t johnson

the question is not 'how far?', the question is, 'do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far as is needed?'

[t johnson @retsyn]

@ProudSocialist She says, while wearing polyester, into a microphone. Unnatural? How dumb.

[Handre @Handre]

In 1913, Congress sold you the income tax as a tiny levy on the rich. The top rate was 7 percent, and it only kicked in on income above $500,000 (roughly $15 million today). The bottom rate? One percent. They promised it would stay that way. They lied, of course, but the lie was elegant: target the millionaires, calm the working man, then expand the definition of "millionaire" until it includes a plumber in Ohio.

By 1918, five years later, the top rate hit 77 percent. Five years. The "temporary" emergency of the First World War gave the state its excuse, and the state never gives an excuse back. Once you accept that Washington owns a percentage of your labor, the only question left is which percentage, and that question gets answered every April by people who have never met you and never will.

Income tax is a claim on your time. When the government takes 24 percent of what you earn, it takes roughly three months of your working year and assigns that labor to itself. You work January through March for the Treasury. Call that what it is. A man forced to work for another man without pay has a word in the dictionary, and it is not "citizen."

Free market thinkers spotted the trick a century ago. Frank Chodorov wrote a whole book on it, "The Income Tax: Root of All Evil," published in 1954, and his argument has aged better than the dollar has. The tax requires you to confess your entire financial life to the state and prove your innocence on demand. No warrant. No suspicion. Just compliance, backed by liens, wage garnishment, and the polite threat of armed men. The IRS now employs more people than the FBI, ATF, and DEA combined.

You were told 1913 was the beginning of a fairer system. It was the beginning of a permanent one. Nothing the government touches stays small, and nothing it calls temporary ever ends.

[t johnson @retsyn]

@CO_GURT @Bo_Began Yeah buddy

[t johnson @retsyn]

Americana Friday Night! Happy #MinionsHappyHour y'all!
@Bo_Began already had a hot dog... She's happy.

[e-beth @ebeth360]

🇺🇸 America is on a heater.
USA soccer wins.
Patriotmaxxing engaged.
#MinionsHappyHour may become an international incident. Let’s goooo!🍻🇺🇸
@Stillsmack @DesiFlurane @KiKi1185 @danielp_reid
📸 gimlet

[t johnson @retsyn]

My cleaning lady does the exact same thing!

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

Absolute psychotic way of loading the dishwasher by my cleaning people

[t johnson @retsyn]

@amyklobuchar You spelled narcissism wrong.

[EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince]

Genius

[t johnson @retsyn]

Considering the hockey gold x2 and the pretty much lifelong domination of American hockey in the NHL, it's time we rename it to Lord Trump's Cup
#NHL #StanleyCup no more!

[Matt’s Idea Shop @MattsIdeaShop]

LEFT: BILLIONAIRES SHOULDN’T EXIST!!!

ELON: *becomes trillionaire*

[t johnson @retsyn]

@alleria_eh He represents America so...

[Jared Dillian @dailydirtnap]

I have many more issues with Ilhan Omar being worth $30 million than Elon being worth a trillion.

[t johnson @retsyn]

Are there weaker men than soccer players?

[M J @Bo_Began]

Happy Friday Minions!! #minionshappyhour 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 @retsyn

[Holden @Holden114]

Democrats need to stand by Platner in the face of these Republican smears.

[t johnson @retsyn]

@ChefGruel @Pro__Trading @mvgmom @TheMaineWire

[t johnson @retsyn]

@Planet_Sardinia Your region is way smaller than the region those two states are in

[t johnson @retsyn]

@ZannSuz No different than all of them suddenly speaking jive when they hit up a predominantly black church... Just a gay, white, Texas version this time.

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

James Talarico: "The real fight in this country is not left vs right, it’s top vs bottom. We’re all getting screwed."

[US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA]

Hello Congressman.

You of all people should know the National Mall including the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool is managed by the National Park Service.

This restoration project is exactly the type of project the Great America Outdoors Act and Legacy Restoration Fund was created to address - maintenance backlogs.

You voted for it.

We support it because the oil and gas royalties we pay are directed into both of these funds.

Not entrance fees.

Oil and gas royalties from federal lands.

In other words, this awesome upgrade to the National Mall is brought to you by your friends at the US Oil & Gas Association.

And yet you have never thanked us.

Here is a report from the Congressional Research Service the intern who wrote this tweet can read to learn more.

https://t.co/CEQ7ELgNTi

[t johnson @retsyn]

@SenatorBennet You aren't doing shit