> Here is a copy of
http://gary-mcleod.virtualave.net/communis.htm which
> describes the communist manifesto. Each plank is followed by
comments from
> Gary Mcleod, who is running for Congress under the
Constitutional
Government
> platform. Please read carefully, you will surely be able to
pull some
> fabulous quotes from this work...
>
> BBM
>
>
> Are We Living Under the Communist Manifesto?
>
>
> "A nation can survive its fools, and even the
ambitious. But it cannot
> survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less
formidable, for
> he is known, and he carries his banners openly. But the
traitor moves
among
> those within the gates freely, his sly whispers rustling
through all the
> alleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the
traitor
appears
> no traitor. He speaks in the accents familiar to his
victims, and he wears
> their face and their garments, and he appeals to the
baseness that lies
deep
> in hearts of men. He rots the soul of a nation. He works
secretly and
> unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city. He
infects the
body
> politic so that it can no longer resist. A Murderer Is Less
To Be Feared."
> Cicero, 42 B.C.
> The only difference between communism and socialism is its
method of
> imposition. Communism is forced upon the people against
their will.
> Socialism on the other hand is entered into voluntarily by
the majority of
> voters.
> Even though the goals are the same, socialism is much more
dangerous
because
> it gradually enslaves the people without the use of visible
force, while
> artfully disguising its evil motives with a variety of
so-called noble
> causes.
> The evils of socialiam and humanism cannot survive exposure
unless "good
men
> and women do nothing". The following is offered in
hopes that you will
join
> our efforts to expose those evils. Your comments are
WELCOME!
>
> The 10 planks of the communist manifesto written in 1848 by
Karl Marx
appear
> below in red.
>
>
>
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>
> The Communist Manifesto
>
>
> Abolition of property in land and application of all rents
of land to
public
> purposes. Property tax paid annually prevents the outright
ownership of
> property, because if property can be confiscated for taxes
owed, it can
> never truly be owned. The application of our rents of land
(property
> taxes)are used for public purposes as envisioned by Karl
Marx.
>
> A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. The income tax
was imposed
upon
> the people briefly after the War Between The Southern States
and The
> dictatorial Federal Government. In 1895, The US Supreme
Court abolished it
> with the words, "The income tax is indeed a direct tax
and therefore
> unconstitutional". The Court understood that, "No
capitation, or other
> direct Tax shall be laid,..." Art. 1, Sec. 9, of the US
Constitution,
means
> exactly what it says. However, in 1913 there were enough
socialist in
> Congress to again foist the income tax upon the people with
the 16th
> Amendment to the Constitution. The income tax is not
designed just to
raise
> taxes, which could be accomplished very easily with a
national sales tax.
> Instead, its goal is to punish achievement, invade privacy,
and control
the
> people through fear and intimidation from the most
Gestapo-like arm of our
> government, the I.R.S.
>
> Abolition of all right of inheritance. Our inheritance tax
puts all rights
> of inheritance in jeopardy. Property tax, income tax, and
inheritance tax,
> should be abolished because they are all direct taxes and
they all violate
> our God-given property rights. They could be replaced with
indirect taxes
> like sales tax, tobacco tax, alcohol tax, or gasoline tax.
Some advantages
> of indirect taxes are:
>
> They are indeed Constitutional.
> Our privacy would be protected.
> Everyone who spends money participates, including the
super-wealthy,
foreign
> visitors, illegal aliens, drug dealers, and others now in
the underground
> economy.
>
> It is a pay as you go system - no April 15th.
> The IRS and all associated collection cost would be
eliminated.
> Lower production cost will allow business to compete
internationally.
> Prices would come down more than the expected sales tax
increase.
> Business would expand creating new jobs.
> The money now in off-shore tax-havens would flood back into
this country
> stimulating the economy.
> Manufacturing would come back home absent the over-taxation
and
> over-regulation that drove them to foreign countries.
>
> Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
Our government
> does not normally confiscate property of emigrants, however,
many laws and
> regulations have been passed in recent years which allow
many government
> agencies such as the I.R.S., O.S.H.A., E.P.A., B.L.M., and
drug
enforcement
> agencies to confiscate property from citizens that are
considered rebels.
> Much of this confiscation is achieved without due process of
law.
>
> Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means
of a national
> bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly. The
Federal Reserve
> System was created in 1913. It is not federally owned and
nothing is in
> reserve. It is a private corporation with the power to
increase or
decrease
> the money supply by changing the interest rates and the
reserve
requirements
> of its member banks. It can create money out of thin air,
lend it to the
> government and then collect the principal and interest from
the taxpayers.
> That is why its owners always have and always will promote
war and
socialism
> to create inextinguishable government debt.
>
> "Permit me to control the currency of a nation and I
care not who makes
its
> laws" Baron De Rothschild, brainchild of the Federal
Reserve Bank.
> "If the American people ever allow private banks to
control the issue of
> their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the
banks and
> corporations that will grow up around them, will deprive the
people of
their
> property until their children will wake up homeless on the
continent their
> fathers conquered." Thomas Jefferson
>
>
> Centralization of the means of communication and transport
in the hands of
> the State. Communication and transportation are controlled
by a number of
> government agencies, e.g., The Federal Communication
Commission (FCC), The
> Dept. of Transportation (DOT), The Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC),
The
> Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Public Television is
also a good
> example of state control of communication for the
indoctrination of the
> concepts of socialism and humanism.
>
> Extension of factories and instruments of production owned
by the State,
the
> bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the
improvements of the soil
> generally in accordance with a common plan. Dan Smoot's
book, "The
Business
> End of Government" revealed that, the federal
government owned 1165
> different businesses like AMTRAC. The Bureau of land
Management, The
> Department of Agriculture, The Department of Commerce, The
Environmental
> Protection Agency (EPA), etc., all promote a common plan of
more and more
> regulation and control from government with less and less
freedom enjoyed
by
> the people.
>
> Equal liability of all to labor and the establishment of
industrial
armies,
> especially for agriculture. Heavy taxation, over-regulation,
and other
> economic problems caused by our government's adoption of
socialism has
> forced women to labor equally with men. Our industrial army
is the Social
> Security System which requires membership at birth.
>
> Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries;
gradual
abolition
> of the distinction between town and country by a more
equitable
distribution
> of population over the country. We are not living under this
plank
totally.
> However, we do have many large agriculture corporations who
have combined
> all levels of production from the farm to the consumer. It
appears that
the
> goal of this plank is to reduce the number of family farms
making it
easier
> to gain control of all food and fiber production. This goal
is fast
becoming
> reality.
>
> Free education for all children in public schools....
Communist and
> socialist have long recognized the value of indoctrination
through a free
> educational system. And, it has produced a people with no
understanding of
> the vast differences between the Free Enterprise System and
socialism.
> During our Bicentennial celebrations (1986), a national poll
of school
> children revealed that 46% of them believed that "From
him with the most
> ability - to him with the most need." was part of our
Constitution. Today
> all socialist, all liberals and most democrats believe the
same thing.
>
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> Would it surprise you to learn that "The Democratic
Socialist of America"
> are alive and well in the U.S.A.. Its "Progressive
Caucus" list 58 members
> from the U.S. House of Representatives. All are democrats
except their
> chairman, Bernard Sanders, who ran on the socialist party
ticket. You can
> find the list at: Democratic Socialist of America
>
>
>
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> "Thus it is easy to understand how law, instead of
checking injustice,
> becomes the invincible weapon of injustice. It is easy to
understand why
the
> law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees
among the rest
> of the people, their personal independence by slavery, their
liberty by
> oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for
the benefit of
> the person who makes the law, and in proportion to the power
that he
holds."
> Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850).
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