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Does the government work for us that -- we work for the government today Texas governor Rick Perry endorsed a plan to give you choices.
When it comes to paying your taxes tonight.
Flat tax fair tax more tax no tax which will agree.
Americans have finally awakened what congressman Ron Paul has been saying for many years we created the income tax and all its complexities and all the authoritarian bureaucracy that collects it.
So we can repeal it.
For the first time in many years the leading candidates for a major party's presidential nomination are committed to simplifying the federal tax code.
Herman Cain wants a form of a flat income tax at 9%.
Coupled with a national sales tax at the same rate.
Some folks like my -- the radio host Neal Boortz referred of this national sales tax as the fair tax.
Governor Perry has proposed a flat income tax at a straight 20%.
With the option of choosing that -- following the loophole ridden social engineering driven nearly impossible to understand.
Current tax code.
Governor Romney who supported TARP that was president George W Bush's bail out.
A banks and insurance companies as well as the idea of government stimulus programs want to keep the current tax code but lower tax rates on the middle class.
And keep them where they are for the rich.
And He wants to keep borrowing but in fairness to the former Massachusetts governor he's still formulating whatever his tax plan -- -- So don't get your hopes up while waiting.
Mitt Romney raised taxes when He was the governor of Massachusetts.
01 congressman Ron Paul He wants to abolish the IRS altogether.
-- the government charge fees for its services.
All this tells us that but time has come to reexamine the.
Relationship by the federal government to each individual in America.
I'd start by asking by what authority the government taxes us in the first place but government receives its power from the consent of the governed.
Did you give it the power to tax you.
Remember that we see seated from Great Britain Britain.
In large measure because of taxes and from the -- the United States was created as a separate country.
And 1776.
To the Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.
Inspired progressive era there were no general federal taxes all the feds did tax people for using -- -- and Lincoln did impose an unlawful income tax.
During the war between the states and the feds did charge the states and individuals for services rendered.
But before those nanny staters and a progressive movement came along the federal government did not take the property or the wealth of individuals.
This was because with the exception of Lincoln.
Until Roosevelt and Wilson in the area of taxes and property the feds followed the constitution.
And the constitution which was written to define.
And to restrain the federal government.
Prohibits it from taking life.
Or liberty or property without a jury trial that's in the Fifth Amendment that's because the President Obama violated.
When He killed an American and Yemen earlier this month that's -- clause that Lincoln violated when He killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and when He imposed an illegal income tax and that's the same clause that restrained of the federal government's lust for wealth.
Until the sixteenth amendment which permits the federal income tax was enacted.
The sixteenth amendment was one of the greatest frauds in American history.
It was -- with president Wilson's promises that only those earning greater than 101000 dollars a year.
That would be about a 150000.
Dollars by present standards would -- pay income taxes to the -- He also promised that the rate of taxation.
Would never exceed 3%.
Today the top rate is 35%.
And the tax is applied to -- one though as you know many have managed to avoid.
You want a federal sales tax would wanna give the Fed's any more opportunity to take anymore of your money.
Do you want -- flat tax well I commend governor Perry because simpler is better and more choice is better.
You want more of the same that Mitt Romney is your guy you wanna keep a 100% of what you -- Then you -- -- game changer and only congressman Ron Paul will push for that.
We all know that money is the mother's milk of politics.
And if we let the federal government take our wealth if we let it decide how much of it to take.
Do we ever really own any thing.
The government's -- for your wealth is insatiable The Beatles knew that when they wrote the taxman.
It can drive your car tax -- street if it tried to Citi -- tax receipt.
If you get too cold -- tax the heat if you take a walk I'll tax your feet.
Don't let that cure its protection come to pass.
Wanna read about all -- -- be sure to catch check out my new book it's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
You'll see my take on the case for personal freedom and against taxes.
From -- are defending freedom every night of the week.
So on.
