Monday, February 27, 2012

WHAT DOES MY TAXES HAVE TO DO WITH MY HEALTHCARE?

WHAT DOES MY TAXES HAVE TO DO WITH MY HEALTHCARE?


Andrew Brietbart presents Big Government (from Drudge)
Colleen Owens

Is the IRS Attempting to Intimidate Local Tea Parties?

by Colleen Owens
In the near future, the Affordable Healthcare Act mandate and all things related to healthcare are to be policed and enforced by the IRS.  This means thousands more IRS agents will be added, but the actual number is yet unknown. Considering that healthcare accounts for 1/6th of the U.S. economy, it will probably be a significant number of additional agents.  According to the tax administration inspector general, Russell George, “The new Affordable Care Act provisions represents the largest set of tax law changes in 20 years.” That’s an overwhelming thought considering there are over 70,000 pages of federal tax code.


My question is what does the IRS have to do with the care my doctor gives me and all of his patients?  What is your opinion?

Saturday, February 25, 2012

DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA

DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA

   I stumbled across this story by AP's Becky Bohrer and Mike Baker dated February 24, 2012:

By BECKY BOHRER and MIKE BAKER Associated Press The Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Just a few months after returning from the presidential campaign trail, a weary Sarah Palin shot off a 1 a.m. email to top colleagues in her office.

Buried in ethics complaints that she deemed frivolous, the Alaska governor was feeling increasingly detached from her family. She faced mounting legal bills that only exacerbated the financial turmoil related to her family's travel.

"I'm just beat down on this one. I am tired. The opponents have succeeded on the drive towards our personal bankruptcy, and have divided my family," she wrote.

She finished the overnight email with a sobering conclusion: "One has to be single, wealthy, or corrupt to function in this political system."

The relentless examination and subsequent exasperation lingered for months after Palin's stint as a vice presidential candidate in 2008, and thousands of documents released by the state this week indicate that it ultimately drove her to leave political office.

Emails show that Palin remained engaged as governor in the issues of her day job, pushing for a natural gas pipeline, preparing speeches for civic groups, coordinating with the state's chief lobbyist in Washington, D.C., and even helping arrange a reception for football players at the governor's mansion. She said it was invigorating to directly speak to protesters holding a derogatory sign.

The treasurer of Palin's political action committee, Tim Crawford, said Thursday: "We encourage everyone to read the emails. They show a governor hard at work for her state."

But the documents also show her becoming increasingly distracted by the external issues tied to her newfound celebrity.

One of her political critics, trying to tout his own international experience in early 2009, parroted a "Saturday Night Live" line about Palin being able to see Russia from her house — a phrase that morphed from the governor's initial comment that Russia was visible from part of Alaska.

"Why does he suggest I said i could see russia from my house? I said u can see russia from Alaska, in trying to explain the proximity," she wrote to a staffer.

Palin then added in another email, "It's going to be a long two years..."

It turned out that Palin wouldn't last that long. She resigned six months later.

Alaska released some 24,000 pages of emails last year that focused on Palin's time before she joined the Republican ticket with presidential nominee John McCain. This week the state released some 34,820 pages, generally spanning from October 2008 until Palin's resignation in July 2009.

At times, Palin was clearly irked by the ongoing media coverage she faced. She said the national media had set their sights on Alaska because of her position as governor, citing questions by a CBS reporter about an effort by some Prince William Sound fishermen to have the state forgive all or part of the outstanding loans the state had given them using their settlement funds from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill as collateral.

"This is bizarre. It's also an indication of nat'l media looking at anything to sensationalize (negatively) about Alaska right now ... unfortunately bc of who's in the Gov's chair," she wrote in a Jan. 26, 2009, email to aides.

A couple months later, she was upset that a magazine had found her during a charity event at a Juneau grocery store.

"Any idea how they knew to find me at Fred Meyer yesterday while I sold Girl scout cookies? The scout leaders wouldn't have told them," she wrote. A lawyer responded that she was probably being followed, but it was later discovered that Palin's planned appearance was included in an article in the Juneau Empire.

Palin was particularly irked by ethics complaints that she considered excessive and frivolous, and many of them were eventually dismissed. More than a dozen came in after she was named McCain's running mate in 2008 — including one accusing her of having a conflict of interest because of the brand of clothing she wore.

Palin has said the ethics complaints proved to be a distraction, and that was a major factor in her decision to resign during her first term. A complaint related to the family's travel and the subsequent internal inquiries were particularly problematic.

In a May 2009 email with then-Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, Palin showed frustration with scrutiny about her and her family's travel and the financial cost of ethics charges. Parnell invited Palin to a police memorial ceremony, but she was unable to attend because she was in Juneau.

"I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't. I'm condemned and scrutinized for not being here enough," she wrote.

The governor said she paid out of pocket to repay travel by her family, which was "based on bogus accusations that I traveled too much in the past," and said she paid back taxes for not being in the governor's mansion "enough" during renovations.

"This Juneau situation cost Todd and me about $35,000 recently. The double standard applied to me and my spouse keeps me from freely traveling as other govs did," she wrote.

Despite it all, Palin's aides remained fiercely loyal to her. Randy Ruaro sent an email in July 2009 simply entitled "Thank you."

"I have been asked several times in the last few years why I work so hard. It's very, very easy to work hard for someone when you

  In light of how former Governor Palin was treated, and knowing how the Republican Candidates for the Presidential nomination are treated,  how are we to trust any of the media?  Are they all paid off by the Democratics?  Are they all in bed with the Democrats?
   Do you remember the Florida reporter who really was trying to do right by Americans by asking Vice President Biden questions about President Obama?:

THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN CENSORS FLORIDA NEWS STATION FOR ASKING TRUTHFUL QUESTIONS

By: John Keitel
Joe Biden, Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee, did an interview with a Florida news station. The problem is that the Anchor asked pointed questions that the Obama campaign did not like.
The Obama campaign was now forbid any of the campaign personnel from conducting interviews with the station. This is out right censorship!
But, this is what the Democratic party does. If they feel that the environment is going to be tough then they will not participate. Fox stations have been privy to this adolescent behavior since the primaries.
The news stations have been privy to this over such a trivial issue as Barack Obama’s big ears! Obama put the outlets on notice that they were not to talk about his ears! Then it was his campaigning wife he stood up for. Something like, leave my woman alone. She was and is campaigning, that makes her fair game!
But there is no fair game when you deal with Communists, they control the game. And change rules when they see fit.
Florida WFTV reporter asked Joe Biden, “I know your in North Carolina now helping to get out the vote. Aren’t you embarrassed by the blatant attempts to register phony voters by ACORN an oorganization that Barack Obama has been tied to in the past?”
Joe Biden replied, “I am not embarrassed by it we are not tied to it we have not paid them one single penny to register a single solitary voter. We have the best get out the vote in modern history…I am embarrassed for anybody in ACOR who went out there and registered somebody who shouldn’t be registered.”
Florida WFTV reporter, ”In the past Senator Obama was an community organizer for ACORN, he was an attorney for ACORN, and cerainly in the Senate he has been a benefactor for ACORN”
Joe Biden, “How has he been a benefactor for ACORN? He was an organizer. John McCain stood before ACORN not long ago complimenting them on the great work they did. Does this make John McCain complicit in any mistake ACORN made? Come on lets get real?”
Florida WFTV reporter, ”You may recognize this famous quote, “From each according to his abilities to each according to his needs.” That’s from Karl Marx, how is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?”
Biden, “Are you joking? Is this a joke? Is that a real question? He is not spreading the wealth around he is talking about the giving the middle class an opportunity to get back the tax breaks they used to have. what is happened? Just this year, people making 1.4 million dollars average, the top 1%, good decent American people, are gonna to get a new $87 Billion tax cut. A new one on top of last year. We think the people should be getting that tax break. Are not contiuing to REDISTRIBUTE the wealth up! we think middle class tax payer should get a tax break. That’s what we think. Its a ridiculous comparison with all due respect.”
Florida WFTV reporter, ”Now you recently said “mark my words it will not be 6 months before the world tests Barack Obama.” But, what worries many people is your caviot asking them to stand with him because its not going to be apparent initially that he’s right. Are you forewarning Americans that nothing will be done and that America’s days as a leading power are over?”
“No Im not at all. I don’t know who’s writing your questions. But let me make it clear to you. The fact of the matter is that everyone has acknowledged from Colin Powell on, that the next President of the United States is going to be tested, weather its John McCain and or, or its Barack Obama. The reason is that are weakened position in the world. we’re stretched thin through out the world. Are economy is in free fall right now. And they’re going to be tested. Every President is tested. And the point I was making is that Barack Obama is better to handle whatever crisis there is going to be than John McCain. Because John was wrong in Iraq saying we’d be greeted as liberators we’d be out of there. Wrong in Afghanistan saying we have already succeeded. Wrong in North Korea saying the President shouldn’t negotiate. Barack Obama’s been right, John Mccain’s been wrong. That was my point, Barack Obama’s more ready than John McCain.”
Florida WFTV reporter, ”Getting back to the spreading the wealth question, what do you say to the people that are concerned that Barack Obama will want to turn America into a socialist country much like Sweden?
Biden, “I don’t know anybody who thinks that, except the far right wing of the Republican Party.”
These are not tough questions, they are the right questions!!!!

   America is in a sad place, allowing our government to take over our country like Hugo Chavez took over his.

What are your thoughts?  Leave a comment.  I'd love to hear from you.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

CANDIDATE OBAMA'S SPEECH MAY 19, 2008

Candidate Obama's Speech

   Then Candidate Barack Obama made a speech at the Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon on May 19, 2008.  Here is a little of what Jeff Musall, a Yahoo contributor wrote about the event:

"Obama addressed the stress that current economic troubles are causing middle-class Americans and how he would tackle them. He proposed a middle class tax cut paid for by closing loopholes used by coporations to avoid taxes. He hit back at Bush and McCain for the appeasement remarks both men have made concerning Obama's position on talking to Iran. He recalled the spirit of leaders from the past like Jefferson, Roosevelt and Kennedy. Obama noted how they had "summoned the entire nation to a higher purpose" as opposed to the Republican fear tactics."

I have been unsuccessful in locating a copy of the text of that speech, but the following is a portion of it:

“We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.”

     I do not believe he and his Democratic Majority Congress closed the loopholes in his first two years in office, where he could have anything from Congress he wanted.
   Appeasing Iran has definitely not worked, so I guess Bush and McCain were correct in their positions.
   As far as summoning "the entire nation to a higher purpose", all he had succeeded at is to divide this nation, succeeding in class warfare, and getting more Americans on food stamps than any President before him.
   As for giving a care about what "other countries are going to say" about what I drive, what I eat, and what temperature my thermostat in my house is set on, other countries do not control America.  Was Candidate Obama referring to his desire for Sharia Law?  It makes me wonder.

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RICK SANTORUM'S VOTING RECORD

SANTORUM'S VOTING RECORD
   Rick Santorum's voting record is being slammed by the Romney camp.  The Weekly Standard's The Blog had a report by Jeffrey H. Anderson and Andy Wickersham on February 15, 2012.  This is a portion of the report:

"So, is Romney’s claim true?  Was Santorum a spendthrift in the Senate?  Fortunately, credible third party analysis is available to help us answer this question, so we need not merely accept the Romney campaign’s verdict as the final word on the matter

The National Taxpayers Union (NTU) has been rating members of Congress for 20 years.  NTU is an independent, non-partisan organization that — per its mission statement — “mobilizes elected officials and the general public on behalf of tax relief and reform, lower and less wasteful spending, individual liberty, and free enterprise.”  Steve Forbes serves on its board of directors. 
For each session of Congress, NTU scores each member on an A-to-F scale.  NTU weights members’ votes based on those votes’ perceived effect on both the immediate and future size of the federal budget.  Those who get A’s are among “the strongest supporters of responsible tax and spending policies”; they receive NTU’s “Taxpayers’ Friend Award.”  B’s are “good” scores, C’s are “minimally acceptable” scores, D’s are “poor” scores, and F’s earn their recipients membership in the “Big Spender” category.  There is no grade inflation whatsoever, as we shall see.
NTU’s scoring paints a radically different picture of Santorum’s 12-year tenure in the Senate (1995 through 2006) than one would glean from the rhetoric of the Romney campaign.  Fifty senators served throughout Santorum’s two terms:  25 Republicans, 24 Democrats, and 1 Republican/Independent.  On a 4-point scale (awarding 4 for an A, 3.3 for a B+, 3 for a B, 2.7 for a B-, etc.), those 50 senators’ collective grade point average (GPA) across the 12 years was 1.69 — which amounts to a C-.  Meanwhile, Santorum’s GPA was 3.66 — or an A-.  Santorum’s GPA placed him in the top 10 percent of senators, as he ranked 5th out of 50.
Across the 12 years in question, only 6 of the 50 senators got A’s in more than half the years.  Santorum was one of them.  He was also one of only 7 senators who never got less than a B.  (Jim Talent served only during Santorum’s final four years, but he always got less than a B, earning a B- every year and a GPA of 2.7.)  Moreover, while much of the Republican party lost its fiscal footing after George W. Bush took office — although it would be erroneous to say that the Republicans were nearly as profligate as the Democrats — Santorum was the only senator who got A’s in every year of Bush’s first term.  None of the other 49 senators could match Santorum’s 4.0 GPA over that span.

This much alone would paint an impressive portrait of fiscal conservatism on Santorum’s part..."

   You can read the full report at The Weekly Standard.  It is time to stop drinking the Kool Aid and do your research.  We are being lied to from all sides.  Today's issues are too important to listen to just anyone.

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FEDERAL BUDGET-DO THE MATH

LET'S DO THE MATH IN SIMPLE TERMS
   I was listening to the Michael Berry talk show on KTRH radio in Houston, Texas when he referenced this common sense math from Michael's Reganomics 101 dated August 14, 2011.  You can adjust the numbers to the latest numbers coming out of Washington:

"I may not be a “math-magician” like some of our fellow Americans serving in the federal legislature, but something here just does NOT add up to me…
Some of you know I am a big fan of personal financial topics, and specifically budget coaching.  Let’s take a look at how MY mind processes this federal debt ceiling debate:

• U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
• Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
• New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
• National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
• Recent budget cut: $ 38,500,000,000
 
Got it?
OK, now let’s remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household budget:

• Annual family income: $21,700
• Money family spent: $38,200
• New debt on credit card: $16,500
• Outstanding balance on credit card: $142,710
• Total budget cuts: $385
Am I the only one who can’t make this add up?"
   This makes it understandable for those of us who don't have budgets with so many zeros.  This is what our Congressmen should be vetoing.  By the way, this Administration has not actually passed a budget since they took office. 
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

The Economic Collapse


I was listening to Rush Limbaugh the other day and he referenced this blog, which has references.  I am so tired of everyone "drinking the Kool Aid", sticking their faces in the sand.  It is time for the truth.  I have long told my sons that "numbers don't lie".  Read the numbers.  And you can join the discussion on my site anonymously.

The Economic Collapse