The Ten Planks of Communism
By Nickolie Greer
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160 Years ago in 1848, a man named Carl Marx decided to enter a competition which was sponsored by the Socialist Union in Paris, France. Carl Marx called his submission The Communist Manifesto and within this manifesto Marx wrote down 10 Planks. These 10 Planks are the basic building blocks to a perfect Communist society. In this article I will go through each plank and ask to see if you personally are practicing any of them. Try to rate yourself and see what percentage of communism you are practicing. Most Americans are practicing Communism and they don't even know it. Carl Mark's Communist Manifesto did win the competition.
The First Plank
This one is pretty simple it calls for: Abolition of property in land, and application of all rents of land to public purposes. Lets find out if this is going on right here in America today. Within the state of Idaho, 64% of the land is held in a 'trust' the public either by the state or federal governments. And if you try or any citizens of Idaho decide to use the land, we will have to find the appropriate government agency and rent the property or pay the government royalties on anything that we wish to remove from it.
And were dose this money go to, it goes in to the states or federal treasury. Do you have something like this in the state in which you live in? Also, with the rental of public lands, we have taxes on private property. Staying with Idaho, if the 64% is under public policy, that means only 36% has to be held in private property right. I wouldn't bet on it, The state then levies a property tax (ad valorem tax), on the so called private land, and guess what happens if you don't pay this tax.
The property then goes into foreclosure and is sold on the court house steps. So the state is going to get there money one way or another. If you don't pay it, then you lose your property. To me it sounds like the term "property owner" really means in law "property renter"? Do you have something like this in your state? If you do then you are at least one tenth communist.
So what is the conclusion, it comes down to this. Americans have lost there right to hold property in Allodial freehold. And now we only hold it in feudal serfs living on the governments land and paying are fees.
And for those of you who ask how things should be, let me give you a quote from scripture. In Leviticus 25:23 you'll find "The land shall not be sold forever, for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me". This is totally different from government agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) & Bureau of Land Management (BLM) using the power of eminent domain to take property.
The Second Plank
If we take a look at the second plank in the Communist Manifesto, you will read: A heavy and progressive, or graduated income tax. Now I don't think I need to explain this one, but for the people who I do need to here it goes. In 1913, Congress passed the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, creating the federal income tax along with creating the Federal Reserve System, but more on this in the Fifth Plank.
The Federal Government and the States, with exception of 5 (at last count) are imposing a form of income tax. And the opposite again can be found in the Scripture. In Malichi 3:8-12 reads: "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Ye are cursed with a curse for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes unto the storehouse that there may be meat in mine house and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of host, if I will not open you to the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to received it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of Host". Now that's a big difference in filling out and filling out your 1040 Form with the IRS.
Do you pay the income tax in the place in which you live? If so then you are at lest two tenths communist.
The Third Plank
The third plank is a short one it only reads: Abolition of all rights of inheritance. A lot of us will say that this one is in force today, because you still get the people who just recently died left them all there money. But my question is this. How much they leave you and how much went to the state? What is the reason why the states get anything? They didn't know the recently deceased.
Here is the reason, the state gets into the picture is the result of a marriage license. Have you ever heard of the saying "Read the Contract", well did you read it, I didn't think so. When somebody signs a marriage license, you are entering into a 3 party limited general partnership. The 3 people are you, the wife or husband and the State and you all are equal partners in this contract.
Now over the life of this contract, the active parties, the wife and husband work and create and produce things. You know things like money, children and all the stuff you have laying around in your house. And then that one day comes and your spouse dies and after the funeral, You have to decide what you have to do.
When the death certificate comes around you usually see someone from the State comes and knocks on your door asking for there part of the inheritance tax. Now what they are really asking for is the third plank, asking for there share of the inheritance. See you and the state are still in a partnership and this agreement hasn't be dissolved, and the state wants out, so you have to buy them out. The state role is it pays for the kid's education, school lunches.
Things like the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). So the state has done there part in making sure the partnership is working and they want a third of everything. If you look at each state law you will see that the inheritance tax is around 28% to 35% or a third.
The Fourth Plank
Going on the fourth plank, when you read it you will see: Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. This one might confuse some people, so Ill give you time to think about it...Got it yet. Alright ill give you a hint have you ever heard of Waco, Ruby Ridge or the Montana Freemen.
If you have then you will understand out the Fourth plank is in full force today here in America. The state using Policing power and means that if you get hostile and belligerent to the government, they can not only take everything you own away from, and in most cases imprison you.
The Fifth Plank
The fifth plank is a big one, it reads: A Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly. Now contrary to popular believe, The Federal Reserve is a Central Bank, don't believe me, go to there home page and read there header.
Also what most people don't understand that the Federal Reserve has nothing to do with the Federal Government? It is a Private bank and is owned by the top banks like JP Morgan & the Rothschild Family and others. And it is run for profit not for a stable economy growth. Furthermore, do you think it is real money that you have. Its not, Article 1 Sec. 10 of the U.S. Constitution reads;
"No state shall ...; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts;"
So here in America, only gold & silver is a payment of debt at law. So what are these things we use? They are called Federal Reserve Notes. And these notes is what called a bill of credit and these Federal Reserve Notes no not pay a debt at law. What Federal Reserve Notes do is they discharge the debt; it passes on the debt to the Federal Reserve. Think of them as IOU issued out by a private bank.
So think about it, have you every use gold to buy something. No, well then you are practicing the first plank to the Communist Manifesto. See 1st plank. You don't own anything, which is why the Federal Reserve can do this.
They do, because they are the issuer of the note. Here in America we have a dual monetary system, one in which everything is on credit, the one that everybody uses and the second one that under the Constitution a bimetallism monetary system. So the bottom line is, if you want to own something here in America, you have to pay for it in gold or silver, you can not use Federal Reserve Notes.
The Sixth Plank
The Sixth Plank Reads: Centralization of Means of Communication and Transport in the hands of the State. Have you figured this one out yet. Well if you have a Drivers licenses and have to register your vehicle then you practicing the sixth plank. Although it is private transportation it is still regulated by the state.
They make the rules you follow them. But if we look at public transportation, thinks like planes, trains & the bus system. Aren't they regulated by the government? What about the Centralization of Communication in the hands of the State.
Well you might now them as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They have total control over what goes over the TV, radio & newspapers. Have you ever read Executive Order #10995 & #10999. These give the government direct control over all transportation and the media.
The Seventh Plank
Going on to the seventh plank, this one is complex and it reads: Extension of factories and instrument of production owned by the State. The Bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. Wow, I bet you are saying we don't have any we don't have any factories own by the state like Communist Russia do we?
Here we have big companies like GM, Ford, US Steel, Wal-Mart or Microsoft and they are privately owned. Well you might want to take another look. Every factory or business operates and exists on the vote of the Government. Though getting the business licenses and follow its regulations and on its activities they return a portion of the proceeds, we call it taxes. To me that qualifies ownership.
Over the last 150 years corporations have expanded immensely. And to the cultivation of wastelands, have you see the Colorado damn. While they do produce and product called electricity. All you have to do is ask any farmer what the purpose for. They will say it's for water irrigation. The improvement of soil generally with a common plan. Here in America we call it the Agricultural Stabilization Center (ASC)?
If you live in a rural city then you have probably heard of them. How many farmers to you think have taken hand outs and participated in theses government programs.
Well it looks like the Seventh Plank is alive in America today.
The Eighth Plank
Take a look at the Eighth Plank: Equal liability of all to labor, establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. This idea of being a good citizen means you have to have a job and pay taxes. I can't for the life of me think why anybody would want a job. Now I'm not saying that the idea of work is wrong.
Work should be your closes friend. But what the government is implementing is that you have to work on their terms. You must have a Social Security number, you have to have insurance and you must file a 1040 form eve April 15th. So what are industrial armies? Way back in the 1930s and look at the Civilian Conservations Corps (CCC), today it's called Americorps?
Do you have a Social Security Number, Well I hate to say it but your are practicing the eighth plank.
The Ninth Plank
Now the ninth plank is kind of ambitious and it reads: Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries with a gradual abolition of the distinction between cities and country by an equitable distribution of population over the country.
Let's break this down into two parts. First is easy and simple, have you heard of Archer Daniel Midland, it's the world largest agricultural processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. Between the multinational agri-conglomerates and the factories farms we all see. Now the second part is difficult to understand.
Many people think that this part hasn't been implemented here in the USA. You might want to look again. During the 1920s the US population was around 100 Million and the majority around 44 million of them were living on the farm. So 44% of the population lived on farms and were self-standing.
Over the years though millions of American now life in cities and towns. Only about 4 percent of the total population lives on farms now. That is the gradual abolition of distinction between cities and country part.
The Tenth Plank
Finally we get to the tenth plank which calls for: Free education for all children in public school and abolition of children's factory labor in its present form; combination of education with industrial production. So I have to ask, did you go to public school, do you have kids that are attending public school.
Even school that you might think are private, if they accept government money, they have to do what the government says so they become public schools aswhile. Now the first public school started in the 1830s and even by World War I, many of public school weren't common outside the big cities and towns.
And now they are everywhere, in every city no matter how big. And for the abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. That was gone before WWI, they just shipped it overseas. We are following the Japanese's and the Germans, where you have to take tests to see what you have learned. And if you don't get good grades, you are doomed to work at places like Mc Donald's and settle with low pay.
We call that home schooling. Instead of taking 30 to 50 kids and putting them in a classroom and testing them to death, with a underpaid babysitter to watch them. It seems like the 10th plank is alive a well here in America.
So in spirit of the 10th plank, let's take a test. For each plank that you participate in or which affect you, give yourself 10 points. Now I'll bet you will not give yourself a 100. But I'm willing to bet that you have at least 50 points or more. But if you think about it, if you get any points at all, that means that you are a practicing communist. I don't think you realized that, it's just were the rubber meets the road.
