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If we run into such debts as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our callings and our creeds, as the people of England are, our people, like them, must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, and give the earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses. And the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live, as they do now, on oatmeal and potatoes, have no time to think, no means of calling the mis-managers to account; but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains around the necks of our fellow sufferers. And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second, that second for a third, and so on 'til the bulk of the society is reduced to be mere automations of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering. And the forehorse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression.
Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory (hard and impossible). The general aim is, therefore, to adopt the mode most consonant with the circumstances and sentiments of the country.
See that last part? "Adopt the mode most consonant with the circumstances and sentiments of the country." I do not know what "mode" our leaders are in, but it is safe to say they are not adopting a mode that's aligned with the sentiments of the country.
Jefferson had a plan. That plan worked, though there are some who would argue that. But it really did work.
Thomas Jefferson repealed all internal taxes and ran the government solely from trade tariff revenue.
It was 1800, and with the help of Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin, the new Republican President set out to change the U.S. fiscal policy.
He wanted to accomplish four things:
- Reduce government expenses,
- Balance the budget,
- Decrease the national debt, and
- Alleviate the people's tax burden.
That sounds vaguely familiar, doesn't it? There was a rumor going around for a while that this was what our NEWLY ELECTED REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN were trying to do.
Who do our leaders think they are? Do they actually think they're better informed, better aligned with the citizen's desires than Thomas Jefferson was in his day? Come on! I wish we had just one political leader with as much dedication, conviction, and fortitude that Jefferson had.
Our nation may have progressed technologically, but to think that we are in any way different as a nation when it comes to the effects of taxation on a people that can ill afford it, is just plain stupid.
I cannot honestly say that our politicians are "stupid" exactly. They are all smart, or at least educated. Yes, I know that seems like an oxymoron: Smart politicians. But, the things they are doing are calculated and precise. They know what they are doing with this country. It's treasonous and should be condemned outright. It should also be punished.
Cast your vote for punishment when you cast your vote in November of 2012.
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C.D.
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