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ACO - IN FAVOR OF A FREE MARKET

2/13/2019

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YES/NO
​"Citizens shall be facilitated to invest in and own property. Free market shall be encouraged but governed in ways which benefits the citizens." (Response to Christian Action Network Policy Survey).

​The ACO party supports the state ownership of mines “Mines shall be under the stewardship of the State for the benefit of the Citizens” (ACO Manifesto).
 
The ACO supports government-funded schools, hospitals, housing, public infrastructure and municipal “service delivery” (ACO Manifesto).
 
Biblically it is not the government’s duty to fund such. The Bible is very clear that God has instituted civil government as “an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer” (Romans 13:4). The civil government is called to be a minister of God’s justice: “to punish those who do wrong” (1 Peter 2:14).
 
The primary duties and responsibilities of civil government are the protection of law-abiding citizens and the punishment of law-breaking criminals. Psalm 101 reminds us that the duty of God-honouring rulers is to destroy the wicked, to root out evil and to protect the law abiding.
 
The ACO seems to support a system of taxation that is much higher than what the Bible teaches (any taxation as high as 10% is condemned as: “oppressive” 1 Samuel 8:10 - 18). They are not advocating any unique policies or means of alleviating the tax burden on taxpayers (including VAT).
 
The only legitimate use of tax payers’ money is for law and order, justice and national defence. Everything else should be run by private enterprise and where necessary, churches or charities. Any state funding for more than justice and national defence is actually socialism. See Biblical Principles for Africa, Rebuilding Civilization on the Bible and Honest Money.

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Hendrik Vorster link
5/6/2019 07:17:36 am

I think ACO's policy is not correctly interpreted, since I personally was involve at most and nearly all the policy meetings and know what ACO stand for. ACO stands for a free market system and is total biblical in its values. ACO will be revising the multitiple tax system to make it fair and NOT inflated like it currently is.

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Hendrik Vorster link
5/6/2019 07:25:04 am

I also suggest that SA Votersguide should go and listen to some of Dr Convy's speeches before determining the ACO has a YES/NO status for free market.

Herewith a suggetion to go and listen to:

Fiscal and monetary Policy: Fiscal and monetary matters: develop and implement a fiscal and monetary policy which alleviates unnecessary tax burdens on the Citizens. Enhance infrastructure development that benefits the Citizens in the short-, medium- and long-term basis; ensure countrywide financial stewardship enabling the government to operate from appropriation to service; run a consolidated approach of cash balance to income and expenditure in order to achieve a balanced budget, as opposed to operating from borrowings and overdraft; discourage borrowing, avoid litigations due to negligence and wastage; strive towards an internal and external fiscal balance as well as full employment._

Taxes: eradicate the inefficiency of the multiple tax payment system that has impoverished the Citizens. Eradicate the complicated tax compliance, monitoring and collection system. Streamline the Income Tax Act. Re-evaluate and significantly reduce the effect of Value Added Tax on the poor. Review all taxes on capital gains and taxes on property (donations tax, estate duty, securities transfer tax and transfer duty). Revise existing tax agreements. Promote the health of Citizens by levying sin and sugar taxes at a level that changes behaviour. Review the taxes levied from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) foods, foods with pesticides, food with Mono-Sodium Glutamate (MSG), foods with chemically harmful preservatives, in order to protect the Citizens from unintended negative health effects. Utilize customs and excise tax to encourage local production. Review tax on fuel. Other income streams to be identified to replace this tax type.

Extraction from ACO policy meeting on Finances.

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Hendrik Vorster link
5/7/2019 12:27:18 am

Herewith a suggestion to a speech from Dr Convy Baloyi on tax:

ACO & Dr Convy Interviews - Part 9 - Question on Financial & Land stance: https://youtu.be/_ViuDsfZufY

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