Income Taxes

Did you know that the Federal income tax allows your government to exercise virtually unlimited control over your life? It’s true. Read on.

The Federal Income tax, along with the Federal Reserve’s ability to print money and the debt taken on by the United States, has allowed our Federal Government to grow to the point that it now represents 25% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This essentially means the public sector accounts for one-fourth of our economy, a burden that is taken on taxpayers. And almost all of this growth has been manipulated without your approval – because they don’t need it and most citizens don’t understand what’s being done.

The Consumption Tax

“The Republic for Which it Stands” no longer exists, thanks to the Federal income tax. A Republic is a limited form of government, whose primary duty is to see to it our national security is never at stake. The Republic is to allow the states to govern themselves – with little Federal intervention in the lives of the people. The consumption taxes levied prior to the introduction of the income tax guaranteed this premise. Here are three simple reasons:

1. Transparency - with a consumption tax, you know exactly what you’re paying. There’s no complex tax code for the government to hide behind – everyone, regardless of income levels, is privy to the same information.
2. Restricting Growth – Since consumption taxes are transparent, the government can’t pull a quick one the people. If the government wants to grow, the pain is felt across the board. If they increase taxes on groceries – everyone sees it, and the majority of the citizenship suffers.The price of goods and services would have to grow to the point we’d throw a tea party before the government could grow beyond the means of its citizens to support it.
3. Reward Saving – If you don’t spend, you don’t pay taxes. This allows the citizen to accumulate wealth without the burden of supporting a growing government…..and a good nest egg provides one with many freedoms.

Consumption taxes mean freedom from the system – freedom from a growing and oppressive government.

The Solution – Tax Them Back to the Stone Ages!

Enter the Federal Income tax and now the government has a firm grip on its citizens. I’ll give you three reasons (believe me, I could give you 300):

1. Complexity - In complexity lies the ability to literally steal from the people. One tweak of the income tax code – hidden deep within its bowels – allows the government to significantly increase tax revenues without much notice. This is easily accomplished without minding the will of the people – take a look at the size of the tax code in the graph below and tell me all of us understand what they’ve done to us:
   
2. Winning the Minds of the Majority – Since the middle (upper and lower) comprise the majority of votes, “taxing the rich” becomes en-vogue. If you make $50,000 a year, you don’t have much compassion for someone that makes $500,000 – but you would if you did and found out that over 50 cents on every extra dollar you made went to the government. The income tax code create classes in society merely by controlling what people think by making it difficult to understand how their wallets are impacted.
3. Withholding – Perhaps the most wicked game of all is withholding. Since you’d be really tickedoff if you were sent a tax bill at the end of the year (and you wouldn’t have the money), the government withholds taxes from each paycheck. Worse yet, the tax code is written in such a manner to allow the government to over withhold – providing them with an interest free loan on the backs of its fine, hard working citizens. Most don’t mind, however, because they foolishly believe getting a tax refund is a good thing (the average tax refund is approximately $2,250).

If the income tax were abolished and replaced with consumption taxes, you’d feel as though we’d been taxed back to the stone ages. Since consumption is only a fraction of your total income, prices would rise by as much a 50% across the board to fund the size of our government. There’s no doubt most of us would have a good amount socked away without the income tax, so they’d have to go after your savings.

They might as well pull you out of your cave by the hair and leave you naked to the elements.

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