I suppose this is where religion and politics originally met!

A conversation with someone yesterday about Tithing led me to believe that this method was the forerunner of the tax system we now have…..but as we all know, it’s no longer just one tax and much higher than 10%! Sometimes it feels that we get taxed for just breathing.

We first read about the idea of Tithing in the Bible, …..religion has so much to answer for😅😅

Genesis 14:20: Abram “gave [God] a tenth of everything” to show his gratitude for defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings that allied with him. { ‘gave God’ meaning the Priest Melchizedek}

I reckon governments thought the church was onto a good thing here!

Hundreds of years ago the entire population paid these tithes, they were not entirely abolished until 1936 when the new system came into place.

These days governments use our taxes for anything that takes their fancy, including wars that don’t concern us. As for Kings……well they just continue to fill their coffers!

Neither do we give! they take, unless, of course, you are mega-rich!

For the mega-rich there are schemes and loopholes galore, why else did we exit the EU as they were about to close them? The EU Referendum was a brilliant exercise in smoke and mirror politics.

But then, so is the notion of the UK in any kind of shape or form.

With the advent of the internet and various search engines less can be hidden, but we still have to do the digging.

We are told AI is the most advanced tool out there, but as yet I have not yet hit that particular key!! Maybe it’s the word ‘artificial’ that puts me off. I have a phobia about things I don’t understand!

…..anyway, I reckon enough people are walking this earth who claim they have intelligence, artificial or otherwise!

The facts we in Scotland have been given are enough for us to act upon. As various groups and Parties work hard at identifying ways to share this knowledge perhaps you might have some ideas also.

If so, please share!