Rendering Unto Caesar

WE WANT "LIMITED GOVERNMENT", by which we presumably mean "government which is not unlimited, or infinite". We may have less to worry about than we think. there's only so much room for government, or anything else, in this man's universe. But since we all seem to want a strong military to defend us, and to sometimes attack others, and since we all seem to want an extensive, well maintained system of interstate highways, and social security, and this...and that...the bad news is that government, while it may never reach infinite proportions, is, in our modern world, necessarily rather large. Taxes seem even more certain than death. Why not grin and bear them? Consider the possibility of regarding the payment of taxes as a patriotic contribution, rather than an onerous, punitive burden. Taxes are gonna be higher, rather than lower, and sooner, rather than later, so...why not learn to enjoy it? Reducing taxes on the wealthy, the "producers" a their admirers call them, does not stimulate the economy, it stimulates the bottom line of the wealthy. For economic stimulation, focus on demand, not supply, because without demand, supply does no good. Tax cuts for the lower middle class, and redistribution of tax revenue from rich to poor creates: new spenders, new consumers, new demand, begging for supply, stimulating the economy for all. As Thomas Jefferson said: "enormous inequality produces so much misery to the bulk of mankind that legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property. One means of silently lessening the inequality of property would be to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions of property in a geometrical progression as they rise." As Jefferson understood, tax revenue goes around, and comes around. think of the glorious benefits which come back to all of us through payment of taxes! As you cruise down your local interstate highway, rejoice in our socialistic infrastructure, glad that no private business can extract further payment from you for the privilege of using our marvelous public facilities.and, while you're at it, if you happen to be a Christian; render unto Caesar!