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Obama Goes Off The Teleprompter
Jennifer Rubin:
“The mainstream media is slowly waking up to the fact that Obama is a bore. No, really. He’s long since stopped saying anything new or interesting, and he talks constantly, at great length. So when he went into a mind-numbing filibuster to a perfectly reasonable question from a woman at a Q&A session in Charlotte as to whether it was smart to throw a load of new taxes into health-care “reform,” not even the Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut could conceal her — and the audience’s — disdain for the Condescender in Chief:”
He then spent the next 17 minutes and 12 seconds lulling the crowd into a daze.
Halfway through, an audience member on the riser yawned.
“And, of course, he never answered the lady’s question. Why is it we are raising taxes for those making less than $200,000? Why are we raising $52.3 billion in new taxes over 10 years? Obama has no response, or no effective one, to these queries; so he vamps and bloviates, as he did in the health-care summit when confronted with troublesome facts to which he had no adequate response.”
“Just as he failed to keep the attention of the Charlotte crowd, he’s long since lost the American people who now tune him out. Eloquent? Hardly. Persuasive? Not in the least, as evidenced by multiple polls showing that a large majority of Americans aren’t buying his health-care arguments.”
“Unfortunately for Obama, he may discover that once the president has lost the interest and trust of the voters, it’s hard to get these precious commodities back.”
Hope and Change!
Newsbusters:
“How phony is Barack Obama? PBS Washington Week host Gwen Ifill reviewed New Yorker editor David Remnick's new Obama book The Bridge in the Washington Post Outlook section Sunday, and she kept finding Obama is a Slick Barry, a "shape shifter." Obama even admitted to rhetoric what should be obvious -- how he changes "dialects" depending on the audience he's talking to.”
Reason:
“The president, who promised in both word and style to usher in a “new era” of Washington “responsibility,” routinely says things that aren’t true and supports initiatives that break campaign promises. When called on it, he mostly keeps digging. And when obliged to explain why American voters are turning so sharply away from his party and his policies, Obama pins the blame not on his own deviations from verity but on his failure to “explain” things “more clearly to the American people.””
Wonkette:
“Barack Obama is a loser/nerd who lectures people out of arrogance. There once was a time when presidents “explained” things to Americans. But simply “explaining” is not elitist enough for elitist Starbucks liberals like Barack Obama of liberal Chicago. He lectures people because he is an asshole who thinks Real Americans are stupid. When people ask him questions and he responds with policy details, he is just bragging about how smart he is, in the form of a lecture. And today he lectured a lady for 500 years about his beloved taxes, which didn’t even exist in this country until Nancy Pelosi made people vote for an abortion bill two weeks ago.”
“The mainstream media is slowly waking up to the fact that Obama is a bore. No, really. He’s long since stopped saying anything new or interesting, and he talks constantly, at great length. So when he went into a mind-numbing filibuster to a perfectly reasonable question from a woman at a Q&A session in Charlotte as to whether it was smart to throw a load of new taxes into health-care “reform,” not even the Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut could conceal her — and the audience’s — disdain for the Condescender in Chief:”
He then spent the next 17 minutes and 12 seconds lulling the crowd into a daze.
Halfway through, an audience member on the riser yawned.
“And, of course, he never answered the lady’s question. Why is it we are raising taxes for those making less than $200,000? Why are we raising $52.3 billion in new taxes over 10 years? Obama has no response, or no effective one, to these queries; so he vamps and bloviates, as he did in the health-care summit when confronted with troublesome facts to which he had no adequate response.”
“Just as he failed to keep the attention of the Charlotte crowd, he’s long since lost the American people who now tune him out. Eloquent? Hardly. Persuasive? Not in the least, as evidenced by multiple polls showing that a large majority of Americans aren’t buying his health-care arguments.”
“Unfortunately for Obama, he may discover that once the president has lost the interest and trust of the voters, it’s hard to get these precious commodities back.”
Hope and Change!
Newsbusters:
“How phony is Barack Obama? PBS Washington Week host Gwen Ifill reviewed New Yorker editor David Remnick's new Obama book The Bridge in the Washington Post Outlook section Sunday, and she kept finding Obama is a Slick Barry, a "shape shifter." Obama even admitted to rhetoric what should be obvious -- how he changes "dialects" depending on the audience he's talking to.”
Reason:
“The president, who promised in both word and style to usher in a “new era” of Washington “responsibility,” routinely says things that aren’t true and supports initiatives that break campaign promises. When called on it, he mostly keeps digging. And when obliged to explain why American voters are turning so sharply away from his party and his policies, Obama pins the blame not on his own deviations from verity but on his failure to “explain” things “more clearly to the American people.””
Wonkette:
“Barack Obama is a loser/nerd who lectures people out of arrogance. There once was a time when presidents “explained” things to Americans. But simply “explaining” is not elitist enough for elitist Starbucks liberals like Barack Obama of liberal Chicago. He lectures people because he is an asshole who thinks Real Americans are stupid. When people ask him questions and he responds with policy details, he is just bragging about how smart he is, in the form of a lecture. And today he lectured a lady for 500 years about his beloved taxes, which didn’t even exist in this country until Nancy Pelosi made people vote for an abortion bill two weeks ago.”
11:18:19 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
ObamaCare Increasing Taxes
Savage:
Obamanomics: Killing America's small businesses with more taxes
New York Post:
Huge 25% tax hike for small businesses kills New York jobs
“America's jobs growth engine is being choked to death.”
“A record 25 percent increase in the taxes against US small businesses -- from costs associated with new health care law, to an increased Medicare tax, increased capital gains taxes and higher state and city taxes -- is repealing any ability of these entrepreneurs to add jobs to their payroll.”
“And the numbers for New York's small- to medium-sized business are just as harrowing.”
“By one estimate, the effective tax rate on the 26 million small businesses across the country -- which in the past have accounted for more than half of the job growth in the US -- has jumped to 50 percent from 40 percent, sucking valuable cash from the businesses.”
More Hope and Change!
Obamanomics: Killing America's small businesses with more taxes
New York Post:
Huge 25% tax hike for small businesses kills New York jobs
“America's jobs growth engine is being choked to death.”
“A record 25 percent increase in the taxes against US small businesses -- from costs associated with new health care law, to an increased Medicare tax, increased capital gains taxes and higher state and city taxes -- is repealing any ability of these entrepreneurs to add jobs to their payroll.”
“And the numbers for New York's small- to medium-sized business are just as harrowing.”
“By one estimate, the effective tax rate on the 26 million small businesses across the country -- which in the past have accounted for more than half of the job growth in the US -- has jumped to 50 percent from 40 percent, sucking valuable cash from the businesses.”
More Hope and Change!
14:47:17 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
Happy Easter To All
I'm taking the day off so no post. Have a Happy Easter.
16:31:07 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
The Prophet Orwell Was Right
Yahoo:
Is a national identity card the key to immigration reform?
Time:
Could a national identity card help resolve the heated immigration-reform divide?
Two Senators, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer and South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, certainly seem to think so. They recently presented an immigration-bill blueprint to President Barack Obama that includes a proposal to issue a biometric ID card - one that would contain physical data such as fingerprints or retinal scans - to all working Americans. The "enhanced Social Security card" is being touted as a way to curb illegal immigration by giving employers the power to quickly and accurately determine who is eligible to work.
The premise of using a biometric employment card (which would most likely contain fingerprint data) to stop illegal immigrants from working requires that all 150 million–plus American workers, not just immigrants, have one.
Winston, are you paying attention? Big Brother wants to brand you and track your every move!
W$J:
So what exactly happened when the chairman of the Republican National Committee met with immigration activists Wednesday? According to a news release put out by the activists, he said he would try and recruit Republican support for comprehensive immigration legislation.
The RNC says he made no such commitment. The immigration activist who led the meeting said he did, but then backpedaled after being signaled by a staffer that he may have gone too far.
Everyone agrees that Michael Steele, RNC chairman, met with a group of activists from the Fair Immigration Reform Movement. Afterwards, FIRM put out a statement implying that Steele was firmly in their camp. The statement said that the activists “walked away with a commitment from Steele to work with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and the party’s leadership to enlist another Republican senator’s support for comprehensive and bipartisan immigration reform.”
Amnesty for all?
Washington Times:
Border violence threatens Americans
The killings last month in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez of two U.S. citizens, including an employee at the city's U.S. Consulate, along with the slaying of an Arizona rancher, have fueled concerns among U.S. officials that Americans are becoming fair game for Mexican drug gangs seeking control of smuggling routes into the United States.
For more than two years, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials have been warning that the dramatic rise in violence along the southwestern border could eventually target U.S. citizens and spread into this country. The violence posed what the officials called a "serious threat" to law enforcement officers, first responders and residents along the 1,951-mile border.
A day before the March 13 Juarez killings, Mr. Perry unsuccessfully sought help from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to use unmanned Predator drone aircraft and 1,000 additional soldiers for missions on the Mexican border. He said there was a disparity in the amount of federal resources allotted to Texas for border security.
Fox News:
GOP Lawmaker Calls for Hearing Into Border Security After Rancher's Murder
A Republican lawmaker is calling for a hearing into border security following the murder of a prominent Arizona rancher by an assailant authorities believe was an illegal immigrant.
Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, the top Republican on the House Foreign Operations subcommittee, told Fox News on Thursday that she would like to have a hearing as soon as Congress returns from its Easter recess to help border states whose pleas for federal assistance have so far gone unmet.
Is a national identity card the key to immigration reform?
Time:
Could a national identity card help resolve the heated immigration-reform divide?
Two Senators, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer and South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, certainly seem to think so. They recently presented an immigration-bill blueprint to President Barack Obama that includes a proposal to issue a biometric ID card - one that would contain physical data such as fingerprints or retinal scans - to all working Americans. The "enhanced Social Security card" is being touted as a way to curb illegal immigration by giving employers the power to quickly and accurately determine who is eligible to work.
The premise of using a biometric employment card (which would most likely contain fingerprint data) to stop illegal immigrants from working requires that all 150 million–plus American workers, not just immigrants, have one.
Winston, are you paying attention? Big Brother wants to brand you and track your every move!
W$J:
So what exactly happened when the chairman of the Republican National Committee met with immigration activists Wednesday? According to a news release put out by the activists, he said he would try and recruit Republican support for comprehensive immigration legislation.
The RNC says he made no such commitment. The immigration activist who led the meeting said he did, but then backpedaled after being signaled by a staffer that he may have gone too far.
Everyone agrees that Michael Steele, RNC chairman, met with a group of activists from the Fair Immigration Reform Movement. Afterwards, FIRM put out a statement implying that Steele was firmly in their camp. The statement said that the activists “walked away with a commitment from Steele to work with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and the party’s leadership to enlist another Republican senator’s support for comprehensive and bipartisan immigration reform.”
Amnesty for all?
Washington Times:
Border violence threatens Americans
The killings last month in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez of two U.S. citizens, including an employee at the city's U.S. Consulate, along with the slaying of an Arizona rancher, have fueled concerns among U.S. officials that Americans are becoming fair game for Mexican drug gangs seeking control of smuggling routes into the United States.
For more than two years, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials have been warning that the dramatic rise in violence along the southwestern border could eventually target U.S. citizens and spread into this country. The violence posed what the officials called a "serious threat" to law enforcement officers, first responders and residents along the 1,951-mile border.
A day before the March 13 Juarez killings, Mr. Perry unsuccessfully sought help from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to use unmanned Predator drone aircraft and 1,000 additional soldiers for missions on the Mexican border. He said there was a disparity in the amount of federal resources allotted to Texas for border security.
Fox News:
GOP Lawmaker Calls for Hearing Into Border Security After Rancher's Murder
A Republican lawmaker is calling for a hearing into border security following the murder of a prominent Arizona rancher by an assailant authorities believe was an illegal immigrant.
Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, the top Republican on the House Foreign Operations subcommittee, told Fox News on Thursday that she would like to have a hearing as soon as Congress returns from its Easter recess to help border states whose pleas for federal assistance have so far gone unmet.
06:35:22 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
Is It All A Giant Ponzi Scheme?
Lew Rockwell:
When the Debt Bomb Explodes
UK Telegraph:
Concerns grow over China's sale of US bonds
“Evidence is mounting that Chinese sales of US Treasury bonds over recent months are intended as a warning shot to Washington over escalating political disputes rather than being part of a routine portfolio shift as thought at first.”
Washington Post:
“Almost every advanced country — the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Belgium and others — faces some combination of huge budget deficits, high debts, aging populations and political paralysis. It’s an unstable mix. Present deficits may aid economic recovery, but the persistence of those deficits threatens long-term prosperity. The same unpleasant choices confronting Greece await most wealthy nations, even if they pretend otherwise.”
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 79% Say U.S. Economy Could Collapse
“Most American voters believe it’s possible the nation’s economy could collapse, and majorities don’t think elected officials in Washington have ideas for fixing it.”
Savage:
Whistleblower says SEC still falling short
Boston Globe:
“Harry Markopolos, the Bay State whistle-blower who repeatedly and unsuccessfully warned the Securities and Exchange Commission about Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme, says he and his investigative team have uncovered a raft of new multibillion-dollar frauds.”
“Markopolos, who tried for more than eight years to persuade the SEC to investigate Madoff, gained international fame after the Ponzi scheme collapsed. He told Congress that he had sent a list of 30 red flags about Madoff’s investments to the SEC, but the agency still refused to take action.”
Who’s protecting Investors? The Wall Street Bankers? The Fed? Obama?
MarketWatch:
Prepare for an apocalyptic anarchy ending Wall Street's toxic capitalism
“The Big One is coming soon, bigger than the 2000 dot-com crash and the 2008 subprime credit meltdown combined. A huge market blowout.”
“After the global-debt bomb explodes don't expect a typical bear correction followed by a new bull. Wall Street's toxic pseudo-capitalism is imploding. Be prepared for a massive meltdown.”
“Look at Washington, Wall Street and Corporate America today. You know it's already begun.”
“You are witnessing a fundamental breakdown of the American dream, a systemic breakdown of our democracy and our capitalism, a breakdown driven by the blind insatiable greed of Wall Street: Dysfunctional government, insane markets, economy on the brink.”
'Buy Farmland and Gold,' Advises Dr. Doom
“The world’s most powerful investors have been advised to buy farmland, stock up on gold and prepare for a “dirty war” by Marc Faber, the notoriously bearish market pundit, who predicted the 1987 stock market crash.
The bleak warning of social and financial meltdown, delivered today in Tokyo at a gathering of 700 pension and sovereign wealth fund managers.”
“Speaking today, Dr. Faber said that investors, who control billions of dollars of assets, should start considering the effects of more disruptive events than mere market volatility.”
“His investment advice, which was the first keynote speech of CLSA’s annual investment forum in Tokyo, included a suggestion that fund managers buy houses in the countryside because it was more likely that violence, biological attack and other acts of a “dirty war” would happen in cities.”
Debt Dynamite Dominoes: The Coming Financial Catastrophe
“The sovereign debt crises that have been unfolding in the past couple years and more recently in Greece, are canaries in the coal mine for the rest of Western “civilization.” The crisis threatens to spread to Spain, Portugal and Ireland; like dominoes, one country after another will collapse into a debt and currency crisis, all the way to America.”
Bloomberg:
Greece to Default ‘At Some Point,’ UBS’s Donovan Says
W$J:
Nationwide Strike Paralyzes Greece
Rush:
Travel to Greece, See Our Future
If Democrats get their way, we'll be just like Greece
Glenn Reynolds:
“EUROPE: Strike Paralyzes Greece: Protests Turn Violent. If only taxpayers got as mad about being fleeced as government workers do about losing their gravy train.”
Yahoo:
Stocks tumble on downbeat job news, Greece debt woes
Washington Times:
American reliance on government at all-time high
“Without record levels of welfare, unemployment and other government benefits as well as tax cuts last year, the income of U.S. households would have plunged by an astonishing $723 billion — more than four times the record $167 billion drop reported last month by the Commerce Department.”
“Moreover, for the first time since the Great Depression, Americans took more aid from the government than they paid in taxes.”
That’s the Obama Way! Put as many Voters on the dole as possible!
When the Debt Bomb Explodes
UK Telegraph:
Concerns grow over China's sale of US bonds
“Evidence is mounting that Chinese sales of US Treasury bonds over recent months are intended as a warning shot to Washington over escalating political disputes rather than being part of a routine portfolio shift as thought at first.”
Washington Post:
“Almost every advanced country — the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Belgium and others — faces some combination of huge budget deficits, high debts, aging populations and political paralysis. It’s an unstable mix. Present deficits may aid economic recovery, but the persistence of those deficits threatens long-term prosperity. The same unpleasant choices confronting Greece await most wealthy nations, even if they pretend otherwise.”
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 79% Say U.S. Economy Could Collapse
“Most American voters believe it’s possible the nation’s economy could collapse, and majorities don’t think elected officials in Washington have ideas for fixing it.”
Savage:
Whistleblower says SEC still falling short
Boston Globe:
“Harry Markopolos, the Bay State whistle-blower who repeatedly and unsuccessfully warned the Securities and Exchange Commission about Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme, says he and his investigative team have uncovered a raft of new multibillion-dollar frauds.”
“Markopolos, who tried for more than eight years to persuade the SEC to investigate Madoff, gained international fame after the Ponzi scheme collapsed. He told Congress that he had sent a list of 30 red flags about Madoff’s investments to the SEC, but the agency still refused to take action.”
Who’s protecting Investors? The Wall Street Bankers? The Fed? Obama?
MarketWatch:
Prepare for an apocalyptic anarchy ending Wall Street's toxic capitalism
“The Big One is coming soon, bigger than the 2000 dot-com crash and the 2008 subprime credit meltdown combined. A huge market blowout.”
“After the global-debt bomb explodes don't expect a typical bear correction followed by a new bull. Wall Street's toxic pseudo-capitalism is imploding. Be prepared for a massive meltdown.”
“Look at Washington, Wall Street and Corporate America today. You know it's already begun.”
“You are witnessing a fundamental breakdown of the American dream, a systemic breakdown of our democracy and our capitalism, a breakdown driven by the blind insatiable greed of Wall Street: Dysfunctional government, insane markets, economy on the brink.”
'Buy Farmland and Gold,' Advises Dr. Doom
“The world’s most powerful investors have been advised to buy farmland, stock up on gold and prepare for a “dirty war” by Marc Faber, the notoriously bearish market pundit, who predicted the 1987 stock market crash.
The bleak warning of social and financial meltdown, delivered today in Tokyo at a gathering of 700 pension and sovereign wealth fund managers.”
“Speaking today, Dr. Faber said that investors, who control billions of dollars of assets, should start considering the effects of more disruptive events than mere market volatility.”
“His investment advice, which was the first keynote speech of CLSA’s annual investment forum in Tokyo, included a suggestion that fund managers buy houses in the countryside because it was more likely that violence, biological attack and other acts of a “dirty war” would happen in cities.”
Debt Dynamite Dominoes: The Coming Financial Catastrophe
“The sovereign debt crises that have been unfolding in the past couple years and more recently in Greece, are canaries in the coal mine for the rest of Western “civilization.” The crisis threatens to spread to Spain, Portugal and Ireland; like dominoes, one country after another will collapse into a debt and currency crisis, all the way to America.”
Bloomberg:
Greece to Default ‘At Some Point,’ UBS’s Donovan Says
W$J:
Nationwide Strike Paralyzes Greece
Rush:
Travel to Greece, See Our Future
If Democrats get their way, we'll be just like Greece
Glenn Reynolds:
“EUROPE: Strike Paralyzes Greece: Protests Turn Violent. If only taxpayers got as mad about being fleeced as government workers do about losing their gravy train.”
Yahoo:
Stocks tumble on downbeat job news, Greece debt woes
Washington Times:
American reliance on government at all-time high
“Without record levels of welfare, unemployment and other government benefits as well as tax cuts last year, the income of U.S. households would have plunged by an astonishing $723 billion — more than four times the record $167 billion drop reported last month by the Commerce Department.”
“Moreover, for the first time since the Great Depression, Americans took more aid from the government than they paid in taxes.”
That’s the Obama Way! Put as many Voters on the dole as possible!
09:41:36 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
Border Wars
For years I have been posting about gang wars, border violence, and rape trees. Now it has gotten so bad Mexicans are requesting asylum.
Fox News:
Texas Town on High Alert as Mexican Town Across Border Braces for Cartel Gun Battle
“Residents of a small Mexican border town under siege by at least one of the country’s most notorious drug cartels are fleeing into a tiny Texas community, which is on high alert and preparing for a surge of illegal immigrants should a street battle break out with another cartel – or if gunmen begin carrying out a threat to start killing the town’s children.”
“At least 30 residents of El Porvenir, located about four miles from the Texas border town of Fort Hancock, have crossed into the U.S. and asked for political asylum, telling authorities that they fear for their lives. Fort Hancock officials tell FoxNews.com that they consider the situation serious.”
“A former law enforcement officer who lives in Fort Hancock and asked not to be named said the siege of El Porvenir is important because the town straddles one of the oldest, least defended smuggling routes on the Mexican border.”
Governor Perry said is his last re-election campaign he was going to secure the Border. Remember the campaign ads?
“The school district has seen a rise in the number of enrolled students as families in Mexico send their children to live with relatives on the other side of the border.”
Texas Taxpayers across the state are paying to educate these Illegals because of Robin Hood. And did you notice that Fox News missed all this?
“While the problem has been seething for some time, it has finally gotten attention from both Washington and Austin. Last week Texas Gov. Rick Perry ordered a multiagency task force to the area. Rep. Kay Granger, the area congresswoman, pushed through the sale of three helicopters to the Mexican government to monitor the area. And the local sheriff has shifted patrols to the area in the hopes of stemming any violence that might spread across the border.”
Like that is going to work! Increased Sheriff patrols! His Deputies are out gunned and out manned! Sounds like we need to send in Special Forces to wipeout the Drug Lords and then the Army and Air Force with Drones to build a real Secure Fence. But the Pols don’t want to do that. Meanwhile the Death and Violence continues!
Fox News:
Illegal Immigrant Suspected in Murder of Arizona Rancher
“Robert Krentz was known among fellow ranchers as a good Samaritan who often helped injured illegal immigrants trying to cross the boiling desert border into Arizona. But the 58-year-old was gunned down while tending to his ranch Saturday morning, and police suspect an illegal immigrant was to blame.”
When will the Border Insanity stop?
Fox News:
Texas Town on High Alert as Mexican Town Across Border Braces for Cartel Gun Battle
“Residents of a small Mexican border town under siege by at least one of the country’s most notorious drug cartels are fleeing into a tiny Texas community, which is on high alert and preparing for a surge of illegal immigrants should a street battle break out with another cartel – or if gunmen begin carrying out a threat to start killing the town’s children.”
“At least 30 residents of El Porvenir, located about four miles from the Texas border town of Fort Hancock, have crossed into the U.S. and asked for political asylum, telling authorities that they fear for their lives. Fort Hancock officials tell FoxNews.com that they consider the situation serious.”
“A former law enforcement officer who lives in Fort Hancock and asked not to be named said the siege of El Porvenir is important because the town straddles one of the oldest, least defended smuggling routes on the Mexican border.”
Governor Perry said is his last re-election campaign he was going to secure the Border. Remember the campaign ads?
“The school district has seen a rise in the number of enrolled students as families in Mexico send their children to live with relatives on the other side of the border.”
Texas Taxpayers across the state are paying to educate these Illegals because of Robin Hood. And did you notice that Fox News missed all this?
“While the problem has been seething for some time, it has finally gotten attention from both Washington and Austin. Last week Texas Gov. Rick Perry ordered a multiagency task force to the area. Rep. Kay Granger, the area congresswoman, pushed through the sale of three helicopters to the Mexican government to monitor the area. And the local sheriff has shifted patrols to the area in the hopes of stemming any violence that might spread across the border.”
Like that is going to work! Increased Sheriff patrols! His Deputies are out gunned and out manned! Sounds like we need to send in Special Forces to wipeout the Drug Lords and then the Army and Air Force with Drones to build a real Secure Fence. But the Pols don’t want to do that. Meanwhile the Death and Violence continues!
Fox News:
Illegal Immigrant Suspected in Murder of Arizona Rancher
“Robert Krentz was known among fellow ranchers as a good Samaritan who often helped injured illegal immigrants trying to cross the boiling desert border into Arizona. But the 58-year-old was gunned down while tending to his ranch Saturday morning, and police suspect an illegal immigrant was to blame.”
When will the Border Insanity stop?
08:29:31 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
More ObamaCare Fallout
Washington Times:
Supreme Court may weigh coverage mandate
“The same Supreme Court justices whom President Obama blasted during his State of the Union address this year may ultimately decide the fate of his crowning achievement as more than a dozen states have called on the courts to strike down the health insurance mandate of Democrats' health care overhaul - a move that would threaten the entire law.”
“Two major constitutional challenges have been levied against the new law, one by the state of Virginia, which enacted a law exempting its citizens from the federal health insurance mandate, and another by Florida and 12 other states. Legal scholars are divided on the merits of the cases, and even Congress - through its research service and its budget scorekeeper - has said it's an open question whether the provision could pass constitutional muster.”
Hot Air:
AP: Say, guess what we just found in ObamaCare!
“Congress passed the bill without knowing what was in it. Barack Obama signed it without reading it. Now it looks as though the Associated Press reported on ObamaCare without comprehending its content. Readers will have to scroll far down to discover that the elimination of a key tax break that kept retirees on company prescription-medication plans will mean dumping millions of seniors onto Medicare — and that the AP ignored it until now.”
“Over the past year, I’ve repeatedly warned about the dangers of static tax analysis. That process considers changes in tax policy without considering its impact on behavior.”
“The Democrats in Congress argued that they would gain $5.4 billion in revenue by eliminating the tax break enacted in the 2003 Medicare Part D program as an incentive for businesses to keep their retirees out of the Medicare system. Instead, they have given businesses a reason to dump their retirees out of the private networks and into the Part D system now. Not only will the expected tax revenues never appear, but now we will have to spend a lot more money covering those prescriptions out of public funds.”
“For months, businesses have warned about the problem, and for months, Democrats have claimed this clause as a $5.4 billion revenue source. One might think that the media would be interested in puncturing some bad assumptions. Apparently not.”
Dr. Zero:
“Even discounting the sewer system of underhanded deals and bribes needed to push ObamaCare through Congress, distorting it beyond any semblance of a carefully-designed plan, it’s foolish to accept it as a “solution” to health care “problems.” No government program is a solution to anything.”
“When Barack Obama tries to convince you to accept a government takeover of the health-care industry, he is making a promise he won’t be around to keep. ObamaCare’s job-killing taxes are front-loaded, but in order to fool the Congressional Budget Office into giving it a respectable deficit score, its benefits are delayed for years. Even if Obama wins re-election, he would complete his second term long before the program was completely phased in… and no external authority exists to compel either Obama, or his successors, to honor the promises he’s been making.”
“Once the government controls the health-care industry, there is nothing to prevent Democrats from paying for any service their constituents demand. A future law funding abortion can easily be passed, or maybe even “deemed” into existence. Abortion advocates can use lawsuits to squeeze funding out of the government. Control of the health-insurance industry will give the government massive leverage to erode determined public resistance against any steps it wishes to take.”
“Think about the evolution of ObamaCare health insurance into single-payer socialized medicine, something Obama and the Democrats quietly promise to left-wing audiences. The government will have every incentive to press for this transformation, and arrange it by pushing private competitors out of the market, then presenting single-payer government health care as tomorrow’s “solution” to the problem they’re working to create today. There is nothing to stop them from doing this.”
“The only guarantee you have that ObamaCare will provide the promised benefits, and remain within its boundaries, is the trust you place in the word of Barack Obama and his party… and your faith in future politicians who have yet to be elected.”
“There is no reason to trust an administration that places billions of dollars into the hands of unaccountable “czars,” including the odd Communist. Only a fool would believe the endless string of lies and deception from this President will magically transform into honesty and fidelity, after his angry demands for more power are fulfilled. A party that openly plans to subvert what little power remains in the tattered Constitution will not become more lawful after it seizes control of an entire industry. It would be idiotic to believe that a government whose economic projections have never come close to reality can suddenly predict the costs of the most enormous program it has ever produced.”
“It would be a horrible mistake to accept a deal with the creators of history’s most staggering natonal debt, based on assurances they will place your interests ahead of theirs, for decades to come. As Darth Vader memorably explained to Lando Calrissian, the State can always alter the terms of the deal, and your only recourse will be praying they don’t alter it any further.”
Washington Times:
Obamacare bait & switch
“The health care bill that President Obama signed last week bears little resemblance to the reform package he once touted from the campaign trail.”
“With the final legislative product in hand, it's worth evaluating how it compares to the promises Mr. Obama made to voters regarding the plan's cost, its features and the reform process itself. The difference between then and now couldn't be more stark.”
Supreme Court may weigh coverage mandate
“The same Supreme Court justices whom President Obama blasted during his State of the Union address this year may ultimately decide the fate of his crowning achievement as more than a dozen states have called on the courts to strike down the health insurance mandate of Democrats' health care overhaul - a move that would threaten the entire law.”
“Two major constitutional challenges have been levied against the new law, one by the state of Virginia, which enacted a law exempting its citizens from the federal health insurance mandate, and another by Florida and 12 other states. Legal scholars are divided on the merits of the cases, and even Congress - through its research service and its budget scorekeeper - has said it's an open question whether the provision could pass constitutional muster.”
Hot Air:
AP: Say, guess what we just found in ObamaCare!
“Congress passed the bill without knowing what was in it. Barack Obama signed it without reading it. Now it looks as though the Associated Press reported on ObamaCare without comprehending its content. Readers will have to scroll far down to discover that the elimination of a key tax break that kept retirees on company prescription-medication plans will mean dumping millions of seniors onto Medicare — and that the AP ignored it until now.”
“Over the past year, I’ve repeatedly warned about the dangers of static tax analysis. That process considers changes in tax policy without considering its impact on behavior.”
“The Democrats in Congress argued that they would gain $5.4 billion in revenue by eliminating the tax break enacted in the 2003 Medicare Part D program as an incentive for businesses to keep their retirees out of the Medicare system. Instead, they have given businesses a reason to dump their retirees out of the private networks and into the Part D system now. Not only will the expected tax revenues never appear, but now we will have to spend a lot more money covering those prescriptions out of public funds.”
“For months, businesses have warned about the problem, and for months, Democrats have claimed this clause as a $5.4 billion revenue source. One might think that the media would be interested in puncturing some bad assumptions. Apparently not.”
Dr. Zero:
“Even discounting the sewer system of underhanded deals and bribes needed to push ObamaCare through Congress, distorting it beyond any semblance of a carefully-designed plan, it’s foolish to accept it as a “solution” to health care “problems.” No government program is a solution to anything.”
“When Barack Obama tries to convince you to accept a government takeover of the health-care industry, he is making a promise he won’t be around to keep. ObamaCare’s job-killing taxes are front-loaded, but in order to fool the Congressional Budget Office into giving it a respectable deficit score, its benefits are delayed for years. Even if Obama wins re-election, he would complete his second term long before the program was completely phased in… and no external authority exists to compel either Obama, or his successors, to honor the promises he’s been making.”
“Once the government controls the health-care industry, there is nothing to prevent Democrats from paying for any service their constituents demand. A future law funding abortion can easily be passed, or maybe even “deemed” into existence. Abortion advocates can use lawsuits to squeeze funding out of the government. Control of the health-insurance industry will give the government massive leverage to erode determined public resistance against any steps it wishes to take.”
“Think about the evolution of ObamaCare health insurance into single-payer socialized medicine, something Obama and the Democrats quietly promise to left-wing audiences. The government will have every incentive to press for this transformation, and arrange it by pushing private competitors out of the market, then presenting single-payer government health care as tomorrow’s “solution” to the problem they’re working to create today. There is nothing to stop them from doing this.”
“The only guarantee you have that ObamaCare will provide the promised benefits, and remain within its boundaries, is the trust you place in the word of Barack Obama and his party… and your faith in future politicians who have yet to be elected.”
“There is no reason to trust an administration that places billions of dollars into the hands of unaccountable “czars,” including the odd Communist. Only a fool would believe the endless string of lies and deception from this President will magically transform into honesty and fidelity, after his angry demands for more power are fulfilled. A party that openly plans to subvert what little power remains in the tattered Constitution will not become more lawful after it seizes control of an entire industry. It would be idiotic to believe that a government whose economic projections have never come close to reality can suddenly predict the costs of the most enormous program it has ever produced.”
“It would be a horrible mistake to accept a deal with the creators of history’s most staggering natonal debt, based on assurances they will place your interests ahead of theirs, for decades to come. As Darth Vader memorably explained to Lando Calrissian, the State can always alter the terms of the deal, and your only recourse will be praying they don’t alter it any further.”
Washington Times:
Obamacare bait & switch
“The health care bill that President Obama signed last week bears little resemblance to the reform package he once touted from the campaign trail.”
“With the final legislative product in hand, it's worth evaluating how it compares to the promises Mr. Obama made to voters regarding the plan's cost, its features and the reform process itself. The difference between then and now couldn't be more stark.”
10:05:01 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
Tax Code, Clowns, And A New Bag Tax
Daily Caller:
Tax writers can’t figure out the tax code, either
“IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman practically ran away when The Daily Caller asked him whether he prepares his own taxes. Millions of Americans struggling through complicated IRS forms in the weeks leading up to tax day — April 15 — might like to know.”
“Shulman’s spokesman later said he employs an accountant to prepare his tax filings, as does about 60 percent of the country who shell out hundreds or even thousands of dollars each for such services.”
“The IRS says, essentially, don’t blame us, blame Congress.”
Congressman John Lewis said call the IRS! I’m not making this up. Does he pay a CPA to do his Taxes? Has he ever read the Tax Code?
“Lewis’s suggestions is for people who are having a hard time with the forms go to the IRS for help. “Get on the telephone, call an IRS service center or go visit a service center … and have them walk through their filing,” which, he noted, the IRS does for free.”
That’s one of the absurd things I’ve ever heard. There are more words in the Tax Code than the Bible. So call the IRS Bureaucrat who might or might not be an expert. Because if you screw it up you are on the hook. And let’s not forget Taxpayers are paying the salary of this worker and the phone line, health insurance, etc.
TaxBlog Prof:
Chutzpah: Rep. Rangel Offers Tax Advice to His Constituents
Reason:
Tax Tips from Charlie Rangel
“And no, the tips don't include “cheat on ‘em.” The New York Daily News reports that constituents living in the district of Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel were a little surprised to receive a mailing with tax advice from the notorious tax cheat.”
N. Y. Daily News:
“Sorry, Charlie Rangel: People in your district really don't want your income tax advice.”
“The congressman, who helped write the U.S. tax code - only to break it himself - mailed a tax-season flyer to constituents.”
“Rangel's office could not provide figures on the size of the mailing or its cost.”
Democrats propose Clown Tax. Not making this up. Maine wants to slap a new Tax on some services including performing arts.
New York Times:
States Seeking Cash Hope to Expand Taxes to Services
“In the scramble to find something, anything, to generate more revenue, states are considering new taxes on virtually everything: garbage pickup, dating services, bowling night, haircuts, even clowns.”
“In Kentucky, Jim Wayne, a state representative, and some fellow Democrats are proposing taxing high-end services: golf greens fees, limousine and hot-air-balloon rides, and private landscaping.”
“In June, voters in Maine will decide whether to accept a state overhaul of its tax system that would newly tax services like tailor alterations, blimp rides, and entertainment provided by clowns, comedians and jugglers.”
““In truth, a lot of people like this concept of being taxed on what they use,” said Bill Farmer, a Republican state representative in Kentucky, who has suggested a tax on services if it was wed to the demise of the state’s income tax.”
And that my friends is the problem with the GOP. People like being Taxed! Farmer must be a RINO! And how fast will Tea Party Advocates have these Taxes repealed!
Glenn Reynolds:
“HEY, WAIT, I THOUGHT POLITICIANS ALWAYS EXEMPTED THEMSELVES: A tax on clowns.”
JammieWearingFool:
“Maybe these clowns ought to just cut spending, particularly on the bloated staffs of government employees and political operatives.”
Washington Post:
Bag tax raises $150,000, but far fewer bags used
“The tax, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to change consumer behavior and limit pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Under regulations created by the D.C. Department of the Environment, bakeries, delicatessens, grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores that sell food, as well as restaurants and street vendors, liquor stores and "any business that sells food items," has to charge the tax on paper or plastic bags.”
“A Washington Post poll conducted in January found that District residents were almost evenly split on whether they supported the tax, with 46 percent supporting it and 49 percent opposed to it. Support for the bag tax was highest in Northwest Washington, where about six in 10 residents supported it.”
“District officials had estimated that the tax would generate about $10 million during the next four years for environmental initiatives.”
“But in January, the tax only generated $149,432, suggesting that the bag tax might fall short of revenue projections.”
Wonkette:
“PLASTIC BAG TAX IS INSANELY EFFECTIVE: THIS ONE IS FOR D.C. PEOPLE, as well as behavioral economists, who surely make up the rest of you: our beloved new five-cent plastic bag tax decreased plastic bag usage from 22.5 million to 3.3 million in the first month alone. Washington D.C. is now sparkly clean!”
Tax writers can’t figure out the tax code, either
“IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman practically ran away when The Daily Caller asked him whether he prepares his own taxes. Millions of Americans struggling through complicated IRS forms in the weeks leading up to tax day — April 15 — might like to know.”
“Shulman’s spokesman later said he employs an accountant to prepare his tax filings, as does about 60 percent of the country who shell out hundreds or even thousands of dollars each for such services.”
“The IRS says, essentially, don’t blame us, blame Congress.”
Congressman John Lewis said call the IRS! I’m not making this up. Does he pay a CPA to do his Taxes? Has he ever read the Tax Code?
“Lewis’s suggestions is for people who are having a hard time with the forms go to the IRS for help. “Get on the telephone, call an IRS service center or go visit a service center … and have them walk through their filing,” which, he noted, the IRS does for free.”
That’s one of the absurd things I’ve ever heard. There are more words in the Tax Code than the Bible. So call the IRS Bureaucrat who might or might not be an expert. Because if you screw it up you are on the hook. And let’s not forget Taxpayers are paying the salary of this worker and the phone line, health insurance, etc.
TaxBlog Prof:
Chutzpah: Rep. Rangel Offers Tax Advice to His Constituents
Reason:
Tax Tips from Charlie Rangel
“And no, the tips don't include “cheat on ‘em.” The New York Daily News reports that constituents living in the district of Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel were a little surprised to receive a mailing with tax advice from the notorious tax cheat.”
N. Y. Daily News:
“Sorry, Charlie Rangel: People in your district really don't want your income tax advice.”
“The congressman, who helped write the U.S. tax code - only to break it himself - mailed a tax-season flyer to constituents.”
“Rangel's office could not provide figures on the size of the mailing or its cost.”
Democrats propose Clown Tax. Not making this up. Maine wants to slap a new Tax on some services including performing arts.
New York Times:
States Seeking Cash Hope to Expand Taxes to Services
“In the scramble to find something, anything, to generate more revenue, states are considering new taxes on virtually everything: garbage pickup, dating services, bowling night, haircuts, even clowns.”
“In Kentucky, Jim Wayne, a state representative, and some fellow Democrats are proposing taxing high-end services: golf greens fees, limousine and hot-air-balloon rides, and private landscaping.”
“In June, voters in Maine will decide whether to accept a state overhaul of its tax system that would newly tax services like tailor alterations, blimp rides, and entertainment provided by clowns, comedians and jugglers.”
““In truth, a lot of people like this concept of being taxed on what they use,” said Bill Farmer, a Republican state representative in Kentucky, who has suggested a tax on services if it was wed to the demise of the state’s income tax.”
And that my friends is the problem with the GOP. People like being Taxed! Farmer must be a RINO! And how fast will Tea Party Advocates have these Taxes repealed!
Glenn Reynolds:
“HEY, WAIT, I THOUGHT POLITICIANS ALWAYS EXEMPTED THEMSELVES: A tax on clowns.”
JammieWearingFool:
“Maybe these clowns ought to just cut spending, particularly on the bloated staffs of government employees and political operatives.”
Washington Post:
Bag tax raises $150,000, but far fewer bags used
“The tax, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to change consumer behavior and limit pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Under regulations created by the D.C. Department of the Environment, bakeries, delicatessens, grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores that sell food, as well as restaurants and street vendors, liquor stores and "any business that sells food items," has to charge the tax on paper or plastic bags.”
“A Washington Post poll conducted in January found that District residents were almost evenly split on whether they supported the tax, with 46 percent supporting it and 49 percent opposed to it. Support for the bag tax was highest in Northwest Washington, where about six in 10 residents supported it.”
“District officials had estimated that the tax would generate about $10 million during the next four years for environmental initiatives.”
“But in January, the tax only generated $149,432, suggesting that the bag tax might fall short of revenue projections.”
Wonkette:
“PLASTIC BAG TAX IS INSANELY EFFECTIVE: THIS ONE IS FOR D.C. PEOPLE, as well as behavioral economists, who surely make up the rest of you: our beloved new five-cent plastic bag tax decreased plastic bag usage from 22.5 million to 3.3 million in the first month alone. Washington D.C. is now sparkly clean!”
11:04:04 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
Listen Up Winston!
I got a letter in the mail from the U.S. Census Bureau earlier this month informing me I was a lucky winner. I had real reservations about filling it out. I loved the propaganda about getting your fair share of the loot for highways, schools, and other Government giveaways. My first thought was to mail directly back to Robert Groves, but I ignored it until the actual form came.
There was an ominous warning on the outside of the oversized envelope that showed up in my mailbox:
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW
I ignored it and threw it on the table. A few hours later the Local TV News reported that you are required by law to fill it out. Knowing how biased and misinformed the media is I went to the Net. I found a CNET story where a Taxpayer in Rhode Island was charged with a misdemeanor for not answering some of the questions. And the Judge sided with the Government! But according to the author there were more surprises:
“The standard 2010 Census form, be sent to virtually every American household, asks about sex, race, age, phone number, and address. A subset of Americans also will receive a 14-page form (PDF) that is sent out every year and is much more intrusive: it asks about relationships, rent and mortgage costs, the value of the home, languages spoken at home, "emotional condition," job absences, and sources of income. Anyone not answering can be fined.”
“Even in the census-skeptic movement, there seems to be general agreement that asking each American household to report how many people live there is both reasonable and constitutional. The concerns arise from the more detailed questions found both on the short form and the long form, now called the American Community Survey.”
“And conservatives including Ron Paul, the former Republican presidential candidate, say questions like race and homeownership have no basis in the U.S. Constitution; a YouTube video making those arguments has received 1.7 million views since it was posted last month.”
After some more research I’m pretty sure The Constitution requires me to respond. Not being a Constitutional Law Expert and wanting to avoid more Government contact I decided to read the thing. I always thought the purpose of the Census is to count the population. It looks like it has turned into a racket so the Politicians can gerrymander safe districts to redistribute the tax dollars they stole for hard working Americans. We all understand that. But why does Big Brother need to know if I own or rent? Is this what the Founding Fathers intended? And are Illegal Aliens considered legal persons?
I thought about it some more. Decided to fill it out but with grave reservations. I thought about answering only one question. The Number of people living in the household. But I really didn’t want a Census Worker knocking on my door, so I filled in ALL the questions and dropped the form in the mail. According to Lew Rockwell it is being tracked electronically:
“The 2010 Census forms arrive this week at 120 million addresses across the country. Each piece of Census mail comes with a unique barcode that lets the U.S. Postal Service and the bureau track individual letters as they travel to and from the bureau. Each time a letter zips through sorting equipment – typically five times between the initial mailing and delivery – it generates data that are fed into a computer system that lets the bureau monitor its progress.”
“The close monitoring of the mail is giving privacy advocates and others pause. "I would certainly agree it's more invasive of people's privacy," said Rep. Ron Paul, a Texas Republican, who has opposed the Census because it goes beyond a simple headcount, asking residents 10 questions, including names, ages, race and sex. "It's the environment we live in; the government knows every single thing. It just means there is more pressure, and more likelihood, that you are going to be fined by the government." Rep. Paul was the sole "no" vote on a House resolution this month to encourage participation in the 2010 Census.”
Well, Winston, I guess those does mean Big Brother is tracking my ever move.
Update: Mr. Groves sent me a post card reminding me of the importance to respond to the Census the day after I mailed the form in! Big Brother is really on his game! That was humor for those of you in College Station and Rio Linda. The post card was a pre-planned mailer. Don’t panic Winston. No camera in the bedroom yet!
There was an ominous warning on the outside of the oversized envelope that showed up in my mailbox:
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW
I ignored it and threw it on the table. A few hours later the Local TV News reported that you are required by law to fill it out. Knowing how biased and misinformed the media is I went to the Net. I found a CNET story where a Taxpayer in Rhode Island was charged with a misdemeanor for not answering some of the questions. And the Judge sided with the Government! But according to the author there were more surprises:
“The standard 2010 Census form, be sent to virtually every American household, asks about sex, race, age, phone number, and address. A subset of Americans also will receive a 14-page form (PDF) that is sent out every year and is much more intrusive: it asks about relationships, rent and mortgage costs, the value of the home, languages spoken at home, "emotional condition," job absences, and sources of income. Anyone not answering can be fined.”
“Even in the census-skeptic movement, there seems to be general agreement that asking each American household to report how many people live there is both reasonable and constitutional. The concerns arise from the more detailed questions found both on the short form and the long form, now called the American Community Survey.”
“And conservatives including Ron Paul, the former Republican presidential candidate, say questions like race and homeownership have no basis in the U.S. Constitution; a YouTube video making those arguments has received 1.7 million views since it was posted last month.”
After some more research I’m pretty sure The Constitution requires me to respond. Not being a Constitutional Law Expert and wanting to avoid more Government contact I decided to read the thing. I always thought the purpose of the Census is to count the population. It looks like it has turned into a racket so the Politicians can gerrymander safe districts to redistribute the tax dollars they stole for hard working Americans. We all understand that. But why does Big Brother need to know if I own or rent? Is this what the Founding Fathers intended? And are Illegal Aliens considered legal persons?
I thought about it some more. Decided to fill it out but with grave reservations. I thought about answering only one question. The Number of people living in the household. But I really didn’t want a Census Worker knocking on my door, so I filled in ALL the questions and dropped the form in the mail. According to Lew Rockwell it is being tracked electronically:
“The 2010 Census forms arrive this week at 120 million addresses across the country. Each piece of Census mail comes with a unique barcode that lets the U.S. Postal Service and the bureau track individual letters as they travel to and from the bureau. Each time a letter zips through sorting equipment – typically five times between the initial mailing and delivery – it generates data that are fed into a computer system that lets the bureau monitor its progress.”
“The close monitoring of the mail is giving privacy advocates and others pause. "I would certainly agree it's more invasive of people's privacy," said Rep. Ron Paul, a Texas Republican, who has opposed the Census because it goes beyond a simple headcount, asking residents 10 questions, including names, ages, race and sex. "It's the environment we live in; the government knows every single thing. It just means there is more pressure, and more likelihood, that you are going to be fined by the government." Rep. Paul was the sole "no" vote on a House resolution this month to encourage participation in the 2010 Census.”
Well, Winston, I guess those does mean Big Brother is tracking my ever move.
Update: Mr. Groves sent me a post card reminding me of the importance to respond to the Census the day after I mailed the form in! Big Brother is really on his game! That was humor for those of you in College Station and Rio Linda. The post card was a pre-planned mailer. Don’t panic Winston. No camera in the bedroom yet!
11:35:01 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
Everyone Wins!
Good Morning Taxpayers! Sorry for the late post. Long weekend.
New York Post:
Obamacare wins: Now the pain begins
Savage:
8 million uninsured in California to get free Obamacare
Lew Rockwell:
Retire in Poverty
Courtesy of the US government.
The Crash of 2010 Is Looming
The stimulus game will run out and then it happens, says Gerald Celente.
Washington Examiner:
Dems likely didn’t read the bill before passing and signing it
Cal Thomas:
“Total U.S. debt has soared to an all-time high of 370 percent of yearly economic output. That far exceeds its peak of 300 percent during the Great Depression.”
“Jobs will be lost because of this bill. Already, Caterpiller Company is laying-off workers because it estimates the health care bill will cost the company $100 million.”
The Future Speaks:
“Everyone gets a trophy, even if you are the loser in 44th place. It’s the mentality of our generation; it’s wired into our brains. And the indoctrination we continue to receive in school. You can even find it in the recent health care “reform” bill; “kids” can now stay on their parents plans until they are 26 years old. Funny how they are independent enough to get abortions without parents permission around 13 years, yet just can’t make it on their own around 26.”
Glenn Reynolds:
“STIMULUS! Existing home sales fall for third straight month raising worries about housing recovery.”
“HE’LL BE LUCKY IF IT GOES THAT WELL: Healthcare is Obama’s Iraq. I’ve heard a number of people make this argument, but the Iraq war got bipartisan approval with lots of Democrats supporting it, and it was far more popular than healthcare is.”
“SHOCKER: Investors Trust Blogs More Than they Trust Their Brokers. Two thoughts: (1) If you saw my 401(k) you’d know better than to take my advice on the markets; and (2) This is probably mostly a reflection of how little people trust brokers, rather than how much they trust bloggers.”
“SHOCKER: Arne Duncan manipulated school lists to favor powerful. “Chicago Breaking News reported late last night that former Chicago schools chief and current Secretary of Education Arne Duncan manipulated a system to favor powerful political allies by placing their children in the schools of their choice. The discovery of a list, the existence of which had been long denied by the city, and its composition of mainly high-powered political figures calls into question the appeals system used to reconsider applications that had been denied by the top Chicago-area schools.” Prediction: There’ll be special “lists” for powerful people who need kidney transplants, too.”
Rush:
“Starting today, the best health care system in the world is history.”
"Is there anybody who now doubts what I meant when I said, 'I hope he fails'?"
“The great majority of Americans are middle class, and this health care bill is the first giant step toward making them dependent on the federal government for their needs.”
“The liberal media is celebrating this great victory. What great victory? Over who? Us! The American people! These people on the left attack us because they hate us.”
“Our enemy is now clearly defined. We know who they are: Anybody with a D beside their name. There's no moderate Democrat or pro-life Democrat.”
James Taranto:
“They’re eager to talk not about their great legislative and social achievement, but about how violent, racist and all-around crazy ObamaCare opponents are.”
Wonkette:
“Health care reform shocker: American Indians are not subject to the Hitlerous insurance mandate. Why does Barack Obama not want Indians vaccinated against smallpox?”
“We have a wiener: “Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) has come forward and admitted that he was the one who yelled ‘baby killer’ during the House debate on the health care bill last night.” This schlub’s district went 72%-27% for McCain in 2008. So according to our Great American System Of Incentivization, this act of embarrassing incivility last night will probably fill his campaign coffers for life. Why’d he wait so long to take credit?”
New York Post:
Obamacare wins: Now the pain begins
Savage:
8 million uninsured in California to get free Obamacare
Lew Rockwell:
Retire in Poverty
Courtesy of the US government.
The Crash of 2010 Is Looming
The stimulus game will run out and then it happens, says Gerald Celente.
Washington Examiner:
Dems likely didn’t read the bill before passing and signing it
Cal Thomas:
“Total U.S. debt has soared to an all-time high of 370 percent of yearly economic output. That far exceeds its peak of 300 percent during the Great Depression.”
“Jobs will be lost because of this bill. Already, Caterpiller Company is laying-off workers because it estimates the health care bill will cost the company $100 million.”
The Future Speaks:
“Everyone gets a trophy, even if you are the loser in 44th place. It’s the mentality of our generation; it’s wired into our brains. And the indoctrination we continue to receive in school. You can even find it in the recent health care “reform” bill; “kids” can now stay on their parents plans until they are 26 years old. Funny how they are independent enough to get abortions without parents permission around 13 years, yet just can’t make it on their own around 26.”
Glenn Reynolds:
“STIMULUS! Existing home sales fall for third straight month raising worries about housing recovery.”
“HE’LL BE LUCKY IF IT GOES THAT WELL: Healthcare is Obama’s Iraq. I’ve heard a number of people make this argument, but the Iraq war got bipartisan approval with lots of Democrats supporting it, and it was far more popular than healthcare is.”
“SHOCKER: Investors Trust Blogs More Than they Trust Their Brokers. Two thoughts: (1) If you saw my 401(k) you’d know better than to take my advice on the markets; and (2) This is probably mostly a reflection of how little people trust brokers, rather than how much they trust bloggers.”
“SHOCKER: Arne Duncan manipulated school lists to favor powerful. “Chicago Breaking News reported late last night that former Chicago schools chief and current Secretary of Education Arne Duncan manipulated a system to favor powerful political allies by placing their children in the schools of their choice. The discovery of a list, the existence of which had been long denied by the city, and its composition of mainly high-powered political figures calls into question the appeals system used to reconsider applications that had been denied by the top Chicago-area schools.” Prediction: There’ll be special “lists” for powerful people who need kidney transplants, too.”
Rush:
“Starting today, the best health care system in the world is history.”
"Is there anybody who now doubts what I meant when I said, 'I hope he fails'?"
“The great majority of Americans are middle class, and this health care bill is the first giant step toward making them dependent on the federal government for their needs.”
“The liberal media is celebrating this great victory. What great victory? Over who? Us! The American people! These people on the left attack us because they hate us.”
“Our enemy is now clearly defined. We know who they are: Anybody with a D beside their name. There's no moderate Democrat or pro-life Democrat.”
James Taranto:
“They’re eager to talk not about their great legislative and social achievement, but about how violent, racist and all-around crazy ObamaCare opponents are.”
Wonkette:
“Health care reform shocker: American Indians are not subject to the Hitlerous insurance mandate. Why does Barack Obama not want Indians vaccinated against smallpox?”
“We have a wiener: “Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) has come forward and admitted that he was the one who yelled ‘baby killer’ during the House debate on the health care bill last night.” This schlub’s district went 72%-27% for McCain in 2008. So according to our Great American System Of Incentivization, this act of embarrassing incivility last night will probably fill his campaign coffers for life. Why’d he wait so long to take credit?”
08:42:12 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
ObamaCare Fallout
L.A. Times:
New poll finds Obama tied with Anybody in 2012 vote
TaxProf Blog:
Does New 10% Tanning Tax Discriminate Against Whites?
“A lawyer asks whether the new 10% tanning tax included in the health care bill unconstitutionally discriminates against whites.”
Glenn Reynolds:
“STENY HOYER IS SUDDENLY WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PITCHFORKS. He was notably silent when it was President Obama making pitchfork threats, and when his political ally ACORN was busing mobs to executives’ homes. Man up, Steny. Or just, you know, shut up. You’re a hypocrite when it comes to thuggery, and you and your colleagues aren’t credible playing the victim.”
Drudge:
Majority of Homeowners With Loan Modifications -- Defaulted Again...
AT&T to take $1 billion charge on Health Care Reform...
CASTRO CHEERS OBAMACARE 'MIRACLE'!
2,000 House staffers make $100,000+...
N.Y. Times:
Social Security to See Payout Exceed Pay-In This Year
Andrew Breitbart :
“As I have said over and over and over, the left has one trick that it will use again and again when its back is in the corner: shout ‘racist’ in a crowded country.”
“On Saturday, during the peaceful and patriotic tea party protest at the Capitol, the Democrats staged a series of symbolic acts meant to manipulate the media to do its bidding. The Congressional Black Caucus pulled the Selma card and chose to walk through the crowd in the hopes of creating a YouTube incident.”
“Saturday’s “never mind” moment will live in infamy as the Congressional Black Caucus claimed the N-word was hurled 15 times. YouTube video shows that at least two of the men in the procession were carrying video cameras and holding them above the crowd. They have not come forth with evidence to show that even one person hurled the vile racist epithet. The video also shows no head movement one way or another. Wouldn’t the N-word provoke a head turn or two? Is it really possible that in 2010, in a crowd of 30 or 40 thousand people — at the center of a once-in-a-lifetime media circus — not one person’s flipphone, Blackberry, video recorder or a network feed caught a single incident?”
“Let’s remember that Nancy Pelosi followed this procession with a “perp walk” of her own, as she carried the giant gavel that hammered down the passage of Medicare in 1965 to its rendezvous with destiny. Does any rational person seriously believe that the Capitol Police or her security people would have let the Speaker of the House — second in line of succession to the presidency, right after the Vice President — walk into danger as alleged by the Congressional Black Caucus? Please.”
“That’s how much the Democrats need a racist Tea Party moment. To stop it in its tracks. That’s why on Saturday they used the Congressional Black Caucus to try to manufacture the false appearance of one. And when they didn’t get it, they did what they always do: they lied.”
“Alinsky taught them well: the ends justify the means. And that’s how the Democrats play.”
New poll finds Obama tied with Anybody in 2012 vote
TaxProf Blog:
Does New 10% Tanning Tax Discriminate Against Whites?
“A lawyer asks whether the new 10% tanning tax included in the health care bill unconstitutionally discriminates against whites.”
Glenn Reynolds:
“STENY HOYER IS SUDDENLY WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PITCHFORKS. He was notably silent when it was President Obama making pitchfork threats, and when his political ally ACORN was busing mobs to executives’ homes. Man up, Steny. Or just, you know, shut up. You’re a hypocrite when it comes to thuggery, and you and your colleagues aren’t credible playing the victim.”
Drudge:
Majority of Homeowners With Loan Modifications -- Defaulted Again...
AT&T to take $1 billion charge on Health Care Reform...
CASTRO CHEERS OBAMACARE 'MIRACLE'!
2,000 House staffers make $100,000+...
N.Y. Times:
Social Security to See Payout Exceed Pay-In This Year
Andrew Breitbart :
“As I have said over and over and over, the left has one trick that it will use again and again when its back is in the corner: shout ‘racist’ in a crowded country.”
“On Saturday, during the peaceful and patriotic tea party protest at the Capitol, the Democrats staged a series of symbolic acts meant to manipulate the media to do its bidding. The Congressional Black Caucus pulled the Selma card and chose to walk through the crowd in the hopes of creating a YouTube incident.”
“Saturday’s “never mind” moment will live in infamy as the Congressional Black Caucus claimed the N-word was hurled 15 times. YouTube video shows that at least two of the men in the procession were carrying video cameras and holding them above the crowd. They have not come forth with evidence to show that even one person hurled the vile racist epithet. The video also shows no head movement one way or another. Wouldn’t the N-word provoke a head turn or two? Is it really possible that in 2010, in a crowd of 30 or 40 thousand people — at the center of a once-in-a-lifetime media circus — not one person’s flipphone, Blackberry, video recorder or a network feed caught a single incident?”
“Let’s remember that Nancy Pelosi followed this procession with a “perp walk” of her own, as she carried the giant gavel that hammered down the passage of Medicare in 1965 to its rendezvous with destiny. Does any rational person seriously believe that the Capitol Police or her security people would have let the Speaker of the House — second in line of succession to the presidency, right after the Vice President — walk into danger as alleged by the Congressional Black Caucus? Please.”
“That’s how much the Democrats need a racist Tea Party moment. To stop it in its tracks. That’s why on Saturday they used the Congressional Black Caucus to try to manufacture the false appearance of one. And when they didn’t get it, they did what they always do: they lied.”
“Alinsky taught them well: the ends justify the means. And that’s how the Democrats play.”
00:41:17 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
IRS To Enforce ObamaCare
Drudge:
FLASHBACK: Obama promises 'public will have FIVE DAYS to look at every bill that lands on my desk'...
OBAMA SIGNS MASSIVE HEALTHCARE BILL AFTER 36 HOURS...
IRS Needs Additional $10 BILLION to Be the Nation's Health Enforcer...
A giant I told you so. I’m not going to re-post past warnings.
CNS News:
IRS to Enforce Health Reform
“The tax collection agency will be responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with the individual and employer insurance mandates which form the backbone of the Democrats’ hard-won reforms.”
“The mandates require that all Americans carry a minimum level of health insurance or pay a separate tax for every month they are without such coverage. All employers with 50 employers or more will also be required to provide their employees with that same minimum level of coverage.”
“The IRS would monitor individuals and businesses’ health insurance statuses through the mandatory reporting the bill requires.”
“If either an individual or a business has failed to comply with this mandate for any month out of the year, they are required to pay a separate tax to the IRS. For individuals this is a maximum of $750 per person (up to $2,250 per household) and $750 per uncovered employee for businesses.”
“In order to carry out its new monitoring and enforcement duties, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the IRS will need $10 billion in additional funds, funds which were not made available under the health reform bill.”
So they passed a bill without funding the 16,000 new IRS Agents to collect the Taxes to pay for it! Wait it only gets better:
“Because these new mandates and taxes are under the purview of the IRS, taxpayers and businesses could incur additional penalties normally reserved for normal income tax cheats, paying fees over and above those for not complying with Congress’ new mandates.”
“Taxpayers and businesses could be hit with these extra penalties because they are required to use their tax returns to prove to the IRS that they are complying with the mandates and because they will have to pay any tax penalties to that agency as well.”
Obama’s new Medicare Tax goes into effect in 2013. This Tax is Medicare’s Hospital Insurance program and was started in 1966 at 0.7%. Currently it is 2.9% split between Employees and Employers. The new Medicare Investment Income Tax will be 3.8% on capital gains, dividends, rent, royalties, etc. It will only effect single filers making over $200,000 and joint filers making over $250,000. That is how I understand it. Just one more complication to the Tax Code! The biggest revenue generator in ObamCare according to estimate projections.
Drudge:
OBAMA TANNING TAX STARTS NOW
Alert readers will remember my previous post:
Obama’s New Tanning Tax
I’ve heard the new levy called Obama’s Bimbo Tax. The is the first Nation Sales Tax I’m aware of. How is the Federal Government going to collect the new Tax? Via the State’s Comptrollers? The IRS? And why did Obama and the Democrats single out this business? Ladies, and salon owners, how is that Hope and Change working out for you?
FLASHBACK: Obama promises 'public will have FIVE DAYS to look at every bill that lands on my desk'...
OBAMA SIGNS MASSIVE HEALTHCARE BILL AFTER 36 HOURS...
IRS Needs Additional $10 BILLION to Be the Nation's Health Enforcer...
A giant I told you so. I’m not going to re-post past warnings.
CNS News:
IRS to Enforce Health Reform
“The tax collection agency will be responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with the individual and employer insurance mandates which form the backbone of the Democrats’ hard-won reforms.”
“The mandates require that all Americans carry a minimum level of health insurance or pay a separate tax for every month they are without such coverage. All employers with 50 employers or more will also be required to provide their employees with that same minimum level of coverage.”
“The IRS would monitor individuals and businesses’ health insurance statuses through the mandatory reporting the bill requires.”
“If either an individual or a business has failed to comply with this mandate for any month out of the year, they are required to pay a separate tax to the IRS. For individuals this is a maximum of $750 per person (up to $2,250 per household) and $750 per uncovered employee for businesses.”
“In order to carry out its new monitoring and enforcement duties, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the IRS will need $10 billion in additional funds, funds which were not made available under the health reform bill.”
So they passed a bill without funding the 16,000 new IRS Agents to collect the Taxes to pay for it! Wait it only gets better:
“Because these new mandates and taxes are under the purview of the IRS, taxpayers and businesses could incur additional penalties normally reserved for normal income tax cheats, paying fees over and above those for not complying with Congress’ new mandates.”
“Taxpayers and businesses could be hit with these extra penalties because they are required to use their tax returns to prove to the IRS that they are complying with the mandates and because they will have to pay any tax penalties to that agency as well.”
Obama’s new Medicare Tax goes into effect in 2013. This Tax is Medicare’s Hospital Insurance program and was started in 1966 at 0.7%. Currently it is 2.9% split between Employees and Employers. The new Medicare Investment Income Tax will be 3.8% on capital gains, dividends, rent, royalties, etc. It will only effect single filers making over $200,000 and joint filers making over $250,000. That is how I understand it. Just one more complication to the Tax Code! The biggest revenue generator in ObamCare according to estimate projections.
Drudge:
OBAMA TANNING TAX STARTS NOW
Alert readers will remember my previous post:
Obama’s New Tanning Tax
I’ve heard the new levy called Obama’s Bimbo Tax. The is the first Nation Sales Tax I’m aware of. How is the Federal Government going to collect the new Tax? Via the State’s Comptrollers? The IRS? And why did Obama and the Democrats single out this business? Ladies, and salon owners, how is that Hope and Change working out for you?
02:02:00 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
If You Were The CEO
What would you do with your Healthcare costs now that ObamaCare is the law of the land?
I ran into a former CEO yesterday. We started shooting the bull about ObamaCare. I told him that I was reading on the Internet that the Avg. cost for an employer was $7,300 for a single employee and $22,000 for a multiple family plan. He threw out some figures and I told him I paid about $1,200 a year for health insurance and that I figured with my employer’s group discount and volume the total was about $4,400 to $4,800. He said 12 % of his revenues went to healthcare. I asked if that was the gross. And he said yes.
So if you are CEO of XYZ Corp. and you have thousands of employees and tens of thousands of retirees and ObamaCare is going to reduce your cost basis down to 8 % if you drop Blue Cross and Blue Shield and purchase from the Government Exchange you save 4 % in gross revenues for shareholders. What do you think is going to happen? What would you do as CEO?
And what if Business Associates from around the World were calling you asking what are you doing to the best healthcare in the World? How long will you have to wait for hip replacement under Nationalized Government care? With Blue Cross you get immediate care with the best Surgeons and Medical Devices. How will that change under Obamacare?
Bryan Caplan:
How Many Employers Will Stop Providing Health Insurance?
“If preliminary summaries of Obamacare are true, it looks like individual health insurance will soon be a better deal than employer-provided health insurance.”
“Admittedly, Obamacare imposes a small penalty on individuals who don't buy insurance, and a moderate penalty on firms that don't provide it.”
“The big question, then, is: Will lower-profile employers stop insuring their workers?”
Yes. If the net cost is lower.
I also ran into one of my personal Doctors yesterday. We started shooting the bull and he was not happy with ObamaCare. He was going to do everything he could to avoid the new Medicare Tax on those earning over $250,000 and really didn’t like the fact that Taxpayers were funding abortions.
If Democrats think Voters are going to forget about this Historic takeover of Healthcare they are gravely mistaken. A Reagan landslide is on the Horizon in November.
Fidelity Investments released a report yesterday that Seasoned Citizens who retire today will need an additional $250,000 to pay for medical care. The study did not include the impact of ObamaCare. Don’t expect costs to go down and Medicare services to be reduced under Nationalized healthcare.
I ran into a former CEO yesterday. We started shooting the bull about ObamaCare. I told him that I was reading on the Internet that the Avg. cost for an employer was $7,300 for a single employee and $22,000 for a multiple family plan. He threw out some figures and I told him I paid about $1,200 a year for health insurance and that I figured with my employer’s group discount and volume the total was about $4,400 to $4,800. He said 12 % of his revenues went to healthcare. I asked if that was the gross. And he said yes.
So if you are CEO of XYZ Corp. and you have thousands of employees and tens of thousands of retirees and ObamaCare is going to reduce your cost basis down to 8 % if you drop Blue Cross and Blue Shield and purchase from the Government Exchange you save 4 % in gross revenues for shareholders. What do you think is going to happen? What would you do as CEO?
And what if Business Associates from around the World were calling you asking what are you doing to the best healthcare in the World? How long will you have to wait for hip replacement under Nationalized Government care? With Blue Cross you get immediate care with the best Surgeons and Medical Devices. How will that change under Obamacare?
Bryan Caplan:
How Many Employers Will Stop Providing Health Insurance?
“If preliminary summaries of Obamacare are true, it looks like individual health insurance will soon be a better deal than employer-provided health insurance.”
“Admittedly, Obamacare imposes a small penalty on individuals who don't buy insurance, and a moderate penalty on firms that don't provide it.”
“The big question, then, is: Will lower-profile employers stop insuring their workers?”
Yes. If the net cost is lower.
I also ran into one of my personal Doctors yesterday. We started shooting the bull and he was not happy with ObamaCare. He was going to do everything he could to avoid the new Medicare Tax on those earning over $250,000 and really didn’t like the fact that Taxpayers were funding abortions.
If Democrats think Voters are going to forget about this Historic takeover of Healthcare they are gravely mistaken. A Reagan landslide is on the Horizon in November.
Fidelity Investments released a report yesterday that Seasoned Citizens who retire today will need an additional $250,000 to pay for medical care. The study did not include the impact of ObamaCare. Don’t expect costs to go down and Medicare services to be reduced under Nationalized healthcare.
09:03:55 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
Some More Reaction To ObamaCare
Glenn Reynolds:
“SO AT THE GYM THIS MORNING, a trainer who said she’s never given money to the Republicans before told me she gave $40 to the Fire Pelosi site and then joined the Knoxville Tea Party. How common that reaction is will determine how things go — will people get mad, or give up?”
One reader writes Glenn:
“I’ve never been a big fan of the GOP, though I usually vote for their candidates. This morning, I dropped by the TN GOP office in Nashville, joined the party and volunteered to work for whichever candidate ultimately challenges Jim Cooper.”
Another:
“All this talk about backlash and Republican landslides is very premature. The Democrats just purchased 30,000,000 new votes. In November, the Democrat machine will drive through the low income neighborhoods in buses with loudspeakers warning people to get on board and vote against the evil Republicans promising to “steal” their “right” to free healthcare. And it just might work.”
That’s probably on page 2 of the DNC playbook. However, I don’t think it will work this time. Putting the IRS in charge and Taxing Voters with a penalty doesn’t sit right with the average American. The GOP has a winning issue in a bad economy. Dems fall in a landslide. Voters of all stripes are really pissed.
Senator John McCain:
“With all this euphoria that’s going on, this inside-the-Beltway champagne toasting and all that, outside the Beltway the American people are very angry.”
Senator Scott Brown:
“Today's vote shows that leaders in Washington continue to ignore the will of the people.”
Congressman Mike Pence:
“Only in Washington, D.C. could you say you're going to spend a trillion dollars and save the taxpayers money.”
The Daily Beast:
“The Democrats already have their excuse ready when their health-care reform falls short. The solution, of course, will involve more spending.”
L.A. Times:
“The party now must live or die with its landmark legislation in hundreds of congressional districts across the country, in the most hostile midterm election climate Democrats have faced since the Republican landslide year of 1994.”
“Republicans were not rejoicing. They lost the vote, after all. But party strategists were convinced Sunday's vote would enhance their chances of winning control of the House and maybe the Senate in November's elections.”
Laura Ingraham:
“So, where do we go from here? Beyond challenging the legality and constitutionality of what has transpired, we must now focus on a seat-by-seat annihilation of Democrats nationwide. Republicans will be in a prime position to take over. It's our job to ensure the RIGHT Republicans are lined up. The only way to save this country from financial ruin is an all-out, frontal assault on the American Left and their congressional foot soldiers.”
New Ledger:
Exempted From Obamacare: Senior Staff Who Wrote the Bill
“For as long as the political fight took over the past year, the abbreviated review process on the health care legislation currently pending on President Obama’s desk is unquestionably going to result in some surprises — as happens with any piece of mashed-up legislation — both for the congressmen who voted for it and for the American people.”
“One such surprise is found on page 158 of the legislation, which appears to create a carveout for senior staff members in the leadership offices and on congressional committees, essentially exempting those senior Democrat staffers who wrote the bill from being forced to purchase health care plans in the same way as other Americans.”
“As Speaker Pelosi said a few weeks ago, it’s only after this legislation is passed that we’ll truly find out what’s in it.”
Roger Pilon:
“The symbolism of the Democratic left’s hostility to the “tea baggers” should not go unnoticed. The tea party movement’s roots are in the American Revolution. These ordinary Americans are protesting the Washington ”Establishment” — which presently is the Democratic juggernaut – much as American Patriots were protesting the oppressive British Establishment that was “eating out their substance” with “a long train of abuses and usurpations.” The Democratic left should think long and hard about those parallels.”
Russ Roberts:
“The existing legislative promises of Medicare and Social Security are a train wreck that cannot be avoided without radical change. Expanding coverage just brings the train wreck closer. It’s a nice idea but it is unaffordable. We have taken a step closer to Greece. We have taken a step closer to national bankruptcy.”
Wonkette:
Give Mitt Romney Money To Repeal RomneyCare!
“Man, he’s really trying to get ahead of this thing before everyone realizes how terribly neutralized he’s become, isn’t he? Hopefully it won’t be that long before other prospective 2012 candidates start making murmurs (SCREAMING ON FOX NEWS) about how Mitt Romney invented ObamaCare, in Massachusetts, with Scott Brown’s vote.”
“SO AT THE GYM THIS MORNING, a trainer who said she’s never given money to the Republicans before told me she gave $40 to the Fire Pelosi site and then joined the Knoxville Tea Party. How common that reaction is will determine how things go — will people get mad, or give up?”
One reader writes Glenn:
“I’ve never been a big fan of the GOP, though I usually vote for their candidates. This morning, I dropped by the TN GOP office in Nashville, joined the party and volunteered to work for whichever candidate ultimately challenges Jim Cooper.”
Another:
“All this talk about backlash and Republican landslides is very premature. The Democrats just purchased 30,000,000 new votes. In November, the Democrat machine will drive through the low income neighborhoods in buses with loudspeakers warning people to get on board and vote against the evil Republicans promising to “steal” their “right” to free healthcare. And it just might work.”
That’s probably on page 2 of the DNC playbook. However, I don’t think it will work this time. Putting the IRS in charge and Taxing Voters with a penalty doesn’t sit right with the average American. The GOP has a winning issue in a bad economy. Dems fall in a landslide. Voters of all stripes are really pissed.
Senator John McCain:
“With all this euphoria that’s going on, this inside-the-Beltway champagne toasting and all that, outside the Beltway the American people are very angry.”
Senator Scott Brown:
“Today's vote shows that leaders in Washington continue to ignore the will of the people.”
Congressman Mike Pence:
“Only in Washington, D.C. could you say you're going to spend a trillion dollars and save the taxpayers money.”
The Daily Beast:
“The Democrats already have their excuse ready when their health-care reform falls short. The solution, of course, will involve more spending.”
L.A. Times:
“The party now must live or die with its landmark legislation in hundreds of congressional districts across the country, in the most hostile midterm election climate Democrats have faced since the Republican landslide year of 1994.”
“Republicans were not rejoicing. They lost the vote, after all. But party strategists were convinced Sunday's vote would enhance their chances of winning control of the House and maybe the Senate in November's elections.”
Laura Ingraham:
“So, where do we go from here? Beyond challenging the legality and constitutionality of what has transpired, we must now focus on a seat-by-seat annihilation of Democrats nationwide. Republicans will be in a prime position to take over. It's our job to ensure the RIGHT Republicans are lined up. The only way to save this country from financial ruin is an all-out, frontal assault on the American Left and their congressional foot soldiers.”
New Ledger:
Exempted From Obamacare: Senior Staff Who Wrote the Bill
“For as long as the political fight took over the past year, the abbreviated review process on the health care legislation currently pending on President Obama’s desk is unquestionably going to result in some surprises — as happens with any piece of mashed-up legislation — both for the congressmen who voted for it and for the American people.”
“One such surprise is found on page 158 of the legislation, which appears to create a carveout for senior staff members in the leadership offices and on congressional committees, essentially exempting those senior Democrat staffers who wrote the bill from being forced to purchase health care plans in the same way as other Americans.”
“As Speaker Pelosi said a few weeks ago, it’s only after this legislation is passed that we’ll truly find out what’s in it.”
Roger Pilon:
“The symbolism of the Democratic left’s hostility to the “tea baggers” should not go unnoticed. The tea party movement’s roots are in the American Revolution. These ordinary Americans are protesting the Washington ”Establishment” — which presently is the Democratic juggernaut – much as American Patriots were protesting the oppressive British Establishment that was “eating out their substance” with “a long train of abuses and usurpations.” The Democratic left should think long and hard about those parallels.”
Russ Roberts:
“The existing legislative promises of Medicare and Social Security are a train wreck that cannot be avoided without radical change. Expanding coverage just brings the train wreck closer. It’s a nice idea but it is unaffordable. We have taken a step closer to Greece. We have taken a step closer to national bankruptcy.”
Wonkette:
Give Mitt Romney Money To Repeal RomneyCare!
“Man, he’s really trying to get ahead of this thing before everyone realizes how terribly neutralized he’s become, isn’t he? Hopefully it won’t be that long before other prospective 2012 candidates start making murmurs (SCREAMING ON FOX NEWS) about how Mitt Romney invented ObamaCare, in Massachusetts, with Scott Brown’s vote.”
02:02:00 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]
Do Voters Get ObamaCare?
Yahoo:
“The landmark health care vote may backfire if Obama can't sell the plan to angry voters.”
Yahoo Comments on an AL-AP analysis of ObamaCare’s political fallout:
This is amazing! Prepare to be stunned!
“More welfare for taxpayers to pay for.”
“There will be a sea change in Washington come November. And Obama is a one-term president.”
“I know who I will NOT be voting for in November. It will be the party who's logo is a jackass.”
“Why do all these AP articles read as cheerleading for the Democrats?”
“How the democrats won the vote amounts to treason.”
“Throw these bums out. They couldn't pass the bill in the senate they way the constitution demands, so they pull this crap. Who governs like this? This is fascism.”
“I'm terrified for the future of our country right now. How can this bill be crammed down our throats with such unethical back-door deals, even though the majority of voters are against it?”
“Obama is a lying snake. A corrupt socialist thief, who manipulates and backdoom dealed this bill into law.”
“Funny that this really has nothing to do with healthcare. It has to do with control. These politicians will not even be using the same system that they put into law for the rest of us.”
“This is the beginning of the end of the US. The voters of this bill will go down in history as the ones whom destroyed this country.”
That was from the first 100 comments of over 1,500 and counting. The AP propaganda was posted for 53 minutes. Will the last Democrat left in Washington turn out the lights!
Update: I clicked over to the main news story and lead on Yahoo and it had 75,264 Comments.
Update II: From Yahoo Tech Ticker:
Higher Taxes Are Coming, But It's Not the End of the World, Dan Gross Says
“The tax burden on America's wealthiest individuals is about to go up: President Obama is poised to sign tax-heavy health care legislation into law and President Bush's tax cuts are set to expire.”
“Many observers fear higher taxes on "unearned income" like dividends and capital gains will cripple the stock market, and the economy will suffer because a bigger tax burden will stymie high-end consumer spending.”
“Given America's huge deficits, higher taxes are inevitable for individuals, corporations, and hedge fund and private equity investors, who currently pay a scant 15% capital gains rate Gross says -- but it won't cripple the economy.”
The Real Unemployment Rate is over 17 percent! If you Tax these people what incentive do they have to risk capital on inventories, new equipment, or new employees? If you take money out of the private economy and give it to Washington how does that create non Government Jobs? It seems the Commenters are smarter than the Experts!
“The landmark health care vote may backfire if Obama can't sell the plan to angry voters.”
Yahoo Comments on an AL-AP analysis of ObamaCare’s political fallout:
This is amazing! Prepare to be stunned!
“More welfare for taxpayers to pay for.”
“There will be a sea change in Washington come November. And Obama is a one-term president.”
“I know who I will NOT be voting for in November. It will be the party who's logo is a jackass.”
“Why do all these AP articles read as cheerleading for the Democrats?”
“How the democrats won the vote amounts to treason.”
“Throw these bums out. They couldn't pass the bill in the senate they way the constitution demands, so they pull this crap. Who governs like this? This is fascism.”
“I'm terrified for the future of our country right now. How can this bill be crammed down our throats with such unethical back-door deals, even though the majority of voters are against it?”
“Obama is a lying snake. A corrupt socialist thief, who manipulates and backdoom dealed this bill into law.”
“Funny that this really has nothing to do with healthcare. It has to do with control. These politicians will not even be using the same system that they put into law for the rest of us.”
“This is the beginning of the end of the US. The voters of this bill will go down in history as the ones whom destroyed this country.”
That was from the first 100 comments of over 1,500 and counting. The AP propaganda was posted for 53 minutes. Will the last Democrat left in Washington turn out the lights!
Update: I clicked over to the main news story and lead on Yahoo and it had 75,264 Comments.
Update II: From Yahoo Tech Ticker:
Higher Taxes Are Coming, But It's Not the End of the World, Dan Gross Says
“The tax burden on America's wealthiest individuals is about to go up: President Obama is poised to sign tax-heavy health care legislation into law and President Bush's tax cuts are set to expire.”
“Many observers fear higher taxes on "unearned income" like dividends and capital gains will cripple the stock market, and the economy will suffer because a bigger tax burden will stymie high-end consumer spending.”
“Given America's huge deficits, higher taxes are inevitable for individuals, corporations, and hedge fund and private equity investors, who currently pay a scant 15% capital gains rate Gross says -- but it won't cripple the economy.”
The Real Unemployment Rate is over 17 percent! If you Tax these people what incentive do they have to risk capital on inventories, new equipment, or new employees? If you take money out of the private economy and give it to Washington how does that create non Government Jobs? It seems the Commenters are smarter than the Experts!
09:09:59 -
John McWilliams - [Mail to a friend]