Submitted by: Nancy Battle
The Stealing of America by the Cops, the Courts, the Corporations and Congress
July 21, 2014
By John W. Whitehead
“What the government is good at is
collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not
good at much else.”—Author Tom Clancy
Call it what you will—taxes, penalties, fees, fines, regulations,
tariffs, tickets, permits, surcharges, tolls, asset forfeitures,
foreclosures, etc.—but the only word that truly describes the constant
bilking of the American taxpayer by the government and its corporate
partners is theft.
We’re operating in a topsy-turvy Sherwood Forest where instead of
Robin Hood and his merry band of thieves stealing from the rich to feed
the poor, you’ve got the government and its merry band of corporate
thieves stealing from the poor to fatten the wallets of the rich. In
this way, the poor get poorer and the rich get richer. All the while,
the American Dream of peace, prosperity, and liberty has turned into a
nightmare of endless wars, debilitating debt, and outright tyranny.