CRIPPLED by Political Correctness: The Mosque At Ground Zero
August 22, 2010
Resentment of Resentment
August 21, 2010
“There was a time when most Americans would have resented the suggestion that they wanted someone else to pay their bills. But now, envy and resentment have been cultivated to the point where even people who contribute nothing to society feel that they have a right to a “fair share” of what others have produced.
The most dangerous corruption is a corruption of a nation’s soul. That is what this administration is doing.”
Soak the Rich, Drown the Poor
August 2, 2010
In case after case over the past century, Presidents have attempted to raise more tax revenues by raising the tax rates of the wealthiest Americans. In each case, TAX RECEIPTS DECREASED and created a host of new problems, including “less employment output, sales, profits and capital gains, all leading to LOWER payrolls and LOWER tax receipts.” Not to mention “higher unemployment, poverty, and lower incomes… require more government spending.”
Arthur Laffer, Economist & Author
Feminine Obama
July 29, 2010
During the summer when I was 14, I rode on a hot school bus with about 30 other Boy Scouts from my area to Virginia for the Boy Scout Jamboree. One of the highlights was being in a huge field with thousands of other Scouts, watching Pres. George Bush (Sr.) fly in on a helicopter and speak to us; he was VP at the time. The past 3 Presidents have spoken at a National Boy Scout Jamboree.
This year’s Jamboree is different. It marks the first centennial celebration… the 100th Boy Scout Jamboree!
President Obama was invited to speak to the 43,000 Boy Scouts in attendance.
Instead he chose to appear on the morning women’s talk show, “The View,” to discuss “the roses and thorns” of his Presidency. This says a lot about the man.
The Simple Caveman’s Guide to TRUTH
July 10, 2010
Federal Stimulus 101
July 9, 2010
“Since late 2007 the federal government has spent somewhere around $3.6 trillion to stimulate the economy.
My suggestion would have been to take all $3.6 trillion and declare a federal tax holiday for 18 months. No income tax, no corporate profits tax, no capital gains tax, no estate tax, no payroll tax (FICA) either employee or employer, no Medicare or Medicaid taxes, no federal excise taxes, no tariffs, no federal taxes at all…
Can you imagine where employment would be today? How does a 2.5% unemployment rate sound?”
“Independence Day” OR “George Washington Day”
July 4, 2010
Independence Day, of course! Washington was not the type to endorse a day named after himself.
“In its highest form, heroes are those rare individuals who exercise physical, moral, and intellectual virtue far beyond the capacity of ordinary men and women. During the time of the American Founding, one hero stood out above all others: George Washington. By his example, the rest of us can see what it means to be courageous, temperate, wise, and just. Washington shows us in his actions, and teaches us in his writings, how to be a self-reliant, self-governing citizen of the freest nation on earth, and he makes clear the lengths to which citizens must be willing to go if they are to defend that freedom.”
Imagine an American President who reluctantly takes the job, with no self-interest, because he knows that he is the only man alive who has the know-how and talent to get the job done.
Cheers to George Washington! Happy Independence Day!
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
-George Washington
Gulf Cleanup Handled Just Like Economy
July 3, 2010
Growing the economy starts with growing jobs. In order to grow jobs, impediments to job growth must be eliminated… namely bureaucratic government regulations and taxes. Our government has flat out ignored this hard fact and pursued MORE regulation and MORE taxes.
Cleaning the Gulf starts with utilizing the most effective technology available. In order to use the latest technology, impediments to using the technology must be eliminated. Our government has flat out ignored this hard fact:
1) Various skimmers and tankers (some of them very large) are available that could eliminate most of the oil from seawater…the EPA is unwilling to grant a temporary waiver of its regulations.
2) …Many foreign countries (such as the Netherlands and Belgium) have ships and technologies that would greatly advance the cleanup. So far, the U.S. has refused to waive the restrictions of (the Jones Act).
3) …Of the 2,000 skimmers in the U.S. (not subject to the Jones Act or other restrictions), only 400 have been sent to the Gulf. Federal barriers have kept the others on stations elsewhere in case of other oil spills, despite the magnitude of the current crisis.
4)…the media endlessly reports stories of county and state officials applying federal permits to perform various actions, such as building sand berms around the Louisiana coast. In some cases, they were forbidden from acting. In others there have been extensive delays in obtaining permission.
The author’s suggested possible reasons for this MASSIVE FAILURE:
1) “Sheer incompetence”
2) “Placating organized labor (which benefits from the regulation)”
3) The oil spill may be a strategic justification in a larger battle…”You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Many administration supporters are opposed to offshore oil drilling and are already employing the spill as a tool for achieving other goals.
Paul H. Rubin – Why Is the Gulf Cleanup So Slow?
Focus on negligent fathers
June 18, 2010
“Unfortunately, there is an epidemic of negligence among fathers today, and consequently … the 30 percent of children who live apart from their fathers will account for 63 percent of teen suicides, 70 percent of juveniles in state-operated institutions, 71 percent of high-school dropouts, 75 percent of children in chemical-abuse centers, 80 percent of rapists, 85 percent of youths in prison, 85 percent of children who exhibit behavioral disorders, and 90 percent of homeless and runaway children,” writes Mark Alexander, publisher of The Patriot Post, in a Father’s Day essay. “The causal link between fatherless children and crime ‘is so strong that controlling for family configuration erases the relationship between race and crime and between low income and crime,’ notes social researcher Barbara Dafoe Whitehead.”
Source: The Patriot Post
Yes We Can!
June 11, 2010
“Nothing is more damaging to a state than that cunning men pass for wise.”
Francis Bacon
Thank you soldier.
May 31, 2010
Freedom of Speech is one of our most important and dearest rights. We know no other way. It’s how it has been since our Founding Fathers laid down the laws of our great country many generations ago.
But look around the world, and you’ll see that oppression of the freedom of speech is still very much alive.
Without our dedicated armed forces and the sacrifices they make to protect our freedoms, history teaches us those freedoms would undoubtedly be lost.
- Thank You American Soldier.
It is a pity that our educational system does not require economics curriculum from grammar school through to high school graduation. Since our economy is the driving force behind our freedom and way of life, doesn’t it make sense that our school system focus on cultivating an understanding of how economies work? Apparently not.
A major reason our educational system does not focus on economics is the Democratic Party and Republicans posing as Conservatives would lose support as more people learn the hard facts about big government and politics becomes increasingly transparent.
Here is a simple example:
To curb greenhouse emissions, Democrats are proposing a new energy tax that oil companies will have to pay. Democrats claim this is not a gas tax and will not negatively impact consumers. In other words, they claim that this new tax will not result in higher gas prices that consumers will pay. This is false. When an industry incurs more expenses, the industry raises prices across the board to pay for them.
Businesses exist to make a profit, and so they compensate for each and every expense by raising prices to cover them. If you tax a business, you are really taxing their customers.
If you were given the responsibility to overhaul our existing tax system, and turn it into a fair tax system that grows our economy, grows jobs, and strengthens our country… what would you do?
Ideally, you would seek out a bi-partisan team of experts… a group that sets politics completely aside… a group who have spent most of their lives studying economics and the multiple methods of taxation used throughout the world.
This is what some philanthropists in Texas decided to do. More than $20 million has been invested in the research behind a new fair tax system, which has been dubbed the FairTax. Purportedly, more money has been spent on the research behind this legislation, than any other legislation in American history. And economists from over 80 leading universities stand behind it.
The FairTax is a consumption tax system. No one pays taxes up to the poverty level. No current government programs are eliminated. It basically converts our income tax system into a consumption tax system. The entire system can be explained in about one hundred and twenty pages, as opposed to the 60,000 pages of laws and codes under which we are currently held accountable.
Since a key element to the FairTax is transparency, many politicians and special interest groups are naturally spreading misinformation and fear. They want you to continue to give them what they want (your earnings) without asking any questions.
Do you believe that our income tax system is strengthening our country? Are you willing to investigate a system that experts agree will strengthen our country? There are many powerful people who want you to simply bend over and accept the status quo.
Trying Times for Independent-Minded Americans
March 23, 2010
76% of Americans believe Congress is more interested in their own careers than in helping people… 64% of Americans believe Congress is doing a poor job… Nancy Pelosi (11% favorability rating) and Harry Reid (8% favorability rating) control Congress… President Obama has a negative 12 approval rating…
Is it any surprise that this group ignored the American public and rammed through self-serving legislation that will impact our country for decades to come?
Americans are shouting at the top of their lungs for Congress to correct problems and not create new ones. But those in power are not listening and by their actions have clearly demonstrated they could care less. Big government means big power for these people. They are doing what they please at our expense and reveling in their power.
It seems apparent that the U.S.A. has reached the point at which those who profit off the government, combined with those who believe that big government and independence can coexist, outnumber those who are educated about basic economics and desire freedom and independence from our government.
As our freedoms further deteriorate, and government becomes more and more a part of our lives, independent- minded Americans will be wise to focus their efforts on education and removing the government from the classroom, where much of the indoctrination takes place.
Tax Revolt 2010
February 25, 2010
If the citizens of our country truly want significant change for the better, we must demand the elimination of our 70,000 pages of federal tax law, which punishes taxpayers, businesses, and our economy year round. The benefits of a consumption tax system over our income tax system are extraordinary.
Regardless of your political tendencies, learn the facts about the FairTax. If you are against it and think you know why, rather than jump to conclusions, please read about it. About 60 members of Congress support it, but most do not primarily because the FairTax makes taxation transparent for all to understand. And the less we the people understand about the taxes that are taken from us, the more Congress can abuse the system.
Our economy is suffering. The national debt is out of control. Our unfunded liabilities are beyond comprehension. It’s not time to change the tax code. It’s time to REPLACE the tax code. Check out OnlineTaxRevolt.com and let your voice be heard on April 15th, tax day.
A Literate Voting System
December 31, 2009
In 1975 the U.S. permanently banned literacy tests for voter eligibility based on the view that literacy tests are discriminatory.
In order to vote, one need not know how to read or write (much less have any common sense). One must simply have the fortitude to be an American citizen and turn eighteen.
This would not be a problem if our school systems were producing a voter majority who understand basic principles concerning government and economics.
When our forefathers established our democracy, they did not envision our fine government requiring over 60,000 pages to explain the variety of ways it is entitled to your money. The complexity of the system means voters must be much more intelligent today than the average farmer of 200 years ago. Unfortunately, our schools produce a vastly uneducated populace that continues to vote into office a political class who make promises which either cannot be met or cause other problems that are often worse.
Add in the element that in our two party system, there is only one party that benefits from the underclass that comes out of our public school systems, and we have ourselves a real mess.
We are corrupt….. We are the Senate….. We are tax collectors with no morals, And no limits.
December 28, 2009
“I don’t know if there is a Senator that doesn’t have something in this bill that was important to them…
And if they don’t have something in it important to them, then it doesn’t speak well of them.”
Sen. Harry Reid
Our State of Democracy
December 24, 2009
“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.
The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.”
-Alexander Titler (1747-1813)
A Naive Entitled World
December 21, 2009
“Never in our memory has so unpopular a bill been on the verge of passing Congress, never has social and economic legislation of this magnitude been forced through on a purely partisan vote, and never has a party exhibited more sheer political willfulness that is reckless even for Washington or had more warning about the consequences of its actions.
…when it passes America will be paying for it for decades to come.”
“Change Nobody Believes In” / Wall Street Journal editorial board
Understand this, and everything fits into place.
December 19, 2009
“Economics and politics confront the same fundamental problem: What everyone wants adds up to more than there is.
Market economies deal with this problem by confronting individuals with the costs of producing what they want, and letting those individuals make their own trade-offs when presented with prices that convey those costs. That leads to self-rationing, in the light of each individual’s own circumstances and preferences.
Politics deals with the same problem by making promises that cannot be kept, or which can be kept only by creating other problems that cannot be acknowledged when the promises are made.”
Thomas Sowell, full article
Dropouts drain taxpayers…1 state, 1 year, $5 billion
December 16, 2009
Georgia’s 38,000 high school dropouts in the class of 2007 will cost taxpayers $4.8 billion over their lifetime due to costs associated with incarceration, Medicaid and other government programs, according to a new study released by the Friedman Foundation and the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
Meanwhile, government salaries soar…
December 11, 2009
“The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech.”
“When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.”
“The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed the average federal worker’s pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector.”
Full Article by Dennis Cauchon, USA Today
Thank you American soldier.
November 11, 2009
Freedom of Speech is one of our most important and dearest rights. We know no other way. It’s how it has been since our Founding Fathers laid down the laws of our great country many generations ago.
But look around the world, and you’ll see that oppression of the freedom of speech is still very much alive.
Without our dedicated armed forces and the sacrifices they make to protect our freedoms, history teaches us those freedoms would undoubtedly be lost.
- Thank You American Soldier. Happy Veterans Day!
A Lesson In Unintended Consequences…
September 10, 2009
Van-tastic!
September 8, 2009
Politically Correct Godlessness
July 30, 2009
When the government demands the removal of moral teachings from our schools, take a wild guess what happens to the morals of our citizens.
One Nation Under Who?
Government as the enemy of the people…
July 5, 2009
“The Bill of Rights should serve as a constant reminder of the deep distrust that our founders had of government. They knew that some government was necessary but they rightfully saw government as the enemy of the people and they sought to limit government and provide us with protections.”
Walter Williams: Why A Bill of Rights?
Thank you American soldier.
July 3, 2009
Freedom of Speech is one of our most important and dearest rights. We know no other way. It’s how it has been since our Founding Fathers laid down the laws of our great country many generations ago.
But look around the world, and you’ll see that oppression of the freedom of speech is still very much alive.
Without our dedicated armed forces and the sacrifices they make to protect our freedoms, history teaches us those freedoms would undoubtedly be lost.
Thank You American Soldier. Happy Independence Day!
Will economic hardship transform Generation Y?
July 2, 2009
Interesting article by Jonathon Lewis at AdAge.
EXCERPT:
“Things will never be the same
Our nation’s rush to borrow its way out of debt has more than a few economists worried. And you can bet your Euros it’s our generation that will pay for this mess. The era of “Bad credit? No problem” is over, and the luxuries we’ve taken for granted are slipping away. We’re inheriting incomprehensible debt, unsustainable social programs and leaders who think the way to fix the problem is to keep doing more of the same thing. You and I have to come to terms with the knowledge that more trouble is heading our way, and hiding from it won’t make it disappear.”
Congressman Randy Forbes gives Obama a poignant history lesson.
How much do taxes add to the cost of goods and services?
April 17, 2009
Americans for Tax Reform estimated taxes imposed on some everyday items as a percent of their average price. The foundation came up with this: Cigarettes, 87 percent ▪ Distilled spirits, 80 percent ▪ Car rentals, 61 percent ▪ Domestic airfare, 55 percent ▪ Landline phone, 52 percent ▪ Wireless phone, 46 percent ▪ Hotel stays, 50 percent ▪ Cable (video), 46 percent ▪ Firearms, 46 percent.
Source: www.fiscalaccountability.org
