“Pay…and Pay a Little More”

November 24, 2019

By Jim Culp

If you are someone like me that has had some challenging life experiences, you have probably stopped (once or twice in your life) and asked yourself; “am I doing all of this for nothing?” Or at some point in your existence, you stopped and said to yourself “it just seems that all I do is pay, pay, and pay more.” Well, the trouble is…you’re probably not saying anything that is too far from the truth.

Let’s take a short trip back in time. Not too far, just 111 years. It was mid-October of 1907, and the country was in a recession. Banks were declaring bankruptcy, and thousands were without jobs. The New York Stock Exchange fell 50% from its previous year’s height, and nationwide panic ensued. People rushed to pull their money from banks (back then money was real) and many of them succeeded. Many did not. A veritable panic swept across the USA like bubonic plague. People looked to government to fix the problem, just as they did on the unemployment crisis and many others. Well, the problem was “fixed,” but it would be six years later (1913) and the fix would be permanent and irreversible. Bankers, not lawmakers, would decide what worked for us and what didn’t. Bankers, not lawmakers, would decide what we do and when we do it for the next 106 years. That brings us to today.

Your “money” today is a note of debt. It is not more worth a true value than a handful of lint you vacuum from your house’s corners (please see attached; or retrieve a Federal Reserve Note from your wallet).

You’ll notice that this note reads “Federal Reserve Note.” It’s a note that guarantees that the Federal Reserve of the United States will honor that note anywhere you use it legally. You can pay a debt, a grocery bill, or stuff it in a coke machine. It works. But the principle is based on debt. Your government is in debt, and that debt is owed to bankers. These are men that are worth trillions of “dollars” which are backed by thousands of assets across the globe. Do you notice that taxes in some years don’t seem to get higher? Well, they do. It’s done in fractions of cents over long periods of time, and we (the ignorant public) never notice it. When a tax is 4% today, and tomorrow it is 5%, there are riots in the streets. But when it goes to 4.02% in a week, no one bats an eye.

These taxes are in the thousands, but here’s a fun list for your enjoyment:

The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

Is that list long enough for you? Don’t worry, it’s way longer than that. The government of the United States of America in 2019 has a federal deficit of $984 Billion. The citizens of the United States are in debt to the US Government for $16.7 Trillion. This system is built to establish credit for you, and then place you in millions of dollars of debt to the Federal Reserve System. It has taken bankers 200 years to accomplish this, but they control what happens in the United States now, and a large portion of the Earth for that matter.

So, when you pay your bills next Saturday night, rest assure that you, your government, and everyone from Hawaii to Key West is right there with you…in debt.

-Jim

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