Ban the Income Tax

By Vasko Kohlmayer

It is a truly tragic development that in America -- a country founded on the principle of the inviolability of private property -- half of us prey on the substance of our neighbors.

A striking 37-second video moment made it to the internet last week.

It was taken at a demonstration of public-sector unions in Springfield, Illinois marching in support of the proposed tax increases in that state. The clip features a public school teacher, an African-American lady, who carries a couple of placards while shouting: "Where is the money? Where is the money? ... Give up the bucks! Where is the cash? We need it fast!"

The video is an eye-opening illustration of what taxes are ultimately about: Americans helping themselves to the property of other Americans.

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