God, Hitler, Obama, Reagan and Taxes
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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Someone asked me why I consider taxes as “legal theft.” Listen, if you have ears. The universe is ultimately moral. Truth matters. Decisions have consequences. Private property is one of our God-given rights like life and liberty.
Our founders understood this basic right from God: “Thou shalt not steal.” (This includes government.) They fought a Revolutionary War with England against taxes. Then we fought a Civil War to restore these God-given rights (life, liberty and property) to African Americans. We lived and grew as a nation for 150 years without any federal income tax. None. So even though congress passed the income tax doesn’t make it moral; it is still stealing. It is “legalized theft.” Shall we now just give away this right our founders have died to win for us?
Obama has now added $5 trillion-plus debt in only two years, making a total of $16.5 trillion. This is more money than we can pay off in our lifetime, so it will be levied against our children, grandchildren and even unborn great grandchildren. This is tyranny – to tax without representation. This is why we fought the Revolutionary War, remember? It is generational theft. This is immoral and unconscionable. It has got to stop.
I am sad we have a culture and schools which fail to teach moral absolutes, and promote moral relativism - making up our own morals to suit our own greed and avarice. This was the downfall of Hitler, and now Obama. Charisma is not a substitute for morality. And if you believe everything belongs to the government (socialism), why don’t you give up all your stuff first? (Don’t be hypocritical.) As for me, I will defend my God-given right, as my ancestors did before me.
Plus, which, raising taxes does not work. Reagan’s legacy taught us the solution. It is counterintuitive, but lowering taxes raises revenue. When the top rate went from 90 percent to 28 percent, businesses actually paid more tax revenue to the federal government. Plus businesses then hire workers who start paying taxes. In only eight years Reagan doubled federal tax revenue. The problem is that the government spent it all. And still is. When everyone else has to balance their budget (families, businesses, schools, governments at local, county and state levels), why can’t we expect the same from the federal government? If we care about people (unemployed), we need to cut taxes so businesses can grow and hire more workers. We cannot spend our way to prosperity.
And government should be financed by user fees. I am happy to pay my sewer bill, water bill, federal highway and gas taxes, etc. My problem is paying for an Energy Department that hasn’t produced one kilowatt of power, an Education Department that hasn’t taught one child how to read, and a Commerce Department that hasn’t sold one product. Can someone explain how the government practices “zero based budgeting”?
Russell Reahard
North Manchester[[In-content Ad]]
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Someone asked me why I consider taxes as “legal theft.” Listen, if you have ears. The universe is ultimately moral. Truth matters. Decisions have consequences. Private property is one of our God-given rights like life and liberty.
Our founders understood this basic right from God: “Thou shalt not steal.” (This includes government.) They fought a Revolutionary War with England against taxes. Then we fought a Civil War to restore these God-given rights (life, liberty and property) to African Americans. We lived and grew as a nation for 150 years without any federal income tax. None. So even though congress passed the income tax doesn’t make it moral; it is still stealing. It is “legalized theft.” Shall we now just give away this right our founders have died to win for us?
Obama has now added $5 trillion-plus debt in only two years, making a total of $16.5 trillion. This is more money than we can pay off in our lifetime, so it will be levied against our children, grandchildren and even unborn great grandchildren. This is tyranny – to tax without representation. This is why we fought the Revolutionary War, remember? It is generational theft. This is immoral and unconscionable. It has got to stop.
I am sad we have a culture and schools which fail to teach moral absolutes, and promote moral relativism - making up our own morals to suit our own greed and avarice. This was the downfall of Hitler, and now Obama. Charisma is not a substitute for morality. And if you believe everything belongs to the government (socialism), why don’t you give up all your stuff first? (Don’t be hypocritical.) As for me, I will defend my God-given right, as my ancestors did before me.
Plus, which, raising taxes does not work. Reagan’s legacy taught us the solution. It is counterintuitive, but lowering taxes raises revenue. When the top rate went from 90 percent to 28 percent, businesses actually paid more tax revenue to the federal government. Plus businesses then hire workers who start paying taxes. In only eight years Reagan doubled federal tax revenue. The problem is that the government spent it all. And still is. When everyone else has to balance their budget (families, businesses, schools, governments at local, county and state levels), why can’t we expect the same from the federal government? If we care about people (unemployed), we need to cut taxes so businesses can grow and hire more workers. We cannot spend our way to prosperity.
And government should be financed by user fees. I am happy to pay my sewer bill, water bill, federal highway and gas taxes, etc. My problem is paying for an Energy Department that hasn’t produced one kilowatt of power, an Education Department that hasn’t taught one child how to read, and a Commerce Department that hasn’t sold one product. Can someone explain how the government practices “zero based budgeting”?
Russell Reahard
North Manchester[[In-content Ad]]
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