{"id":5884,"date":"2015-02-06T16:01:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T21:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=5884"},"modified":"2015-02-06T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T21:11:19","slug":"radical-thoughts-today-on-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=5884","title":{"rendered":"Radical thoughts (for today) on taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent article in The Objective Standard<\/em> quotes the President of the United States making the following observation about taxes:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cTaxes take from everyone a part of his earnings and force everyone to work for a certain part of his time for the government. . . . I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government\u2014and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can reestablish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we are bound to suffer a very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The magazine then states that \u201cobviously those are not the words of Barack Obama, from whom such a statement would be unthinkable.\u00a0 Although Obama may cite \u201cmiddle class tax cuts,\u201d he does not seek to cut taxes. President Obama seeks to merely to prevent certain taxes from increasing.”<\/p>\n

And, as the editorial points out: \u201cIn today\u2019s absurd political lingo, the lack of a tax hike is a \u201ctax cut.\u201d\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So, who made the priceless observation above? These words are from former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in the year 1924. In his speech, President Coolidge pointed out the insanity of class-envy taxes that punish the most successful Americans: \u201cThe wage earner . . . makes his contribution, perhaps not directly but indirectly, in the advanced cost of everything he buys. The expenses of government reach everybody.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Objective Standard<\/em> editorial takes the current President to task:\u00a0 “Obama\u2019s tax-and-spend policies constitute \u201ca very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty.\u201d It is time for Americans who care about their liberties to recognize that fact, to state it openly, and to advocate their right to the \u201crewards of their own industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

This American commentary applies directly to a few governments north of the border \u2013 Ontario’s provincial government the prime culprit of overspending and unconscionable taxation in our country. (ed. – Next week By George will look at the tax-and-spend-and-spend-and-tax-some-more Ontario Liberals and inspect what impact this government may have on the 2015 election.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

To read the full Objective Standard article, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To read the full speech from President Calvin Coolidge, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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