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The New American SlavePosted Saturday, December 13, 2008, at 4:00 PM
I am the new American Slave. I am not exactly crying about it, I've accepted the fact. There is not much I can do about it. My slave master takes most of my earnings. He says it is for my own good. He says that I cannot be trusted with the money I earn, so he takes more than half of my money. My slave master gives my money away to whomever he wishes, again, for my own good.
Every year my slave master demands a very detailed and complete report of all my financial activity. This is a necessary requirement to keep me in complete control. I must earn only the amount of money my slave master has decided that is good for me. I must be corrected from having any feelings of self reliance. When I was a small boy, my parents taught me how to wipe my own backside, but recently my slave master has decided that I cannot be trusted to use the bathroom without specific direction. The slave master has directed what kind of toilet I must use, and how much toilet paper I can use. At first, I was distressed about this, but again, my slave master told me it was for my own good. I also need help on deciding what to drive, what to eat, what to say and even think. My self esteem suffers a bit, but my slave master has told me that he only wants to help me. My slave master daily invents new rules for me to live under, because I need his protection. I cannot be trusted to run my own life, and God forbid, raise my own children. My slave master is actually in charge of my children. Now, as long as I behave myself, and do as I am told, my slave master gives me the wonderful illusion of being in charge of the children's' lives. That way I feel good about myself. My slave master decides what my children can be taught. My God, you don't think I could be trusted with teaching my own children, do you? My children cannot be taught anything about God in school. If they were taught about God, they would grow to believe that there is a higher authority in this universe other than my slave master. What a disaster that would be! My slave master is so good to me! Every so often, all the new American slaves get together and select new slave masters. It really doesn't matter who we pick, because the slave masters are all basically the same. They are the brains, and I am the braun. My slave master lies to me, but I don't care. He knows that we slaves are too weak and stupid to handle the truth. He lies to me for my own good. I know what you are thinking. The founders of our country had these fantastic notions that men and women were capable of running their own lives with very little control from an obtrusive Government. That was easy for those spiritually brainwashed primitives, but we are in the modern era. We need our slave masters. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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I mean no personal offense with this comment, but pertaining to your articel:
In my opinion, this is an atroscious false analogy. I understand the message you are trying to convey, but by using slavery as one of your variables in the analogy is just plain irresponsible and not well thought.
If I read correctly, I believe you are speaking of our government, but it seems that you throw some subtle jabs at social influence as well. But to assert the idea of us being literal slaves is incorrect and insensitive.
True American slavery would have you physically, mentally, and sometimes sexually abused. You would be made to think you were not human. And most of all, you would be here against your own will. Are you here against your own will? If so, you could easily move if you saw fit. You are not held here by fear of reprucussions; that is not the reason you are here.
I've read your previous articles on taxation in which you take a stance against the democratic methodology of taxation. I have no problem with your opinion, but how can you indorse such a blatant uber-capitalistic form of taxation, when in this article you are inadvertanly crying out against our capitalistic foundation of governmetn?
Again, you have a right to your opinion. It was an interesting read, but I believe you made a complete false analogy, and in doing so contradicted yourself.
Thank you for your comments.
When government steals upwards of half the money you earn, and then waste that money, what is that called?
When the Declaration of Independence says we are endowed by our CREATOR...with life...etc., and our Government, says...no, you can kill innocent life, what is that called?
Of course, we are not literal slaves, but one could argue that we are economic slaves, or as one rancher I know put it, "tax mules". I think it does do something to our soul. Two incomes are needed in most families, one spouse working for the government, and one spouse working for the family, what would you call that?
As far as my lack of sensitivity, my friend, we Americans have been nothing but sensative to racial issues for decades. Listen to Obamas' former Pastor of twenty years, "God **** America," and "the US of KKK." Doesn't seem like sensitivity has done a whole lot.
Perhaps some reality is in order.
My intent was to draw out and discuss an ever intruding, wasteful and moronic government which seems to know no limits to it's greed or power. You disagree with that?
A pastor in 1959 would have laughed if you told him that Americans would kill upwards of fifty million of their own kids in the next forty-nine years. So you think I am a nut perhaps, when I point out that we are on our way to being slaves to a federal government that exercises no self control whatsoever.
So you don't think our income tax system is the way that a tyrannical government exercises control and intimidation? C'mon my friend. Quit being oversensitive and realize that our government in out of control.
AND, we don't have a capitalistic form of Government, we are suppose to have a Republic, that uses capitalism. Today instead, we have the illusion of a Republic, and are ruled by an oligarchy.
Again, thanks for reading. Thanks for commenting, and I hope to here from you again.
God Bless.
You're obviously an intelligent guy with very solid points.
I'm a teenager, so obviously I'm in that stereotypical "anti-government" phase. Thus I agree with what you said about the government being ridiculous.
But my question was how you feel about taxation. Are you against federal income tax, are you against all taxation? I don't really see where you're coming from there.
In my opinion, income tax is necessary. People always complain about wanting fee health care. Well, countries such as Canada and the Scandanavian countries have Universal Health Care and it works very efficiently. Universaly Health Care is publicly funded though. They have free health care, but they pay more taxes.
And I believe our biggest problem today is with society assuming they know what our forefathers wanted. The Declaration and the Constitution tends to be quite subjective.
And while I am a Christian, it bothers me that conservatives claim this to be a Christian nation. Our forefathers came to this country to escape an Ecclesiastic form of government. Like I said, I have no clue how they wanted our country to be, but I do know that Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin categorized themselves as Atheists and frequently preached about how important it was for a government to be secular. A lot of people tend to overlook that when learning about them in history. But it indeed is fact.
Thanks for your time; your articles are very imformative
Wow! Thank you for again writing. I appreciate your questions, and will try and answer them.
First, the income tax system is a farce. When the government first tried to sell it to people, they assured people that only the "filthy" rich would be effected, incomes of more than five hundred grand a year. Back when the average guy was earning fifty bucks a week, five hundred grand was a high enough number I guess. Well, we know what happened.
Part of the problem with income tax is that only a small percent of citizens get to "enjoy" the benefit of taxation. There are approximately forty million voters, who pay no Federal Income Tax, yet, they feel free to vote to take someone elses' money.
If there was an across the board ten percent income tax rate, FOR ALL, rich or poor, then I would go for that. YOU MEAN TAX THE POOR? Yes, indeed, that is what I mean. No 1040's, no complicated tax forms, no mess, ten percent for everybody.
Please think about this, and I know you may have some whacked out professors that will scold you if you say this, but the US Income Tax System is not a revenue machine, as much as it is a control machine. Why hasn't Congress addressed the gestapo IRS? Because they are afraid. Afraid some IRS agent will knock on their door, and say, "let's look at your books." There are many ways to raise the cash governments need, but income tax is a horrible way to do it. ALSO, the Supreme Court found "A right to privacy" somewhere in the Constitution to justify the murder of the unborn, yet, where is that "right to privacy" when it comes to our financial information? Funny that the "right to privacy" only applies when you want to kill a baby. , or hide something in your medical records.
My friend, up until the leftists got control of our colleges, courts, government and media, this was a Christian Nation. We Christians said that anyone could live here in peace, and worship as they please or not. We never said that a person had to convert to Christianity to live here.
Whomever told you President Lincoln was an atheist, flat out lied to you. I'll trust in you doing your own research here, but Lincoln had profound faith.
Please try and understand this my new friend. People, and therefore governments, cannot be trusted to implement true morality or justice. It was a faith in God, that set up our rules for living. In some classrooms today, The Declaration of Independence is hidden away because of the constant references to God.
Some will opine, "who can say what is right or wrong?" That is a straw dog, because we do it all the time. For example, if I asked you, is it wrong for a man to rape a woman?" Your answer would be, same as mine I am sure, "it is wrong." If I asked you, it is right for a man to care for children he fathered? Again, our answer would be the same I think, "yes". Therefore, we can say what is right or wrong, we just choose to color those areas for our own selfish benefit. We could talk about this for hours. Basically, the left has set it up to Christians like this: If you have ever violated God's laws, or "sinned" then you are disqualified from speaking out. Hogwash. Right or wrong is right or wrong, not because I can do everything right, but because there is a higher authority which declares it.
Therefore, even if I blow it, I can still say what is right or wrong. Does this make sense?
If you drank and drove as a teenager, then have children, and when those children are ready to drive, are you precluded from saying drinking and driving is bad, because you did it? I think not.
You letter brought up so many questions, and I am thrilled that a teenager, cares enough to discuss these issues. Why? Because it is YOU who will have to deal with the consequences of this incredible leftist takeover of our country and our culture.
Please keep praying, please keep asking questions, and keep a sense of humor.
Thanks and God Bless.
P.S. Regarding health care issues, I figure will have to talk about that later. I don't want to write a book here, and besides, being the macho man that I am, I have to go now, my wife has chores for me. Chow.
Hi mccookreader, You said, above: "...but I do know that Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin categorized themselves as Atheists and frequently preached about how important it was for a government to be secular. A lot of people tend to overlook that when learning about them in history. But it indeed is fact."
Your teachers miss-taught you. Ben Franklin was more an Agnostic, or 'weak Christian.' He, also, did not author, nor sign, the Declaration of Independence. He was out-country at that time.
Abe Lincoln stated in a letter that he was an Atheist, until he arrived at Gettysburg. Actually, you will find that he was a Christian long before that. Check his writings.
Income taxation was invented, by law, long after the Constitution. The Constitution allows only the States to be taxed, as a source of Federal revenue, if memory serves me.
First, I will say that it is incredibly difficult to cull through quotes from great men who died 200 years ago in order to determine something as complex as their religious views.
However, there is strong evidence that many of our greatest political figures held non-Christian beliefs that sometimes bordered on anti-religious.
Lincoln was quoted as saying "The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession."
As well as, "It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to Infidelity."
Franklin was famously quoted as saying "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."
and "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."
John Adams said "This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it." and stated in the Treaty of Tripoli that the US was in "no sense founded on the Christian religion".
I would also reject the categorization that we are "economic slaves", or slaves of any kind for that matter. I can agree that the government has gotten out of hand in some areas. But this is not the fault of just the democrats, but also the republicans. More than half of our national debt has been racked up by one family.
The United States was not formed as a Christian Nation. Christians simply have always made up a majority of the population. The United States was founded on the idea of a free country. It's an idea that we still strive to achieve today, though we sometimes fail miserably.
As for the argument that "governments, cannot be trusted to implement true morality or justice". I would assert that you are only half right. Governments cannot "implement" morality. In fact, they have no RIGHT to dictate your morality. They do have a right and a responsibility to dispense justice. In fact, the constitution establishes an entire branch of government for that.
As for your assertion about the income tax "Part of the problem with income tax is that only a small percent of citizens get to "enjoy" the benefit of taxation. "
Only a small percent? Almost everyone drives on roads, enjoys the protection of the military, enjoys clean water/food/air, etc. I assume you are referring to welfare, which is used by people who pay little or no income taxes. Welfare is a safety net to ensure that all American's can afford to live instead of being too poor to survive. I won't argue that the system needs to be reformed to stop its abuse. But it exists to give people a way out of poverty.
Yo - jhat - What I was trying to say, that if paying inflated taxes was such an honorable thing to do, as the Marxist/Democrats always say, then we are denying the poor the opportunity to join in to this honorable duty.
And, my friend, since when did over-taxation give people a way out of poverty? C'mon now, don't try and BS a BSer.
And, let us not confuse religion and faith. Governments have EVERY right to dictate morality. What makes you think different? The fact that we argue over what is moral?
I know that today the left substitutes "fairness" instead of the word "morality." Well, if we can try and legislate "fairness" then we can try and legislate "morality".
We have every right, and DUTY to fight for the morality of our country.
I agree with your view on taxes and the greed and corruption that exists in our government. Unfortunately, taxes are a necessary evil. Our taxes do some good in this country, but there aree ways that we could pay less. Last year I paid over 10K in taxes, at the end of the year, Uncle Same demanded another 1200. I see people that paid 2K in income taxes over the course of the year, and got a whopping 7-8K tax return. How do you get more taxes returned to you than you paid in? I dont even mind that so much, I hope that the excessive amount of taxes that I have to pay will help out a family that is less fortunate. But have you looked up the directory of grant money that is available from the government? That is our tax money. There are countless government funded programs out there that do absolutely nothing but waste tax money. Not to mention our tax money is used to fly our elected officials all over the country to stay in fine hotels and eat at fine resturants, and purchase the company of top shelf prostitutes. I really hate to see all of the hard working people around me forced to give up large chunks of thier income every payday; and later on, when your body is tired and you have given all you can, you wont even be able to look forward to the small scrap that was promised you by social security, they already spent it. If we have to take care of 100% of our own retirement, maybe the government should leave us all with enough money to raise a family and save enough to do so.
Sam,
I'm not saying that over-taxation will give people a way out of poverty. I'm saying that the welfare system was originally intended to give the poor a way out of a cycle of poverty.
I won't argue that the welfare system isn't broken, or that it's not abused by people too lazy to get jobs. I will argue that the system needs to be fixed, and it's original intent re-instated.
People who are born into poverty (or who fall into it) need a way out. And unfortunately it's easy to become trapped in a cycle that doesn't afford you any chances to get out. Welfare should exist to provide relief to people stricken by poverty so that they can get their lives together and make something of themselves. It should not be used to just support people who don't want to work (and I don't know a single liberal or democrat who would say that it should be).
Conservatives always talk about people pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, sometimes we need to give people the bootstraps.
And I know that some governments have taken the right to dictate morality. Countries ruled by Islamic states dictate the Muslim morality onto all of their citizens. But we are supposed to live in a FREE country.
I believe that every single person in our country should have the right to do whatever they want, as long as it does not directly harm those around them. If I want to lie to my family, cheat at cards, have sex outside of marriage, etc. (all legal, but things most people consider immoral), I am allowed to do so legally. In a free society, the government has no right to dictate rules on these matters.
"Fairness" is not substituted for "morality" is, substituted for "justice" ("just" meaning "fair"). There is a sizable difference between justice and morality. While we all my have our own morality, justice and the principals of fairness are universal. The Judicial Branch's responsibility is to ensure that justice is served, NOT morality.
That is not to say that justice and morality are not related. True justice IS moral, as fairness is almost universally part of morality. Specifically the ethic of reciprocity (do unto others as you would have them do) is shared in both the principles of morality and justice.
But morality is personal. And it is something that most people (at least in the US) derive from their religion. This inevitably causes their morality to include things that do not fall under the purview of justice.
A free society must fight to establish justice, not a system of morals. By imposing a specific set of morals on a people, their society becomes less free.
seentoomuch,
Unfortunately, I have to agree with some of your views on taxes. I am happy to pay taxes that go to the public good and to secure our nation. But it is the pervasive gross mismanagement that you cite that makes me sick.
Specifically I look at the tax dollars that we have spent (and will be spending for a long time) on the war in Iraq. A war that was unnecessary, a war that has killed over 4,000 of our troops, a war that has killed over 100,000 Iraqi civilians.
I look at the money wasted and think of what could have been. Universal healthcare. Rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. Re-energizing our education system. Research to cure parkinsons/cancer/aids/etc.
I also look at Israel's most recent actions in Gaza. Certainly Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorism, but the ratio of civilian causalities, and many of the tactics used make my stomach churn. Those are our tax dollars. We have given them over $74 billion dollars of our tax money (since '49).