Political John, part 1
Just because I've been wanting to get more informed about things, I've taken up reading the constitution of our United States. When I am finished, I will probably move on to the constitution of California. And possibly into other things which hold my interest in politics.
I know its one of those boring things they make you do while in public school, that we might learn for a grade and then forget because we're too young to vote and things like this are not relevant to the life of a teenager.
But being 22 now, which might be early compared to most other people who start taking these things seriously, I can't help but noticed how fucked up our system is, and while reading the constitution, how the voting system has been manipulated for greater 'party control' .
Like how the 12th amendment changes how the president and vice president are elected,
and it clearly says that when voting for the president and vice president that they should be on two distinct ballots. But when we are in voting booths they are grouped as one selection. I suppose you could always write in your vote, but what if you wanted people from two different parties for the two different offices? :p
It was only 1951 when the office of President was limited to two terms in office.
The last amendment (27th) was ratified in 1992
The 16th "income tax" amendment was "ratified" in 1913 reads :
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. "
This particular one is controversial, for one, the actual ratification of this amendment has come under question numerous times, due to the fact that when an amendment is being sent around to be approved or denied by each state, the same exact copy of what is being approved or denied must be sent to each state, where some evidence has surfaced which shows that the copies sent to around 10 states was different in some way.
Which is kind of like giving different copies of a law to each congressmen, where they are different by a couple words or numbers, and then the majority approving one version of the law while thinking it was the version that had been given to them.
The second bit of controversy around the income tax, is that the IRS has failed to prove in court any legal obligation for any united states citizen to pay income tax.
Some people think the government needs an income tax to help run all the "wonderful" things they do for us. But this was ratified in 1913, somehow they managed to get along just fine before then without taxing our income. And they receive many other sources of money, such as federal taxes, state taxes, county taxes, township/borough taxes, gasoline taxes, phone taxes, real estate taxes, school taxes, property taxes, occupational assessment taxes, occupational privilege taxes, inheritance taxes, capital gains taxes, worker’s compensation taxes, vehicle license registration taxes, building permit taxes, sales taxes, liquor taxes, marriage license taxes, Medicare taxes, social security taxes, cigarette taxes, corporate income taxes, utility taxes, trailer registration taxes, fishing & hunting license taxes, fuel permit taxes, dog license taxes, and road usage taxes for truckers.
Individual income tax only accounts for around 49% of the federal budget
Another thing, Article 1, section 8 :
"The Congress shall have Power To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; "
But right now, the currency, its value, and how much is being coined/printed is being regulated by the Federal Reserve Bank, a private company, not a branch of the government.
I'm ok with the fiat money system, its been working fine. But to have our countries currency controlled by a private bank is a bad idea. In the last 7 years one US dollar from 2001, is worth between 50-60 cents in todays market.
That and the total fraud it is today, the US treasury selling currency to the federal reserve who buys bonds from the government with that money or something along those lines, very troubling.
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=25847
Not sure of the validity of this but its an interesting read anyways.
Basically banks measure their wealth not in how much money is deposited, but based on how much they have in loans out to people.
Stay tuned for my part 2 of politics rant
I know its one of those boring things they make you do while in public school, that we might learn for a grade and then forget because we're too young to vote and things like this are not relevant to the life of a teenager.
But being 22 now, which might be early compared to most other people who start taking these things seriously, I can't help but noticed how fucked up our system is, and while reading the constitution, how the voting system has been manipulated for greater 'party control' .
Like how the 12th amendment changes how the president and vice president are elected,
and it clearly says that when voting for the president and vice president that they should be on two distinct ballots. But when we are in voting booths they are grouped as one selection. I suppose you could always write in your vote, but what if you wanted people from two different parties for the two different offices? :p
It was only 1951 when the office of President was limited to two terms in office.
The last amendment (27th) was ratified in 1992
The 16th "income tax" amendment was "ratified" in 1913 reads :
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. "
This particular one is controversial, for one, the actual ratification of this amendment has come under question numerous times, due to the fact that when an amendment is being sent around to be approved or denied by each state, the same exact copy of what is being approved or denied must be sent to each state, where some evidence has surfaced which shows that the copies sent to around 10 states was different in some way.
Which is kind of like giving different copies of a law to each congressmen, where they are different by a couple words or numbers, and then the majority approving one version of the law while thinking it was the version that had been given to them.
The second bit of controversy around the income tax, is that the IRS has failed to prove in court any legal obligation for any united states citizen to pay income tax.
Some people think the government needs an income tax to help run all the "wonderful" things they do for us. But this was ratified in 1913, somehow they managed to get along just fine before then without taxing our income. And they receive many other sources of money, such as federal taxes, state taxes, county taxes, township/borough taxes, gasoline taxes, phone taxes, real estate taxes, school taxes, property taxes, occupational assessment taxes, occupational privilege taxes, inheritance taxes, capital gains taxes, worker’s compensation taxes, vehicle license registration taxes, building permit taxes, sales taxes, liquor taxes, marriage license taxes, Medicare taxes, social security taxes, cigarette taxes, corporate income taxes, utility taxes, trailer registration taxes, fishing & hunting license taxes, fuel permit taxes, dog license taxes, and road usage taxes for truckers.
Individual income tax only accounts for around 49% of the federal budget
Another thing, Article 1, section 8 :
"The Congress shall have Power To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; "
But right now, the currency, its value, and how much is being coined/printed is being regulated by the Federal Reserve Bank, a private company, not a branch of the government.
I'm ok with the fiat money system, its been working fine. But to have our countries currency controlled by a private bank is a bad idea. In the last 7 years one US dollar from 2001, is worth between 50-60 cents in todays market.
That and the total fraud it is today, the US treasury selling currency to the federal reserve who buys bonds from the government with that money or something along those lines, very troubling.
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=25847
Not sure of the validity of this but its an interesting read anyways.
Basically banks measure their wealth not in how much money is deposited, but based on how much they have in loans out to people.
Stay tuned for my part 2 of politics rant