03-09-2009, 08:49 AM
David Butler Wrote:Hope the link works....Interesting read I thought
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/f...Assets.pdf
Thanks for that David. The tax system has come a long way in a few hundred years. When the US Republic was founded tax was raised entirely from excise and customs tariffs/duties.
But give a ruler enough time and they will without reserve make a grab for your money.
I personally favour a tax distribution system that is aimed to benefit society as a whole. I do not favour a tax system that is used as a "dipping" purse by big business, greedy and corrupt pols., or the arms companies. Which, I suppose makes me an idealist and not very sensible in the scheme of things.
But I can't help but smile a little at how the very wealthy, who have historically benefited from enormous tax breaks - to the dismay of the low paid who have to carry the burden - have been betrayed by the Swiss.
Perfidious Helvetia....
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14