Time: Mon Jul 07 04:02:46 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA08779; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 03:51:36 -0700 (MST) by usr07.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA27045; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 03:51:30 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 03:51:26 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Article on Cost Of Government by Lincoln Heritage Institute (fwd) <snip> > >The Lincoln Heritage Institute is submitting the following article on the >Cost Of Government Day which is July 3 this year. > > >"Does Over Half of Your Annual Work Life Really Go to Finance Government? > You Bet It Does? > >By C. Grady Drago, President >Lincoln Heritage Institute, Inc. > > As if we needed any new evidence to prove that we are overtaxed and are >paying the highest percent of taxes in relationship to the GDP under this >administration than any other, the Americans For Tax Reform Foundation >(ATRF) have announced that this year, July 3 marks the Cost of Government >Day >(COGD) -- the day Americans finally pay off the cost of running >government. >The cost of Government this year is estimated at $3.52 trillion up $140 >billion over 1996. > According to the ATRF we have spent 183 days working to pay for the >government, at a cost of $13,500 each for every man, woman, and child, >with > $3,000 each going to pay for the cost of regulations. > The juxtaposition of the Cost of Government Day, July 3, with >Independence >day, July 4, is at best a sick joke. It was the threat of the imposition >of >taxes on the colonists by Parliament in 1764 that led to the war for >independence. One of the spin-offs of our relationship with Great >Britain is >that they gave us sheep and the income tax. That is why every few years >Congress pulled the wool over our eyes and increased our taxes. > The US. implemented temporary income taxes prior to 1900, all of which >were >passed with automatic termination dates - true taxation with >representation. > However, beginning in 1914, with the passage of the 16th Amendment to >the >Constitution, Congress has passed and the President signed over 250 tax >bills, with President Clinton's tax program being the largest in US. >history. > With the burden of Clinton's tax bill weighing heavily on us, we no >longer >truly control the fruits of our labor. American's for Tax Reform >Foundation, >in their latest report, show that in addition to paying record taxes, >Americans also spend $33 billion annually to comply with OSHA's >regulations, >and taxpayers spend $190 billion a year just to comply with the U.S. Tax >Code. > Currently, Congress is in the process of passing some tax decreases which >are long overdue. However, we could have an enormous increase in the >cost of >government if a provision promoted by the big spenders is adopted that >will >grant a $500 per child income tax credit that will be PAID to people that >pay >no taxes at all. Fostering class warfare and poisoning the well against >the >private sector are two of the big spenders favorite weapons. That's the >way >big spenders operate -- when it comes to spending our money, their >creativity >borders on genius. Working with the Americans For Tax Reform Foundation; >the >Governors of California, Kansas, Massachusetts; and many other states have >proclaimed July 3, 1997 as Cost Of Living Day. This is not a day to >celebrate, but a day of mourning and awareness. > American's For Tax Reform Foundation should be congratulated for creating >the COGD in order to bring our tax status to public attention." >------- >To subscribe to c-news, send the message SUBSCRIBE C-NEWS, or the message >UNSUBSCRIBE C-NEWS to unsubscribe, to majordomo@world.std.com. Contact >owner-c-news@world.std.com if you have questions. > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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