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Is it time for Atlas to shrug?
Congress is now working on Continuing Resolution 85, Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014 . http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HC_85.html
The CBO had estimated that this budget would double the national debt in 5 years, and triple it in 10 years. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9957/01-07-Outlook.pdf
Washington watch.com, estimates that the debt load per individual family for this will amount to about $29,007.77. http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HC_85.html .
You and I individually, cannot change the path of Congress, but we can take steps to get out of its way. It is time for the Atlases to start their shrug. While we can’t all run off to Gault’s Gulch,
<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&fieldkeywords=Atlas+Shrugged> we certainly can take steps to install some of its screening on our incomes, and shield some of our activities from the thieving hand of that government which exceeds it lawful authority.
<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&fieldkeywords=Atlas+Shrugged> we certainly can take steps to install some of its screening on our incomes, and shield some of our activities from the thieving hand of that government which exceeds it lawful authority.
So how do we do this? I call it ”tailpiped carburetorism,” and it does not involve breaking any rules or laws. Learn the rules of how government works, and then use those rules against the system. In other words, stick the tailpipe of government so far down its carburetor, that it chokes on its own flatulent gases.
An example of doing that is in my previous article about resolving a shooting controversy on Mt. Lemon in Tucson. I looked up the laws relevant to the situation, used the good graces of my local county supervisor to make an appointment with the local bureaucrat in charge of the problem, presented the laws to him and explained the consequences to him of exceeding his authority, on tape and in front of a (government official) witness. None of this was hard to figure out. I just looked up the relevant law.
How does this apply to you? Glad you asked. The federal, state, and local government, depend on the revenue they gain from your taxes, which are a percentage of what you make. Your goal, is to spend your money in such a way as to reduce your taxable income to zero, or as close to it as you can get.
Bottom line: start some form of business. It does not matter what that business is, as long as you intend to make a profit, and it is a legitimate business. You can then, if you follow the rules, make deductions for your home office, in some cases your mileage, uniform allowance (embroidered apparel, etc.) company hats, promotional items to promote your company, bumper stickers with your company logo, and many other fine items to help your business succeed.
Every now and then, make an actual profit, but until then, if you are with a client or prospect, and you sneeze, write off the Kleenex! Write it down in a log that you keep in case the thieving hand of government wishes to reach into your coin purse. The taxes you save will be your own!
Next, do as little as you can that will cause a tax consequence. Are you looking for a newer car? Is there something that you can trade evenly for it? If you trade items of equal value, you have not caused a taxable event. (Consult your tax professional for the variables on that, depending on your state.) In this economy, guns and ammunition have a greatly inflated value, and cars have a greatly deflated value. Do you get my drift? 2 AR-15’s could get you a decent truck, if you have been wise enough to stockpile a few extras.
Next, Building things. In this economy, many contractors are looking for work, and may, in their haste, forget to file for those expensive and time consuming building permits. This has the effect of making your project go much more quickly. If the needed repair involves a gas line, shut the gas off yourself and do not ask the gas company to do it, as turning it back on may require a government inspection to get it turned back on.
Got a gas leak? Turn it off at the meter, replace the line yourself (or hire someone to do it,) and turn the gas back on. You now do not have to experience a petty tyrant looking over the inside of your home to get your gas service back.
Remember that if you do have to experience the petty tyrant, they may well apply new building codes to you retroactively. If they do, they almost never re-inspect after final clearance, so as soon as you get your utility back on, feel free to change it back to the way you wanted to do it in the first place, as long as it does not endanger anyone. If you do not know, ask a professional in that industry whom you trust.
If you do improvements to your home without the tyrant’s permission, do so in a way that covers what you are doing. A trellis with vines can conceal an army of modifications. Painting the whole house makes it look like you just painted the house, rather than just added a new room.
Keep in mind that if you do these things, the extra space you add to your home may not be on the title report when you sell the home, so it may not have a positive effect on the sales price when you sell it. One of the reasons I bought the house I have is that there were things done to it not on the plans…
Next, NEVER accept at face value, anything you are told by any person in Government. As my parents used to say when I asked them how to spell a word, “LOOK IT UP!” Read any relevant statute, rule, or ordinance, before simply taking for granted what the person in government tells you. Many good people who work in government are only repeating what they have been told by their supervisors, who never bothered to look it up either.
A shining example of this is what happened on 4 29 03 in Reid Park in Tucson, where the Tucson Police had a notion that people could not have a firearm in a city park. Because I was familiar with the ordinance they were wrongfully attempting to enforce, and because I was non-combative and civil in my dialog with the officers, I was able to get them to back down, apologize, and change their policy.
The narrative of it is at http://libertywatchradio.com/essays , and scroll down to “TPD Changes "Guns In Parks Policy" Due to Activist's Efforts.”
The narrative of it is at http://libertywatchradio.com/essays , and scroll down to “TPD Changes "Guns In Parks Policy" Due to Activist's Efforts.”
I am not suggesting that each person reading this become an activist, nor that I know all the answers to life’s questions.If you begin to ask yourself what you can do to limit the effectiveness of government’s onslaught of rules, against you, you begin to find pathways to release their grasp on you. In essence, what you are doing is denying them jurisdiction over you.
None of us can carry the weight of the world on our shoulders, but each of us is capable of a slight shrug against the weight placed there by mendacious and kleptocratic hand of government.
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