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The 10 PLANKS stated in the Communist Manifesto and some of their American counterparts are...
1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rents of land to public purposes.
Americans do these with actions such as the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1868), and various zoning, school & property taxes. Also the Bureau of Land Management (Zoning laws are the first step to government property ownership)
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
Americans know this as misapplication of the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 1913, The Social Security Act of 1936.; Joint House Resolution 192 of 1933; and various State "income" taxes. We call it "paying your fair share".
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
Americans call it Federal & State estate Tax (1916); or reformed Probate Laws, and limited inheritance via arbitrary inheritance tax statutes.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
Americans call it government seizures, tax liens, Public "law" 99-570 (1986); Executive order 11490, sections 1205, 2002 which gives private land to the Department of Urban Development; the imprisonment of "terrorists" and those who speak out or write against the "government" (1997 Crime/Terrorist Bill); or the IRS confiscation of property without due process. Asset forfeiture laws are used by DEA, IRS, ATF etc...).
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
Americans call it the Federal Reserve which is a privately-owned credit/debt system allowed by the Federal Reserve act of 1913. All local banks are members of the Fed system, and are regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) another privately-owned corporation. The Federal Reserve Banks issue Fiat Paper Money and practice economically destructive fractional reserve banking.
6. Centralization of the means of communications and transportation in the hands of the State.
Americans call it the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated through the ICC act of 1887, the Commissions Act of 1934, The Interstate Commerce Commission established in 1938, The Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, and Executive orders 11490, 10999, as well as State mandated driver's licenses and Department of Transportation regulations.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
Americans call it corporate capacity, The Desert Entry Act and The Department of Agriculture… Thus read "controlled or subsidized" rather than "owned"… This is easily seen in these as well as the Department of Commerce and Labor, Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, National Park Service, and the IRS control of business through corporate regulations.
The PTB - Just added more control of the internet.
8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
Americans call it Minimum Wage and slave labor like dealing with our Most Favored Nation trade partner; i.e. Communist China. We see it in practice via the Social Security Administration and The Department of Labor. The National debt and inflation caused by the communal bank has caused the need for a two "income" family. Woman in the workplace since the 1920's, the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, assorted Socialist Unions, affirmative action, the Federal Public Works Program and of course Executive order 11000.
9. 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.
Americans call it the Planning Reorganization act of 1949 , zoning (Title 17 1910-1990) and Super Corporate Farms, as well as Executive orders 11647, 11731 (ten regions) and Public "law" 89-136. These provide for forced relocations and forced sterilization programs, like in China.

********** 10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.
Americans are being taxed to support what we call 'public' schools, but are actually "government force-tax-funded schools " Even private schools are government regulated. The purpose is to train the young to work for the communal debt system. We also call it the Department of Education, the NEA and Outcome Based "Education" . These are used so that all children can be indoctrinated and inculcated with the government propaganda, like "majority rules", and "pay your fair share". WHERE are the words "fair share" in the Constitution, Bill of Rights or the Internal Revenue Code (Title 26)?? NO WHERE is "fair share" even suggested !! The philosophical concept of "fair share" comes from the Communist maxim, "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need! This concept is pure socialism. ... America was made the greatest society by its private initiative WORK ETHIC ... Teaching ourselves and others how to "fish" to be self sufficient and produce plenty of EXTRA commodities to if so desired could be shared with others who might be "needy"... Americans have always voluntarily been the MOST generous and charitable society on the planet.
Do changing words, change the end result? ... By using different words, is it all of a sudden OK to ignore or violate the provisions or intent of the Constitution of the united States of America?????
The people (politicians) who believe in the SOCIALISTIC and COMMUNISTIC concepts, especially those who pass more and more laws implementing these slavery ideas, are traitors to their oath of office and to the Constitution of the united States of America...
None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free....
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Actually, individuals pay the most taxes to the tune of about 50%. Corporate taxes are at about 4% and that includes small business, such as limited liability companies (LLC) and s-corporations. I'm not sure of how much of that 4% is coming from small business vs big business, but I know that small businesses rarely have the money to pay for legal teams to find ways to avoid paying taxes like Fortune 500 companies do.

It sounds like you're hearing a lot of things but you're just having a hard time putting it together. I would say not to worry, it takes time to figure all this out but it's not going to happen if you allow your prejudices and emotional outrage to block your understanding.

You don't believe we have robots or you don't believe Democrats are trying make higher education more accessible to American students?

Ya know, CounterRevolutionary really put the limelight on a sentiment I often hear from the right when he said Rockefeller and his schools accomplished more by teaching the 3Rs than those Democrats did with Common Core. The 3Rs are the building blocks for the most basic drone in the workforce. That's what Rockefeller said he wanted... workers, not thinkers. He wanted basic drones who can at least read their schedules and timecard and be able to do basic arithmetic so they know where to cut, rivet, sew or where to dig.

This conservative need to revert to the past is a dangerous idea because we aren't *in* the past. Yes, we DO have robots now. Robots that can do anything Rockefeller wanted his workers to do. So we aren't helping our children by limiting their potential to the level of a household appliance.

Common Core is probably a failure as far as implementations go, but it's not surprising given the fact that it's a federal initiative trying to govern something that has always been governed by the states.

I still think the premise is good. I think we should have a national standard. Or even a federated standard to match our federal system... In this case, the whole point of common core being to make it common to the whole, keep the "common" part minimal. Then allow each state to fill in according to their own legislation.

I would agree that neither side of the Darwin vs Bible standoff would need to be in a common core so we can shelve that argument and let the states decide.

LOL - I read that book 20 years ago and was surprised to see how popular it got considering the obvious BS.

Jonah Goldberg meticulously picked apart the Nazi party in an effort to connect dots to the American Left, while ignoring some very basic facts...

1. Nationalist socialism and democratic socialism are NOT the same thing. The Nazis were national socialists and one of their first orders of business was to execute all the leaders of the democratic socialist parties.

2. The socialist aspect of the Nazi party was not extraordinary by any means. It was a mere component in the bigger system which was still driven mostly by capitalism. Not that different than the socialist component of the American system that FDR was building at the time.

3. What WAS extraordinary about the Nazis was their ethnic cleansing, which the U.S. stopped doing after the Indian Removal Act. This is what the Nazis are famous for, exterminating Jews. That puts them on the right by definition. Right = exclusion of others, Left = include everyone.

You will find every dictionary, encyclopedia, college, international journal, economist, newsfloor, think tank and government referring to groups based on this dichotomy, with the only differences of opinion coming from crackpots and contrarians like Jonas Goldberg.

Filing Bankruptcy once doesn't mean he doesn't know how to manage money. But filing 3 or more times clearly means he DOESN'T KNOW HOW to manage money. Im sure you can make that judgment.

Bankrupting 3 businesses out of 500 is a great track record.

He was already found GUILTY in the last 2 lawsuits. FRAUD, means NOT he's an HONEST PERSON. But we will see the next 4 cases.

Trump was NOT found guilty or convicted in any lawsuits.

And if he loves this country, then why did he send his mob to HARM the people in blue who protects us.

What on earth are you talking about?

His business sense is really bad since he brought USA to $7 Trillion more in deficit

Wrong again. Red China's Wuhan COVID19 forced the US to shut down our economy. Check out the history of COVID19: "This is the Socialized Medicine you Libtards are begging for:"

Pls research all that i mentioned

I have and am far better educated on Trump's business successes than you, who is overridden with envy.

So, I'm not sure you know your guy very well. Thx