Tell me of a good newspaper or news letter that might take it and I will give it away.
Have a nice day Allen W. Yoakum e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Tue, 9/16/08, terry12622000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: terry12622000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Story I wrote about taxes. To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 11:24 AM Allen, thats very good. It would be good I think if you could have that put in a newspaper.-- - In Libertarian@ yahoogroups. com, "Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Hi, > Here is a story I wrote about the evils of taxes and how a "good" tax > can rip up a community. I hope you like it. If you want to pass it > around this is fine just do not change the story and keep the by > line. Thanks. > > The River, The Baker and The Dam. > by > Allen Yoakum > > Once there was a village in a valley were about 100 people > lived. Mostly adults with some children. These people were farmers > for the most part and they all lived by a river which was only about > five feet deep and six feet wide. The river was fed by a medium sized > lake to the north far from the village. The river and lake had many > fish and the people caught the fish in the river in the warmer parts > of the year. > The fish was a major part of the food they ate along with > corn, wheat and chicken. Milk came from goats and fruit from the > trees along the banks. All of these things depended on the river > which never flooded the people out. Life was good for the villagers. > In the village was a man who made bread for the village. He > and his wife would get up early in the morning and crush wheat with > two large stones. This man named Dan would roll the stone back and > forth over the wheat to make flour. Day in a day out the two made > bread and bartered it for services and items they needed. Everyone > enjoyed the bread, picking Dan over Bill who also made bread. Dan had > a problem, he only had a few loaves left to barter off each day. The > reason was that it took so long to crush the wheat. > Dan wanted to make more and had an idea to make flour by > using a paddle wheel on the river and gears which would push a stone > wheel around and do the work for him. It worked well and Dan was > success. He had enough loaves for every family and they were happy > for a while. As a result Dan became wealthy. He had goats, chickens, > and other things. Dan's home was large and well built and his > clothing suitable. After some time the people became mad that he > still made them give him things for the bread. > The people in the village asked him to give up taking things > and just give them the bread if they gave him the wheat. The reason > Dan was asked. "You're rich and some people need the bread." said the > people. Dan was understandably upset. He stood firm and would not > give up any bread for free. The reaction of the village was to impose > a tax on Dan of twenty loaves every day. The bread would go to the > poor people of the village. Dan tried to show the tax was wrong. The > village just thought he was being greedy and would not listen. The > chief came out every afternoon and collected the tax. > This cut into Dan's stock of loaves he could sell by a third. > Dan had less to sell so he raised the price and built a bigger paddle > wheel which covered half the river. The people got madder and they > all voted to raise the tax by thirty loaves a day. Dan, who could > make only one-hundred loaves and needed five for his family which had > grown to four people, now had only forty-five to barter so he again > raised the price. Yet another tax was imposed, this time up to > seventy-five loafs. Dan now had two mills which covered the whole > river. He also had to hire two men who were smart and learned to make > good bread quickly. This made Bill ,who was a poor baker, mad. Bill > forced Dan to hire him using the greed of the people who wanted more > bread. They figured if two bakers were working more bread could be > made. They took a vote and Bill won, Dan lost. Dan who needed to take > care of his family agreed and hired the man. > Soon Dan had to build two more mills due to a raise in the > tax to one-hundred and twenty-five loafs. Dan still took barter > raising his price giving the tax as his reasoning. Yet another tax to > one-hundred and fifty due to other people moving into the village for > the free food. Dan was at his wits end. He had no land to build yet > another mill and he was making only one-hundred and sixty loafs on a > good day thanks to Bill. > Dan needed more power so he came up with the idea of damming > the river and pushing the water into a smaller area which would give > more torque to turn a larger wheel which would make more flour. So he > sold some of his things to build the dam/mill while he had to pay the > tax. The people were happy to see Dan losing some of the things he > had taken from them and that he might be able to pay the high tax. > The village numbered one-hundred and seventy-five. > Dan built the dam knowing what it would do to the river, the > land and the village. He begged the village to lower the tax so he > could do business and live. The people figured he was lying to get > out of helping the needy one-hundred and fifty of the village. Dan > was in fact told to build the dam and pay one-hundred and seventy- > five loafs a day. > Dan built the dam and since he lived far from where the > others dwelt the flooding was ignored or not noticed. Soon the river > dried up near the village and the people had no fish. The farmers had > no water for the wheat, the goats or the trees along the river banks. > No water for drinking and no wine because the vines had died. > The people were as mad as hell, as Dan expected. They had a > meeting demanding Dan release the river. Dan said "Fine if they > lowered the tax." The people screamed he was lying so he could get > rich. Dan had had enough and left taking his family with him and most > of his possessions. Baker Bill, who was not to good at baking, took > over the mill and Dan's home. He tried to make good on the tax but > the best he did was half. > Soon harvest time came and all the plants were dead and most > of the animals. No wheat meant no bread but still the people yelled > for it. "For the needy!" Bill, the not so good baker, was in trouble > so he left as well. With no fish, fruits, wheat or animals to eat, or > water to drink within reach people got hungry. The village was in > trouble. They screamed it was Dan and Bills fault. They built the > dam/mill making the men walk far for fish and water. Taking away the > wheat so there would be no bread. "Needy people have needs!" they > yelled to the sky. The village was dead by winter. > Nobody thought to take the dam away to give them back the > fish, fruits or water for all to drink, animals included, or wheat > and corn for eating or making bread. No, taking the mill away would > mean no chance of imposing the tax ever again. No tax and the needy > starve. Maybe, but the village starved because of the tax. The moral > of the story: If you want money to flow and support the people you > have to release it by taking away the taxes on it. > > The End. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
