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Usury; A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
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- GenresEconomics
310 pages, Paperback
Published January 28, 2013
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October 9, 2008
I just skimmed through this book and found it truly amazing. I denounces the practice of usury and provides hope for the removal of usury in our society in accordance with the founding fathers' desire.
Some interesting quotes:
Not only does financial slavery exact more labor for the amount invested, but it is more heartless than chattel bondage. The master had a personal interest in the slave he bought. His health and strength was an object of his care and his death a great loss. [...] The usurer has no personal interest in his slave. He has no care for his health or his life. He may live in a distant state and has no anxiety about those who serve him. When they die, there is no loss, the bonds are simply transferred to others.
Taxing the riches makes no sense if they can report this tax onto their tenants and bond holders, and have them pay the tax
Some interesting quotes:
Not only does financial slavery exact more labor for the amount invested, but it is more heartless than chattel bondage. The master had a personal interest in the slave he bought. His health and strength was an object of his care and his death a great loss. [...] The usurer has no personal interest in his slave. He has no care for his health or his life. He may live in a distant state and has no anxiety about those who serve him. When they die, there is no loss, the bonds are simply transferred to others.
Taxing the riches makes no sense if they can report this tax onto their tenants and bond holders, and have them pay the tax
Usury makes it possible to impose on the poor the principal burden of taxation. Tough taxes are levied upon property, it is a delusion to think that those who own no property pay no taxes.
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