Crisis In Europe – Protecting Your Hard-Earned Money – Wake Up America! – O’Reilly

March 26, 2013 in "Bill of Rights", 2nd Amendment, America's Collapse, Bail Out, Congress, Debt Crisis, Economic Deception, Economy, Freedom, Obamanation, President Obama, Propaganda, Redistribution of Wealth, Socialism, Socialist, Speaker John Boehner, Tax Hike, Treason, US Sovereignty, Who Is Barack Hussein Obama? by admin

European Union Authorize Seizure Of Money In Private Bank Account!

Nigel Farage: Now They Done It In One Country They are Quite Capable Of Do it In Italy Spain Portugal Or Anywhere Else & The Message That Sends To People That Has Saving In Bank In Those Country, Certainly If I Was Them Is Get Your Money Out While You Can!!!

Could That Happen In The United State?

Crisis In Cyprus Sparking Fears About Bank Deposits Everywhere – Is Your Money Safe? – Cavuto

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Bank Deposit Taxed As Part Of Bailout! – Race To Withdraw Before 10% Tax Hit – Stuart Varney

March 18, 2013 in Bail Out, Debt Crisis, Tax Hike by admin

Cyprus Cypriots rushed to pull their money out of banks and ATMs before the tiny Mediterranean nation’s government could finalize a plan to seize depositors’ funds to satisfy austerity demands from euro zone leaders, sparking a run that prompted banks to be closed until at least Thursday.

Bank Deposit Taxed As Part Of Bailout! – Race To Withdraw Before 10% Tax Hit – Stuart Varney

Cyprus Turmoil Sparks Run On Banks Wall Street Bracing For Wild Ride – Stuart Varney

The island nation’s leaders were huddling to come up with a way to soften the blow on average depositors, with one proposal targeting accounts with deposits above $130,000. The plan elicited an angry response from Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose nation’s oligarchs may have as much as $19 billion secretly deposited in Cyprus banks. “Putin said that this decision, in case of its adoption, will be unfair, unprofessional and dangerous,” Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. The Brussels-based euro zone agreed on Saturday to give Cyprus a $13 billion bailout, but demanded levies that would take between 6.75 and 9.9 percent of bank deposits.

Analysts believe the measure is designed to ensure that the bailout doesn’t go toward propping up Russia’s billionaires – including Putin himself.

“It is clear that (Cyprus) is under tremendous pressure from the European Union,” Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov told Interfax.

The $19 billion figure comes from Moody’s, and would account for as much as half of all Cypriot deposits. Cyprus’ bank deposits dwarf by 8-to-1 the gross domestic product of the nation of 1 million, indicating a dangerously oversized banking system stuffed with foreign cash. And Cypriot banks are invested heavily in Greek government bonds, which were restructured last year at the EU’s demand, incurring big losses on bondholders.

News of the coming bank accounts seizure sent shockwaves rippling through Europe and beyond. Not only did it spook wealthy foreigners who have long parked money in the island nation’s banks, it was seen as possibly setting the stage for similar grabs in bigger nations within the troubled euro zone.

“If I were a saver, certainly in Spain or maybe Italy, I think I’d be looking askance at these measures and think this could yet happen to me,” Peter Dixon, global financial economist at Commerzbank, told Reuters.

The Cypriot Parliament put off a vote on the measure until Tuesday in order to blunt the pain for small savers. But without the EU bailout, Cyprus would be headed for default, according to experts. If depositors – especially the foreigners who have made Cyprus the Cayman Islands of Eastern Europe, pull their money from banks, action by the European Central Bank may be all that can stop regional contagion. The Cypriot central bank announced all banks will remain closed until Thursday while talks on the savings seizure continue.

Russian mining tycoon and owner of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets Mikhail Prokhorov said euro zone leaders “had set a real financial mine under the idea of a single Europe.”

“And this is not because it touches Russian business, which can afford to lose $2 [billion] or $3 billion,” Prokhorov told the Kommersant business daily. “The European Union essentially opened a Pandora’s box.”

Some analysts say the move could send billions in Russian deposits to safer havens, such as Luxembourg, leaving Cyprus no way to pay down its bailout.

“The unhappiest of the Russians will simply look for other places to put their money,” Paragone Advisory Group analyst Alexander Zakharov told the Global Post.

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Obama To Boehner: “We Don’t Have A Spending Problem” -WJS

January 7, 2013 in Debt Crisis, Economic, Economic Deception, Economy, Fiscal Cliff, Gas Price, Obama's America 2016, Obama-Nomics, Obamanation, President Obama, Propaganda, Quantitative Easing, Redistribution of Wealth, Tax Hike by admin

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Obama To Boehner: “We Don’t Have A Spending Problem” – WJS
Pelosi: More Tax Revenues Must Be Part Of Any Debt Deal
Boehner: Obama Blames “Health Care Problem” For Deficit -WSJ
Democrats Pushing For Another $1 Trillion In Tax Revenue – Rpt

Obama to Boehner: ‘We Don’t Have a Spending Problem’

By Ben Shapiro, Breitbart.com

In an interview with Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal, newly re-elected House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) opened up about President Obama’s utter unwillingness to cut a single dollar from federal spending. In a stunning admission, Obama reportedly told Boehner, “We don’t have a spending problem.”

Boehner added that President Obama continues to maintain that America’s federal deficit is caused not by governmental overspending but by “a health-care problem.” Said Boehner, “They blame all of the fiscal woes on our health-care system.” Boehner told Obama, “Clearly we have a health-care problem, which is about to get worse with Obamacare. But, Mr. President, we have a very serious spending problem.” Obama eventually replied, “I’m getting tired of hearing you say that.”

Obama may be tired of hearing Boehner talk about a spending problem, particularly when Obama has been re-elected on the basis of ignoring government spending. Nonetheless, America does have a spending problem, which Obama is steadfastly ignoring. “He’s so ideological himself,” Boehner explained, “and he’s unwilling to take on the left of his own party.” That’s why Obama refused to raise the retirement age for Medicare after agreeing to it. “He admitted in meetings that he couldn’t sell things to his own members,” said Boehner. “But he didn’t even want to try … We could never get him to step up.”

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Rep Gohmert (R -TX) On Why he Voted Against Speaker Boehner

January 4, 2013 in Fiscal Cliff, Integrity, Patriotism, Political Courage, Speaker John Boehner, Tax Hike, Taxiation with Representation by Admin1

Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX), a principled an unrelenting spokesman for Fiscal Constraint and a signatory to the Americans for Tax Reform’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge was one of a small group of Patriots that not only had the courage to vote against the “Fiscal Cliff” Debacle, but also the chutzpah to vote against chicken-hearted, Speaker Boehner.

By Todd J. Gillman/Reporter
tgillman@dallasnews.com
12:30 pm on January 3, 2013 | Permalink

Two Texas Republicans have defied Speaker John Boehner in the roll call vote to grant him another term running the U.S. House. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler voted for Allen West, a tea partier from Florida who was defeated for reelection to Congress. And freshman Rep. Steve Stockman — who served one prior term, from 1995 to 1997 — voted “present.”

On a first round of voting, Stockman didn’t answer the clerk’s call of his name and he was among a small group given a second chance.

Other tea party-backed Texans fell in line with Boehner, and all the Democrats from Texas supported Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

play by play as votes are being tallied:

Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, stopped by to chat with Gallego. Over in the GOP section, Reps. Ralph Hall of Rockwall, John Culberson of Houston and Ted Poe of Humble are in the front row. Laredo Democrat Henry Cuellar sauntered over to say hi.

Toward the back, freshman Rep. Roger Williams of Weatherford just posed for a photo with fellow Republicans Randy Neugebauer of Lubbock and Bill Flores of Bryan. And look at that, there’s Cuellar again, chatting with Williams. Same row as Reps. Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi.

Rep. Sam Johnson of Plano, wearing a neck brace, is seated in the same row, between Reps. John Carter of Round Rock and Pete Olson of Sugar Land.

And now, at 1:39, the gavel bangs for the official tally… Boehner wins another term as Speaker. He got 220 votes. Pelosi got 192. Runner-up: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, with 3 votes.

West got 2 votes.

Stockman was the only “present” vote.

Americans for Tax Reform‘s Taxpayer Protection Pledge

Tags: Col. Allen West, Rep Louie Gohmert
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Carbon Tax Can Avoid Fiscal Cliff

December 10, 2012 in Agenda 21, Climate Change, Economic Deception, Freedom, Global Warming, Tax Hike by Admin1

Hold on to your wallets!

Now, the Eco-Socialists are after our treasure. H’mmm, a confiscatory Carbon Tax will aid us in avoiding the Fiscal Cliff? What 2d rate Economics College did these pseudo economists attend? An international team of scientists has debunked global warming using tree ring data from the last 2,000 years and has been published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Climate Change.

A pine log cross section. Image shot 04/2008. Exact date unknown.

Tree Ring Study Debunks Global Warming

“ An international team including scientists from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has published a reconstruction of the climate in northern Europe over the last 2,000 years based on the information provided by tree-rings. Professor Dr. Jan Esper’s group at the Institute of Geography at JGU used tree-ring density measurements from sub-fossil pine trees originating from Finnish Lapland to produce a reconstruction reaching back to 138 BC. In so doing, the researchers have been able for the first time to precisely demonstrate that the long-term trend over the past two millennia has been towards climatic cooling. “We found that previous estimates of historical temperatures during the Roman era and the Middle Ages were too low,” says Esper. “Such findings are also significant with regard to climate policy, as they will influence the way today’s climate changes are seen in context of historical warm periods.” The new study has been published in the journal Nature Climate Change.”

There final conclusion is that the earth has been cooling for the last 2000 years.

“In addition to the cold and warm phases, the new climate curve also exhibits a phenomenon that was not expected in this form. For the first time, researchers have now been able to use the data derived from tree-rings to precisely calculate a much longer-term cooling trend that has been playing out over the past 2,000 years. Their findings demonstrate that this trend involves a cooling of -0.3°C per millennium due to gradual changes to the position of the sun and an increase in the distance between the Earth and the sun.”

But Al Gore, who stands to make $Billions off of Carbon Tax legislation, along with a number of Eco-Socialists are attempting to jam the Carbon Tax through Congress in the same manner as ObamaCare.

And a further study, which is explained in the following, further refutes Al Gore and his minions unscientific contentions!

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A new study by the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change – The State of Earth’s Terrestrial Biosphere: How is it Responding to Rising Atmospheric CO2 and Warmer Temperatures? – refutes claims by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that global warming is stressing Earth’s natural and agro-ecosystems by reducing plant growth and development. “Such claims are simply not justified when one examines the balance of evidence as reported in the peer-reviewed scientific literature,” said report author Dr. Craig Idso, founder and chairman of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change and a senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute. “Far from being in danger, the vitality of global vegetation is better off now than it was a hundred years ago, 50 years ago, or even a mere two-to-three decades ago,” Idso said. “And the observed increases in vegetative productivity and growth are happening in spite of all the many real and imagined assaults on Earth’s vegetation that have occurred during this time period, including wildfires, disease, pest outbreaks, deforestation, and climatic changes in temperature and precipitation.” Specific findings in the meta-analysis examining hundreds of scientific studies on the subject include:

The productivity of the planet’s terrestrial biosphere, on the whole, has been increasing with time, revealing a great greening of the Earth that extends throughout the entire globe.

Satellite-based analyses of net terrestrial primary productivity (NPP) reveal an increase of around 6 to 13 percent since the 1980s.

There is no empirical evidence to support the model-based IPCC claim that future carbon uptake by plants will diminish on a global scale due to rising temperatures. In fact, just the opposite situation has been observed in the real world.

Earth’s land surfaces were a net source of CO2-carbon to the atmosphere until about 1940. From 1940 onward, however, the terrestrial biosphere has become, in the mean, an increasingly greater sink for CO2-carbon.

Over the past 50 years, for example, global carbon uptake has doubled from 2.4 ± 0.8 billion tons in 1960 to 5.0 ± 0.9 billion tons in 2010.

There is compelling evidence that the atmosphere’s rising CO2 content – the chief reason behind the IPCC’s concerns about the future of the biosphere, due to the indirect threats the IPCC claims will result from CO2-induced climate change – is actually most likely the primary cause of the observed greening trends.

In the future, Earth’s plants should be able to successfully adjust their physiology to accommodate a warming of the magnitude and rate-of-rise that is typically predicted by climate models to accompany the projected future increase in the air’s CO2 content. And factoring in the plant productivity gains that will occur as a result of the aerial fertilization effect of the ongoing rise in atmospheric CO2, plus its accompanying transpiration-reducing effect that boosts plant water use efficiency, the world’s vegetation possesses an ideal mix of abilities to reap a tremendous benefit in the years and decades to come.

Given these findings, the report contends the recent “greening of the Earth” observed by a host of scientists will likely continue. Government leaders and policy makers should take notice of the findings of this important new assessment on the state of the Earth’s terrestrial biosphere. The report can be viewed or downloaded here at The Heartland Institute, or at the Web site of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. Questions about the report can be addressed to Dr. Idso at contactus@co2science.org. Dr. Idso is the coauthor, with Dr. Robert M. Carter and Dr. S. Fred Singer, of Climate Change Reconsidered: 2011 Interim Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) (The Heartland Institute, 2011), and with Dr. Singer of a preceding volume titled Climate Change Reconsidered: The 2009 Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) (The Heartland Institute, 2009). He is leading an international panel of scientists that is writing a comprehensive assessment of climate science to be published in 2013.

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The Obama Legacy

December 7, 2012 in Budget, Christmas, Obama-Nomics, Political Deception, President Obama, Tax Hike, Taxiation with Representation, Who Is Barack Hussein Obama? by Admin1

While many Americans are facing a difficult at best or Bleak at worst financial Christmas Season, President Obama and his entourage will be once again a enjoying a 21 day Hawaiian vacation, at taxpayer expense. The cost to us taxpayers will be well over $20,000,000 or approximately $1,000,000 per day. Meanwhile, while we continue down the path to financial Armageddon, President Obama continues to spend our hard earned confiscated treasure on outrageously decadent vacations. Perhaps we should look on the bright side, it could have spent even more. With all the tax increases coming our way in 2013, he will have more of our hard earned treasure to re-distribute for even more lavish $$$ getaways.

1.4 BILLION Spent On The Obamas In 2011 – British Taxpayers Only Spent 57.8 Million On The Royal Family

By Michael, on September 27th, 2012

While most of America is suffering through one the worst economic downturns in U.S. history, the Obamas are living the high life at your expense. During 2011, U.S. taxpayers spent an astounding 1.4 billiondollars on the Obamas. Meanwhile, British taxpayers only spent 57.8 million dollars on the entire royal family. Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture? So where did the 1.4 billion dollars go? That money paid the salaries of their staff members, it paid for their transportation and housing costs, it paid for entertainment and vacations for the Obamas, and $102,000 was even spent on a “dog handler” for the family dog Bo. In his new book entitled “Presidential Perks Gone Royal: Your Taxes Are Being Used For Obama’s Re-election“, author Robert Keith Gray reveals some absolutely shocking details about the enormous amounts of U.S. taxpayer money that are being spent on the personal needs of the Obamas. At a time when the U.S. national debt is absolutely exploding this kind of outrageous spending is completely and totally inappropriate, but of course the mainstream media is not going to report on this because they don’t want to do anything to put the Obamas in a bad light this close to the election.

Some of the things that Robert Keith Gray has uncovered are absolutely mind blowing. The following are a few facts from his new book….

-Never before has so much money been spent on a president and his family during a single year

-The Obamas have the “biggest staff in history at the highest wages ever“

-While Obama has been in office, Air Force One has been “running with the frequency of a scheduled air line“

-Obama has 469 senior staff working under him, and 226 of them make more than $100,000 a year

-There is always at least one projectionist at the White House 24 hours a day just in case there is someone that wants to watch a movie.

-The “dog handler” for the family dog Bo reportedly makes $102,000 per year and sometimes he is even flown to where the family is vacationing so that he can care for the dog

Are you outraged yet?

When the Obamas are at the White House the expenses are outrageous, but the expenses really kick in to a whole new level when the Obamas go on vacation.

And the Obamas sure do love to go on vacation.

Over one recent 12 month period, Michelle Obama spent 42 days on vacation (and that does not even count Saturdays and Sundays). The following is an excerpt from a Daily Mail article about the legendary Obama vacations….

The First Lady is believed to have taken 42 days of holiday in the past year, including a $375,000 break in Spain and a four-day ski trip to Vail, Colorado, where she spent $2,000 a night on a suite at the Sebastian hotel.

And the first family’s nine-day stay in Martha’s Vineyard is also proving costly, with rental of the Blue Heron Farm property alone costing an estimated $50,000 a week.

The source continued: ‘Michelle also enjoys drinking expensive booze during her trips. She favours martinis with top-shelf vodka and has a taste for rich sparking wines.

‘The vacations are totally Michelle’s idea. She’s like a junkie. She can’t schedule enough getaways, and she lives from one to the next – all the while sticking it to hardworking Americans.’

As I wrote about the other day, many Americans are working so hard just to survive in this economy that they don’t ever get to take any vacations at all.

But it doesn’t seem to trouble the Obamas that many of their vacation trips cost more than many American workers will make in an entire decade….

The following is from a recent Newsmax article….

A trip to Spain in 2010 by Michelle Obama, family, and staff cost taxpayers $467,585 and a trip by the First Lady and family to South Africa and Botswana last year cost $424,142 for the flight and crew alone, according to Judicial Watch.

Yes, when the family of the president travels it is going to be expensive, but this is ridiculous.

It can even be insanely expensive for the Obamas to take a vacation even if they don’t leave the country.

For example, in 2010 an Obama family vacation to Hawaii ended up costing U.S. taxpayers more than a million dollars.

So how much is too much?

It has been reported that Michelle Obama spent over 10 million dollars of U.S. taxpayer money on vacations during just one recent 12 month period alone.

At a time when there are 46 million Americans on food stamps is this an appropriate amount of U.S. taxpayer money to spend on vacationing?

It seems that Barack Obama does not have his priorities in order.

Barack Obama may not have time to meet with important world leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he sure always seems to find time to play golf. In fact, since he has been in the White House Obama has played more than 100 rounds of golf.

A lot of hard working American men have not played that many rounds of golf in their entire lifetimes.

Sadly, the Obamas are not the only ones that are blowing U.S. taxpayer money as if there is no tomorrow.

In a previous article, I detailed how the U.S. Congress is also living the high life at your expense. The following are a few facts from that article….

-In 2010, the federal government spent $33,387 on the hair care needs of U.S. Senators.

-In 2010, U.S. Senators pulled $72,370 out of the “Senate Restaurant Fund”.

-In 2010, U.S. Senators took $166,673 out of something called the “Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund”.

-In 2010, an average of $4,005,900 of U.S. taxpayer money was spent on “personal” and “office” expenses per Senator.

-Insider trading is 100% legal for members of Congress, and they refuse to pass a law that would change that.

So why don’t these politicians get voted out?

Well, the truth is that both political parties are deeply corrupt, and both parties have learned that they can buy votes by promising lots of free stuff and benefits to the voters.

I have written previously about how the U.S. government gives out free cell phones and free cell phone minutes each month to welfare recipients.

In the video posted below, a protester outside of a Romney campaign event explains that one of the main reasons why she is going to vote for Obama is because he gave her a free cell phone….

http://youtu.be/tpAOwJvTOio

Meanwhile, our national debt is growing out of control and the middle class is being absolutely crushed by taxes, regulations and the declining economy that Obama is overseeing.

According to one recent survey, 55 percent of all small business owners in America “say they would not start a business today given what they know now and in the current environment.”

The economy is completely and totally falling apart, and yet the Obamas are partying as if it was 1999. Their attitude seems to be “let them eat cake”.

So what do you think about the crazy amount of money that is being spent on the Obamas every year? Please feel free to post a comment with your thoughts below….

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What has happened to Ann Coulter?

December 6, 2012 in Ann Coulter, Fiscal Cliff, Liberty, Obamanation, Political Courage, Tax Hike, Tea Party by Admin1

What has happened to Ann Coulter?

Ann Coulter used to be one of the shinning voices of the Conservative movement. She could be counted on to verbally joust and destroy liberal opponents.

Suddenly she isn’t doing this.

Suddenly she is saying we should give in to Obama.

What has happened to Ann Coulter?

I must confess, I have been a fan of Ann Coulter for a long time. I admire her writing and her writing has been something of an inspiration to me.

Yet I have to wonder what is going on.

Last year she came out for Mitt Romney in the primaries against a slew of other good and real conservatives. She has spoken admiringly of that gelatinous blob and Al Gore certified source of hot air and global warming, Chris Christie.

Now, she has come out and said we should just give into Obama on taxes.

What?

Ann Coulter was on Hannity last night and she said that Republicans should agree to raise taxes on the rich because if we don’t and Obama pushes us off the fiscal cliff, the Republicans would be blamed.

She reminded Sean Hannity that Republicans lost the election. So, in her mind, Obama is going to beat us on this issue so it is just better to surrender.

Ann, that is so John Boehner of you!

Let’s set a few records straight. The Republicans did not lose the race. Mitt Romney lost the race. The Republican establishment, which gave us their hand picked candidate, lost the race.

Conservatives did not lose. We did not have a horse in the race. The election was an extreme liberal against a not as liberal Republican. Coulter is right. Obama and the drive-by media will blame Republicans no matter what. They will blame Republicans for cracks in the sidewalk and a cloudy day.

So what?

Coulter is right that our messaging is worse than terrible.

But that is not a reason to surrender. It is a reason for us to improve our messaging. It is also a reason for us to change leaders and get rid of the RINOs who have done nothing but lead us to defeat after defeat.

A friend of mine posted a blog today in which he talked about the famous Revolutionary War hero, Admiral John Paul Jones. Jones fought the enemy. When his ship was on fire and sinking, a British Captain demanded his surrender.

Jones’ words became legend.

“I have not yet begun to fight.”

For America, for freedom and liberty we fight. And we conservatives have not yet begun to fight.

Perhaps someone should remind Ann Coulter of the words of a great leader and hero of freedom: Sir Winston Churchill.

“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

We shall fight on against Obama and the rest of his liberal cronies in the name of freedom. Ann Coulter may surrender if she wishes. We shall never surrender in our fight against socialism lest the lamp of liberty be extinguished in this God-blessed nation and we be forced to live the words of Ronald Reagan who warned of a day where we would tell our children and our grandchildren what it was like to grow up in a free America.

We shall never surrender.

See entire post at: http://www.teapartynation.com/forum/categories/tea-party-nation-forum/listForCategory

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The Coming Republican Fiscal Cliff Betrayal

November 29, 2012 in America's Collapse, Bail Out, Budget, Congress, Fiscal Cliff, Freedom, Government, Liberty, Political Deception, Politics, Republicans Vs. Tea Party, Socialism, Tax Hike by Admin1

Republicans and Taxes

False congressional fiscal conservatives begin to reveal their true selves.

Andrew Napolitano | November 29, 2012

When President Obama won re-election last month by a larger margin than even his most fervent supporters had expected, though with fewer popular votes than he received in 2008, most commentators initially opined that not much had changed in Washington. The president would remain in the White House for another four years, the Democrats would keep control of the Senate, and the House would stay in Republican hands. Most Republicans re-elected to both houses of Congress had publicly pledged not to vote to raise taxes under any circumstances. And most of those Republicans have adhered to that promise—until now.

For GOP, Losing Might Be the Only Way To Win

David Harsanyi| 11.29.12

George W. Bush, Middle Class Champion

A. Barton Hinkle| 11.28.12

Treat the Tax-Me-More Crowd to a Voluntary Additional Tax

Ira Stoll| 11.26.12

Prisonor Sex Change – Taxpayer To Pay For It!

September 6, 2012 in Anarchy, MA, Scott Brown, Senator Scott Brown, Senator Scott Brown Versus The Tea Party, Socialist, Tax Hike by carlos

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered state prison officials to provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder.
Michelle Kosilek was born male but has received hormone treatments and now lives as a woman in an all-male prison. Robert Kosilek was convicted of murder in the killing of his wife in 1990.

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U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf is believed to be the first federal judge to order prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate.

Kosilek first sued the Massachusetts Department of Correction 12 years ago. Two years later, Wolf ruled that Kosilek was entitled to treatment for gender-identity disorder but stopped short of ordering surgery. Kosilek sued again in 2005, arguing that the surgery is a medical necessity.

In his ruling Tuesday, Wolf found that surgery is the “only adequate treatment” for Kosilek’s “serious medical need.”

“The court finds that there is no less intrusive means to correct the prolonged violation of Kosilek’s Eighth Amendment right to adequate medical care,” Wolf wrote in his 126-page ruling.

Prison officials have repeatedly cited security risks in the case, saying that allowing Kosilek to have the surgery would make him a target for sexual assaults by other inmates.

But Wolf, who was appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, found that the security concerns are “either pretextual or can be dealt with.” He said it would be up to prison officials to decide how and where to house Kosilek after the surgery.

Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the prisons department, said the agency would have no immediate comment on the ruling.

“We are reviewing the decision and exploring our appellate options,” Wiffin said.

In a telephone interview last year with The Associated Press, Kosilek said the surgery is a medical necessity, not a frivolous desire to change his appearance.

“Everybody has the right to have their health care needs met, whether they are in prison or out on the streets,” Kosilek said. “People in the prisons who have bad hearts, hips or knees have surgery to repair those things. My medical needs are no less important or more important than the person in the cell next to me.”

Wolf noted in his ruling that the Department of Correction’s own medical experts testified that they believe surgery was the only adequate treatment for Kosilek.

The department’s ex-commissioner Kathleen Dennehy testified that providing Kosilek the surgery would present insurmountable security concerns, but Wolf said Kosilek had proven that those purported concerns masked the real reason for denying surgery: “a fear of controversy, criticism, ridicule and scorn.”

Kosilek’s lawsuit has become fodder for radio talk shows and lawmakers who say the state should not be forced to pay for a convicted murderer’s sex-change operation — which can cost up to $20,000 — especially since many insurance companies reject the surgery as elective.

Inmates in Colorado, California, Idaho and Wisconsin have sued unsuccessfully to try to get the surgery, making similar arguments that denying it violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

Wolf noted that Kosilek’s gender-identity disorder has caused Kosilek such anguish that he has tried to castrate himself and twice tried to commit suicide, including once while on Prozac.

Kosilek’s lead attorney, Frances Cohen, called the decision courageous and thoughtful.

“We feel very grateful that the judge listened very carefully to the medical experts and has given Michelle Kosilek what the prison doctors had recommended,” Cohen said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/04/massachusetts-judge-approves-taxpayer-funded-sex-change-for-inmate/#ixzz25hGS23CI

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The Tea Party Influence – The New Faces Of The GOP

August 26, 2012 in 1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, America's Collapse, Audit the Fed, Bail Out, Budget, Constitutional, Debt Crisis, Economic Deception, Economy, Election, Freedom, Gas Price, Immigration, President Obama, Presidential Candidates, Presidential Candidates on the Issues, Republicans Vs. Tea Party, Tax Hike, United States Constitution, US Sovereignty by admin

Tea Party activists may keep low profile at first GOP convention
By Cristina Corbin Published August 25, 2012 FoxNews.com
Next week marks the Tea Party’s first Republican convention.
But despite its role in helping the party win the House majority in 2010, the movement is expected to keep a relatively low profile inside the arena, activists say. Some Tea Party groups are deliberately giving the party space to spotlight its nominee, though others claim they’re being snubbed by GOP leaders.

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The Tea Party, of course, is composed of thousands of different groups, each with its own causes. A Tea Party scene could erupt in Tampa at any moment. But unlike some other factions heading into the once-every-four-years affair, the Tea Party does not appear to have a concerted agenda.
Gop Platform Emerging Draws Praise and Criticism

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Instead, the movement may just settle for speaking roles for favored politicians and shout-outs in the platform.

The four-day convention in Tampa will kick off Monday with speeches from Tea Party favorites, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Senate candidate Ted Cruz of Texas. The party’s draft platform that will be voted on includes many of the conservative policies championed by the movement.

FreedomWorks, a Washington-based Tea Party-aligned think tank started by former House GOP leader Dick Armey, announced Wednesday that nearly all of its “Freedom Platform” has been adopted by the GOP, including a repeal of President Obama’s health care law, an end to tax hikes and an audit of the Federal Reserve.

“They were very open to our ideas and willing to work with us,” FreedomWorks vice president Russ Walker said of the platform-writing committee chaired by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven and Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
The Tea Party’s visibility beyond that, though, may be minimal at the convention, activists say. The expectation has drawn mixed reactions from the loosely organized anti-tax movement.

“They like the work we’re doing, but they’re afraid because they don’t want to turn off independents with the Tea Party brand,” said Todd Cefaratti of the group, TheTeaParty.Net. The group has filed a petition called “Let Them Speak,” urging the Republican National Committee to allow Tea Party leaders to speak at the convention.

“You get these moderate Republicans and they say ‘I don’t want to offend Grandma Independent,’” Cefaratti said. TheTeaParty.Net is a chief sponsor of the “Unity Rally 2012” to be held at a Tampa church on the eve of the convention, featuring speeches by Tea Party darlings and former presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain.

“It’s our response to a lot of our leaders being shut out of the convention,” Cefaratti said.
Another group, The Kitchen Table Patriots, also expressed resentment over the Tea Party’s representation at the convention.

“The amount of effort that the GOP went through to make sure that no Tea Party person went to the convention was unbelievable,” said Anastasia Przybylski, one of the group’s co-founders. “I did not see it coming.”

Przybylski’s counterpart, Ana Puig, claims the GOP in Bucks County, Pa., spent $70,000 to derail her run to become a delegate at the convention. Puig is now paying her way to go as an “honorary delegate,” she said, meaning “I can do everything except vote.”

“What is the convention going to accomplish except that Mitt Romney will formally be the candidate? It’s a shoulder-rubbing event,” Puig said.

Puig, however, said she is happy the Tea Party’s platform has been well-received by the RNC, adding that she’s hopeful “we would see a trickle down effect to the GOP on the local level,” she said.

“I am looking at this trip as a way for us, Tea Party, and GOP to try to mend some fences and move side by side to secure a big win in November.”

But not everyone within the movement believes Tea Party leaders should be on prominent display during the convention.

“This is the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan show and it should be,” said Sal Russo of the Tea Party Express, one of the most visible factions of the movement. “We don’t have an agenda beyond that.”

“I would consider this an extremely successful convention for the Tea Party,” Russo said, noting that Romney was always among his group’s top three picks for a presidential nominee. “We thought we shouldn’t try and intrude on a convention that we’re happy with.”

Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, echoed Russo’s sentiment, characterizing the convention as “more style than substance.”

“The purpose is to legally nominate their candidate,” Martin told FoxNews.com. “Tea Party Patriots are far more concerned about what laws are going to be passed than what they’re doing at a party in Florida and Charlotte.”

“As long as our values are represented, we are making an effect. What we will be happy about is when bills are signed into law that repeal the president’s health care law, and when the budget is balanced and when we’re on the road to recovery,” she said. “The convention is just a very small step along the way.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/25/tea-party-movement-role-republican-convention/#ixzz24hnWubRea>

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by carlos

4 Illegals Claiming 20 Kids each Get Over $30,000 in Tax Payers Dollars From The IRS

August 23, 2012 in America's Collapse, Amnesty, Anarchy, Economic Deception, Economy, Immigration, President Obama, Tax Hike, Welfare by carlos

Illegal immigrants could receive more than $7 billion this year in federal tax credits, according to one estimate, thanks to a loophole in the law that allows people not authorized to work to reap the government payments with no questions asked.

Sen. Jeff Sessions’ office calculated that, based on recent trends, illegal immigrants could receive roughly $7.4 billion through a provision known as the Additional Child Tax Credit. That’s more than quadruple what the payout was four years ago, but the payments have been steadily increasing over the past decade.

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Though illegal immigrants are prohibited from receiving similar tax credits, a quirk in the law allows them to qualify for the child tax credit. And it’s a “refundable” credit, meaning recipients can reap the money — with average checks totaling about $1,800 — even if they’ve paid no taxes.

An aide to Sessions, R-Ala., the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, said the issue is a “serious matter that deserves attention” and another sign of how “Washington is disconnected from reality.”

Illegal immigrants can qualify because even people not authorized to work in the U.S. are supposed to file returns with the IRS. If they don’t have a Social Security number, they are provided what’s known as an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number in order to file returns.
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Ad those filers are not excluded from claiming the Additional Child Tax Credit, which is offered to some families with children under 17 years old.

A report last year by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found the claims added up to $4.2 billion in 2010. Sessions’ office calculated the $7.4 billion figure based on the IG report numbers and White House budget numbers.

The IG report last year recommended that Congress pass legislation to “clarify” whether the tax credits should actually be paid to those not authorized to work in the U.S.

Sessions co-sponsored a bill earlier this year to bar illegal immigrants from receiving the credit, but the bill was blocked from reaching the floor by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Reid at the time said the bill targeted the children of low-income Hispanic families.

Recent expansions to the credit under the stimulus law are set to expire at the end of the year.

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by carlos

IRS Is Helping Illegal Alliens Defraud the Govt – $6.8 Billion

August 10, 2012 in Amnesty, Debt Crisis, Dream Act, Economic Deception, Economy, Immigration, Tax Hike by carlos

Irs Is Helping Illegal Alliens Defraud the Govt - $6.8 Billion Was filed 2011 with an IRS Tax ID Intead of Social Security

IRS discouraged fraud detection in ID program

Published August 08, 2012 Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service has been looking the other way instead of rooting out fraud when people apply for taxpayer identification numbers, Treasury Department investigators said Wednesday, exposing a shortfall with both financial and national security implications.
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A member of Congress who sits on the House’s tax-writing committee responded to the report by calling on IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman to resign, claiming the IRS is helping illegal immigrants defraud the government.
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Non-citizens without Social Security numbers have to get ID numbers from the IRS to claim tax refunds. Their applications for ID numbers are processed at an IRS center in Austin, Texas.
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J. Russell George, the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration, said investigators looking into the application process found “an environment which discourages employees from detecting fraudulent applications.”
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Instead, IRS employees were encouraged to process as many ID applications as possible, George said in his report. In addition, investigators learned that the IRS had quit using successful fraud-detection measures in processing the applications.
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“There is a potential that erroneous tax refunds are going to non-qualifying individuals, allowing them to defraud the federal government of billions of dollars,” investigators wrote in the report.
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Once ID numbers are obtained fraudulently, they can be used for other deceptions. When first introduced in 1996, the ID numbers were supposed to be used only for taxes. But investigators found they’re now being used in several states to get driver’s licenses.
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Almost 3 million tax returns seeking $6.8 billion were filed last year using IRS ID numbers rather than Social Security numbers. Investigators said they couldn’t put a number on how many of those returns may have been fraudulent.
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At issue are the documentation requirements for verifying the identity of those who apply for an ID number. Unlike applications for a passport or a Social Security number, applicants for the ID number weren’t required to submit certified copies of their birth certificate or other identification.
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IRS managers had been aware of the problem since at least 2002, but failed to take sufficient action, investigators said. Tax examiners at the agency also complained to investigators they had little to no training in how to root out fraudulent applications.
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IRS officials responding to the report said they already had taken action to address the problem. In June, the agency started requiring original or certified documents until new rules can be developed for 2013.
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“Our leadership moved quickly and aggressively to address issues that were identified,” IRS spokeswoman Michelle Eldridge said.
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Treasury investigators said the IRS has agreed to adopt seven of their nine recommendations for correcting the problem and is still considering the other two.
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In a letter to Shulman calling for his resignation, Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, cited investigators’ findings that people sought $4.2 billion in refundable child tax credits last year using IRS ID numbers.
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“The commissioner and certain IRS officials are essentially aiding and abetting illegal immigrants and others in fraudulently receiving tax refunds courtesy of the American taxpayer,” Johnson said in a statement.
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IRS officials declined to comment on Johnson’s letter.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/08/irs-discouraged-fraud-detection-in-id-program/#ixzz23BA7SvcV

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by Admin1

Has an Obama gaffe finally revealed his innermost contempt for America?

July 26, 2012 in 2nd Amendment, Abuse of Power, America's Collapse, Amnesty, Anarchy, Audit the Fed, Bail Out, Border Patrol, Budget, Congress, Constitutional, Debt Crisis, Dream Act, Economic Deception, Economy, Election, Energy, Environment, Eric Holder, Food Police, Freedom, Gas Price, Gun Control, Immigration, Israel, Nanny State, Net Neutrality, ObamaCare, Occupy Boston, Occupy Wall Street, Oust Obama, Politics, President Obama, Presidential Candidates, Propaganda, radical islam, Secure Communities, Shariah Law, Tax Hike, Terrorism, Treaties, United Nations, United State Military, United States Constitution, US Military, US Sovereignty, Voter Fraud, Welfare, Welfare Fraud by Admin1

Is Obama in league with Satan?

Has an Obama gaffe finally revealed his innermost contempt for America, our Constitution and our traditional institutions? A contempt so deep and so villainous to American Principles and Values that he had to keep it concealed from public view. Hidden lest his villainous ideology be exposed and ruin his wicked plan to destroy America’s most cherished constitutional, social and economic institutions. Every once and a while those seers of our American culture would get a glimpse of his veiled intent and would alert our populous who either would not or could not believe that an American President could be capable of such infamous deeds.Then last Monday night while speaking at a fundraiser in Oakland last, Obama momentarily removed his superficial cloak as he told a mob of supporters that, “Just like we’ve tried their plan, we’ve tried our plan, and it worked. That’s the difference. That’s the choice in this election. That’s why I’m running for a second term.” He thereby, perhaps unconsciously, revealed his ongoing plan to subvert and destroy America.

Here is Rush’s take:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bkto3BtAVM&feature=player_embedded

And Hugh Hewitt’s List of :

The Top 50 Obama Short comings-50 reasons not to vote for Obama

1. Obamacare
2. The failed $850 billion stimulus
3. High, persistent unemployment
4. Gas prices
5. The 2012 budget’s fecklessness
6. Massive deficits each and every year
7. The seizure of GM and Chrysler, the transfer of bondholder wealth to unions, and the dumping of the GM stock at a loss

8. Dodd-Frank

9. Hostility to Israel, including attack on apartment expansion and icing of Prime Minister Netanyahu in basement of White House
10. Failure to support Iran’s Green Revolution
11. Failure to support Syrian revolution
12. The Libyan Fiasco
13. The incompetent handling of the Gulf Oil disaster
14. The unnecessary permitorium in the aftermath of the Gulf Oil disaster
15. The shutdown of Shell’s Arctic oil exploration by EPA

16. The president’s push for cap-and-tax in the Congress
17. The president’s attempt to unconstitutionally impose cap-and-tax via EPA when the Congress wouldn’t pass cap-and-tax
18. The president’s push for unconstitutional restrictions on free speech on his political enemies while keeping the unions free to spend money on campaigns via The Disclose Act
19. The president’s attempt to unconstitutionally impose The Disclose Act on his political opponents but not unions via Executive Order
20. The president’s use of unaccountable “czars”
21. The president’s refusal to accept Congressional direction vis-a-vis his “czars” contained in the last 2011 Continuing Resolution
22. The president’s verbal assault on the Supreme Court while the members of the Court sat before him in the state of the Union
23. The president and Eric Holder’s politicization of the Department of Justice, including the black panthers case and the refusal to defend DOMA
24. The president’s use of demonizing rhetoric towards his opponents, such as accusing doctors of performing unnecessary surgery for money
25. The president’s hyper-partisan approach to governing including “I won, you lost” in 2009 and the assault on Paul Ryan with Paul Ryan as an invited guest in the president’s April 2011 “deficit speech.”
26. Bowing to the Saudi King and the Japanese emperor
27. Returning the bust of Churchill to Great Britain
28. Removing the missile shield from Poland and the Czech Republic
29. Backing the would-be dictator of Hondorus when that nation’s Supreme Court rightfully removed him from office
30. Failure to push for quick ratification of free trade agreements with Columbia, Panama and South Korea
31. Indecision on Afghanistan surge coupled with announcement of eventual withdrawal.
32. Incoherence on Egypt, most obviously with the dispatch of Frank Wizner and then rejection of Wizner’s advice vis-a-vis Mubarak.
33. Appointment Craig Beck to NLRB via recess appointment
34. Appointment of FCC commissioners who are pursuing “net neutrality” without Congressional authorization
35. Failure to resume full water deliveries to California’s Central Valley because of the Delta Smelt
36. Attempt to close Guantanamo Bay
37. Attempt to try terrorists in New York City
38. Janet “The System Worked” Napolitano
39. Government takeover of the student loan program
40. Cancellation of “virtual border fence” project with no replacement or indeed concern for border security
41. The “Beer Summit” and the attack on the Cambridge Police Department
42. The Department of Justice’s attack on Arizona for that state’s exercise of its sovereign legislative authority on the issue of citizen identification rules
43. The attack on Scott Walker and Wisconsin for the governor’s and the state legislature’s exercise of their sovereign legislative authority on public employment issues
44. Dabbling in basketball brackets while the Middle East fell into chaos and the gas prices skyrocketed
45. Arguing that American exceptionalism was the same as any nation’s sense of exceptionalism
46. Implying that Minnesota bridge collapse was the result of lack of infrastructure funding
47. Inserting himself into campaign for the Olympics
48. Attack on D.C. voucher program
49. Van Jones and a long list of other appointees
50. Teleprompter dependency and the worst run of presidential rhetoric since Millard Fillmore combined with testiness in the few interviews he grants.

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by admin

Obama Being Haunted By Reagan

July 9, 2012 in Bail Out, Economic Deception, Economy, Jobs, Oust Obama, President Obama, Socialist, Tax Hike by admin

Obama Keeps Growing The government
Reagan Added about 12000 Gov Job in 8 years
Carter added almost 100,000 Gov Jobs in 4 years
Obama added about 130,000 Gov Jobs in 3 years, More than 10 times than reagan in 8 years

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Since June 2009 there 2.6 million Jobs created
But 3.1 million people have gone on disability

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by Admin1

Obamataxcare

July 2, 2012 in Budget, Jobs, ObamaCare, Tax Hike, United States Constitution by Admin1

The Supreme Court’s June 28^th ruling leaves in place 21 TAX INCREASES in the health care law that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)recently said would more than double from Obama’s original estimate of $675 – 900 billion to $1.76Trillion over the next 10 years. This latest CBO estimate will likely rise even higher due to the decision that prohibits the Federal Government from imposing fines on states that do not expand their Medicaid programs.

Of special note is the fact that twelve of the Obamacare tax hikes break Obama’s pledge that they will not will affect families earning less than $250,000 per year. These taxes include a “Cadillac tax” on high-cost insurance plans, a tax on insurance providers and an excise tax on medical-device manufacturers. By 2016, 75% of the Obama Taxes will be paid by families making $125,000 or less.

The list of the 21 tax increases are as follows:

A 156% increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco
Obamacare Individual Mandate Excise Tax
Obamacare Employer Mandate Tax
Obamacare Surtax on Investment Income
Obamacare Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans
Obamacare Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax
Obamacare Medicine Cabinet Tax
Obamacare HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike
Obamacare Flexible Spending Account Cap – aka “Special Needs Kids Tax”
Obamacare Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers
Obamacare “Haircut” for Medical Itemized Deduction from 7.5% to 10% of AGI
Obamacare Tax on Indoor Tanning Services
Obamacare elimination of tax deduction for employer-provided retirement Rx drug coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D
Obamacare Blue Cross/Blue Shield Tax Hike
Obamacare Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals
Obamacare Tax on Innovator Drug Companies
Obamacare Tax on Health Insurers
Obamacare $500,000 Annual Executive Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives
Obamacare Employer Reporting of Insurance on W-2
Obamacare “Black liquor” tax hike
Obamacare Codification of the “economic substance doctrine”

The following Comprehensive list of the TAXES is from American’s for Tax Reform .

Since taking office, President Barack Obama has signed into law twenty-one new or higher taxes:

1. A 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco: On February 4, 2009, just sixteen days into his Administration, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco, a hike of 61 cents per pack. The median income of smokers is just over $36,000 per year.

2. Obamacare Individual Mandate Excise Tax (takes effect in Jan 2014): Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance must pay an income surtax according to the higher of the following

	1 Adult	2 Adults	3+ Adults
2014	1% AGI/$95	1% AGI/$190	1% AGI/$285
2015	2% AGI/$325	2% AGI/$650	2% AGI/$975
2016 +	2.5% AGI/$695	2.5% AGI/$1390	2.5% AGI/$2085

Exemptions for religious objectors, undocumented immigrants, prisoners, those earning less than the poverty line, members of Indian tribes, and hardship cases (determined by HHS). Bill: PPACA; Page: 317-337

3. Obamacare Employer Mandate Tax (takes effect Jan. 2014): If an employer does not offer health coverage, and at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit, the employer must pay an additional non-deductible tax of $2000 for all full-time employees. Applies to all employers with 50 or more employees. If any employee actually receives coverage through the exchange, the penalty on the employer for that employee rises to $3000. If the employer requires a waiting period to enroll in coverage of 30-60 days, there is a $400 tax per employee ($600 if the period is 60 days or longer). Bill: PPACA; Page: 345-346

Combined score of individual and employer mandate tax penalty: $65 billion/10 years

4. Obamacare Surtax on Investment Income (Tax hike of $123 billion/takes effect Jan. 2013): Creation of a new, 3.8 percent surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single). This would result in the following top tax rates on investment income: Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 87-93

	Capital Gains	Dividends	Other*
2011-2012	15%	15%	35%
2013+ (current law)	23.8%	43.4%	43.4%
2013+ (Obama budget)	23.8%	23.8%	43.4%

*Other unearned income includes (for surtax purposes) gross income from interest, annuities, royalties, net rents, and passive income in partnerships and Subchapter-S corporations. It does not include municipal bond interest or life insurance proceeds, since those do not add to gross income. It does not include active trade or business income, fair market value sales of ownership in pass-through entities, or distributions from retirement plans. The 3.8% surtax does not apply to non-resident aliens.

5. Obamacare Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (Tax hike of $32 bil/takes effect Jan. 2018): Starting in 2018, new 40 percent excise tax on “Cadillac” health insurance plans ($10,200 single/$27,500 family). Higher threshold ($11,500 single/$29,450 family) for early retirees and high-risk professions. CPI +1 percentage point indexed. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,941-1,956

6. Obamacare Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax (Tax hike of $86.8 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013): Current law and changes:

	First $200,000 ($250,000 Married) Employer/Employee	All Remaining Wages Employer/Employee
Current Law	1.45%/1.45% 2.9% self-employed	1.45%/1.45% 2.9% self-employed
Obamacare Tax Hike	1.45%/1.45% 2.9% self-employed	1.45%/2.35% 3.8% self-employed

Bill: PPACA, Reconciliation Act; Page: 2000-2003; 87-93

7. Obamacare Medicine Cabinet Tax (Tax hike of $5 bil/took effect Jan. 2011): Americans no longer able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin). Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,957-1,959

8. Obamacare HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike (Tax hike of $1.4 bil/took effect Jan. 2011): Increases additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,959

9. Obamacare Flexible Spending Account Cap – aka “Special Needs Kids Tax” (Tax hike of $13 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013): Imposes cap on FSAs of $2500 (now unlimited). Indexed to inflation after 2013. There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education. Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,388-2,389

10. Obamacare Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers (Tax hike of $20 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013): Medical device manufacturers employ 360,000 people in 6000 plants across the country. This law imposes a new 2.3% excise tax. Exempts items retailing for <$100. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,980-1,986

11. Obamacare “Haircut” for Medical Itemized Deduction from 7.5% to 10% of AGI (Tax hike of $15.2 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013): Currently, those facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction for medical expenses to the extent that those expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI). The new provision imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI. Waived for 65+ taxpayers in 2013-2016 only. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,994-1,995

12. Obamacare Tax on Indoor Tanning Services (Tax hike of $2.7 billion/took effect July 2010): New 10 percent excise tax on Americans using indoor tanning salons. Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,397-2,399

13. Obamacare elimination of tax deduction for employer-provided retirement Rx drug coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D (Tax hike of $4.5 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013) Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,994

14. Obamacare Blue Cross/Blue Shield Tax Hike (Tax hike of $0.4 bil/took effect Jan. 1 2010): The special tax deduction in current law for Blue Cross/Blue Shield companies would only be allowed if 85 percent or more of premium revenues are spent on clinical services. Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,004

15. Obamacare Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals (Min$/took effect immediately): $50,000 per hospital if they fail to meet new “community health assessment needs,” “financial assistance,” and “billing and collection” rules set by HHS. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,961-1,971

16. Obamacare Tax on Innovator Drug Companies (Tax hike of $22.2 bil/took effect Jan. 2011): $2.3 billion annual tax on the industry imposed relative to share of sales made that year. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,971-1,980

17. Obamacare Tax on Health Insurers (Tax hike of $60.1 bil/takes effect Jan. 2014): Annual tax on the industry imposed relative to health insurance premiums collected that year. Phases in gradually until 2018. Fully-imposed on firms with $50 million in profits. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,986-1,993

18. Obamacare $500,000 Annual Executive Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives (Tax hike of $0.6 bil/takes effect Jan 2013). Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,995-2,000

19. Obamacare Employer Reporting of Insurance on W-2 ($min/takes effect Jan. 2012): Preamble to taxing health benefits on individual tax returns. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,957

20. Obamacare “Black liquor” tax hike (Tax hike of $23.6 billion/took effect immediately). This is a tax increase on a type of bio-fuel. Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 105

21. Obamacare Codification of the “economic substance doctrine” (Tax hike of $4.5 billion/took effect immediately). This provision allows the IRS to disallow completely-legal tax deductions and other legal tax-minimizing plans just because the IRS deems that the action lacks “substance” and is merely intended to reduce taxes owed. Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 108-113

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by mike

Will Senator Brown Join Swiftboat Kerry in Committing US Citizens to a United Nations Global Taxiation Scheme?

July 1, 2012 in Agenda 21, Scott Brown, Tax Hike, United Nations, US Sovereignty by mike

Senator Brown is Among 20 Republican Senators that are Refusing to Oppose a United Nations Global Taxation Scheme that is Intentionally Designed To Hand Over Our Sovereignty To The Third World.

The Obama Administration’s plan is to Implement several treaties over the next 6 months that signs over crucial segments of US Sovereignty to the United Nations. The first of these Treaties is the Law of the Sea Treaty which would redistribute a large proportion of our offshore oil drilling and mineral profits to the United Nations to distribute among member nations!

Our own Do-Bee Senator, Swiftboat Kerry, Chairman of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, is leading the Obama Administration’s charge in the Senate and is reported to be bringing in in “Big Guns” to assist him in twisting the arms of Republican Senators to pass this outrageous Treaty. A Treaty that not only bypasses the People’s House but once ratified cannot be repealed, not even by an affirmative vote to repeal by the entire House, the entire Senate and a future President!

The Following 20 Repuplican Members of the United States Senate have failed to sign Senator DeMint’s Letter Opposing The Law Of The Sea Treaty:

The Hon. Lamar Alexander, The Hon. Kelly Ayotte( Junior Senator from New Hampshire), The Hon. Scott Brown, The Hon. Thad Cochran, The Hon. Susan Collins( Junior Senator from Maine), The Hon. Bob Corker, The Hon. Michael Enzi, The Hon. Lindsey Graham(Senior Senator from SC), The Hon. Charles Grassley, The Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison, The Hon. Johnny Isakson, The Hon. Mike Johanns, The Hon. Mark Kirk, The Hon. Richard Lugar, The Hon. John McCain (Senior Senator from AZ , Former Presidential Candidate and Senator Brown Mentor), The Hon. Mitch McConnell ( House Majority Leader), The Hon. Lisa Murkowski, The Hon. Rob Portman, The Hon. Olympia Snowe( Senior Senator from Maine) and The Hon. Patrick Toomey( Junior Senator from PA)

Tags: Deception, Democracy in Jeopardy, Economic Collapse, President Obama
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by admin

Mark Levin: The Executive Branch Is Out of Control and Will Do Whatever It Can to Evade the Supreme Court’s Health Care Ruling

June 28, 2012 in Anarchy, Budget, Constitutional, Debt Crisis, dictator, DICTATORSHIP, Economic Deception, Economy, ObamaCare, Politics, President Obama, Propaganda, Socialist, Tax Hike by admin

Will Our socialyist Dictator Defend the Constitution?

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by carlos

New federal agency OFR – Unconstitutional

April 20, 2012 in Bail Out, Budget, Constitutional, Economic Deception, Economy, Politics, Scott Brown, Socialist, Tax Hike by carlos

It is the most powerful federal agency you’ve never heard of — and lawmakers from both parties on Thursday vowed to keep abreast of its astonishing growth and rein it in, if necessary.

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. Technically housed under the Treasury Department, the agency has until now received its funding not from the Congress, but directly from the Federal Reserve.
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Starting in July, the OFR Fiscal Year 2013 budget, estimated at $158 million, will be funded entirely through assessments — also known as taxes — on bank-holding firms with consolidated assets worth at least $50 billion.
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But as became clear at Thursday’s hearing by the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, a close reading of the law the president signed provides no limit on the growth of OFR’s budget, nor on the taxes the agency can impose on big banks to fund it.
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“We’ll call you on it,” said Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass., warning what would happen if he and his colleagues see the agency growing too large.
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Yet the Congress’ prospects for doing that are at present limited, as it holds no power of the purse over OFR. Detractors call it “the CIA of financial regulators,” and conjure “Orwellian” visions of “an omniscient Soviet-style central risk manager.”
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The agency’s official mission is to collect financial data and funnel it to another Dodd-Frank creation: the Financial Stability Oversight Council. These agencies were designed with the idea of preventing another systemic shock of Lehman Brothers magnitude.
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Toward that end, OFR was invested with virtually unlimited subpoena power. It can compel just about any company in America to turn over to the federal government sensitive internal data, even proprietary information.
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“We’re only going to be collecting the data that we absolutely need, to fulfill our mission,” testified Michele Shannon, the new agency’s chief operating officer. “We’re trying to fill data gaps. We’re not going to be collecting for collection’s sake. We’re going to be making sure that only those people who absolutely need to have access to sensitive data have that access.”
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But Republicans on the panel remained skeptical about the potential for abuses of power.
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“You’re able to tax corporations without any oversight by the U.S. Congress,” said Rep. Steve Pearce, R-New Mex. “Our Constitution is pretty clear, and so if we’re a little scratchy on our side, just understand it’s because you’re conducting things that we feel like are completely unconstitutional.”
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Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., questioned both the need for OFR to exist and its ability to protect adequately the sensitive data it will collect through its subpoena power.
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“Your agency…seems to think it can outsmart Wall Street, if they have enough extra people and enough software, that they can see where the next problem is going to be,” Posey said at Thursday’s hearing. “But everyone with half a brain in this country saw the last problem way before it burst. We knew there was a subprime crisis; it was just a matter of how long it would be before it burst.”
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Posey also noted that the computer systems of some national defense agencies have been hacked. “I wonder whether or not you’ll be able to have a safer process than some of them did,” he said.
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One of the panel’s most liberal members, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., normally alarmed by unbridled expansions of subpoena power, defended OFR, citing the experience of the Great Recession. “I hope that all my colleagues agree that having, consolidating, and understanding this complex financial data would be key to preventing another systemic risk,” she said
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/19/new-federal-agency-ofr-stirs-orwellian-fears/#ixzz1sZuirxkf

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Patriot Day Rally – Mass Tea Party – Louie Gohmert One Of Our Featured Speakers Attending!!

February 28, 2012 in Boston Tea Party, Patriot Day Rally, Rally, Tax Hike, Tea Party, Tea Party Rally by carlos

Patriot Day Rally – Theme: Patriot Courage

One Of Our Feature Speakers!!

4-Term Texas Republican Congressman and former District Judge Louie Gohmert will articulate his position on our economy at the Mass Tea Party Coalition’s Tax Day

Patriot Day Rally on Boston Common

Sunday April 15th 2012 1Pm to 4Pm

During these trying economic times, Rep. Gohmert has been developing innovative solutions to jumpstart our economy and offering practical alternatives to the government’s bailout frenzy. His “Federal Income Tax Holiday” gained widespread national support from the grassroots level to national leaders, allowing taxpayers to decide how best to spend their hard-earned money. Louie has repeatedly called for an end to the socialization of our economy and decried the notion that Washington Bureaucrats know better than American taxpayers.

Saugus MA- Carlos Hernandez, The Massachusetts Tea Party Patriots State Coordinator announces that the Mass Tea Party Coalition will hold a Patriot Day Rally on Sunday April 15^th at the Boston Common Bandstand. Further details will follow as event plans are finalized. The Theme of the Rally is “patriot Courage”
The Mass Tea Party is a grassroots coalition of more than 40 locally affiliated chapters Throughout Massachusetts. The groups are non-profit, non-partisan organizations dedicated to promoting & Defending The Constitution of the Constitution of the United state of America.

Visit Mass Tea Party online at

www.massteaparty.org & www.facebook.com/Massteaparty

See Event on FaceBook – http://www.facebook.com/#!/Massteaparty?sk=events

Tags: Debt Limit, Deficit, Economic Collapse, National Debt, Tax Day Rally
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The Heritage Foundation Responds to Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal

February 14, 2012 in Budget, Congress, Debt Crisis, Tax Day Rally, Tax Hike by mike

The President’s recent 2013 Budget proposal continues his quest towards 1-world socialism and domestic economic disaster. The Heritage Foundation concludes that, “The Administration has tapped all its resources and can only recycle the President’s shopworn “vision”: bigger government, more spending, higher taxes, and deeper deficitsIf you are tired of President Obama’s fiscally irresponsible economic programs that have us heading over a cliff, please bring your family and friends to the Boston Common on April 15^th and join members of the Mass Tea Party as we protest his arrogance.

Heritage Responds to Obama’s 2013

Mike Brownfield

February 13, 2012 at 12:05 pm

President Obama’s Budget Proposal: Running on Empty
- Patrick Louis Knudsen

Coming from a President whose economic philosophy is a borrowed car company slogan, the Obama budget submitted Monday all too predictably repeats the stale and unsuccessful policies of the past three years.

The Administration has tapped all its resources and can only recycle the President’s shopworn “vision”: bigger government, more spending, higher taxes, and deeper deficits. At a time when runaway spending and swelling deficits must be reversed, he worsens both immediately but, as usual, promises to fix them later. In his first post-debt-ceiling fiscal plan—delayed a week, with no explanation—the President appears to have offered an election-year campaign document, not a credible blueprint for addressing the nation’s fiscal and economic problems.

Spending in the President’s budget rises inexorably from today’s $3.8 trillion to $5.8 trillion in 2022. Throughout the decade, outlays hold stubbornly above 22 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), more than twice the New Deal’s share of the economy in its peak years. In constant dollars, outlays are more than three times the peak of World War II.

In 2012, his budget results deliver a fourth consecutive annual deficit exceeding $1 trillion and then make it worse with another round of not-so-shovel-ready construction projects and government “investments” totaling $178 billion. Among these are the typical road, bridge, and school construction, but then they go alarmingly beyond the usual “infrastructure” arguments to fund teachers’ pay.

Read the rest of the story at the following Heritage URL:

http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/13/reaction-roundup-heritage-responds-to-obamas-2013-budget-proposal/

Tags: Deception, President Obama, Tax Day Rally
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Mortgage Fees Would Rise Under Payroll Tax Cut Deal

December 20, 2011 in Congress, Debt Crisis, Tax Hike by carlos

Does Anyone Read The Bill AnyMore!!!!!!!!!

This Would Be a Permanent Fee!!!

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Homebuyers, beware.

The new fee increase would amount to about $15 a month more for a $200,000 mortgage, according to a senior Democratic official.

In exchange for a two-month tax cut, the Senate on Saturday approved a permanent increase in fees attached to mortgages backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

The fee hike would apply to new mortgages and new refinances, and would last for the life of the loans.

The increase is meant to pay for the roughly $33 billion package the Senate approved Saturday to extend a 2 percentage point payroll tax cut for another two months. The Obama administration says 160 million people benefit from that tax cut.
But the mortgage fee provision would have widespread long-term impact, considering nine out of 10 mortgages go through one of the three government-sponsored finance organizations affected.

The new fee increase would amount to about $15 a month more for a $200,000 mortgage, according to a senior Democratic official.

That’s $180 a year, or $360 a year for a $400,000 mortgage. Homeowners would have the fee hike built into their loan — the mortgage provider would then send that extra revenue to the Treasury.

The idea behind the fee is to encourage more homeowners to get into the private market, as opposed to seeking loans backed by troubled entities like Fannie and Freddie.

“Taxpayers are losing every quarter on Fannie and Freddie,” a senior Senate Democratic aide said. “We want to lessen the burden on the taxpayers (who are on the hook for failed government-backed loans).”

The aide added, “This is an incentive to go to the private-sector mortgage market.”

A fact sheet on the Senate bill sent out Saturday to House Republicans noted that the offset has “bipartisan support” and was included in the House GOP-backed payroll tax cut bill. It also was included in President Obama’s list of suggestions to the now-defunct “Super Committee” tasked with reducing the deficit.

The House still must vote on the bill. The two-month tax cut is estimated to be worth about $165 for someone making $50,000 a year.

While lawmakers will say that the mortgage fee hike means the payroll tax cut is fully paid for, the timetables for the tax cut itself and the revenue from the fee are very different.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that while the tax cut lasts two months, it will take 10 years for the associated fee hike to drum up an estimated $35.7 billion and replenish the lost revenue. That rhetorical tactic is common on Capitol Hill — lawmakers frequently say bills are “paid for” when in fact it takes a decade for that to be the case.

Fox News’ Trish Turner contributed to this report.

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by mike

John F. Kennedy on taxes

September 14, 2011 in Economy, Tax Hike by mike

“It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now … Cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus.”

– John F. Kennedy, Nov. 20, 1962, president’s news conference

Folks, if you want to understand how far congress and our executive branch have strayed from sound “Fiscal Responsibility”and “Lower Taxes” you simply have to read JFK’s speeches on the issue at the following site!

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39517

Call your federal, state and local representatives and tell them we have had enough and if they expect us to vote for them in the next election they had better heed our admonition to lower our tax burden and STOP SCARING seniors and other groups with loss of benefits as a ploy to increase our debt and eventually our taxes.

Tags: "Fiscal Responsibility", "Lower Taxes", JFK
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The Fuzzy Math from Gang of Six

July 21, 2011 in Debt Crisis, Tax Hike by mike

The Gang of 6::

Top L to Right; Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) ~ Lame Duck/Retiring; Dick Durbin (D-Illinois); Mark Warner (D-Virginia)

Bottom: Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) ~ Classic RINO;Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) ~ The Pseudo-Conservative who is best friends with DeMint;.
Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)

The saying goes “The devil is in the details” and ” Figures don’t lie but liars figure”. The Gang of six should be called The Gang of Detail less Liars. But then again they are all graduates of the Fuzzy School of Economic Mathematica.

“The Gang’s proposal purports to offer “a net tax relief of approximately $1.5 trillion.” Yet, the purveyors of the plan claim that it would concurrently raise revenues by $1 trillion.” According to Senator Rand Paul at: http://video.foxnews.com/v/1068064948001/will-conservatives-back-gang-of-six-plan/,who has been home schooled, says wait a minute you purveyors of Fuzzy School of Economic Mathematica, you forgot to include the Geometrica theory of Truth in your Fuzzy Math Calculations.

It appears that they are talking about “…cuts against a baseline. the Baseline is going up $9T over the next 10 years. If they cut $3T they are still going to add $6T to our DEBT over the next 10years.”

And where will the “Revenue” come from? It is being reported that the “Gang” is considering “Revising” mortgage interest deductions, property tax deductions, and you will now pay capital gains on your primary home sale. They are also considering “Revising” State Tax and Charitable Deductions.

H’mmmm, I wonder if “Revising” means virtually eliminating? I believe that’s what is being taught at the Obamaonimics School of Redistribution of Wealth. Go here to read how you can apply for a position in this prestigious Graduate School:

http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/07/19/the-fuzzy-math-from-gang-of-six/

Tags: Debt Limit, National Debt
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Now House Republicans Must Fight The Gang of 6′s Gangrene Plan

July 20, 2011 in Debt Crisis, Tax Hike by mike

‘Think of the Senate “Gang of 6″ Plan as the “Gangrene Plan.” It will slowly, but surely, rot away the nation. It was presented yesterday with a few claims:’

Eric Erickson appropriately nail’s the Gang of 6′s plan whose covert purpose is “…to provide cover for massive, massive tax increases.”

Republican members of the gang are Tom Coburn MD, 202-224-5754, Saxby Chambliss Georgia , 202-224-3521 and Mike Crapo Idaho, 202-224-6142

.Please call these Republicans? and tell them that hey have not only undermined the House and Senate Republican’s quest for a Debt Crisis Solution, but have also betrayed the people’s trust that they swore to uphold.

DeLeo – Bottle bill expansion – another form of taxation

July 19, 2011 in Tax Hike by mike

Even Speaker DeLeo gets it as long as it doesn’t get in the way of a another deal on Bacon Hill.

“Calling it “another form of taxation,” House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Sunday snuffed a budget proposal embraced by Gov. Deval Patrick to encourage recycling and raise $20 million a year to defray water and sewer costs.”

If you feel that you are Taxed Enough Already and dont want to be taxed for your purchases of water, tea and juice, then call your senator and Representative TODAY.

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