The Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto

1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose.

The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in 1868, and various zoning, school & property taxes. Zoning ordinances proposed by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover widely adopted. Supreme Court ruled "zoning" to be "constitutional" in 1921. Private owners of property required to get permission from government relative to the use of their property. Federally owned lands are leased for grazing, mining, timber usages, the fees being paid into the U.S. Treasury. Also the Bureau of Land Management. Today, the governments at all levels have "allodial" title to all property and permit those who have paid for those properties to have possession in exchange for a property tax. Owners are actually renters.

2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

The Corporate Tax Act of 1909. A misapplication of the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, in 1913. The Revenue Act of 1913, section 2, Income Tax. Joint House Resolution 192 of 1933. The Social Security Act of 1936, and various State "income" taxes, hovering around 47% in direct taxation: Federal Income Tax (28%); Social Security/Medicare (15%); State Tax (2.5%); County Tax (1 %); and local tax (1%).

3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.

The Federal & State Estate Tax of 1916; or reformed Probate Laws, and limited inheritance via arbitrary inheritance tax statutes. Partially accomplished by enactment of various state and federal "estate tax" laws taxing the "privilege" of transferring property after death and gift before death. Inheritance taxes are up to %50 - after paying a lifetime of taxes.

4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.

Government seizures, tax liens, Public "law" 99-570 in 1986. Executive order 11490, sections 1205, 2002 which gives private land to the Department of Urban Development; the imprisonment of "terrorists" and those who speak out or write against the "government" in the 1997 Crime/Terrorist Bill. Or, the IRS confiscation of property without due process, and persecution of those critical - "rebels" - of government policies and actions, frequently accomplished by prosecuting them in a courtroom drama on charges of violations of non-existing administrative or regulatory laws. The DEA and other enforcement departments have actually implemented quota systems on the value confiscated.

5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.

The Federal Reserve Bank, the system of privately-owned Federal Reserve banks which maintain a monopoly on the valueless debt "money" in circulation. The system was nationally organized by the Federal Reserve act of 1913. All local banks are members of the Fed system, and are regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). This private bank has an exclusive monopoly in money creation which in reality has ended the need for revenue from taxes.

6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the State.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Transportation (DOT) mandated through the ICC act of 1887, the Federal Radio Commission in 1927, the Commissions Act of 1934, The Civil Aeronautics Act and Interstate Commerce Commission, both established in 1938, The Federal Aviation Administration in 1958, becoming part of the Department of Transportation in 1966; Federal Highway Act of 1916 (federal funds made available to States for highway construction); Interstate Highway System, 1944 (funding began 1956); Interstate Commerce Commission given authority by Congress to regulate trucking and carriers on inland waterways, 1935-40; Department of Transportation, 1966. Federal Communications Commission, and Executive orders 11490, 10999, as well as State mandated driver's licenses and Department of Transportation regulations. Internet censorship, and warrantless monitoring of communications. There is also the postal monopoly, AMTRACK and CONRAIL. Driver's licenses and vehicle licenses control the highways at the state level.

7. Extension of factories and instruments 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.

The bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. The Desert Entry Act, The Department of Agriculture of 1862; Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1933 -- farmers will receive government aid if and only if they relinquish control of farming activities; Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933 with the Hoover Dam completed in 1936. As well as the Department of Commerce and Labor, Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, National Park Service, and the IRS control of business through corporate regulations. Incentives for some industries, excessive taxation on others. Regulation of minutia on a grand scale.

8. Equal liablity of all to labor. Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture.

The first labor unions, known as federations, appeared in 1820. National Labor Union established 1866. American Federation of Labor established 1886. Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 placed railways under federal regulation. Department of Labor, 1913. Labor-management negotiations sanctioned under Railway Labor Act of 1926. Civil Works Administration, 1933. The Social Security Administration and The Department of Labor. The National debt and inflation caused by the communal bank has caused the need for a two "income" family. Woman in the workplace since the 1920's, the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, National Labor Relations Act of 1935, stated purpose to free inter-state commerce from disruptive strikes by eliminating the cause of the strike. Works Progress Administration 1935. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, mandated 40-hour work week and time-and-a-half for overtime, set "minimum wage" scale. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 - effectively the equal liability of all to labor, and assorted unions, affirmative action, the Federal Public Works Program and Executive order 11000. Forced unionization; regulatory control of market pricing. The Equal Rights Amendment - women do equal work that men do including the military, and since passage it would make women subject to the draft.

9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.

The Planning Reorganization act of 1949, zoning (Title 17 1910-1990) and Super Corporate Farms, as well as Executive orders 11647, 11731 (ten regions) and Public "law" 89-136. Subsidized creation of networks of utility services to build vast amounts in locations. Food processing companies, with the co-operation of the Farmers Home Administration foreclosures, are buying up farms and creating "conglomerates."

10. Free education for all children in government schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form.

Taxation for 'public' schools, which train the young to work for the communal debt system. Gradual shift from private education to publicly funded began in the Northern States, early 1800's. 1887: federal money (unconstitutionally) began funding specialized education. Smith-Lever Act of 1914, vocational education; Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 and other relief acts of the 1930's. Federal school lunch program of 1935; National School Lunch Act of 1946. National Defense Education Act of 1958, a reaction to Russia's Sputnik satellite demonstration, provided grants to education's specialties. Federal school aid law passed, 1965, greatly enlarged federal role in education, "head-start" programs, textbooks, library books. The Department of Education, the NEA and outcome-based "education."