during the whiskey rebellion [the tax on whiskey to pay for the revolutionary war] and do they also forget to mention that some of JESUS disiples were also tax collectors?
2007-02-15 14:21:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
OK? We are forgiving-haha. Dont worry, being a tax collector isnt bad, it is cheating the people out of their money that is the problem. Some tax collectors took more money from the people than they should have.
2007-02-15 14:25:22 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually old George's advice was NOT to form political parties. We did anyway. Frankly, I think he was right. In any case, you really cannot call him much of anything politically speaking. As I recall, the first two parties that formed after Washington left office were the Federalists and the Wigs. Roughly mapped, the Wigs would be the conservatives (states rights), with the Federalists being the liberals (strong Federal government.
But the definitions of everything have shifted quite a bit since then.
-Dio
2007-02-15 14:34:29 · answer #2 · answered by diogenese19348 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does that have to do with anything really? That was then and we're in the 21st Century! People change! Washington was a Brit as well and left that position. Jesus was the one to change them from being tax collectors now wasn't he? So what is your point? Conservative, define the word? Look it up? Today it has been taught to be rigid and uncompromising. then it was the norm, the happy medium to keep a balance of protocol eh?
2007-02-15 14:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Read my lips" George Bush was conservative that raised taxes or better said raised the rate of taxes. It had to be approved by a Democratic Congress. I don't believe that the term tax collector is applicable. He was putting down an insurrection.
2007-02-15 15:27:19 · answer #4 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that George Washington could be considered a conservative at all, after all he was the general that stood up to the British and formed a new government, wouldn't that be considered progressive even today.
2007-02-15 14:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't see your point. Taxes aren't a bad thing when they're being taken and used appropriately.
2007-02-15 14:47:21 · answer #6 · answered by Χαλαρά 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look proportionally at the taxes then and the taxes you pay not- it would blow your mind
2007-02-15 14:53:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give on to Cesar what is Cesar's, give unto god what is god's.
G.W. did what he had to do to make the republic a nation.
2007-02-15 14:28:54 · answer #8 · answered by Sgt 524 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
& slave owners wink, wink, Jefferson, your sins will find you out, shouting it from the roof tops(TV antennas)
2007-02-15 15:02:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋