Posted on 07/05/2023 7:48:26 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
Just imagine if Rachel had ended up with Puck...
“During the contest of opinion through which we have passed the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely and to speak and to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the Constitution, all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”
“a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.”
Thomas Jefferson, Inaugural Address, 1801
The Democrats are poisoning democracy by buying votes and inviting in invaders.
“I referred to the then rapidly increasing deficit, and pointed out the obligation on the part of the framers of the tariff bill to arrange the duty so as to secure an adequate income, and suggested that if it was not possible to do so by import duties, new kinds of taxation must be adopted, and among them I recommended a graduated inheritance tax as correct in principle and as certain and easy of collection. The House of Representatives has adopted the suggestion and has provided in the bill it passed for the collection of such a tax. In the Senate the action of its Finance Committee and the course of the debate indicate that it may not agree to this provision, and it is now proposed to make up the deficit by the imposition of a general income tax”
“I recommend, then, first, the adoption of a joint resolution by two-thirds of both Houses proposing to the States an amendment to the Constitution granting to the Federal Government the right to levy and collect an income tax without apportionment among the States according to population, and, second, the enactment, as part of the pending revenue measure, either as a substitute for, or in addition to, the inheritance tax, of an excise tax upon all corporations measured by 2 per cent of their net income.”
Republican President William Taft
The United States of America, is not now, nor ever has been a Democracy. We are a constitutional representative, Republic. That is far different.
“The election of 1892 produced a Democratic president (Grover Cleveland) along with Democratic control of both houses of Congress. This ended the long reign of the Republicans who had opposed restoring the income tax. In 1894, the Democrats succeeded in passing a 2-percent income tax on those earning $4,000 or more a year, less than 1 percent of the population at the time. Unlike the Civil War income tax, this one was not graduated. Everyone with an income over $4,000 paid the same 2-percent tax rate.”
“In 1909, [Tennessee Congressman Cordell] Hull worked out a deal with the Republican president, William Howard Taft. Hull and his allies promised not to stall the passage of tariff laws, while Taft came out in favor of a corporation tax and a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress to enact a federal income tax.”
“The first tax collection day under the new law took place on March 1, 1914. Since the average worker earned only about $800 a year, few people actually had to pay any federal income tax. Less than 4 percent of American families made an annual income of $3,000 or more. Deductions and exemptions further shrank the pool of taxpayers. Nevertheless, the federal government collected $71 million that first year. Millionaire John D. Rockefeller alone paid an estimated $2 million.”
“federal receipts climbed from under $1 billion in 1917 to nearly $4 billion in 1918. At war’s end, about 60 percent of federal tax money came from the income tax. It replaced tariff duties and excise taxes as the main source of revenue for the U.S. government. Tax rates were reduced after the war. But Congress had discovered how easy it was to pump enormous amounts of money into the U.S. treasury.”
All y’all talking about the USA not being a democracy—you’re all correct. Don’t miss the forest for the trees.
While I didn’t write the article, I wholeheartedly agree with the author.
The biggest threat to our REPUBLIC is the media.
Don’t lose sight of the premise.
“attacks on diversity, inclusion”
Putting work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP benefits fosters work force diversity & inclusion.
Did the media EVER advocate doing anything like that?
Trump should buy CNN or start a real network.
Voters are an existential threat to democracy
Threats to Libtardism
Ping
Love the threat to democracy on and on , its thier so called democracy that is threatened which is really a cross between the circus, the devil, crime corruption and mental illness
I agree with your comment and would add that the left WANTS a true Democracy in my opinion. This is because they know that the mass of voters can be influenced to vote in their socialist agenda. That is what happened in Germany with the Nazis.
BTW - Alas Babylon was a great book and was set in a location very near to where I was raised.
IMHO, the legacy media and big tech are a threat to the Republic.
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