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Marakesh π“…¦
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Christ Follower β€’ Truth Seeker β€’ Freedom Lover #GovtIsTheProblem #JesusIsKing
> "In an American context, the United States was, of course, founded as a union of thirteen separate countries. It was only after a war was fought to prevent several of those countries from leaving the union that the US became the single large state we know todayβ€”with provinces that we, confusingly, *call* states." https://mises.org/mises-wire/our-problem-isnt-kings-its-presidency#:~:text=In%20an%20American,confusingly%2C%20call%20states The US #GovtIsTheProblem
> "War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. Only economic action has created the wealth around us; labor, not the profession of arms, brings happiness. Peace builds, war destroys." – Ludwig von Mises, *Socialism* (1922)
> "President Trump recently stated the federal government cannot afford to pay for daycare and other social programs because it has to spend so much money on the military and war. Of course, the Constitution does not authorize the federal government to run either a welfare state or a global empire." You've got the military industrial complex grift, and then the daycare grift as illustrated by the Somalian daycare scams that were recently exposed. The US #GovtIsTheProblem
> "Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes." –Learned Hand, *Helvering v. Gregory*, 69 F.2d 809, 810-11 (2d Cir. 1934)
overheard on the radio: Would you rather sweat maple syrup or cry nacho cheese? #asknostr
> "...the real #Jesus is dangerous to power. He doesn’t flatter kings. He confronts them. > > "Jesus was not crucified for being polite. He was executed as a threat. > > "To the authorities of his dayβ€”both religious and politicalβ€”Jesus was a destabilizing force. He challenged the legitimacy of power built on coercion, greed and violence. He exposed hypocrisy. He disrupted systems of exploitation." [Hijacking Religion: How the Pentagon Turned the Sermon on the Mount into a War Manual](https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/hijacking_religion_how_the_pentagon_turned_the_sermon_on_the_mount_into_a_war_manual)
The objection should not have been merely to "taxation without representation," but should have been an objection to #taxation, period. #USA@250 The #USA #GovtIsTheProblem
Simon's rants brought to mind the verse from the New Testament (1 John 5:19): β€œ...the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one." Satan once boasted to the Messiah that all of the governments of the world had been turned over to him. It seems not much has changed in the last 2000 years... View quoted note β†’ #GovtIsTheProblem It is a tool of the enemy
Wow! #TodayILearned that Muhammad's OWN WORDS in the #Quran declare him to be a false prophet! πŸ‘€πŸ˜¬ #Muslim #Islam #Christian
🎼🎢 "For the LORD is good, And His mercy is everlasting. And His truth endures To all generations!" 🎡🎢 #tunestr #Christian #Jams
Would you rather live to old age and die in obscurity, or die young but have lasting glory? #asknostr
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