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Freedom to chains and the house, and the car, and HAS A MORTGAGE ON THE CHURCH! LEGALLY! Historically, when any nation has taxed its people more than 25% of their national income, initiative was destroyed and that nation was headed for economic eclipse. Presently (1965) the American People are being taxed 33 percent of their total income.
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Re-Appraising the King of Pop What are we to do about Michael Jackson?
scene. To regulate and regiment the affairs of men. Yet, history tells us there have been several such.
Once upon a time there was a nation great and powerful and good. Few were suffering from the aftermath of war, from a depression. And then came upon the scene a leader, an idealist, selfconfident, intolerant to criticism. History says we’ll roll forward on A wise lady limited his early momentum for a little while, but activities to combating the we’d better get some more gas in financial depression, nobody could the tank pretty quick. You see, ours argue with that, but in a while he is not the first “By-George” good began to regulate business and government to arise on the world establish new rules to govern stage, there have been several. commerce and finance. Some of Rome, Spain, Greece, China, and them in diametrical disagreement others, and each enjoyed about a with the God-Made laws of supply hundred and fifty years at its and demand, but anybody who zenith, and that’s just about our disagreed with those new rules time in the new world, and then was promptly fired. The new each decayed away. Not one of leader saw that under the old them was ever destroyed by system of free enterprise landlords anybody else’s marching legions. prospered, so he levied new taxes Each rotted away morally, socially, to take away their profits and culturally, economically destroy what he called the simultaneously. You know one of “Monopoly of Capital”. To please the most cruel paradoxes’ of laborers, he controlled prices. To history is this, because each was a win the favor of the farmers, he good government it bore bountiful gave them loans and subsidies. fruit and when it bore bountiful The National Debt mounted, fruit the people got fat, and when alarmingly. Whenever anybody they got fat they got lazy, and tried to tell him “that governments, when they got lazy they began to even as people, can go broke, want to absolve themselves of when they spend beyond their personal responsibility and turn incomes”, he said “They just over to government to do for them didn’t understand deficit finance.” things which traditionally they had been doing for themselves. Well, what do you say? Did he build on rock or on sand? I say on At first there appears to be nothing sand. For you see this was the wrong asking government to story of Emperor Su Tung Po (Tsu perform some extra service for Tong Phao) who led China to its you, but if you ask government for doom more than a Thousand Years extra services government, in order Ago. I am satisfied with all my to perform its increasing function, heart that if Uncle Sam ever does has to get bigger, right? And as get whipped, here too, it will have government gets bigger, in order to been an Inside Job. It was internal support its increasing size it has to, decay, it was not external attack what? Tax the individual more, so that destroyed the Roman Empire. the individual gets littler. And to Starting about 146 B.C. internal collect the increased taxes requires conditions in Rome were more tax collectors so the characterized by a welter of class government gets bigger and in wars and conflicts, street brawls, order to pay the additional tax corrupt governors, lack of personal collectors, it has to tax the integrity and moral responsibility. individual more so the government About 290 years after Christ a gets bigger and the individual get Roman Emperor named Diocletian littler and the government gets took over. He really grabbed the bigger and the individual gets bull by the horns. He took over in littler, until the government is all a period of turmoil and severe powerful and the individual is depression. The first thing hardly anything at all. The Diocletian did was call in the gold government is all powerful and the and closed the banks and raised people are cattle. Now, some the taxes. He reduced the power of believe that the need is for a the Senate. Delegated its power to vigorous, strong man to rise on the page 20
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The music star who once took the world by storm. The effervescent entertainer, intent on pleasing Samuel Moore- audiences with Sobel his dance moves and iconic moonwalk. The thirteen Grammy award winner who churned out memorable songs such as “Thriller,” “Beat It,” and “Billie Jean,” propelling him to achieve an unthinkable level of popularity and appeal.
not the only ones – others have taken to social media, strenuously arguing the iconic star’s innocence. Jackson, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 50, is no longer here to defend himself. Yet he provided plenty of protestations of innocence in the past. It is hardly conjecture to assume what he would say if he was with us now.
While one can easily get bogged down by the particulars of the allegations, one thing is painfully clear. For far too long, Michael Jackson was given a free pass by much of the American public, because we chose to believe that his celebrity and importance to our culture somehow precluded him from carrying out the acts described by those who have come forward in the past. Michael was a god-like figure to some, an iconic one to many. We loved the way he Despite this startling record of made us feel, listening to his success, we knew something was catchy lyrics and watching him as off. His interview with Martin he burst into dance on stage. How Bashir in the documentary Living could a man who entertained With Michael Jackson back in the early 2000’s revealed enough for us millions be involved in heinous acts of child abuse? to know that something nefarious was going on at “Neverland,” Jackson’s famed estate. “Why can’t Yet we have learned in the last few you share your bed? That’s the most years that fame does little to tame loving thing to do, to share your bed inner demons. In fact, it may serve with someone,” Jackson tells Bashir to embolden them. After Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Charlie at one point. Prompting an Rose, Matt Lauer, and now important question. When did it Michael Jackson (among countless become socially acceptable in American culture to share your bed others), isn’t it past time to start taking allegations of abuse more with a child that is not your own? seriously? Despite such alarming statements, In the wake of these graphic Jackson was exonerated by the courts. Enduring a very public trial revelations, some have offered a in 2005, he was found not guilty on defense of Jackson, centering around his abusive childhood. His all charges. Jackson walked free. This led his friend, famous actress father, Joe, notoriously beat his Elizabeth Taylor, to declare, “Thank children, as many of the Jackson progeny have gone on to detail in God Michael is vindicated for all time. Now maybe people will leave various accounts. These horrid tales of abuse notwithstanding, him alone.” they cannot serve as a sufficient Until now. A new documentary on excuse for Jackson’s behavior. How many among us have endured HBO, Leaving Neverland, is bringing allegations of child sexual abusive childhoods, without growing into adulthood and abuse against Michael Jackson to sexually abusing children? the forefront of the national consciousness once more. The Despite Jackson’s passing, the documentary focuses on Wade indelible mark he left on American Robson and James Safechuck’s accounts of childhood sexual abuse culture is undeniable. His presence carried out by Jackson. Apparently, remains, as his songs can be heard the evidence is quite compelling, so at bars, public events, even grocery stores across the country. Perhaps much so that even Oprah Winfrey now, instead of replaying his hits decided to interview the men, and venerating the memory of a arguing that “this moment deeply troubled man, we can come transcends Michael Jackson.” to grips with the allegations against him, and choose to listen to those And it does. Child sexual abuse is quite prevalent, even in our present left in his ruinous wake. day. According to statistics posted on the National Center for Victims “I always get what I want,” of Crimewebsite, “1 in 5 girls and 1 Michael Jackson reportedly told Wade Robson’s mother, Joy, in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse.” A startling number, decades ago. considering the fact that so often, the public appears hesitant to readily After more than 25 years of allegations, the question remains. embrace stories of abuse when Will we continue to let him get survivors come forward. what he wants? With this story now front and Samuel Moore-Sobel is a freelance center, the documentary has writer. To read more of his work, generated much attention and visit controversy, inciting the Jackson www.holdingontohopetoday.com family to once again vigorously defend one of their own. They are
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