| The first plank is relatively
simple: abolition of property in
land, and application of all rents
of land to public purposes.
let's see what we have in
america today. in idaho alone, 64%
of the state is public land, held
'in trust' by either the
state or the federal government. if
you or i want to use that land, we
have to go to the appropriate
agency and rent it or pay royalties
on anything we remove from it or
pay 'use fees' if all we
want to do is go camping. this
money goes into the agency's
treasury and from there to the
state or federal treasury. in
addition to the rental of public
lands, there are taxes on private
property. using idaho as our
example, if 64% is
'public' land, then 36%
must be 'private' land,
right? wrong! the state levies a
property tax on such
'private' land, and if
you don't pay, orders a tax
sale to get its money from you one
way or the other. if you don't
pay, you lose the land. sound like
all the term 'property
owner' means is 'property
renter'? the conclusion is
clear: we've lost our right to
property in land in allodial
freehold, and have been reduced to
nothing more than feudal serfs,
living on the king's land and
paying our land use fees in the
form of taxes. we'd come full
circle from the plantation of rhode
island in 1776 to the plantation of
idaho in 1979.
moving on to the second plank, we
read: a heavy progressive, or
graduated, income tax. talk about
simple to figure out. just ask your
neighbor if there's an income
tax. the federal government and all
but 5 (at last count) state
governments impose some form of
income tax. i rest my case.
the third plank is also a fairly
short one: abolition of all right
of inheritance. yet, most people
will say, 'oh, that's not
in force. i know because my aunt
matilda just died and left me some
money.' my question is: how
much did she leave you, and how
much did she leave the state? the
reason the state gets into the
picture is almost always the result
of a marriage license. when you
sign that short little form,
you've entered into a 3 party
limited general partnership with
you, your spouse and the state as
equal partners. over the life of
the contract, the two active
parties (husband and wife) work,
create and produce things, such as
money, children, property of all
kinds, etc. then one day, your
spouse dies and, after you bury
them, you sit down to see what you
have. around this time, someone
from the state knocks on the door
saying there's a small matter
of inheritance tax. what
they're really saying is:
i'm still a partner, the
partnership hasn't been
dissolved, i want out, so buy me
out. the state figures that
it's paid for the kids'
education, school lunches, afdc,
etc. etc. etc. so they've done
their part in making the
partnership work. all they want is
their third. which, when you look
at most inheritance taxes, means
you pay from 28% to 35% of the
estate to uncle sam, or his duly
appointed representative.
going to the fourth plank, we read:
confiscation of the property of all
emigrants and rebels. need time to
think about that? while you are,
think about waco, ruby ridge, the
montana freemen... well, you get
the idea. this is called, in
legalese, 'municipal police
power' and means that if you
get hostile and belligerent to the
government, they can take
everything away from you under the
guise of irs liens, tax levies,
seizures, fines, and anything else
they can think of... and, if
you're still mad, and
complaining? then they get to throw
you in jail.
looking at the fifth plank, we
read: centralization of credit in
the hands of the state by means of
a national bank with state capital
and an exclusive monopoly. ever
hear of the federal reserve system.
that's not real money floating
around out there. read what it says
at the top: federal reserve note!
as in promissory note. there's
precious little 'real'
money left out there. it might not
be too much longer before we move
beyond that and straight into
electronic money, completely
controlled by the banks, who
ultimately answer to the fed.
we're on our way with things
like credit cards, checking cards,
debit cards, direct deposit, etc.
looks like #5 has been in effect
since around 1913.
going to the sixth plank, we find:
centralization of the means of
communication and transport in the
hands of the state. let's see,
we have driver's licenses,
vehicle registration, vehicle
licensing, and that's just
'private' transportation.
if you look at 'public'
transportation like planes, trains
and buses, do you have any doubt
that if the government says
'jump' they don't
ask 'how high?' and
let's not even think about
communications. the internet
community is just the latest to get
hit with the heavy hand of
government regulation. people who
wouldn't normally even
acknowledge each other's
existence are on the same side,
fighting to retain freedom of
expression on the net. tv, radio,
cable, newspapers - they all bow to
the mighty fcc. and executive
orders #10995 and #10999 are just
waiting to be signed, giving the
government open and direct control
over transportation and the media.
now, the seventh plank is a bit
more complex: extension of
factories and instruments of
production
owned by the state, the bringing
into cultivation of waste lands,
and the improvement of the soil
generally in accordance with a
common plan. let's examine
this one item by item. now about
the extension of factories and
instruments of production owned by
the state. most people would go,
'oh, you mean like those big
russian factories. we don't
have that here. we have gm, ford,
us steel. they're all
privately owned.' or are they?
each and every factory in the us
operates and exists on the
sufferance of the government, which
licenses and regulates their
existence and activities in return
for a portion of the proceeds
(called taxes). i think that
qualifies as ownership. and
we've certainly expanded the
number of factories and
corporations in the us over the
past 150 years. as to the bringing
into cultivation of wastelands, how
many of you have seen the dams on
the colorado river, just to name
one river? while they do produce
electricity, ask any rancher or
farmer out there what their main
purpose is, and he'll tell
you: water for irrigation. in that
part of the west it's: no
water, no farms. so, they've
done that part too. as for the
improvement of the soil generally,
in accordance with a common plan,
how many of you have ever heard of
the asc (agricultural stabilization
center)? any rural county has one
of their offices; their job is to
hand out government information,
funds and materials to help with
the general improvement of the
american farm. and how many farmers
have taken part in government
programs ranging from paid
non-cultivation of land to
low-interest loans for
'general land
improvement' (provided you do
it their way, of course)? i think
we can consider that covered as
well.
Which reminds that some of our politicians are also planks - as described in the dictionary "a thick wooden board."
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