You hear a lot of people talking about "fair" taxes these days. It seems that "fair" has a different means to different people. Although I personally think that strictly consumption based tax system would be the most "fair" since it would get rid of the repressive income based tax system that we currently have, there are many people who still think that it should be income based.

One could argue that each citizen has the same opportunity for government...

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Wow, finally got around to trying to shoot a used Marlin model 60 I bought about 6 yrs ago. Yeah I know 6 years is a long time but I have weapons that I haven't fired in 30 years. Jam-a-matic. Reason being some previous owner had disassembled it and put it back together wrong. The ejector spring was not in the right place. Got it correctly assembled now. Thank goodness for the search feature on the internet. One might ask why a post about a Marlin model 60? Think about it... so many produced, and...

Proverbs 14:30, ‘A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is rottenness to the bones.’

Are you in good health? Are you thriving with robust energy and strength? You, also, have a physical and a spiritual side to your life as well. You could have a strong physical heart, but rot to death from envious emotions within your spirit. King Solomon’s admonition was written to protect you from the horrible consequences of envy in your life. Will you let the, ‘King of Wisdom’...

Let’s consider sin, and the various kinds of death sin causes: Sin brought instant death to Adam and Eve’s affection for God; and the awareness of sin perverted their perfect marriage as well. (Genesis 2:17; 3:7-8) Years later, the consequences of, ‘original sin’ brought physical death to Adam and his wife; and, in accord with God’s wrath, in accord with His perfect will, their mortal souls were cast into Hell. (Genesis 5:5) Are you able to see that the motivation behind Eve’s desire to, ‘eat...