On an NPR broadcast, E. J. Dionne and David Brooks were discussing the “fiscal cliff” that we may or may not go over. Dionne, an op-ed writer for the uber-liberal Washington Post, compared President Obama’s resolve in pushing for more taxes to Abraham Lincoln who “stood his ground on the fundamental principle that we needed the 13th Amendment and needed to ban slavery.”
In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln stated that every person has the natural right “to eat the bread which he has earned by the sweat of his brow.”
While this phrase was not unique to Lincoln[1], nevertheless, he was right.
Income is the result of people working or investing. Taxation takes some of that hard-earned money.
Some taxes are necessary and equitable; most are not. For example, the gasoline tax is equitable and does not violate the 13th Amendment since the money (supposedly) goes to build roads and bridges that we travel on. If we don’t drive, we don’t pay the tax that’s levied on every gallon of gasoline sold. Of course, the tax is paid by people who don’t drive but in an indirect way. Goods and services that travel over roads have the cost of fuel built into the price of those goods or services (e.g., repairmen, UPS and FedEx deliveries, etc.). No involuntary servitude is in view.
Read More at godfatherpolitics.com . By Gary DeMar.
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This is pure insanity. Obama’s efforts to tax us without representation is nothing like Abraham Lincoln. In matter of fact, Obama is very much like the King of England in the 1700s who was taxing without representation. That’s what brought about the Revolutionary War against England. Obama wants to tax us without representing us. It’s as simple as that. Everything he has done is unconstitutional and unlawful. Lincoln was a “man of God” who won the Civil War because he never forgot God. Washington won the Revolution because he never forgot God. Obama does not have God in his heart. He has Satan in his heart — stone cold heart.
Taxation without representation is the exact reason we had our 1776 revolution……we may do the revolution again soon to rid ourselves of those who put our future in doubt with overbearing taxation…
since obama has been in office he has compared himself to Lincoln on a number of occasions, also the media. i don’t get it, when has obama ever acted in behalf of this country or its people…to make touch, common sense decisions(translation-work) to make progress for the betterment of us all, when has obama ever attempted to unite us? he will go down in history as “The Great Divider.” never since slavery was practiced has slavery been mentioned, referenced or used as a political talking point as it is today. anything said is immediately defined as being racist! racism is now on the rise with the promotion of hating whites and not only is it now ok, but celebrated and promoted. its that way because there is many instances (evidence) of the obamas being extremely racist and don’t hide it! in fact have a dislike almost hatred of the very country they’re now in control of as well!!
no, if anything, obama would be the anti Lincoln some would say the anti Christ.
The pathological Narcissist is really a Psychopath. He is the center of the Universe and no One and/or nothing else in the Universe is Important except his Highness. Whatever happens to anyone else is immaterial and is nothing. Just ask his Brother George in Kenya. And his Aunt and Uncle Illegally in the USA and living off of the Government Plantations Fat of the Land; and they are all in Utter Poverty and the Messiah does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to help them. This is his nature, he is EVIL. And he said, He is his “Brother’s Keeper” He is a LIAR and a son Of Sat Tan.