TOWNSHEND ACTS REVISITED

The seventeenth usurpation listed in the Declaration of Independence states, "For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent." Some use the phrase, "Taxation without Representation." Either way it was and is today a burden the American people should not have to carry.


In part the American War for Independence (Revolutionary) was fought for the very cause of oppressive taxation. After the French and Indian War, Great Britain was strapped for money so they found new and burdensome ways to tax the colonist with little or no input from the people themselves.


This naturally angered the people to revolt. Enter the Tea tax on imports, (thus the Boston Tea Party), the Stamp Act, the Sugar act, etc. History tells us that the colonist revolted with varies forms of protests, so it was necessary to impose taxes in clandestine ways. The Townshend Act was the vehicle.


Charles Townshend, with the approval of Parliament and King George III devised a way to impose taxes the colonist would not suspect. These taxes were in the form of a type of value added tax, tax increases where taxes were already part of the economy, and new taxes that were not obvious. In other words, sneak them in here and there so no one would notice.


Taxing today is done in very much the same way . Taxes such as telecommunication, vehicular, licences (stamp act), gasoline, motel, and countless others. The difference is , Townsend didn't get away with it. The tax thieves today go unchallenged. The latest figures state the average American pays all of his/her income in taxes until the end of May. This means we get to keep only 58% of what we earn and the state assemblies, local governments, and beltway crooks get the rest. That's a failing grade even in a government school.



Wake up America. I've never known extortionist to return stolen money out of conscience pangs, therefore, a revolution is in order. Not one of blood or violence but one of anger, protests and voter power. Hand out pink slips liberally, especially in November 2012.