I have a news flash for all of you left-wing conspiracy theorists: Slavery Alive And Well In USA! After an initial decline in the practice in the America's, evidence surfaces that strongly suggests supposed 'outlawed' institution is thriving..."

Now before you dismiss this assertion out of hand, I think it is helpful to have a definition of slavery before I continue.

The New American Heritage Dictionary defines slave as follows "Slave 1. One bound in servitude as the property of a person or household. 2. One who is abjectly subject to a specified person or influence: "I was still the slave of education and prejudice" (Edward Gibbon). 3. One who works extremely hard."

Now if we think about the relationship between the American federal government and the American citizen, more specifically the American tax-payer, in the context of the aforementioned definition of 'slave', it is not hard to make the case that slavery does in fact exist, and is sanctioned, indeed perpetrated by our own government; a governmant that is supposed to be by, for and of the people!

If you do not believe that the tax-payer is bound in servitude to the federal government under definition 2 of slave, consider this: what do you think, nay what do you know would happen to a tax-payer, particularly a high-earning tax-payer if he/she decided to stop paying taxes for a year or two? Answer: His or her master (feds) would exercise its self-anointed prerogative as slave owner and punish the slave (the tax-payer) by persecution, prosecution, fine and/or imprisonment; whatever the master deems appropriate which has always been a master's prerogative in master/slave relationships.

Lest you think that definition 1 of slave does not apply, try thinking of the federal government as a person or household. If that is too much of a stretch for you, let me ask you this; To whom do you think you would be liable and subject, if you decided to stop paying taxes for a period of time? Answer: The person or household (entity if you will) of the Federal Government!

If you do not think of this as a form of slavery, let me explain to you what my notion of forced labor is: 1) Any labor that is required of one party by another by the use, or threatened use of force, fear, and/or intimidation. (Every April 15th is proof of this condition) 2) Any labor and/or the fruits thereof that is forcibly taken from the party that generates it for use of any party that doesn't!

Now if you really want a conspiracy, think about what the U.S. government's founding and very limited mandates WERE as opposed to what it has become; how the government is now intrusive in just about everything you do, publicly and privately, every day of your life! Now ask yourself, "How did it get that powerful without the consent of the governed, unless by some (dare I say it) conspiracy?"

As I have stated previously, the number one mandate of the federal government CONSTITUTIONALLY was to provide for the common defense. That means, it (the federal government) was formed for the primary purpose of the defense of the several states! It was also tasked with "promote" the general welfare. While the definition of promote can be the subject of some debate, one thing it does not mean is provide!

When we got into the business of providing for the general welfare, (and by some perverse extension, not even wanting to promote common defense) slavery, by way of the confiscatory and draconian tax imposition it became, came back to the Americas, and is now alive and well!

And by the way, the very people that the government purports to help by way of this 'Robin Hood' method of wealth re-distribution, have been forced into a form of slavery too! It's called hopelessness! God help us!