On the Subject of Slavery
Aside from Vox's latest firestorm, slavery has been the topic of discussion in many forums. In the U.S., the slavery of black people, who were sold from Africa by tribal leaders, who were held as slaves prior to the Reconstruction period prior to 1865, has been a topic of discussion for several years. Most recently, black people living today who claim to be descended from those held as slaves and what society owes them monetarily has been the subject of discussion among left-leaning so-called civil rights circles.
As is the case in most left-leaning equality parties, the goal is not equality but retribution and punishment for the sins of history, or at least the alleged sins of history. Slavery was definitely a scourge on the honorable history of this nation and its founding. Economic interests held off the abolition of slavery for several years after the founding of this nation. The monetary payments to the descendents of slaves or the supposed descendents of slaves would require the enslavement of others. This would be retribution by definition.
This is because the payments for retribution would have to come from our current tax system. Our current tax system is a form of slavery.
slav·er·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (slv-r, slvr)n. pl. slav·er·ies
The state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slaveholder or household.
My logic in this conclusion:
1) The state of being bound implies that one is held against their will.
2) The labor of an individual belongs to that individual unless he willingly enters into a contract by which he promises a portion of his labor to another in exchange for goods or services.
3) The labor of an individual requires the time of that individual.
4) Time is a significant resource to an individual, as each individual has a limited amount that is unknown to him.
5) If a person is not living, he cannot spend his time to labor. Without the person, the labor resource does not exist. Therefore, a person's time is a part of their being.
6) If time is a part of a person's being, the monetary value of his labor agreed upon by contract belongs to him.
7) The Federal government, by force, taxes the monetary value of labor for the benefit of others without the laborers consent. If the laborer does not pay the tax levied upon him, then the government takes it by force. Therefore, a portion of labor is required to be given to the Federal government without contractual agreement but rather by force.
8) Therefore a person is bound in servitude to the state as a slavemaster for a portion of his labor. Therefore our current system of taxation is institutional slavery.
The Fair Tax is the best method I have seen so to replace the current tax structure and get the average citizen out of bondage of the government. I say this for the following reasons.
1) All other alternative tax structures are based on income taxation, including the flat tax. Still in servitude.
2) The Fair Tax eliminates not only the income tax, but Social Security and Medicare taxes as well.
3) The Fair Tax leaves in the hands of individual income earner how much tax he will pay be virtue of a percentage of consumption dollars. The more a person spends, the more he pays.
4) The Fair Tax is also conducive to economic growth, since an individual's gross income and bring-home pay will be the same.
The Fair Tax even has a provision that would give a "pre-bate" to each American household based on what is considered by the Labor Department to be poverty level. In other words, if a family of four is considered in poverty at $20,000, a family of four making $20,000 or less will get a refund of all sales taxes paid to the Federal government under the Fair Tax. Each family of four in the U.S., regardless of income, would be refunded sales taxes paid on the basic necessities of life up to poverty level.
Neal Boortz and John Linder have co-written a book on the Fair Tax, and John Linder is sponsoring a bill in the House of Representatives to pass the Fair Tax. I have read the book, and I recommend it. This is our best chance of getting out from under the imperial Federal government's thumb.
As is the case in most left-leaning equality parties, the goal is not equality but retribution and punishment for the sins of history, or at least the alleged sins of history. Slavery was definitely a scourge on the honorable history of this nation and its founding. Economic interests held off the abolition of slavery for several years after the founding of this nation. The monetary payments to the descendents of slaves or the supposed descendents of slaves would require the enslavement of others. This would be retribution by definition.
This is because the payments for retribution would have to come from our current tax system. Our current tax system is a form of slavery.
slav·er·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (slv-r, slvr)n. pl. slav·er·ies
The state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slaveholder or household.
My logic in this conclusion:
1) The state of being bound implies that one is held against their will.
2) The labor of an individual belongs to that individual unless he willingly enters into a contract by which he promises a portion of his labor to another in exchange for goods or services.
3) The labor of an individual requires the time of that individual.
4) Time is a significant resource to an individual, as each individual has a limited amount that is unknown to him.
5) If a person is not living, he cannot spend his time to labor. Without the person, the labor resource does not exist. Therefore, a person's time is a part of their being.
6) If time is a part of a person's being, the monetary value of his labor agreed upon by contract belongs to him.
7) The Federal government, by force, taxes the monetary value of labor for the benefit of others without the laborers consent. If the laborer does not pay the tax levied upon him, then the government takes it by force. Therefore, a portion of labor is required to be given to the Federal government without contractual agreement but rather by force.
8) Therefore a person is bound in servitude to the state as a slavemaster for a portion of his labor. Therefore our current system of taxation is institutional slavery.
The Fair Tax is the best method I have seen so to replace the current tax structure and get the average citizen out of bondage of the government. I say this for the following reasons.
1) All other alternative tax structures are based on income taxation, including the flat tax. Still in servitude.
2) The Fair Tax eliminates not only the income tax, but Social Security and Medicare taxes as well.
3) The Fair Tax leaves in the hands of individual income earner how much tax he will pay be virtue of a percentage of consumption dollars. The more a person spends, the more he pays.
4) The Fair Tax is also conducive to economic growth, since an individual's gross income and bring-home pay will be the same.
The Fair Tax even has a provision that would give a "pre-bate" to each American household based on what is considered by the Labor Department to be poverty level. In other words, if a family of four is considered in poverty at $20,000, a family of four making $20,000 or less will get a refund of all sales taxes paid to the Federal government under the Fair Tax. Each family of four in the U.S., regardless of income, would be refunded sales taxes paid on the basic necessities of life up to poverty level.
Neal Boortz and John Linder have co-written a book on the Fair Tax, and John Linder is sponsoring a bill in the House of Representatives to pass the Fair Tax. I have read the book, and I recommend it. This is our best chance of getting out from under the imperial Federal government's thumb.
posted by Badbeans | 10:31 AM
6 Comments:
Aside from Vox's latest firestorm, slavery has been the topic of discussion in many forums. In
Great points on retribution and taxation. I've sent emails to my representatives urging support of the Fair Tax. Isn't it interesting that the bulk of naysayers for the Fair Tax system reside on the left side of the isle?
Some reside on the right as well. The Fair Tax will be the single-handed blow that knocks the power structure in Washington D.C. down, and then hands the power back to the people.
Make no mistake that politicians who are lifers in D.C. will try to kill this whether they are Republican or Democrat. Then you will have the token sponsors who never believe that the Fair Tax will fly, but they know it is very popular with their constituencies.
Enough pressure from grass roots can do wonders, though. The left have been gathering in small groups, blowing up like they are a sizeable group in D.C. that represents "the will of the people", and politicians have caved. This is how we have gotten some of the travesties of law over the years. Elected lefties then get their judicial buddies into the Federal judiciary, then you have the 9th circuit. The right, on the other hand, is independent by nature. So unless we take a play from the left's playbook and act like the majority that we are, then the Fair Tax has no shot. But if we can band together, put pressure on the pols, then I believe it has a shot at becoming law.
My only concern is the repealing of the 16th amendment. Otherwise, we have the possiblity of a consumption tax with an income tax coming on top.
Excellent post. I agree wholeheartedly, however what are the chances of that getting passed when we can't even raise the floor of minumum wage high enough to keep a dog alive.
P.S. This is precisely the problem I have with A) Walmart and B) Illegal immigrants. They are both forms of the new slavery. But that appears to be the Karmic path of this country. It was built using slaves and slaves continue to be necessary to sustain the uber rich and their never ending quest for more and more and more at the expense of everyone else.
I also agree with the comments on the stature of women (and children) in a Christian based society vs other religions. There is an aura of service and justice that comes to the nation that practices true Christianity. Not to say that other religions do not strive for "moral goodness" but Christianity has an almost built in requirement for selflessness that creates a society that uplifts and upholds all memebers. Unfortunately the United States has lost that. And in great part we can all thank Madeline Murray O'Hare and those who shared in allowing her to chip away and the Christian foundations of this country.
I agree wholeheartedly, Hammy, except with the minimum wage thing. Here is why.
I ask this question of anyone who is in favor of a minimum wage. If we raised the minimum wage to $50/hr, how much would a loaf of bread cost?
The problem with the minimum wage is that it artificially inflates prices. Business owners will not invest in business if the business does not make a profit; managers price product so that profit will be made; therefore, if the lowest paid employee is paid more as a percent of cost than the percent of cost that was allotted for the operation that the employee performed, one of two things will happen: prices will either be raised, or the employee's operation will be eliminated. Cold and harsh as it sounds, it is true.
My personal belief is that in the free market, there is incentive to build products that a majority of people can purchase. You will always have people who are poor due to their own lack of drive and poor choices or due to unfortunate circumstances. For those in unfortunate circumstances, their families or charitable organizations should take them on until they can get back on their feet. If possible, people who have a desire to earn their own living will find a way to do it. For those who have made poor choices or have lack of drive, they should face the consequences of those choices.
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