Tax dodging politicians...oh my!

    

Swift Tax Dodgers

    

Ruling class vs. Tobacco

 Nice comments in support of “America’s Ruling Class – And the Perils of Revolution,” 

The description below pretty much sums up why those in government pile on the smoking bans along with high tobacco taxes.  I can hear them now: "Smoking is bad for the peasants - we must protect them from themselves."

A Splendid Essay on the Two Great Classes in Contemporary America

"Members of the two classes do not like one another. In particular, the ruling class views the rest of the population as composed of ignoramuses who are vicious, violent, racist, religious, irrational, unscientific, backward, generally ill-behaved, and incapable of living well without constant, detailed direction by our betters; and it views itself as perfectly qualified and entitled to pound us into better shape by the generous application of laws, taxes, subsidies, regulations, and unceasing declarations of its dedication to bringing the country—and indeed the entire world—out of its present darkness and into the light of the Brave New World it is busily engineering."     - Robert Higgs, The Beacon Blog

    

So it's OK for the gold digging Senator from Mass. to avoid taxes?

Sen. John Kerry skips town on sails tax 

    

How is what Senator Kerry is doing any different from someone wanting to buy their snuff or cigarettes off the internet to avoid high taxes?  I don't have words for the hypocrisy here.  This sort of 'tax dodge' is allowed but try and have tobacco shipped to a state like Washington and you will face felony charges.  

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Outstanding Article!

 America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution

        

Slip sliding away...

...our rights are slip sliding awayyyyy.

Obesity Rating for Every American Must Be Included in Stimulus-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Says HHS

How in the world did anyone who supported government healthcare not realize that it would mean more government intrusion into our lives.  A cigar or pipe smoker may be able to hide the fact that they are using the 'vile' weed, but when government bureaucrats have your body mass on record and control your health care the sky is the limit.  Can you say "fat tax" boys and girls.  Hate to see the tax tables that the IRS would come up with for that.

So Mr. and Mrs. anti-tobacco advocate, if you are carrying a few extra pounds or more and your obesity tax bill arrives, maybe you'll wake up to the fact that big government advocates don't care if you are fat, smoke or are healthy or sick for that matter.  They care about separating you from your money.

Will the pendulum ever swing back toward freedom?

    

Happy Independence Day!

  
I'll be celebrating by smoking a cigar and or pipe - hopefully in smoking ban area like my local park. :)  Speaking of smoking bans, is it any wonder that some of our fellow citizens support freedom robbing laws when they have no clue what we are celebrating today.


Currently I am reading The Five Thousand Year Leap listing out the principles that created our freedoms as Americans.  The sad news link below would fit under the 23rd Principle: Importance of an Educated Electorate. If we truly had an educated electorate in our country even non-smokers would grasp the danger to liberty that smoking bans and high tobacco taxation bring.  


26% of U.S. don't know who we declared independence from


Happy 4th of July to all of my fellow citizens that preserve the meaning of that day.  I invite all of you to take a walk with your favorite tobacco product and celebrate freedom!  If you encounter a anti, simply smile and wish them a happy Independence Day!


God bless you and God bless all our soldiers, sailors and airmen that are defending our great nation and whatever freedoms have not been stepped upon.