Thanksgiving Cost For Years and Billions Wasted… The Coming AI Energy Blues
I want to hope for many Blessings on this Thanksgiving day. Let me begin with a portion of Gov. Sam Adams 1796 Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Our civil Constitutions of Government, formed by ourselves, and administered by Men of our own free Election, are by His Grace continued to us. And we still enjoy the inestimable Blessings of the Gospel and right of worshipping God according to His own Institutions and the honest dictates of our Consciences.
And, together with our thanksgiving, earnest Supplication to God is hereby recommended for the forgiveness of our Sins which have rendered us unworthy of the least of his Mercies; and that by the sanctifying influence of his Spirit, our hearts and manners may be corrected, and we become a reformed and happy People—That he would direct and prosper the Administration of the Government of the United States, and of this and the other States in the Union. That he would still afford his Blessings on our Trade, Agriculture, Fisheries and all the labours of our hands. That he would smile upon our University, and all Seminaries of Learning—That Tyranny and Usurpation may everywhere come to an end—That the Nations who are contending for true liberty may still be succeeded by his Almighty aid—That every Nation and Society of Men may be inspired with the knowledge and feeling of their natural and just rights, and enabled to form such systems of Civil Government as shall be fully adopted to promote and establish their Social Security and Happiness—And, finally, that in the course of God’s Holy Providence, the great Family of Mankind may bow to the sceptre of the Prince of Peace so that mutual Friendship and Harmony may universally prevail.
And I do recommend to the People of this Commonwealth to abstain from all such Labours and Recreations as may not be consistent with the Solemnity of the said Day.
And now to the meat of the matter.
As I review all that Thanksgiving is about historically and as a matter of Foundational Faith, I hope that yours was fantastic and that I’m not reading about your family having dissected each other instead of the Turkey. If you are not reading this from the County pound, you survived discussions with grace and decorum.
What really caught my attention as November comes to a close is not the price of turkey and dressing but the cost of years and billions of dollars wasted on collecting taxes and the insanity of the ‘matrix’ needing more energy. Yes, data requires nuclear power plants but not for your home or manufacturing industry.
Let me take each of these topics one at a time.
A Century of Cost and Waste
I finally came upon a great article and research paper that validates what I’ve been saying for over thirty years, ‘individuals and business are a un-reimbursed tax collecting agents of the government.’ I have contended over those decades that forcing business and individuals into compliance is a costly endeavor, especially in that businesses will pass these administrative cost on to the clients or consumers.
The colossus that over shadows the rights and property of the Citizen is a result of years and billions of dollars wasted through this un-reimbursed tax collection. The tentacles of this beast began, you guest it, with the 19th Amendment, the income tax. This 1913 Hydra has so many heads that it is going to be a wonder if the DOGE team can audit the IRS or if the IRS will dodge the sanity that the 47th President is bringing to affect bloated government. Continue reading