Karl Marx designed his manifesto with one thing in mind: Destroy the middle class, and countries that adopted the manifesto. The first 10 planks of the communist manifesto can be recognized as part of American law.

The first plank is the property tax which has destroyed our rights to own property. We are now little more than tenants on our own property. If we don’t pay our rent (property taxes), we will be removed in favor of someone who will pay the rent (taxes.) The government is our landlord, and it will evict us if we don’t pay our rent.

The second plank is a progressive income tax. This tax is designed to destroy incentive, initiative, profits and production of wealth. It is the nightmare that ruined the American dream.

The third plank is inheritance tax, which is contrary to Scriptures: “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children” (Proverbs 13:22).

The fifth plank endorses our Federal Reserve Banking system, which has led to the near collapse of our economy and has placed an impossible debt on future generations.

The sixth plank can be illustrated by U.S. government’s Interstate Commerce Commission and Federal Communications Commission. These two would please Karl Marx.

The 10th plank concerns the free education in public schools for the purpose of mental manipulation and control.

Freedom is won or lost in the minds of men and women, so we should be on guard to protect our minds from tampering and control. The lesson: We should love our country but not trust our socialist-communist state.

Marcel LeRoi

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