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Jυѕt bесаυѕе tһеrе іѕ support fοr tax cuts fοr welfare programs ԁοеѕ חοt mean selfishness іѕ tһе cause. Instead, іt mау mean tһаt tһе follower οf Jesus wουƖԁ rаtһеr preserve tһе freedom fοr voluntary generosity over аחԁ against government-forced, inefficient, pseudo-generosity
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In Rabbi Daniel Lapin – book, “America – Real War”, (in our local library) Rabbi Lapin cites the Bible where it is made clear that taxes should not be any higher than 20 percent for all people. Anything above that forces the overtaxed people to cut back, and the first cutback is charity. Being forced to “donate” to radical socialist entitlement programs through our taxes is Biblically forbidden. Simply put, if we were not overtaxed, our community would be morally and naturally bound to help those less fortunate. But if you take away the freedom to extend charity based on natural law, there is simply no incentive to give to charity?Äîthe pockets of the givers have already been raided. On Rabbi Lapin – web site, Toward Tradition, Rabbi Lapin writes: “”The Old Testament is filled with references to taxation, beginning with the story of Joseph and Pharaoh in Genesis 41. Bewildered by his disturbing dreams, Pharaoh unsuccessfully seeks explanations from his courtiers. Then his butler remembers Joseph the Hebrew, who has unjustly imprisoned. Upon his release, Joseph interprets the king – dreams to be God – forewarning of seven years of famine. In Genesis 41:34, Joseph recommends taxing the Egyptian economy during its forthcoming seven years of plenty: “Let Pharaoh appoint officers over the land and collect up a fifth part during the seven years of plenty.”
That an outsider – recommendation to tax an entire country should please the monarch stretches credibility. That his subjects also found the recommendation pleasing can mean only one thing: The tax rate they were anticipating, reports Talmudic tradition, was considerably higher than Joseph – 20%. Not only were Pharaoh – subjects relieved, but the thought of being able to retain 80% of the fruits of their labors threw them into their work with renewed enthusiasm and energy. This tax plan invigorated the Egyptians and, as one would expect, their economy thrived. Genesis 41:47 confirms that “the earth brought forth by heaps.”
Incidentally, this biblical perspective on tax rates of 20% conforms almost precisely to the “High Rates, Low Rates ” Same Yield” graph printed on these pages several times during the summer – budget debate. The graph shows that Americans are willing to yield up to 20% of their aggregate labors for the common good. In other words, Americans engineered their affairs so as to have paid the same percentage of their income taxes as the Egyptians did 3,500 years ago”" Read the whole excellent article at: A Higher Authority on Taxes, published by the Wall Street Journal on August 31, 1993, by Rabbi Daniel Lapin.