I do not know of a time in history where the ruling class has used their serfs to fund their power through redistribution. The Great Experiment where the people control the government has been usurped by evil. The fruits of our labor are stolen by our “government” and redistributed through entitlements to ensure their power base as the voters line up for more.
But then this is no secret. Both sides know this fact and the division between the “classes” is self-evident. What are the options of the moral side in these circumstances. Both sides will argue that they are moral but that is always the case when good vs. evil. Does “good” support abortion, infanticide, murder, theft, coercion, illegal spying or usurpation of power? Our course of action must be based on the same guiding principles as our forefathers with a firm reliance on Divine Providence. It is this faith that the other side mocks which has kept us in check.
Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. At some point the Lord will instill wisdom in the other side. When retribution replaces redistribution, we must ensure that our faith guides us, not revenge. The articles below show one delineation of these two “classes”.
David DeGerolamo
CBO: TAX REVENUE HITS ALL-TIME HIGH
While President Obama claimed repeatedly during both the fiscal cliff and the sequestration debate that America’s problem lay just as much on the tax revenue side as it did on the government spending side, new statistics show what a lie that is. According to the Congressional Budget Office, federal tax revenue will hit $2.7 trillion in 2013, the highest number ever.
Liberals will hang their hat on the fact that tax revenue totals 16.9 percent of GDP this year, as opposed to 18.5 percent in 2007, but that is because people earn less taxable income during recessions. As we have already seen, government spending is already at record levels, in excess of 24 percent of GDP. And while in the past, government spending was largely comprised of non-mandatory program spending, now 44 percent of all federal outlays come from Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. As the Heritage Foundation reports:
Gallup: 52% of Americans Say Federal Income Taxes Too High
Just in time for tax deadline day, a new Gallup poll finds that a majority of Americans — 52 percent — say they pay too much federal income tax, while 42 percent say they amount they pay is “about right.” Three percent said their federal taxes are “too low.”
Gallup says the percentage who say their taxes are “too high” has hovered around 50 percent since 2003, although the current 52 percent is up from the 46 percent who said “too high” two years ago.
