ignorance of the people on their side.
Here
is my proposal. Income should never be
taxed. It is fundamentally wrong to do
so. There is no possible tweaking of
the existing tax code that will change this fact, fix any of our problems, make
this country stronger, or help any single individual. Therefore, it must be scrapped.
There will always be poor people, but we are a nation of charitable
individuals that will not turn a blind eye to real need. That is how it should be – voluntary
contributions to charitable causes. The
need to fund the government can be secured via voluntary investment and end use
tax on certain items. I have stated
before that I have supported the idea of the Fair Tax for years, but even it
has flaws. They are built-in flaws for
the sole purpose of making it palatable to government entities and poorer
individuals, but they are better than what we have now. I foresee a time when these flaws would
spark another class warfare battle down the road, so we must be careful.
The
steps that must be taken to insure the best outcome has to start with
abolishment of taxing income and abolishing the agency responsible for
collection of these taxes.
With
the threats of either higher taxes or tax exemptions to hold over the heads of
individuals and other tax paying entities, the government will always wield
control it should not have. Such is the
evil of unequal tax rates. Anyone who
truly understands the self-governing freedom constituted in original American
government cannot present any facts to adequately argue that point. Instead, it is argued with the class envy
weapon that contains absolutely no merit.
The
disingenuous argument from the liberal progressive rich, (who beg to be taxed
more) is no better than a wolf in sheep’s clothing. They do not come across as looking at all benevolent except to
those who refuse to educate themselves.
They should be ashamed for not having enough faith in other Americans to
achieve success for themselves without a governmental artificial “stimulus” of
redistribution.
As
long as the enemy camp to individual liberty is firmly installed in government
and policy, as it is today, we will be at war.
That is a fact. Check it and try
to disprove it if you will. Are we
going to remain a country of complete idiots, or do everything in our power to
dismantle the tools of this warfare?
Back
to the archives – but only if you are willing to dig deep - The
Cost Of Ignorance
should be able to spark the growth of a few new brain cells. I put this together about nine years ago,
and the evil elements present then have only grown worse.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the
result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every
victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor
yourself, you will succumb in every battle” ― Sun Tzu, The
Art of War, Special Edition