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It Doesn’t Matter Whether Income Taxes are “Constitutional”
There is no law which will restrain a legislative branch that is set on robbing you blind. And perhaps more importantly, there are no words that any legislature, anywhere, ever, can put on paper or parchment, in order to legitimize theft. All taxes are immoral. All taxes are theft. Pretending that there’s a “legal” way to go about it is conceding defeat. Responding to “Take the Red Pill,” Jeff Molby comments: The problem with this type of argument is that the battle has already been lost. Even if you could conclusively prove that the income tax is unconstitutional, what good would it do? The populace wants a government that spends $3+ trillion per year. They’re not even willing to cut expenditures enough to balance the budget, so they’re … Read entire article »
Filed under: Legalese, Taxation is Theft
Take the Red Pill
The following is a paper written by Bill Butler, a Minnesota attorney. I received it from him via e-mail while discussing his recent entry (Why Joe Stack was so Angry) on Strike the Root. If you haven’t read it, block out a half-hour or so and check it out. Note: In several places, the paper refers to Venn diagrams, however these diagrams were not present in the copy which I received, and are therefore omitted from this reproduction. TAKE THE RED PILL UNDERSTANDING THE IRS MATRIX I. BASIC PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES: A PRIORI NATURAL LAW VERSUS A POSTERIORI POSITIVISM Parts of this analysis will be a mind-bending philosophical exercise for some. This is because the conflict between “us” and “them” on at least one level represents a fundamental and perhaps irresolvable conflict between a priori … Read entire article »
Filed under: Taxation is Theft
Health Care Reform Rains on Ski Resorts
There’s going to be a lot of fallout from the health care “reform” that’s recently been forced upon America. For starters, certain plans (i.e., high deductible or catastrophic plans) will be de jure illegal — even though most people who buy these plans do so with eyes wide open and with the financial wherewithal to deal with all but the most catastrophic perils. And it’s going to cause a lot of disruptions for a lot of industries, who are already spending millions of dollars on lobbyists (to fight the laws), lawyers (to analyze and make recommendations) and consultants (for advice on how to deal with the changes). The snow sports/resorts industry hasn’t been spared, either, according to Vail Daily: New federal health care reform could cost Vail Resorts and other ski … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Economic Theory, Employment & Labor, Health Care