2013年11月24日 星期日

Tax Revolts and that 309 Year Cycle

armstrongeconomics.com


ANSWER: The trend is these people will tax and tax and then tax again. You are precisely correct that at some point a tax revolt emerges. That was even the American and French Revolutions before. Sometimes those in power will get it. Ironically, republics (fake democracies) always turn into oligarchies and are actually the worse form of government you can create. There really are no checks and balances and as we see, politicians go out of their way to prevent the people from actually voting as is the case in Europe. The best form of government is actually a benevolent dictator for they simply do what is right for the country and do not have to answer to anyone else. It is strange indeed, Hadrian (117-138AD) faced a tax revolt from previous emperors that had accumulated. In 119AD, he declared a tax amnesty and issued a Sesterius depicting him burning the tax records.

We even see the reforms being taken in China as actually for the benefit of the country rather than a political party. Each party will fight to prevent the other for getting credit for anything. They would rather hurt the country than let the other party gain a victory. Take the shutdown. Obama had all the government websites turned off when it fact it cost more money to do that than just leave them alone. He sent in barriers to prevent people from walking in federal parks when there were no employees at such parks to begin with as in Virginia. All of this to make the shutdown as draconian as possible to blame the Republicans. The same takes place in Europe and Britain is no exception.

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