Skip to content

USA & International Mailing Address

Oh that Canada / USA border closure! We have finally just received the past three months of mail from our Ferndale PO Box, which is now closed, in late January. So as a temporary measure, please direct all mail and correspondence to our Canadian address.

PO Box 31137 RPO Thunderbird
Langley, BC V1M 0A9
Canada

Important Message For Our American and International Readers

  • Links of Interest
  • We Believe
  • Our Contact Info
  • Privacy Policy
YouTube Spotify
The Association of the Covenant People The British Israel Truth
  • Home
  • Israel TruthExpand
    • Part 1 – Almighty God, The Great Gardener

      Part 2 – Marks of Identification

      Part 3 – Not Everyone’s Blind

      The Israel Truth

      What if you found out that you are an Israelite? Would it make a difference in your life? If you are of Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Scottish or Scandinavian origin, then you are, you know! And you could be in for a real life changer.
      This may sound strange, even uncomfortable, but take the time to peruse this website beginning with this series of articles. It’ll be worth it.

      Part 4 – The Founding of ACP, August2, 1909

      Part 5 – Our Identity Becomes Blurred

      Part 6 – The Sowing Years

  • Our LibraryExpand
    • Article Library

      Current Writers
      Editorials
      Other Contributors
      Hall of Fame Writers
      Down Memory Lane
      Bits & Pieces
      From the Mailbox

      Monarchs of Destiny

      Monarchs of Destiny
      King Edward I
      King Henry VIII
      Queen Elizabeth I
      King James I
      King George III
      Queen Elizabeth II

      Multimedia

      Our 100 Year Anniversary
      Toronto 2012
      Special Events
      Audio Messages
      The Poetry Corner

  • Our MagazineExpand
    • 2023 Editions
      2022 Editions

      2021 Editions
      2020 Editions
      2019 Editions
      2018 Editions
      2017 Editions

      Front Cover Menu
      Current Edition Online
      Join Our Mailing List

      2016 Editions
      2015 Editions
      2014 Editions
      2013 Editions
      2012 Editions

      2011 Editions
      2010 Editions
      2009 Editions
      2008 Editions
      2007 Editions

The Association of the Covenant People The British Israel Truth

Don Robson

Current Writers

Current Writers

Hobson’s Choice

ByDon Robson June 8, 2012January 15, 2016
Home / Current Writers / Hobson’s Choice

2012-05-robsonSo, once again the taxpayers of Canada are faced with a group of unfavourable decisions which would seem to make life more difficult and Spartan. The cause? The current level of debt and the recurring deficit. [Ed. Americans will understand this as well] Of course, a surplus is required to pay down debt; which is nowhere in sight!

So, what are the options? The first is to raise taxes. No politician wants to raise taxes at a time when the economy is fragile and the danger of a recession looms before us. The second is to cut or reduce government services, programs which are considered necessary for supporting our societal needs. These are expressed euphuistically by speaking of realizing efficiencies. The third and last choice is to borrow funds which brought us to this situation in the first place.

Creating money by accepting debt is our current banking system, which goes against the law of the Lord, which does not permit the charging of interest. I read in the paper this weekend that Ontario’s annual debt service cost is 37 billion dollars, ranking with the cost of health care or education. With that amount of money, could Toronto’s transportation problems be solved? I think so and other infrastructure problems as well!

Cutting expenses at the federal, provincial or municipal level means cutting jobs and that definitely is a “hit” to the economy. It also means that our infrastructure maintenance and replacement must wait while its deterioration continues unabated. It also means that our support costs in the form of welfare increases. Is everything moving in the wrong direction? In a word, “Yes!”

Do we have an example of the Lord’s system or regard for instruction. In my opinion, “Yes!” A Canadian retail chain called Canadian Tire produces a script “money” which is used within their organization as money. In straight talk, it can be used to buy from their stores. This technique has been used by governments in the past to fund projects which could not be funded by the usual means.

Let me use the example of Toronto funding its subway construction by this means. First, the council would formulate a by-law authorizing the amount of script to be issued and in what denominations, $10, $20, $100 and $1,000 as examples. Next, the by-law would require all Toronto businesses and people to accept the script as the equivalent of money and accept it as payment for goods and services. Finally, the city must accept the script as payment for taxes. The city would introduce the script by paying salaries and contracts with it. When the project was over the script would find its way back to the city in the form of taxes and be taken out of circulation.

I know this is a simplistic statement but professional money people could sort out the details. If this would work for Toronto, why would it not work for the province or the federal government? It would, but it would be the same money we use today except that it would not be authorized by DEBT! I recall that a former finance minister, Donald MacDonald, heading a task force suggested that there be a one-time issue of fifty billion dollars into circulation to add stimulus to the economy and solve infrastructure problems that persisted then as they do now.

Which of us agrees that spending and doing less will solve the debt problem? Then why are we embarking on this fruitless quest? The current financial system is broken and, like Humpty Dumpty, it is not about to be put together again. Let us try the Lord’s system, which is based on the eternal laws of the Creator and designed to control man’s greed and lack of compassion.

We have seen the motto, “In God we trust.” But, do we?

Post navigation

Previous Previous
This Country Needs Help
NextContinue
An Historic Parallel

Don Robson

Jesus words, “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required” can certainly apply to our senior correspondent, Don Robson. He has been showered with many blessings throughout life. He is a fine writer, his articles attest to this, yet music is his great passion and it has been expressed by playing hymns on the piano as a boy in Sunday school, at British Israel conferences and meetings, through compositions and a fifty year stint in the church choir. Business beckoned him after obtaining his Chartered Accountant designation and until his retirement in 1992, spent 37 years with IBM, progressing through many financial positions, including project manager. Success followed him everywhere, even in his family life to which he is devoted. It’s easy to see that God certainly mapped out Don’s future, even acquainting him with the Israel Truth when he was still a teenager. His articles speak for themselves.

Read More Articles

The Association of the Covenant People

"So the House of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward” (Ezekiel 39: 22)

Mailing Address

Canada
PO Box 31137 RPO Thunderbird
Langley, BC V1M 0A9
Canada

Contact Info

t. 604.524.1170
f. 604.524.9933

TKC Questions
General Questions

Mailing Address

Overseas and USA
PO Box 31137 RPO Thunderbird
Langley, BC V1M 0A9
Canada

© 2023 The Association of the Covenant People |  Designed by betonicah

  • Links of Interest
  • We Believe
  • Our Contact Info
  • Privacy Policy
ACP Thank You For Your Donations

For Your Support!

Our Association is over 110 years old and all during that time we have been spreading news of the Israel Truth and the Gospel of the Kingdom to our brethren around the world. We would not be able to do this if it wasn’t for the kindness of our readers because we are funded totally through donations and gifts.

We could not do this without your support! Click either of the buttons below to donate in the currency of your choice.

Canadian Donations
US Donations
Scroll to top
  • Home
  • Israel Truth
    • Part 1 – Almighty God, The Great Gardener
    • Part 2 – Marks of Identification
    • Part 3 – Not Everyone’s Blind
    • Part 4 – The Founding of ACP
    • Part 5 – Our Identity Becomes Blurred
    • Part 6 – The Sowing Years
  • Our Library
    • Current Writers
    • Editorials
    • Hall of Fame Writers
    • Other Contributors
    • Monarchs of Destiny
    • Multimedia
    • The Poetry Corner
    • Bits and Pieces
    • Down Memory Lane
    • From the Mailbox
  • Our Magazine
Search