THOMAS PAINE: WAR IS THE COMMON HARVEST
Divide and Spend.
“War is the common harvest of all those who participate in the division and expenditure of public money, in all countries. It is the art of conquering at home; the object of it is an increase of revenue; and as revenue cannot be increased without taxes, a pretence must be made for expenditure. In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.”
Thomas Paine
RIGHTS OF MAN
Paine’s claim that taxes are not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes is as true today as in 1791 when this was written. The plutocrats want to cut education and social support services now in order to give a tax cut to themselves and another screwing to the underclass. NOT - ONE - SINGLE - CUT to the so-called Department of Defense, actually the renamed War Department (see our previous at:
Department of War/Department of Defense
For the first 160 years of U.S. history, we had a Department of War; an honest name. This was renamed the Department of Defense in 1949, so we have had this less honest name for 75 years now. It’s no accident that this happened in the wake of the 1947/1948 National Security Act (NSA) that created the CIA and the National Security State. It was time to r…
The solution: cut the war expenses in half immediately and restore a system of progressive taxation. The nation’s financial woes will be instantaneously resolved. Most important, ask yourself: why isn’t this done?
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