CITIZENS’ TRUTH-IN-TAXATION HEARING

You like to look for the unseen hand operating the levers behind the curtain. I submit this muse for you:

We know:

The founders of this nation were strongly rooted with the Judeo-Christion ethic. Whether or not specific individuals espouse the Christian faith or none at all, there motives, goals, and world view was nurtured in that broth;
The more thoughtful and the primary movers and shakers in creating this republic were well versed in history, political theory and very well aware of the uses of intrigue and misdirection in achieving strategic goals;
They were reflective and careful to select a specific form of government "Republic" with an eye to assure it functioned in response to the people en-mass but through representation of the people's virtues and moral state rather than direct action of the mass itself.

Thus we have a two part machine, one part the people injecting a portion of themselves into the controlling elements of the whole. The controlling elements arising of that body of the people, refects back the state of their virtue and moral integrity in the enactments of law enforced upon the people;

The net result when the people are righteous, they are blessed with righteous government. When they are less than righteous they are blessed with a government suited to there natures.

The nation, the machine, becomes a snare and a goad meeting out reward and punishment to direct the whole toward a righteous goal.

As I see it, nations are meant to be snares and traps to goad the people towards rightousness and a focus on the eternal as opposed to immediate gratifications :

Understand an allagorical connection of the biblical term "snare" with "nation"

Joshua 23:13

"13": Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Then apply it:

Luke 21:32-35

"32": Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

"33": Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

"34": And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

"35": For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Contemplate the words of Paul, in regard the vision of the founders of this nation:

Romans 13:1

"1": Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

"2": Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

"3": For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

"4": For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Just a thought :0)

I've written but doubt much will happen.

Then you need to be talking with your neighbors too. The ultimate responsibility for action rests squarely on your shoulders. This is a representative form of government, and guess who put those representative there to do the represent'n?

I submit this for your consideration:

We know from history:

The founders of this nation were strongly rooted with the Judeo-Christion ethic. Whether or not specific individuals espouse the Christian faith or none at all, their motives, goals, and world view was nurtured in that broth;
The more thoughtful and the primary movers and shakers in creating this republic were well versed in history, political theory and very well aware of the uses of intrigue and misdirection in achieving strategic goals;
They were reflective and careful to select a specific form of government "Republic" with an eye to assure it functioned in response to the people en-mass but through representation of the people's virtues and moral state rather than direct action of the mass itself.

Thus we have a two part machine, one part the people injecting a portion of themselves into the controlling elements of the whole. The controlling elements arising of that body of the people reflect back the state of their virtue and moral integrity in the enactments of law enforced upon the people as a whole;