... meanwhile, our Senators are in Washington debating ... sharks? Yes, really. Sharks. The Hill reports, "The feud between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) flared up again Wednesday over Coburn's objection to a bill protecting sharks. The shark legislation, which deals with a prohibition on the harvesting of shark fins, was one of several bipartisan bills intended to protect wildlife that drew objections from Coburn on Wednesday."
So we've got Senators in Washington debating the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act, the Shark Conservation Act and the Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act. And over in the House, against the wishes of many in her own party, Nancy Pelosi herself broke the tie to send everyone home until the elections. But what about a budget? What about essential appropriations bills? What about tax increases? Nope. No time. Time for sharks. Time for Stephen Colbert to testify on immigration. But no time for something that will actually affect your life, your future and your wallet.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
One Nation Under Government
What ever happened to one nation under GOD? What ever happened to the voice of the people? Well these are important questions we ALL need to be asking ourselves. Our government is no longer listening to its people, we are losing our voices. And if we do not learn to stand up for ourselves and for future generations, we will wake up in a Soviet Communistic state. Now I don’t know about you but I’m not going to sit and watch this evil unfold.
I know all of you left-wing, liberal, socialist nuts are saying, ” Now what about all of the people the government is helping with the Health care Bill?” HA! Well first Obamacare is a freedom killer, and if you want the government to decide; what drugs you will take, which doctors to see, if you will even be covered, ect… Then congratulations you will be one of those millions of Americans will be lining up at a government hospital waiting to POSSIBLY be seen by a barley qualified government doctor. Well that is your future, but not mine. “But what about the people living in poverty they are now receiving health care? You are racist for demoting Obama’s Health Care.” That is exactly a Socialistic thought, okay so maybe some lazy homeless guy is now getting doctor attention, but now every noble hardworking American is going to pay $8,125 per person per year. Ouch… I barely make that anyways why am I paying for people who do NOTHING?! And what about all of those homeless people that are homeless because they are criminals, or drug addicts? Congratulation’s your socialist power upheaval is helping a lot of great people. So what about all of us other Americans? Where is our break? We will not get one, in fact there will only be more taxes for those of us who actually work hard to put food on our tables. But wait doesn’t that sound familiar?
Lets take a look at our great history, in 1764 the all great British government decided to start taxing our sugar and our currency. But our courageous founding fathers chose not to stand for the, now this is important, TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. As years go by and the British government chose to ignore the people, and continued to tax the people. That is when our founding fathers stood up for their GOD given rights, and in 1773 they decided to show their distaste. Fast forward to today looks like deja Vu to me.
My fellow American people, we need to stop separating ourselves by race and gender. We need to unite as a Nation under God, and we need to fight for our liberties. We cannot just sit here and expect other people to do this for us we are the generation that needs to be there to fight this communistic idealism. Please remember our history, remember that we were a nation that was founded under God, and that originally all people were created equal. Do not forget the past because history has a tendency to repeat its self. Obama IS taking your freedoms with every bill. He IS trying to divide our nation so that the people will fight each other and ignore the tyrannical overthrow. We are the generation under our founding fathers who are set to the same task to oppose Communism, and to return the powers of the government to its rightful place. UNDER THE PEOPLE. Now if you have made it this far past all of my grammatical errors I applaud you. And now I will give you the duty to inform yourself, your neighbors, and your friends of the evils that are setting foot in our God given nation. I am praying for you and for all Americans to WAKE UP!!!!
May God Be With You.
I know all of you left-wing, liberal, socialist nuts are saying, ” Now what about all of the people the government is helping with the Health care Bill?” HA! Well first Obamacare is a freedom killer, and if you want the government to decide; what drugs you will take, which doctors to see, if you will even be covered, ect… Then congratulations you will be one of those millions of Americans will be lining up at a government hospital waiting to POSSIBLY be seen by a barley qualified government doctor. Well that is your future, but not mine. “But what about the people living in poverty they are now receiving health care? You are racist for demoting Obama’s Health Care.” That is exactly a Socialistic thought, okay so maybe some lazy homeless guy is now getting doctor attention, but now every noble hardworking American is going to pay $8,125 per person per year. Ouch… I barely make that anyways why am I paying for people who do NOTHING?! And what about all of those homeless people that are homeless because they are criminals, or drug addicts? Congratulation’s your socialist power upheaval is helping a lot of great people. So what about all of us other Americans? Where is our break? We will not get one, in fact there will only be more taxes for those of us who actually work hard to put food on our tables. But wait doesn’t that sound familiar?
Lets take a look at our great history, in 1764 the all great British government decided to start taxing our sugar and our currency. But our courageous founding fathers chose not to stand for the, now this is important, TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. As years go by and the British government chose to ignore the people, and continued to tax the people. That is when our founding fathers stood up for their GOD given rights, and in 1773 they decided to show their distaste. Fast forward to today looks like deja Vu to me.
My fellow American people, we need to stop separating ourselves by race and gender. We need to unite as a Nation under God, and we need to fight for our liberties. We cannot just sit here and expect other people to do this for us we are the generation that needs to be there to fight this communistic idealism. Please remember our history, remember that we were a nation that was founded under God, and that originally all people were created equal. Do not forget the past because history has a tendency to repeat its self. Obama IS taking your freedoms with every bill. He IS trying to divide our nation so that the people will fight each other and ignore the tyrannical overthrow. We are the generation under our founding fathers who are set to the same task to oppose Communism, and to return the powers of the government to its rightful place. UNDER THE PEOPLE. Now if you have made it this far past all of my grammatical errors I applaud you. And now I will give you the duty to inform yourself, your neighbors, and your friends of the evils that are setting foot in our God given nation. I am praying for you and for all Americans to WAKE UP!!!!
May God Be With You.
CHANGE? HERE'S THE CHANGE YOU NEED !!!
- Change your reading material from US Weekly and People Magazine to The Weekly Standard and National Review.
- Put down your local leftist rag and change to reading the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal
- Stop watching Wheel of Fortune, Oprah, Inside Edition and Entertainment Tonight and change the channels to Fox News Channel and some other actual news programs.
- Give the jock sniffers some time off and change those radio dials to some good political talk radio where you may ... just may ... pick up some information that could be of value to you if, and it's a big if, you plan on being part of the crowd that saves our Republic instead of being part of the crowd that destroys it.
We've fought revolutions before. There's a difference though. In 1776 we had patriots who were willing to die for this country. Next month we only need patriots who are willing to inconvenience themselves for a few hours by going to their voting precinct.
In 1776 we had heroes who left bloody footprints on ice covered roads as they marched to battle. Next month we only need patriots who will drive to a polling place and leave marks on ballots.
Everything that our forefathers fought and died for from1776 to 1783, and everything that brave men and women have fought to preserve since independence was won is on the line. Our nation and your freedoms are under assault. The radicals of the 1960s, the people who marched proudly with their red berets and Che Guevara t-shirts are running the show. They love the power of government. You love the vibrancy of freedom. They want to be your rulers. You're looking for leaders. The ballot box still works ... for now. The ballot box is still the most potent weapon you have against tyranny ... for now. Use the ballot box next month, or your choice of weapons in the fight for liberty may become much more - shall we say - troubling.
There has never been a more important election in your lifetime ...and I mean that no matter how old you may be. Do what needs to be done in 34 days or be eternally damned by future generations of Americans who will be left with nothing else but to read about freedoms and liberties that once were.
2011...MORE CHANGES TO BELIEVE IN
While you still have a chance to do something about the Congress in just a few weeks, you are still stuck with Obama for another two years. So while he is still ruling our country .. and yes, I said "ruling" .. he is going to cram as much "change" down your throat as he can. If you will recall, our esteemed Community Organizer has four pillars for what he calls our "new foundation" for economic recovery. These pillars are: healthcare, financial reform, energy reform and education. Notice, please, the absence of any reference to strengthening American business and making it competitive worldwide again.
America has already seen what the PrezBOCrats have brought us in the arenas of healthcare and financial reform, and America is not pleased. Now we have The Community Organizer working on education. So let me tell you what his education reform will consist of ... making teacher's unions absolutely orgasmic with more taxpayer dollars and less accountability.
Now we have the last Obama pillar .. this to be addressed next year. It will be couched as THE way America will "move forward" and turn the tide of our economy. We're talking about energy reform. But we are not going to see one ginormous piece of energy legislation hit the Congress all at once. No. Obama's tactic to passing his energy legislation will be piece by piece, or as he says, "in chunks." Do you know what else we pass in chunks? Yup --- you got it, and that's pretty much what Obama's energy legislation will be. Similar smell too. This is pretty simple to predict. Obama's energy legislation will be designed to strengthen government, weaken the private sector, and send tingles up and down the various appendages of the leftist environmental zealots out there.
America has already seen what the PrezBOCrats have brought us in the arenas of healthcare and financial reform, and America is not pleased. Now we have The Community Organizer working on education. So let me tell you what his education reform will consist of ... making teacher's unions absolutely orgasmic with more taxpayer dollars and less accountability.
Now we have the last Obama pillar .. this to be addressed next year. It will be couched as THE way America will "move forward" and turn the tide of our economy. We're talking about energy reform. But we are not going to see one ginormous piece of energy legislation hit the Congress all at once. No. Obama's tactic to passing his energy legislation will be piece by piece, or as he says, "in chunks." Do you know what else we pass in chunks? Yup --- you got it, and that's pretty much what Obama's energy legislation will be. Similar smell too. This is pretty simple to predict. Obama's energy legislation will be designed to strengthen government, weaken the private sector, and send tingles up and down the various appendages of the leftist environmental zealots out there.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
PRESIDENT ZERO'S LATEST JOBS BILL
Let's take this new so-called "jobs bill" that the Democrats have just pushed through congress. The bill comes complete with $30 billion worth of government guarantees for loans to businesses made by smaller financial institutions. Now the Democrats would have you believe that businesses have been out there clamoring for loans but the banks just haven't had the money to lend. That's your mindset, right? Well, you're wrong. First, most small businesses aren't out there trying to borrow money right not. Secondly, the smaller banks out there have plenty of money to loan ... just no customers. The owners of these businesses simply don't want to put whatever wealth they still have on the line while they're faced with the uncertainty of Obama's economic policies. They have no idea what their tax structure is going to look like. They're sitting and waiting for over 150 new sets of regulations to be written by Obama's essentially anti-capitalist cronies, and they're scared to death of ObamaCare. They're simply not in the mood to borrow and invest while so much uncertainty exists.
Let's look at the $30 billion in loan guarantees to banks. This, according to Obama, will make money available to loan to businesses so they can get out there and create jobs. Tell me please, why do the small banks need this money when they're already sitting on over $1 trillion dollars in excess reserves they could loan if they want to? Simple ... the small banks DON'T need the money. The AP reported last week that bank executives are reporting that their customers don't even WANT loans! Expansion plans are on hold until these businessmen see what is going to happen to our economy. The National Federation of Independent Business said that 91% of their members say that all of their credit needs have been met. The demand simply isn't there.
Why, then, the $30 billion in guarantees? First, the Democrats wanted to make it look like they were doing something. The average government-educated citizen might look at this and think to themselves that Obama really does care about jobs and he's doing everything he can to get the money to these small businesses so they can expand and hire. That's why government education is so valuable to the political class. No rational thinking skills taught.
Perhaps, though, the true goal here was more control. What strings would be attached to these guarantees? Have all the rules been written yet? Will the banks have to jump through countless hoops to loan the money? Will PC considerations of race and gender come into the picture? How many banks will find themselves being investigated for failure to have the proper racial and gender ratio of borrowers? I've also heard that perhaps businesses who apply for these loans, and who are turned down, will have appeal rights? Appeals? Do banks really want to accept this money and try to loan it to borrowers if applicants with no good business plan or bad credit can start to tie banks up with appeals?
This president and his political myrmidons in Congress are a menace to our country and to our economy. He is anti-capitalist to his very core, and businessmen and women across the country are starting to "get it." If things aren't radically changed in November you need to start looking for alternative places to live.
Let's look at the $30 billion in loan guarantees to banks. This, according to Obama, will make money available to loan to businesses so they can get out there and create jobs. Tell me please, why do the small banks need this money when they're already sitting on over $1 trillion dollars in excess reserves they could loan if they want to? Simple ... the small banks DON'T need the money. The AP reported last week that bank executives are reporting that their customers don't even WANT loans! Expansion plans are on hold until these businessmen see what is going to happen to our economy. The National Federation of Independent Business said that 91% of their members say that all of their credit needs have been met. The demand simply isn't there.
Why, then, the $30 billion in guarantees? First, the Democrats wanted to make it look like they were doing something. The average government-educated citizen might look at this and think to themselves that Obama really does care about jobs and he's doing everything he can to get the money to these small businesses so they can expand and hire. That's why government education is so valuable to the political class. No rational thinking skills taught.
Perhaps, though, the true goal here was more control. What strings would be attached to these guarantees? Have all the rules been written yet? Will the banks have to jump through countless hoops to loan the money? Will PC considerations of race and gender come into the picture? How many banks will find themselves being investigated for failure to have the proper racial and gender ratio of borrowers? I've also heard that perhaps businesses who apply for these loans, and who are turned down, will have appeal rights? Appeals? Do banks really want to accept this money and try to loan it to borrowers if applicants with no good business plan or bad credit can start to tie banks up with appeals?
This president and his political myrmidons in Congress are a menace to our country and to our economy. He is anti-capitalist to his very core, and businessmen and women across the country are starting to "get it." If things aren't radically changed in November you need to start looking for alternative places to live.
DELAYING THE VOTE
Can anybody explain to me why Princess Pelosi and the Democrats are so insistent on waiting until after the November elections to vote on the Bush tax cuts? Why? John Boehner is really pressing her to allow for a vote before they leave town on a Republican proposal to extend the Bush tax cuts for all Americans. Boehner says, "If Democratic leaders leave town without stopping all the tax hikes, they are turning their backs on the American people. Adjourning the Congress at the end of this week without a vote to stop all the tax hikes will be a vote to raise taxes on the American people and destroy jobs ... To deny Republican and many Democratic members their right to offer alternative legislation to stop all the tax hikes would be an obvious attempt to circumvent the will of the House and the American people."
What is the absolutely worse-case scenario for Pelosi? She allows this vote to come to the floor and it passes. Then she has to face the wealth envy crowd? She has to explain to folks why she allowed hard-working Americans to keep more of the money they earn. Sounds like an uphill battle if you ask me!
What is the absolutely worse-case scenario for Pelosi? She allows this vote to come to the floor and it passes. Then she has to face the wealth envy crowd? She has to explain to folks why she allowed hard-working Americans to keep more of the money they earn. Sounds like an uphill battle if you ask me!
Monday, September 27, 2010
DISASTEROUS DECADE
Barack Obama's weekend address was .. you guessed it .. about the Republican's Pledge to America. Here's a quote from Obama's address.
President Bush cut taxes for everyone. If that was such a terrible philosophy, how come Democrats in Congress are coming out in favor of extending the Bush tax cuts for everyone? If tax cuts are a "worn out philosophy" then you would think Americans would be demanding their repeal, same as they are demanding less spending. But the fact is that they are not. Only Democrats like Barack Obama are, and it is all in the name of class warfare.
While Democrats complain that President Bush wanted to de-emphasize the role of government in business, it was President Bush who wanted to create a regulatory agency in 2003 to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and it was the Democrats who refused regulation. It was under George Bush that we got Sarbanes-Oxley and the first bailout and creation of TARP. If the policies of increased government regulation and intervention are a "worn out philosophy," then Barack Obama may need to reconsider his subsequent bailouts and takeover of the healthcare industry and auto industry.
Obama seems to believe that George Bush's presidency was so bad that he called it "a disastrous decade we cannot afford to relive." Yet consider these comparisons from Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters...
And by the way, when has it become a bad thing for anyone to "fend for themselves?" That's what Obama said: "cut the middle class loose to fend for itself." Isn't that what we call personal responsibility and self reliance? Apparently the default, at least according to Obama, is that you should be relying on the government until you are capable of doing it on your own. Funnily enough, once you get the muster to do it on your own, the Democrats will then turn around and demonize you for being greedy. Amazing.
It is grounded in the same worn out philosophy: cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires; cut the rules for Wall Street and the special interests; and cut the middle class loose to fend for itself. That is not a prescription for a better future. It is an echo of a disastrous decade we cannot afford to relive.Let's start out with this "worn out philosophy." President Bush did a fantastic job of growing the size of our government and increasing our federal expenditures. If this is such a worn out philosophy, then why did Obama and the Democrats exponentially add to this growth of size and spending?
President Bush cut taxes for everyone. If that was such a terrible philosophy, how come Democrats in Congress are coming out in favor of extending the Bush tax cuts for everyone? If tax cuts are a "worn out philosophy" then you would think Americans would be demanding their repeal, same as they are demanding less spending. But the fact is that they are not. Only Democrats like Barack Obama are, and it is all in the name of class warfare.
While Democrats complain that President Bush wanted to de-emphasize the role of government in business, it was President Bush who wanted to create a regulatory agency in 2003 to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and it was the Democrats who refused regulation. It was under George Bush that we got Sarbanes-Oxley and the first bailout and creation of TARP. If the policies of increased government regulation and intervention are a "worn out philosophy," then Barack Obama may need to reconsider his subsequent bailouts and takeover of the healthcare industry and auto industry.
Obama seems to believe that George Bush's presidency was so bad that he called it "a disastrous decade we cannot afford to relive." Yet consider these comparisons from Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters...
- In January 2007 before the Democrats took over Congress, unemployment was 4.6 percent; now it's 9.6 percent.
- In January 2007 there were 7.1 million unemployed people in America; now there are 14.9 million.
- In January 2007 the median home price was $210,600; today it's $179,300.
- In January 2007 the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 12,500; today it's at 10,840.
- In January 2007 the gross federal debt was $9 trillion; today it's $13.5 trillion.
- The poverty rate in 2006 was 12.3 percent; now it's 14.3 percent
- In the final budget created by a GOP-controlled Congress, the deficit was $160 billion; now it's $1.6 trillion.
And by the way, when has it become a bad thing for anyone to "fend for themselves?" That's what Obama said: "cut the middle class loose to fend for itself." Isn't that what we call personal responsibility and self reliance? Apparently the default, at least according to Obama, is that you should be relying on the government until you are capable of doing it on your own. Funnily enough, once you get the muster to do it on your own, the Democrats will then turn around and demonize you for being greedy. Amazing.
SNEAKY PAYROLL TAX
This was sent to me from a bank executive.
Just got this. If this passes, for the sake of round numbers, if you
have a total annual income of $50,000 direct deposited to your bank,
the government will take $500 of it before you even get a chance to
move anything to or from a savings acct.
Please pay attention people.......
A one percent transaction tax is proposed by President Zero's finance
team. His plan is to sneak it in after the November election to keep it under the radar. This is a 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution i. e. Banks,
Credit Unions, etc.. Any deposit you make, or move around within your
account, i.e. transfer to, will have a 1% tax charged. If your pay
check or your social Security or whatever is direct deposit, 1% tax
charged. If you hand carry a check in to deposit, 1% tax charged, If
you take cash in to deposit, 1% tax charged.This is
from the man who promised that if you make under $250,000 per year,
you will not see one penny of new tax. Keep your eyes and ears open,
you will be amazed at what you learn.
Some will say aw,it's just 1%. It's a 1% tax increase across the
board... remember once the tax is there they can raise it at will.
http://www.standard.net/node/44797
I DID A "GOOGLE" ON THIS P.O.S. & GOT THIS OFF A YAHOO NEWS...
Is this the Democrat's H.R. 4646 incorrectly named "Debt Free America
Act"?
I looked it up, it is sponsored by Rep. Chaka Fattah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Fattah
Here is a version that leaves the sorting out to the reader. It does
mention one other thing, 'phasing out" income tax, looked that up and
it is by 2017. So we would be paying income tax, too.
Congressional Research Service Summary
The following summary was written by the Congressional Research
Service, a well-respected nonpartisan arm of the Library of Congress.
GovTrack did not write and has no control over these summaries.
2/23/2010--Introduced.
Debt Free America Act - States as purposes of this Act the raising of
sufficient revenue from a fee on transactions to eliminate the
national debt within seven years and the phasing out of the
individual income tax. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a
1% fee, offset by a corresponding nonrefundable income tax credit, on
transactions that use a payment instrument, including any check,
cash, credit card, transfer of stock, bonds, or other financial
instrument. Defines "transaction" to include retail and wholesale
sales, purchases of intermediate goods, and financial and intangible
transactions. Establishes in the legislative branch the Bipartisan
Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action to review the fiscal
imbalance of the federal government and make recommendations to
improve such imbalance. Provides for expedited consideration by
Congress of Task Force recommendations. Repeals after 2017 the
individual income tax, refundable and nonrefundable personal tax
credits, and the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on individuals.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) prioritize the
repayment of the national debt to protect the fiscal stability of the
United States; and (2) study and report to Congress on the
implementation of this Act.
Pray this one will die in committee.
Just got this. If this passes, for the sake of round numbers, if you
have a total annual income of $50,000 direct deposited to your bank,
the government will take $500 of it before you even get a chance to
move anything to or from a savings acct.
Please pay attention people.......
A one percent transaction tax is proposed by President Zero's finance
team. His plan is to sneak it in after the November election to keep it under the radar. This is a 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution i. e. Banks,
Credit Unions, etc.. Any deposit you make, or move around within your
account, i.e. transfer to, will have a 1% tax charged. If your pay
check or your social Security or whatever is direct deposit, 1% tax
charged. If you hand carry a check in to deposit, 1% tax charged, If
you take cash in to deposit, 1% tax charged.This is
from the man who promised that if you make under $250,000 per year,
you will not see one penny of new tax. Keep your eyes and ears open,
you will be amazed at what you learn.
Some will say aw,it's just 1%. It's a 1% tax increase across the
board... remember once the tax is there they can raise it at will.
http://www.standard.net/node/44797
I DID A "GOOGLE" ON THIS P.O.S. & GOT THIS OFF A YAHOO NEWS...
Is this the Democrat's H.R. 4646 incorrectly named "Debt Free America
Act"?
I looked it up, it is sponsored by Rep. Chaka Fattah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Fattah
Here is a version that leaves the sorting out to the reader. It does
mention one other thing, 'phasing out" income tax, looked that up and
it is by 2017. So we would be paying income tax, too.
Congressional Research Service Summary
The following summary was written by the Congressional Research
Service, a well-respected nonpartisan arm of the Library of Congress.
GovTrack did not write and has no control over these summaries.
2/23/2010--Introduced.
Debt Free America Act - States as purposes of this Act the raising of
sufficient revenue from a fee on transactions to eliminate the
national debt within seven years and the phasing out of the
individual income tax. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a
1% fee, offset by a corresponding nonrefundable income tax credit, on
transactions that use a payment instrument, including any check,
cash, credit card, transfer of stock, bonds, or other financial
instrument. Defines "transaction" to include retail and wholesale
sales, purchases of intermediate goods, and financial and intangible
transactions. Establishes in the legislative branch the Bipartisan
Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action to review the fiscal
imbalance of the federal government and make recommendations to
improve such imbalance. Provides for expedited consideration by
Congress of Task Force recommendations. Repeals after 2017 the
individual income tax, refundable and nonrefundable personal tax
credits, and the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on individuals.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) prioritize the
repayment of the national debt to protect the fiscal stability of the
United States; and (2) study and report to Congress on the
implementation of this Act.
Pray this one will die in committee.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
PRESIDENT ZERO TO BAIL OUT CREDIT UNIONS...
Despite the Financial Reform Act, the age of government bailouts continues as three wholesale credit unions receive Federal intervention. Five have been seized in the past 18 months. The Obama administration is requesting from Congress a bailout program for the 27 credit union wholesalers nationwide. Figures range from $10-50 Billion. The three seized on Friday were just like every other bank that needed a bailout, carrying billions of ‘toxic assets’ on their books.
"Poverty on track to post record gain under Obama..."
"The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty." -- Yahoo! News Change you can believe in!
THIS ELECTION
"This is the issue of this election. Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan
PREZBO REJECTS ANTI BUSINESS CLAIMS
The Community Organizer participated in a townhall meeting yesterday where he attempted to convince people, yet again, that he is not anti-business. Obama says, "I think that if you look at what we've done over the last two years, it's very hard to find evidence of anything that we've done that is designed to squash business as opposed to promote business."
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Excuse the ever-lovin' hell out of me, but just exactly how does Obama define "promoting business?" Would it be a definition out of the same book that describes the war on terror as an "overseas contingency operation;" a terrorist attack as "a man-caused disaster;" and an illegal alien as a "displaced foreign traveler?" Is it out of the same book that defines a program to teach African men how to wash their privates as a program that will help to "stimulate our economy and grow jobs at home?"
Do his constant attacks on America's small business owners as being nothing but a bunch of "millionaires and billionaires" who want tax cuts they don't need promote business? How about blaming Wall Street for the recession, instead of laying the blame where it belongs, squarely on the Democrat-controlled congress of the United States over the past 10 years, promoting business? How about his incessant demonization of the health insurance industry?
Or this: Referring to the private sector as "the enemy," as Obama has done ... how does that show his love of business?
A government takeover of the healthcare and financial industries along with looming tax hikes .. gee, I guess you could consider those as pro-business plans as well. Speaking of looming tax hikes, there is no better indication of Obama's "love" for businesses than his proposed tax increases on the very people who provide the jobs.
The Heritage Foundation just released a report that probably sounds like a snoozer to most of you: Obama Tax Hikes: The Economic and Fiscal Effects. But if you care about your children and your grandchildren and their abilities to achieve their dreams in their lifetime, you better take a minute to read over this stuff. I will provide you with some of the highlights.
The Obama tax plan would result in:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Excuse the ever-lovin' hell out of me, but just exactly how does Obama define "promoting business?" Would it be a definition out of the same book that describes the war on terror as an "overseas contingency operation;" a terrorist attack as "a man-caused disaster;" and an illegal alien as a "displaced foreign traveler?" Is it out of the same book that defines a program to teach African men how to wash their privates as a program that will help to "stimulate our economy and grow jobs at home?"
Do his constant attacks on America's small business owners as being nothing but a bunch of "millionaires and billionaires" who want tax cuts they don't need promote business? How about blaming Wall Street for the recession, instead of laying the blame where it belongs, squarely on the Democrat-controlled congress of the United States over the past 10 years, promoting business? How about his incessant demonization of the health insurance industry?
Or this: Referring to the private sector as "the enemy," as Obama has done ... how does that show his love of business?
A government takeover of the healthcare and financial industries along with looming tax hikes .. gee, I guess you could consider those as pro-business plans as well. Speaking of looming tax hikes, there is no better indication of Obama's "love" for businesses than his proposed tax increases on the very people who provide the jobs.
The Heritage Foundation just released a report that probably sounds like a snoozer to most of you: Obama Tax Hikes: The Economic and Fiscal Effects. But if you care about your children and your grandchildren and their abilities to achieve their dreams in their lifetime, you better take a minute to read over this stuff. I will provide you with some of the highlights.
Small businesses would be hit hard; 65 percent of joint filers with income above $250,000 and 50 percent of single filers above $200,000 earn business income. The numbers are not too different if only businesses reporting wage costs are counted: They are 55 percent and 42 percent, respectively. In other words, about half of those subject to the Obama tax increases are small businesses with employees. This tax increase would directly cut job creation.Yeah ... there's Obama's love for business right there!
The Obama tax plan would result in:
- Slower economic growth: Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) would fall by a total of $1.1 trillion between FY 2011 and FY 2020. GDP in 2018 would fall by $145 billion alone. The growth rate of the economy would be slower for the entire 10-year period.
- Fewer jobs: Slower economic growth would result in less job creation. Employment would fall by an average of 693,000 per year over this period
- 238,000 fewer jobs in the critical economic recovery year of 2011; In one year alone, 2016, job losses top 876,000.
- More unemployed Americans: Slower growth in employment translates to a higher unemployment rate, which would rise more each year during the 10-year period than it would without the Obama tax hikes.
- In other words, for Americans who are unemployed now, their prospects of employment would worsen under the Obama tax plan
ECONOMIC TREASON
Ohio is ripe with union pandering lately. Have you noticed? This is where president Obama went on Labor Day to pander to the union class. And this is where, yesterday, the AFL-CIO had a convention, featuring the union goon boss himself, Richard Trumka. You are going to get a kick out of Trumka's speech to his minions. He says ..
"Some of our politicians, and some of America's biggest corporations have given up on America. Companies are sitting on $837 billion without creating jobs. Banks are clutching a trillion dollars in profits without lending to small businesses and consumers. Too many companies aren't investing in the future, or in the country that made them great. All they want to do is scrape every ounce of flesh from our hides -- for their profit. Well I say that is economic treason!"You evil, profit seeking businesses! How dare you not put all your money behind Obama's tax increase and regulatory schemes? How dare you be in business for the purpose of ... making profit.
REBRANDING AMERICA
"Change that matters." Howdya like that? That's the new slogan of the new-and-improved Democrat Party. They took the data from Obama's focus groups during the election, saw that liberals really liked the word "change" and then adopted it as their new party slogan. Not only that, but they got a new symbol too and .. wait .. what is this .. it looks very similar to the Obama "O" only with a "D" inside the circle. Is this what Democrats believe will carry them to the election? A new slogan?
Let's talk about some "change that matters." Let's start off slow. Let's talk about some of the changes that the Obama administration and the Democrats have made to the lexicon.
"The War on Terror" became an "Overseas Contingency Operation."
"Welfare checks" became "tax cuts."
"Illegal immigrants" became "undocumented workers."
"Economic stimulus" became "investments."
"Global warming" became "climate change."
"The Bush tax cuts" became "the Obama tax cuts for the middle class."
"Freedom of speech" became "hate speech."
"Protecting our borders" became "racist."
"The financial sector" became "greedy Wall Street fat cats."
"Unions" became "struggling middle class Americans."
They can change the lingo all they'd like, but the fact is that the Democrat solutions haven't changed. The pundits are right .. there is an enthusiasm gap between Democrats and their voters, but a new website isn't the solution they were looking for. How about some policies that encourage the private sector to grow and maintain jobs. Maybe they should have spent a little more time designing that roadmap and a little less time designing a website.
Let's talk about some "change that matters." Let's start off slow. Let's talk about some of the changes that the Obama administration and the Democrats have made to the lexicon.
"The War on Terror" became an "Overseas Contingency Operation."
"Welfare checks" became "tax cuts."
"Illegal immigrants" became "undocumented workers."
"Economic stimulus" became "investments."
"Global warming" became "climate change."
"The Bush tax cuts" became "the Obama tax cuts for the middle class."
"Freedom of speech" became "hate speech."
"Protecting our borders" became "racist."
"The financial sector" became "greedy Wall Street fat cats."
"Unions" became "struggling middle class Americans."
They can change the lingo all they'd like, but the fact is that the Democrat solutions haven't changed. The pundits are right .. there is an enthusiasm gap between Democrats and their voters, but a new website isn't the solution they were looking for. How about some policies that encourage the private sector to grow and maintain jobs. Maybe they should have spent a little more time designing that roadmap and a little less time designing a website.
WHAT YOU DESERVE
Now the wording might not be exact here. I was writing as fast as I could and can't find the audio .. but here's what soon-to-be-former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to say about this tax cut extension warfare in Washington:
There. That's enough time. We only have 38 days until the midterm election so let's get to the slicing and dicing of Pelosi's comments:
First .... The use of the word "deserve." How do you like the idea of this multi-millionaire (to the tune of around $40 million or so) telling YOU what you deserve? You get up, chow down, dress up and head out to bust your gluts for eight to ten hours. Two weeks from now you get a pay check .. and there's Nancy Pelosi telling you how much of this check you "deserve" to keep? Aren't you loving that?
Then we have the "Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts" thing. That's the new language right out of ObamaLand. Pelosi is following her instructions well. If the Bush tax cuts are extended the last thing The Community Organizer wants is for the "Bush" name to remain attached to them. Hence the "Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts" thing. Of course this means that if the Bush tax cuts aren't extended for the evil rich that will have to be called the "Obama Tax Increase."
"What I think the people of the United States deserve is a middle class tax cut. So at the end of the day we will have a vote to extend the Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts."A few moments for you to catch your breath .....
There. That's enough time. We only have 38 days until the midterm election so let's get to the slicing and dicing of Pelosi's comments:
First .... The use of the word "deserve." How do you like the idea of this multi-millionaire (to the tune of around $40 million or so) telling YOU what you deserve? You get up, chow down, dress up and head out to bust your gluts for eight to ten hours. Two weeks from now you get a pay check .. and there's Nancy Pelosi telling you how much of this check you "deserve" to keep? Aren't you loving that?
Then we have the "Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts" thing. That's the new language right out of ObamaLand. Pelosi is following her instructions well. If the Bush tax cuts are extended the last thing The Community Organizer wants is for the "Bush" name to remain attached to them. Hence the "Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts" thing. Of course this means that if the Bush tax cuts aren't extended for the evil rich that will have to be called the "Obama Tax Increase."
What a JOKE
What a joke. The United Nations is having a little pow-pow session in New York right now. I will give you a brief synopsis:
Yet this is the agency through which we pour billions of dollars every year for humanitarian purposes? Again, what a joke.
- Iran demands a seat on the Board of the UN Nuclear Agency .. the same agency that is investigating his attempts to make a nuclear bomb. Based on the UN's history, Iran will probably get its way. After all, we are talking about the same body that placed Sudan on the Human Rights Commission while engaged in a effort to ethnically cleansing in its Darfur region
- Barack Obama makes a speech on the need for "shared prosperity" around the world. Espousing Marxist dogma .. that's about what Obama's presidency has come to. Let's help other countries become prosperous ... but we don't need to give them ours.
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon preaches that we need to end political polarization. He says, "We hear the language of hate, false divisions between `them' and `us,' those who insist on `their way' or `no way." Oh yeah ... there's that "hate" thing again. Remember, "hate speech" or "the politics of hate" would be any utterance challenging standard liberal Democrat dogma.
- Then, the mad Mullah of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets up to the podium and accuses the United States orchestrating the attacks of 9/11 as an attempt to assure Israel's survival. Apparently he must have missed Ban Ki-moon's speech on the need to end the "them" versus "us" mentality. Luckily the US delegation left, so as to not show respect for this guy's drivel.
Yet this is the agency through which we pour billions of dollars every year for humanitarian purposes? Again, what a joke.
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BAIL'EM OUT!!! ????
BAIL'EM OUT!!! ???? Hell, back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it.. They failed and it closed.. Now, we are trusting the economy of our country, our banking system, our auto industry and possibly our health plans to the same nit-wi...ts who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling whiskey?!"
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
"As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given
the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his
name, America gave him the White House based on
the same credentials." Newt Gingrich
the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his
name, America gave him the White House based on
the same credentials." Newt Gingrich
38 DAYS LEFT
Who was it ... Thomas Jefferson? Yup ... that was the Founding Father who said "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." Can we honestly say that we, as Americans, have been eternally vigilant? No way! Looking at our history over the past few decades we can hardly lay claim to just being vigilant, let alone eternally vigilant. That needs to change ... NOW. We have 38 days to honor the legacy of Thomas Jefferson.
NEWEST SUPREME COURT NOMINEE
Newest Supreme Court Nominee
by Joseph E Johnson on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 10:56am
It turns out that Kagan’s résumé is so threadbare that Team Obama is floating a myriad of pathetic talking points to pad its candidate’s “qualifications.”
See for yourself.
1. The baller. Not only are we told that she’s “ambitious, restless, [and] intellectually acute,” but, as Politico noted, she “even shares the president’s love of a good, grinding pick-up basketball game.” Say what? She enjoys a “grinding pick-up basketball game”? Well now, that settles it then. Bust out the basketball trunks, throw on a jersey, and move yourself straight to the front of the line for a lifetime position on the most powerful court in the world! What could go wrong? As an aside, can you even imagine Kagan “grinding” on the court?
2. She’s one of us. From the mouth of Barack, a Kagan confirmation would be “more reflective of us as a people than ever before.” And if by “reflective,” the president means that most Americans go from Princeton to Oxford to Harvard to the University of Chicago… then back to Harvard, well yes, Kagan’s mug should replace Lincoln’s on the $5 bill because she’s so “reflective” of America.
3. Feminine products. At Harvard, Kagan gained popularity by offering “free coffee outside classrooms and free tampons in the women’s restrooms.” Surely, these were exactly the type of qualities Thomas Jefferson sought when picking a justice.
4. The tokens. Kagan herself tells us that she strove to “bring people together,” specifically by hiring conservative professors. Obama touts this as “openness to a broad array of viewpoints.” Um, so let’s get this one straight. As the dean of one of the nation’s most prominent law schools, she took steps to introduce her students to different opinions and thus fulfill the mission of a university? The left is asking us to pat her on the back for doing her job? Okay, fine. Let’s buy her a meat-lovers pizza and call it even. Besides, out of the 43 hires she authorized, only 3 were conservative. Big deal.
5. Born in the U.S.A. “Elena is the granddaughter of immigrants,” Obama boasted of his pick, which is to say that Kagan’s parents’ parents immigrated to this country. And that makes her special again how?
6. Triple Axel. Kagan, we’re told, improved “student life” at Harvard with a “revamped student center, an upgraded gym and an ice-skating rink” that also “doubled as a volleyball court.” Did I miss the memo, or is the Supreme Court now the new training grounds for the 2012 Olympics?
7. Justice Pavarotti. Pete Williams of NBC News recently affirmed Kagan as an “accomplished poker player [and] opera lover,” which, as we know, are grounds for a swift confirmation, no?
8. Toilet preference. Obama describes Kagan as a “trailblazing leader” for being the first female solicitor general and the first female dean of Harvard’s law school, as if we’re supposed to judge her fidelity to the Constitution because she happens to sit and not stand while urinating.
9. Good news: Kagan ain’t deaf. Television legal analyst Lis Wiehl gushed that the Supreme Court nominee ran Harvard Law with “grace” and is an “avid listener.”
10. Kagan actually “welcomed the military to campus.” So says White House shill Valerie Jarrett, even though Kagan authored a memo bragging that she “reinstated” the school’s ban on the military in the Spring of 2005, but reluctantly lifted the ban in the Fall of that same year, after the Department of Defense threatened to “withhold all possible funds if the Law School continued to bar the military” from Harvard.
See for yourself.
1. The baller. Not only are we told that she’s “ambitious, restless, [and] intellectually acute,” but, as Politico noted, she “even shares the president’s love of a good, grinding pick-up basketball game.” Say what? She enjoys a “grinding pick-up basketball game”? Well now, that settles it then. Bust out the basketball trunks, throw on a jersey, and move yourself straight to the front of the line for a lifetime position on the most powerful court in the world! What could go wrong? As an aside, can you even imagine Kagan “grinding” on the court?
2. She’s one of us. From the mouth of Barack, a Kagan confirmation would be “more reflective of us as a people than ever before.” And if by “reflective,” the president means that most Americans go from Princeton to Oxford to Harvard to the University of Chicago… then back to Harvard, well yes, Kagan’s mug should replace Lincoln’s on the $5 bill because she’s so “reflective” of America.
3. Feminine products. At Harvard, Kagan gained popularity by offering “free coffee outside classrooms and free tampons in the women’s restrooms.” Surely, these were exactly the type of qualities Thomas Jefferson sought when picking a justice.
4. The tokens. Kagan herself tells us that she strove to “bring people together,” specifically by hiring conservative professors. Obama touts this as “openness to a broad array of viewpoints.” Um, so let’s get this one straight. As the dean of one of the nation’s most prominent law schools, she took steps to introduce her students to different opinions and thus fulfill the mission of a university? The left is asking us to pat her on the back for doing her job? Okay, fine. Let’s buy her a meat-lovers pizza and call it even. Besides, out of the 43 hires she authorized, only 3 were conservative. Big deal.
5. Born in the U.S.A. “Elena is the granddaughter of immigrants,” Obama boasted of his pick, which is to say that Kagan’s parents’ parents immigrated to this country. And that makes her special again how?
6. Triple Axel. Kagan, we’re told, improved “student life” at Harvard with a “revamped student center, an upgraded gym and an ice-skating rink” that also “doubled as a volleyball court.” Did I miss the memo, or is the Supreme Court now the new training grounds for the 2012 Olympics?
7. Justice Pavarotti. Pete Williams of NBC News recently affirmed Kagan as an “accomplished poker player [and] opera lover,” which, as we know, are grounds for a swift confirmation, no?
8. Toilet preference. Obama describes Kagan as a “trailblazing leader” for being the first female solicitor general and the first female dean of Harvard’s law school, as if we’re supposed to judge her fidelity to the Constitution because she happens to sit and not stand while urinating.
9. Good news: Kagan ain’t deaf. Television legal analyst Lis Wiehl gushed that the Supreme Court nominee ran Harvard Law with “grace” and is an “avid listener.”
10. Kagan actually “welcomed the military to campus.” So says White House shill Valerie Jarrett, even though Kagan authored a memo bragging that she “reinstated” the school’s ban on the military in the Spring of 2005, but reluctantly lifted the ban in the Fall of that same year, after the Department of Defense threatened to “withhold all possible funds if the Law School continued to bar the military” from Harvard.
Just an Opinion
Just an Opinion
by Joseph E Johnson on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 9:30am
'I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black EntertainmentTelevision, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, CloudMagazine, White Entertainment Television, or MissWhite America ; and see what happens...Jesse Jacksonwill be knocking down your door.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! AREYOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE ?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others because they are different,weird, or tick me off.
When 70%of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!
My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines..
I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or taxbreaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop,trinket store, or any other business.
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document and open to their interpretations.
I don't hate the rich; I don't pity the poor.
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates hasevery right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid and say 'NO!' when necessary. I think tattoos and piercings are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lipring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!
I am sick of 'PoliticalCorrectness.' I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ,so how can they be 'African-Americans'?Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great,great, great, great grandfather was from Europe .I am proud to be from America and nowhere else.
And if you don't like my point of view, tough...
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! AREYOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE ?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others because they are different,weird, or tick me off.
When 70%of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!
My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines..
I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or taxbreaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop,trinket store, or any other business.
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document and open to their interpretations.
I don't hate the rich; I don't pity the poor.
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates hasevery right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid and say 'NO!' when necessary. I think tattoos and piercings are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lipring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!
I am sick of 'PoliticalCorrectness.' I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ,so how can they be 'African-Americans'?Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great,great, great, great grandfather was from Europe .I am proud to be from America and nowhere else.
And if you don't like my point of view, tough...
A Third Party
A THIRD PARTY
by Joseph E Johnson on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 12:18pm
A new poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows that more than 80% of Americans see problems with the two-party system. In fact, one third of America believes that America needs a third party.
OK .. it's time for a little Political Science 101. Bear with me. I want to explain to you why America will always have a two-party system, unless we institute some major change. It's a little something called Duverger's law. Duverger was a French guy who liked to study politics and people. He studied what are known as a plurality rule election system - this is what we have in the United States. In general, when you go to the polls, whoever gets the most votes wins. Right? It's winner-take-all. So if you have to get the most votes out of any candidate, your winner is almost always going to be a Democrat or a Republican. While a third party candidate may get 25% of the vote, it still isn't enough to beat the big dawgs. So whoever gets the most votes wins. Now, back to Duverger. He says that when a society has this type of voting system - plurality, first-past-the-post, winner-take-all - it will almost always result in a two-party system.
So what's the solution? Well some people, like Duverger, would argue that a proportional representation voting system would allow for the emergence of third parties. What does this mean? It means that if the Purple People party received 10% of the vote, they would receive 10% of the seats. Easy enough, right?
So see what I mean about major change? Under our current voting system, unless a third party replaces one of the current two parties, it is unlikely that it will ever play a large role in Congress. Either that or we change the way we vote altogether. And despite what PrezBo may preach, change isn't as easy as it looks.
OK .. it's time for a little Political Science 101. Bear with me. I want to explain to you why America will always have a two-party system, unless we institute some major change. It's a little something called Duverger's law. Duverger was a French guy who liked to study politics and people. He studied what are known as a plurality rule election system - this is what we have in the United States. In general, when you go to the polls, whoever gets the most votes wins. Right? It's winner-take-all. So if you have to get the most votes out of any candidate, your winner is almost always going to be a Democrat or a Republican. While a third party candidate may get 25% of the vote, it still isn't enough to beat the big dawgs. So whoever gets the most votes wins. Now, back to Duverger. He says that when a society has this type of voting system - plurality, first-past-the-post, winner-take-all - it will almost always result in a two-party system.
So what's the solution? Well some people, like Duverger, would argue that a proportional representation voting system would allow for the emergence of third parties. What does this mean? It means that if the Purple People party received 10% of the vote, they would receive 10% of the seats. Easy enough, right?
So see what I mean about major change? Under our current voting system, unless a third party replaces one of the current two parties, it is unlikely that it will ever play a large role in Congress. Either that or we change the way we vote altogether. And despite what PrezBo may preach, change isn't as easy as it looks.
Tax Policies
The National Taxpayers Union sent a letter to Congress signed by 313 economists (including a Nobel Laureate) who unanimously agree that extending all the Bush tax cuts is what our economy currently needs. The economists concluded that "[i]f Congress allows heavier taxes on work and investment, we will undoubtedly see less of both at a time when they are needed most."
Makes sense, doesn't it? But then again, Obama's tax policies aren't based on facts or economics but on politics and fairness.
Makes sense, doesn't it? But then again, Obama's tax policies aren't based on facts or economics but on politics and fairness.
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