Posts Tagged ‘Taxes’

Keep raising taxes morons. Show the state just how out of touch you are with reality. This will bode well for Republicans of this state, if the idiot masses get their heads out of their asses.

That’s a huge if.

FIRE THE BASTARDS!

California Democrats unveil tax-increase package

SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers in California unveiled a plan on Monday for nearly $5 billion of tax and fee increases to help fill the state government’s $19.1 billion budget gap.

The plan by state Senate Democrats would raise $4.9 billion by raising California’s vehicle registration fee, suspending corporate tax breaks scheduled to begin next year and boosting the state’s tax on alcoholic beverages.

Democrats control both chambers of the state’s legislature and have said they would seek new revenue to help plug the shortfall.

Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, by contrast, has ruled out tax increases and is relying largely on deep spending cuts in his plan for balancing the state’s books. He has called for $12.4 billion of cuts and would scrap the state’s welfare system, a plan Democrats have rejected.

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This is getting to be a rather routine thing for the great hemorrhoid in the White House.

Lie after lie. This time he’s actually called out on it be the MSM. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

Obama: As I’ve Always Said, I Promise I Won’t Raise “Any Form of Taxes” Income Tax on the Middle Class

Obama, shockingly, says he’s open to the idea of a VAT. He just wants to know all of his “options” before announcing the decision he actually made three years ago.

What’s actually a little surprising is that CNBC catches him altering his previous bullshit campaign promises:

Obama’s VAT admission may explain his recent attempts to alter the terms of his central campaign promise. Twice in the past two weeks, Obama has claimed his middle class tax pledge only applied to income taxes rather than “any form of taxes”.

In his April 10 Weekly Radio Address, Obama said: “And one thing we have not done is raise income taxes on families making less than $250,000. That’s another promise we’ve kept.” In a speech on the evening of April 15, Obama repeated the truncated promise: “And one thing we haven’t done is raise income taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year — another promise that we kept.

The two recent statements stand in stark contrast to Obama’s original promise: “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.”

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They don’t get to the anti-tax stance until the second page at the end of the article. But, what do you expect from Reuters?

At any rate, taxing everything more is not going to solve America’s problems. Lower taxes, less government are the proven methods of generating an economy that will be vibrant and let Americans prosper. This BS isn’t going to cut it.

Since they waited to say it at the end, I’m putting it up front:

Battle lines drawn over soda, junk food taxes
By Lisa Baertlein

Critics say new “sin tax” plans would turn the nation into a nanny state, hurt business, threaten an already weak economy and place an unfair burden on low-income shoppers. And groups such as Americans Against Food Taxes are striking back.

That organization has big-name backers such as juice maker Welch’s, PepsiCo Inc, the American Beverage Association, the Corn Refiners Association, agribusiness giant Cargill Inc and restaurant chains ranging from fast-food purveyors McDonald’s Corp and Burger King Holdings Inc to Olive Garden owner Darden Restaurants Inc.

Its website warns that taxes on sugary drinks would have a “negative impact on American families struggling in this economy.” A narrator on its television ads, which feature a family camping trip, says: “Taxes never made anyone healthy. Education, exercise and balanced diets do that.”

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Pay attention people. The only way to keep America prosperous and a free nation is to make the tax system fair. Everyone should have to pay taxes. If everyone paid taxes, there would be no chance for socialism. When everyone has a stake in the deal, the idiots in Congress wouldn’t be able to get away with it.

Not About the Money
By Alana Goodman

Opponents of free-market economics have often portrayed capitalists as greedy money-grubbers, but one conservative think tank is arguing that free enterprise is the foundation of a virtuous and moral society.

“Taxation is about fairness and freedom, it’s not about money,” said American Enterprise Institute (AEI) President Arthur Brooks at the Heritage Foundation on August 4th. “You can raise my taxes another five points. I’m not going to like it, but my kids are not going to go without shoes. What’s going to offend me is it’s going to make me less free and it’s not fair and it’s not American…And that’s a moral case. ”

An April 9th poll by Rasmussen Reports showed that Americans under age 30 were pretty much evenly divided on the question of whether they preferred capitalism or socialism, with 37% choosing capitalism and 33% choosing socialism.

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Here’s what the premier health organization has to say about the jug eared asshat’s health care plans:

Mayo Clinic’s reaction to House Tri-Committee bill

Although there are some positive provisions in the current House Tri-Committee bill – including insurance for all and payment reform demonstration projects – the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher-quality, more affordable health care for patients. In fact, it will do the opposite.

In general, the proposals under discussion are not patient focused or results oriented. Lawmakers have failed to use a fundamental lever – a change in Medicare payment policy – to help drive necessary improvements in American health care. Unless legislators create payment systems that pay for good patient results at reasonable costs, the promise of transformation in American health care will wither. The real losers will be the citizens of the United States.

Here’s a nice parody of the proposed health care BS…

It is time to cut our losses and the Democrats, along with any RINOs that are sucking up precious oxygen.

Stimulus fizzle has Democrats worried
by Ed Morrissey

And well they should.  Democrats put down an $800 billion bet and locked Republicans out of the room in placing it.  They know their party and their President completely owns the results — and those aren’t looking good at all.  And like any bad gambler, they want to double down on a lost hand:

Five months after Congress approved a massive package of spending and tax cuts aimed at reviving an ailing economy, the jobless rate is still climbing and the White House is scrambling to reassure an anxious public that President Obama’s prescription for economic recovery is on the right track.

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Government aid to the states. Money collected in the very states that need it feed the government trough; just to be sent back to the states as aid. I’m from the gubmint and I’m here to help…

Doesn’t make any damn sense.

More Misleading Monetary MSM Memes

This morning, this headline appeared on the front page of USA Today, “Federal aid is top revenue for states”.

I wonder how many of my fellow citizens read that and absently nodded approval while sipping their coffee or crossed their fingers hopefully while scanning the “Help Wanted” ads?

The problems with the headline and with the flavor of the article itself are legion.

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Excellent speech from a young lady in Texas. So much for the RAAAACIST crying that the hypocrites on the left are spewing.

Tax Day Tea Party Report

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 in Politics, Tax, Truth
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My family participated in the tax day tea party. It was my first time protesting anything. It was the first time for my whole family.

Very interesting indeed.

There were at least 1000 people at this rally. If not more. It started at 5:00 pm and promptly ended at 7:00 pm. It was quite civil, but had a lot of spirit to the protest. There were a few people that drove by that thought they weren’t paying enough taxes, I guess. But, there were more supporters for this cause, than not.

What’s interesting is that it wasn’t just about taxes. Other issues like socialism, propositions, anti-Obama, anti-Congress, even anti-abortion were in the crowd. Even us “right wing extremists” were present. I saw many veterans. A Korean War vet, a Vietnam vet, a Iraqi Freedom vet, and I represented Desert Storm. I am sure there were others, but some didn’t wear any war identifiers, just branch.

Pretty good turn out.

Here’s some pics of the scene:

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Tax Day Tea Party

Posted: 15 Apr 2009 in Politics, Tax, Truth
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I’ll be attending a tax day tea party this afternoon.

I’ll take pictures and post them, probably tomorrow.

I’ll be at the one in Rancho Cucamonga.

Signs:

“Cut government spending

FIRE

Congress!”

and

“Economics for Dummies AND Congress,

but I repeat myself…

Spend Less Than You Earn!”

and

“Socialism

CHANGE

We can’t

Afford!”

Party like it’s 1773!