Labor Day: Celebrating the Contributions of Workers
Monday, September 2nd, was Labor Day, a federal holiday.
The first Labor Day parade was organized by the Central Labor Union in New York City on September 5, 1882. This event featured a public parade of various labor organizations, followed by a picnic and speeches by labor leaders. The parade was a demonstration of solidarity and strength among workers, and it set the precedent for future Labor Day celebrations.Labor Day became an official federal holiday in Oregon in 1887, and by 1894, thirty states were celebrating it. That same year, following the Pullman Strike—a nationwide railroad strike—Congress passed a bill making Labor Day a federal holiday, which President Grover Cleveland signed into law on June 28, 1894.
Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated with parades, picnics, barbecues, and other public gatherings. These festivities often feature speeches by labor leaders and political figures, emphasizing the importance of labor in society.
Over time, Labor Day has also come to mark the unofficial end of summer, with many people taking advantage of the long weekend for vacations and family get-togethers.
CONCLUSION
Unless we were born with a huge trust fund and don’t need to “labor”, we are all laborers. We work to get the money we need to provide for our ourselves and our families.
Unfortunately, the elites and their minions in DC are not working with us. They are actually working against us in our efforts to turn our labor into the things our families want and need. They are working feverishly to prop up a failed income/payroll tax system that harms all working people while at the same time, giving them control over our lives and providing them with a lucrative income stream.
The Elites tell us:
- We are being irresponsible by not saving enough money while they continue to discourage us from saving by taxing our savings and our investment income.
- That if we need more money, simply work harder, while they continue to prop up a tax system that discourages hard work by “rewarding” harder work with higher taxes.
- That they are working to help American businesses and save American jobs while they refuse to replace a tax system that favors imports and sends our jobs overseas.
- That federal deficits and federal debt are nothing to worry about even though they lead to inflation that robs working people of their purchasing power.
- Is so simple everyone can understand and comply with it without having to hire expensive professional help.
- Shows the true cost of the federal government on every retail receipt so all of us can understand how much we are paying, and determine if the benefits that we are receiving are worth the cost.
- Helps U.S. companies compete with foreign competitors and not move overseas.
- Keeps jobs in the U.S. rather than exporting them to other countries.
- Permanently establishes the solvency of Social Security and Medicare.
- That eliminates special treatment for any group of taxpayers.
- Benefits lower income groups more than the present income/payroll tax system and is FAIR.
- Eliminates the need to file tax returns.
- Eliminates the need for the IRS!
- Allows each of us, not the Elites and their minions, to determine the amount of federal tax we pay.
- IS THE LARGEST TRANSFER OF POWER FROM D.C. TO THE PEOPLE SINCE THE CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED.
D.C. is ignoring the one real solution that allows us to remain citizens and not subjects, the FAIRtax. The FAIRtax is simple, non-invasive, but most of all, IT WORKS!
The American people will overwhelmingly support the FAIRtax if they are given the chance and all of us will benefit.Please go to this link to invest in AFFT and help us pass the FAIRtax. It’s an investment in your and your family’s future.
THE SOLUTION—PASS THE FAIRTAX!
Why would D.C. pass the FAIRtax and give up this almost unlimited source of donations? The only way that they will is if the rest of us demand it!
Isn’t it time to end this ludicrous tax collection system and the IRS?
There is going to be a vote on the FAIRtax in the House of Representatives.
We now have the opportunity to force all Members of the House to show where they stand. They can:
HELP BRING ABOUT REAL TAX REFORM AND STOP FUTURE IRS ABUSES
By contributing (investing) $10.40 per month, you help provide a financial base to AFFT. If you can make larger contributions (investments), these will be used not for salaries, as we are all volunteers, but for the needed updates to our economic studies which will be vital for all future years.
THE SOLUTION—PASS THE FAIRTAX!
Why would D.C. pass the FAIRtax and give up this almost unlimited source of donations? The only way that they will is if the rest of us demand it!
Isn’t it time to end this ludicrous tax collection system and the IRS?
There is going to be a vote on the FAIRtax in the House of Representatives.
We now have the opportunity to force all Members of the House to show where they stand. They can:
- Vote for the present income/payroll tax system or for the FAIRtax.
- Support the corrupt income tax and the IRS or eliminate it. It can’t be any simpler than that.
- Hide the true cost of their government or pass the FAIRtax and show everyone the true cost of government on each retail receipt.
- Support the largest transfer of power from government to the people, the FAIRtax, or not.
HELP BRING ABOUT REAL TAX REFORM AND STOP FUTURE IRS ABUSES
By contributing (investing) $10.40 per month, you help provide a financial base to AFFT. If you can make larger contributions (investments), these will be used not for salaries, as we are all volunteers, but for the needed updates to our economic studies which will be vital for all future years.
Please go to this link to invest in AFFT and help us pass the FAIRtax. It’s an investment in your and your family’s future.