Here are Sixteen quotes from John Fitzgerald Kennedy which prove the Obama agenda is opposite of logical economics.
“Expansion and modernization of the nation’s productive plant is essential to accelerate economic growth and to improve the international competitive position of American industry … An early stimulus to business investment will promote recovery and increase employment.” – John F. Kennedy, Feb. 2, 1961, message on economic recovery
“I have asked the secretary of the treasury to report by April 1 on whether present tax laws may be stimulating in undue amounts the flow of American capital to the industrial countries abroad through special preferential treatment.” – John F. Kennedy, Feb. 6, 1961, message to Congress on gold and the balance of payments deficit
“We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants … I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive for businesses to expand their normal investment in plant and equipment.” – John F. Kennedy, Feb. 13, 1961, National Industrial Conference Board
“In those countries where income taxes are lower than in the United States, the ability to defer the payment of U.S. tax by retaining income in the subsidiary companies provides a tax advantage for companies operating through overseas subsidiaries that is not available to companies operating solely in the United States. Many American investors properly made use of this deferral in the conduct of their foreign investment.” – John F. Kennedy, April 20, 1961, message to Congress on taxation
“A bill will be presented to the Congress for action next year. It will include an across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in both corporate and personal income taxes. It will include long-needed tax reform that logic and equity demand … The billions of dollars this bill will place in the hands of the consumer and our businessmen will have both immediate and permanent benefits to our economy. Every dollar released from taxation that is spent or invested will help create a new job and a new salary. And these new jobs and new salaries can create other jobs and other salaries and more customers and more growth for an expanding American economy.” – John F. Kennedy, Aug. 13, 1962, radio and television report on the state of the national economy
“It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now … Cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus.” – John F. Kennedy, Nov. 20, 1962, president’s news conference
“This administration pledged itself last summer to an across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes … Next year’s tax bill should reduce personal as well as corporate income taxes, for those in the lower brackets, who are certain to spend their additional take-home pay, and for those in the middle and upper brackets, who can thereby be encouraged to undertake additional efforts and enabled to invest more capital … I am confident that the enactment of the right bill next year will in due course increase our gross national product by several times the amount of taxes actually cut.” – John F. Kennedy, Nov. 20, 1962, news conference
“Our present tax system … exerts too heavy a drag on growth … It reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking … The present tax load … distorts economic judgments and channels an undue amount of energy into efforts to avoid tax liabilities.” – John F. Kennedy, Nov. 20, 1962, press conference
“In short, it is a paradoxical truth that … the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now. The experience of a number of European countries and Japan have borne this out. This country’s own experience with tax reduction in 1954 has borne this out. And the reason is that only full employment can balance the budget, and tax reduction can pave the way to that employment. The purpose of cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus.” – John F. Kennedy, Nov. 20, 1962, news conference
"Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic sctivity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within a few years an increased - not reduced - flow of revenues to the federal government." – John F. Kennedy, Jan. 17, 1963, annual budget message to the Congress, fiscal year 1964
“The present tax codes … inhibit the mobility and formation of capital, add complexities and inequities which undermine the morale of the taxpayer, and make tax avoidance rather than market factors a prime consideration in too many economic decisions.” – John F. Kennedy, Jan. 23, 1963, special message to Congress on tax reduction and reform
“The largest single barrier to full employment of our manpower and resources and to a higher rate of economic growth is the unrealistically heavy drag of federal income taxes on private purchasing power, initiative and incentive.” – John F. Kennedy, Jan. 24, 1963, special message to Congress on tax reduction and reform
“In today’s economy, fiscal prudence and responsibility call for tax reduction even if it temporarily enlarges the federal deficit – why reducing taxes is the best way open to us to increase revenues.” – John F. Kennedy, Jan. 21, 1963, annual message to the Congress: “The Economic Report Of The President”
“It is no contradiction – the most important single thing we can do to stimulate investment in today’s economy is to raise consumption by major reduction of individual income tax rates.” – John F. Kennedy, Jan. 21, 1963, annual message to the Congress: “The Economic Report Of The President”
“Our tax system still siphons out of the private economy too large a share of personal and business purchasing power and reduces the incentive for risk, investment and effort – thereby aborting our recoveries and stifling our national growth rate.” – John F. Kennedy, Jan. 24, 1963, message to Congress on tax reduction and reform, House Doc. 43, 88th Congress, 1st Session.
“A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget. Every taxpayer and his family will have more money left over after taxes for a new car, a new home, new conveniences, education and investment. Every businessman can keep a higher percentage of his profits in his cash register or put it to work expanding or improving his business, and as the national income grows, the federal government will ultimately end up with more revenues.” – John F. Kennedy, Sept. 18, 1963, radio and television address to the nation on tax-reduction bill
Monday, September 10, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Why isn't America Israel's Ally in the Bible?
For a very long time people
have asked me why America isn't referenced in the Bible, or why America
is not figured as an ally of Israel during the end times.
I have answered that there are several reasons. The most important are these.
First, America will not exist as a world power when the battle against Israel is waged. People like Pelosi, Reid, Obama, and all the make believe conservatives and patriots like Bush (both), Perry, Cain, Gingrich, Santorum, McCain and Romney will guide the conservative GOP slowly to the left. The lesser of 2 evils is still evil.
Second, Biblical prophecy tells us that the "leader" of the world who makes peace with Israel for 3½ years will lead the entire world in open warfare against a vilified Israel. Which is interesting because of the fact that this administration regards Israel with little more than a passing nod and enough civility to be friends when they have to be. We won't be enemies. We won't live that long, but we will not be close personal allies ever again.
The United States, by the time all this plays out, will be a shadow of its former glory. We have forbidden prayer in school, we cancel prayer rallies, we forbid prayer at sporting events, we suspend or expel children for wearing religious t-shirts, we openly support the wholesale slaughter of millions of innocent children whose only crime is having been conceived or having been conceived female, we fire people who read their Bibles on their lunch break or wear an "In God we Trust" pin, Nativity scenes are no longer allowed, War memorials are torn down or covered up, chapels are burned to the ground on national historic battlefields and in national parks, crosses, signs, or any "religious symbols" are removed from public property and the President of the United States dresses, poses, and participates in non-Christian and non-Jewish religious ceremonies, but has pastors arrested for praying at the White House and refuses to participate in the National Day of Prayer, all the while calling himself a Christian. Even non-Christians and non-Christian nations are scratching their heads wondering what sort of Christian makes a public mockery of the Bible and praises the beauty of the Muslim call to prayer.
If all the children who have been aborted since the passage of Roe v Wade were buried in one cemetery, the land mass required would exceed the size of the city of Oakland, California.
Homosexuality, incest, trans-sexuality and sexual abstinence are being defined as "alternative lifestyles."
We have never been a Christian country, but we are becoming intolerant and even hostile to the very Judea-Christian morals and values that made this nation the one-time greatest in the world.
The reason the United States of America isn't mentioned, referenced, or indicated in the Bible is because for all intents and purposes the United States doesn't exist. A huge force is rapidly regressing from the status of world power to that of a huge backwater and is causing a tremendous suction on the liberties and rights of a free world, and the collapse will be monumental and permanent.
I have answered that there are several reasons. The most important are these.
First, America will not exist as a world power when the battle against Israel is waged. People like Pelosi, Reid, Obama, and all the make believe conservatives and patriots like Bush (both), Perry, Cain, Gingrich, Santorum, McCain and Romney will guide the conservative GOP slowly to the left. The lesser of 2 evils is still evil.
Second, Biblical prophecy tells us that the "leader" of the world who makes peace with Israel for 3½ years will lead the entire world in open warfare against a vilified Israel. Which is interesting because of the fact that this administration regards Israel with little more than a passing nod and enough civility to be friends when they have to be. We won't be enemies. We won't live that long, but we will not be close personal allies ever again.
The United States, by the time all this plays out, will be a shadow of its former glory. We have forbidden prayer in school, we cancel prayer rallies, we forbid prayer at sporting events, we suspend or expel children for wearing religious t-shirts, we openly support the wholesale slaughter of millions of innocent children whose only crime is having been conceived or having been conceived female, we fire people who read their Bibles on their lunch break or wear an "In God we Trust" pin, Nativity scenes are no longer allowed, War memorials are torn down or covered up, chapels are burned to the ground on national historic battlefields and in national parks, crosses, signs, or any "religious symbols" are removed from public property and the President of the United States dresses, poses, and participates in non-Christian and non-Jewish religious ceremonies, but has pastors arrested for praying at the White House and refuses to participate in the National Day of Prayer, all the while calling himself a Christian. Even non-Christians and non-Christian nations are scratching their heads wondering what sort of Christian makes a public mockery of the Bible and praises the beauty of the Muslim call to prayer.
If all the children who have been aborted since the passage of Roe v Wade were buried in one cemetery, the land mass required would exceed the size of the city of Oakland, California.
Homosexuality, incest, trans-sexuality and sexual abstinence are being defined as "alternative lifestyles."
We have never been a Christian country, but we are becoming intolerant and even hostile to the very Judea-Christian morals and values that made this nation the one-time greatest in the world.
The reason the United States of America isn't mentioned, referenced, or indicated in the Bible is because for all intents and purposes the United States doesn't exist. A huge force is rapidly regressing from the status of world power to that of a huge backwater and is causing a tremendous suction on the liberties and rights of a free world, and the collapse will be monumental and permanent.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Where will it end?
Both Obama and Romney have supported Socialized medicine/health care.
If Obamacare is tossed in SCOTUS, they will rewrite it.
Both Obama and Romney have supported:
Individual Mandate,
Iraq & Afghanistan wars,
Bailouts,
Corporationism/Corporatisn,
Federal Reserve,
Deficit Spending,
Patriot Act,
War on Drugs,
Foreign Aid to nations that actively undermine us,
IRS,
IMF,
NAFTA,
TARP,
NDAA,
SOPA/PIPA,
Internet monitoring,
Cap & Trade,
Abortion on demand (Romney is conditional),
Raising debt ceiling,
Tax increase for revenue w/out cutting spending.
Both Obama and Romney do not have:
Personal military service,
Record of defending the constitution,
Support of the military,
First class understanding of economics,
Endorsement or support of bin Laden or Al Queda experts.
Both Obama and Romney Oppose:
2nd Amendment,
4th Amendment,
5th Amendment...
Obama was G W Bush's biggest critic on using wiretaps and violations of personal privacy. He promised to stop the practice. As soon as he became president, his first official act was to expand and enhance the programs.
If Obamacare is tossed in SCOTUS, they will rewrite it.
Both Obama and Romney have supported:
Individual Mandate,
Iraq & Afghanistan wars,
Bailouts,
Corporationism/Corporatisn,
Federal Reserve,
Deficit Spending,
Patriot Act,
War on Drugs,
Foreign Aid to nations that actively undermine us,
IRS,
IMF,
NAFTA,
TARP,
NDAA,
SOPA/PIPA,
Internet monitoring,
Cap & Trade,
Abortion on demand (Romney is conditional),
Raising debt ceiling,
Tax increase for revenue w/out cutting spending.
Both Obama and Romney do not have:
Personal military service,
Record of defending the constitution,
Support of the military,
First class understanding of economics,
Endorsement or support of bin Laden or Al Queda experts.
Both Obama and Romney Oppose:
2nd Amendment,
4th Amendment,
5th Amendment...
Obama was G W Bush's biggest critic on using wiretaps and violations of personal privacy. He promised to stop the practice. As soon as he became president, his first official act was to expand and enhance the programs.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
I Said I Was Sorry
In my Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage seminar I explain in detail how a man’s brain tends to compartmentalize things. It’s like men have separate boxes in their heads for everything: money, sex, kids, wife, in-laws, etc. And for a guy these boxes don’t touch. He thinks about one thing at a time and then moves on to the next thing since one box isn’t connected to another.
Then I go on to explain how a woman’s brain is like a big ball of wire where everything is connected to everything and there is no compartmentalizing at all. Money can be connected to the in-laws and sex can be connected to the kids. Things can run together very easily in a woman’s brain.
These two very opposite ways of thinking and processing cause men and women to communicate in very different ways. There is one area this is particularly evident and often problematic–the apology. Because men have this unique ability to compartmentalize, a guy can go to his “apology box”, say he’s sorry for something he did, close that box and then move on to the next task or thing to think about. In his mind he took care of it, he said he was sorry, it’s done and life goes on.
Not so for a woman. When she has been crossed or hurt for some reason, the connections in her brain make it impossible to compartmentalize. She may attach all sorts of reasons, feelings, and ideas to that one incident. While her husband has moved on to other territory, she hasn’t because it may take her some time to process her emotions and thoughts. So when a woman is still upset, sad or hurt for a couple of days (sometimes weeks depending on the infraction) it is often a puzzle to the man. Guys will then perceive their wives as holding onto a grudge, being unforgiving and unwilling to move on, and they can become very frustrated. After all, he said he was sorry, why can’t she just get past it?
Because of the way women are wired with all these connections in their brains, it’s more difficult for them to get past the hurt. It’s actually a really good thing for you guys because this is what allows her to put up with your nonsense! You mess up and say and do hurtful things and she’s still there because women have this ability to form deep connections. It truly works for men this way, but when you do something extremely hurtful, it works against you; you will have to fix it, and that may take some time.
I hear tales all the time of men who have done hurtful things—huge things like having an affair or smaller things like saying something very mean and spiteful—and then they say, “I’m sorry” and expect it all to go away. When it doesn’t these guys get upset and throw it back on their wives because his wife “can’t get over it”. It just doesn’t work that way for women. Men need to learn that pushing her to “move on” isn’t the answer. The answer is for you to own the problem that you created.
It’s not her problem of unforgiveness. It’s not that she won’t accept your apology. She’s still hurting and it’s going to take some time for her to get over it. Men see absolutely no connection between the offense and the continued emotions. It’s like they dropped the atomic bomb but don’t realize that there is fallout beyond the initial explosion that they will have to keep cleaning up and dealing with. Men, when you hurt your wife and you see she’s still dealing with it, don’t you dare turn that around and put it on her. You look at your wife and say, “I see you are still hurting. I understand this is still painful. I realize I did this to you. I’m sorry.” Then shut up! Don’t defend yourself, make excuses or blame her. Every time you see it, you own it. Even if you have to do it a 100 times. That’s just the way it is.
Remember guys, when it comes to apologies, there is no “apology box” in your wife’s brain. Don’t make the mistake of thinking or saying, “I said I was sorry! Just move on!” Don’t put the rap on her, or she will end up thinking you are not sorry at all.
http://www.laughyourway.com/blog/said-i-was-sorry/?utum_source=newsletter&utum_medium=email&utm_campaign20120508
Then I go on to explain how a woman’s brain is like a big ball of wire where everything is connected to everything and there is no compartmentalizing at all. Money can be connected to the in-laws and sex can be connected to the kids. Things can run together very easily in a woman’s brain.
These two very opposite ways of thinking and processing cause men and women to communicate in very different ways. There is one area this is particularly evident and often problematic–the apology. Because men have this unique ability to compartmentalize, a guy can go to his “apology box”, say he’s sorry for something he did, close that box and then move on to the next task or thing to think about. In his mind he took care of it, he said he was sorry, it’s done and life goes on.
Not so for a woman. When she has been crossed or hurt for some reason, the connections in her brain make it impossible to compartmentalize. She may attach all sorts of reasons, feelings, and ideas to that one incident. While her husband has moved on to other territory, she hasn’t because it may take her some time to process her emotions and thoughts. So when a woman is still upset, sad or hurt for a couple of days (sometimes weeks depending on the infraction) it is often a puzzle to the man. Guys will then perceive their wives as holding onto a grudge, being unforgiving and unwilling to move on, and they can become very frustrated. After all, he said he was sorry, why can’t she just get past it?
Because of the way women are wired with all these connections in their brains, it’s more difficult for them to get past the hurt. It’s actually a really good thing for you guys because this is what allows her to put up with your nonsense! You mess up and say and do hurtful things and she’s still there because women have this ability to form deep connections. It truly works for men this way, but when you do something extremely hurtful, it works against you; you will have to fix it, and that may take some time.
I hear tales all the time of men who have done hurtful things—huge things like having an affair or smaller things like saying something very mean and spiteful—and then they say, “I’m sorry” and expect it all to go away. When it doesn’t these guys get upset and throw it back on their wives because his wife “can’t get over it”. It just doesn’t work that way for women. Men need to learn that pushing her to “move on” isn’t the answer. The answer is for you to own the problem that you created.
It’s not her problem of unforgiveness. It’s not that she won’t accept your apology. She’s still hurting and it’s going to take some time for her to get over it. Men see absolutely no connection between the offense and the continued emotions. It’s like they dropped the atomic bomb but don’t realize that there is fallout beyond the initial explosion that they will have to keep cleaning up and dealing with. Men, when you hurt your wife and you see she’s still dealing with it, don’t you dare turn that around and put it on her. You look at your wife and say, “I see you are still hurting. I understand this is still painful. I realize I did this to you. I’m sorry.” Then shut up! Don’t defend yourself, make excuses or blame her. Every time you see it, you own it. Even if you have to do it a 100 times. That’s just the way it is.
Remember guys, when it comes to apologies, there is no “apology box” in your wife’s brain. Don’t make the mistake of thinking or saying, “I said I was sorry! Just move on!” Don’t put the rap on her, or she will end up thinking you are not sorry at all.
http://www.laughyourway.com/blog/said-i-was-sorry/?utum_source=newsletter&utum_medium=email&utm_campaign20120508
Thursday, May 31, 2012
The President's secret hit list.
The leader of the government regularly sits down with his senior generals and spies and advisers and reviews a list of the people they want him to authorize their agents to kill. They do this every Tuesday morning when the leader is in town. The leader once condemned any practice even close to this, but now relishes the killing because he has convinced himself that it is a sane and sterile way to keep his country safe and himself in power. The leader, who is running for re-election, even invited his campaign manager to join the group that decides whom to kill.
This is not from a work of fiction, and it is not describing a series of events in the Kremlin or Beijing or Pyongyang. It is a fair summary of a 6,000-word investigative report in The New York Times earlier this week about the White House of Barack Obama. Two Times journalists, Jo Becker and Scott Shane, painstakingly and chillingly reported that the former lecturer in constitutional law and liberal senator who railed against torture and Gitmo now weekly reviews a secret kill list, personally decides who should be killed and then dispatches killers all over the world -- and some of his killers have killed Americans.
The president cannot lawfully order the killing of anyone, except according to the Constitution and federal law. Under the Constitution, he can only order killing using the military when the U.S. has been attacked, or when an attack is so imminent and certain that delay would cost innocent American lives, or in pursuit of a congressional declaration of war. Under federal law, he can only order killing using civilians when a person has been sentenced lawfully to death by a federal court and the jury verdict and the death sentence have been upheld on appeal. If he uses the military to kill, federal law requires public reports of its use to Congress and congressional approval after 180 days. [This is where Obama violated the War Powers Act.]
The U.S. has not declared war since World War II. [There has been no imminent attack, with the exception of 9/11, since 12/7/41, and 9/11 was only known after the fact.] If the president knows that an attack on our shores is imminent, he’d be hard-pressed to argue convincingly that a guy in a truck in a desert 10,000 miles from here -- no matter his intentions -- poses a threat to the U.S. so imminent and certain that he needs to be killed on the spot in order to save the lives of Americans who would surely die during the time it would take to declare war on the country that harbors him, or during the time it would take to arrest him.
Under no circumstances may he use civilian agents for non-judicial killing. Surely, CIA agents can use deadly force to protect themselves, but they may not use it offensively. Federal laws against murder apply to the president and to all federal agents and personnel, wherever they go on the planet. [The TV shows that depict covert Federal Agents operating overseas using sanctioned killing operatives of foreign countries is a myth. It's illegal and in any country is considered murder.]
Since 9/11, the United States government has set up national security systems that function not under the Constitution, not under the Geneva Conventions, not under the rule of law, not under the rules of war, not under federal law, but under a new secret system crafted by the Bush administration and personally directed by Obama, the same Obama who condemned these rules as senator and then extended them as president.
In the name of fighting demons in pick-up trucks and wars that Congress has never declared, the government shreds our rights, taps our cellphones, reads our e-mails, kills innocents abroad, strip searches 87-year-old grandmothers in wheelchairs and 3-year-old babies in their mothers’ arms, and offers secrecy when the law requires accountability. [These are facets of the Patriot Act that the liberals protested against, then expanded and extended when Obama was elected.]
Obama has argued that his careful consideration of each person he orders killed and the narrow use of deadly force are an adequate and constitutional substitute for due process. The Constitution provides for no such thing.
He has also argued that the use of drones to do his killing is humane since they are “surgical” and only kill their targets. We know that is incorrect.
And he has argued that these killings are consistent with our values. What values approve unwarranted surveillance and murder. What is he talking about?
Even in a nation of rights the essence of our values is the rule of law, not the rule of presidents.
This is not from a work of fiction, and it is not describing a series of events in the Kremlin or Beijing or Pyongyang. It is a fair summary of a 6,000-word investigative report in The New York Times earlier this week about the White House of Barack Obama. Two Times journalists, Jo Becker and Scott Shane, painstakingly and chillingly reported that the former lecturer in constitutional law and liberal senator who railed against torture and Gitmo now weekly reviews a secret kill list, personally decides who should be killed and then dispatches killers all over the world -- and some of his killers have killed Americans.
The president cannot lawfully order the killing of anyone, except according to the Constitution and federal law. Under the Constitution, he can only order killing using the military when the U.S. has been attacked, or when an attack is so imminent and certain that delay would cost innocent American lives, or in pursuit of a congressional declaration of war. Under federal law, he can only order killing using civilians when a person has been sentenced lawfully to death by a federal court and the jury verdict and the death sentence have been upheld on appeal. If he uses the military to kill, federal law requires public reports of its use to Congress and congressional approval after 180 days. [This is where Obama violated the War Powers Act.]
The U.S. has not declared war since World War II. [There has been no imminent attack, with the exception of 9/11, since 12/7/41, and 9/11 was only known after the fact.] If the president knows that an attack on our shores is imminent, he’d be hard-pressed to argue convincingly that a guy in a truck in a desert 10,000 miles from here -- no matter his intentions -- poses a threat to the U.S. so imminent and certain that he needs to be killed on the spot in order to save the lives of Americans who would surely die during the time it would take to declare war on the country that harbors him, or during the time it would take to arrest him.
Under no circumstances may he use civilian agents for non-judicial killing. Surely, CIA agents can use deadly force to protect themselves, but they may not use it offensively. Federal laws against murder apply to the president and to all federal agents and personnel, wherever they go on the planet. [The TV shows that depict covert Federal Agents operating overseas using sanctioned killing operatives of foreign countries is a myth. It's illegal and in any country is considered murder.]
Since 9/11, the United States government has set up national security systems that function not under the Constitution, not under the Geneva Conventions, not under the rule of law, not under the rules of war, not under federal law, but under a new secret system crafted by the Bush administration and personally directed by Obama, the same Obama who condemned these rules as senator and then extended them as president.
In the name of fighting demons in pick-up trucks and wars that Congress has never declared, the government shreds our rights, taps our cellphones, reads our e-mails, kills innocents abroad, strip searches 87-year-old grandmothers in wheelchairs and 3-year-old babies in their mothers’ arms, and offers secrecy when the law requires accountability. [These are facets of the Patriot Act that the liberals protested against, then expanded and extended when Obama was elected.]
Obama has argued that his careful consideration of each person he orders killed and the narrow use of deadly force are an adequate and constitutional substitute for due process. The Constitution provides for no such thing.
He has also argued that the use of drones to do his killing is humane since they are “surgical” and only kill their targets. We know that is incorrect.
And he has argued that these killings are consistent with our values. What values approve unwarranted surveillance and murder. What is he talking about?
Even in a nation of rights the essence of our values is the rule of law, not the rule of presidents.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Is America a Christian Nation?
I'm getting tired of the whining people bellyaching that Obama said "America is not a Christian country."
People get PO'd when someone says "America is not a Christian nation." Well guess what... It isn't. When our founders moved to America it was for religious freedom. The 'God' they brought with them, for the most part, was not Christian. They had many biblical values, but if they were put to on trial to find if they were Christian, they would not be convicted. With few exceptions, the churches they brought with them are the same as exist today. The only difference is they were much more fundamental. But were they Christian?
A lot of our Founders and better statesmen believed in living by biblical principles and values based in the Judeo/Christian law, but that makes them moral, not Christian.
What is Christian?
The general consensus is "Do good.", "Give to the poor.", "Obey the Ten Commandments.", "Don't hurt your neighbor.", "Go to church (when it's convenient).", and know that a loving God won't throw anyone into hellfire. These are the words spouted by liberation theology, the modern liberal church, the very people who have torn down crosses, burned churches, and removed the Ten Commandments, nativities, and crosses from public places. There aren't words strong enough to respond to these lies. Satan has been spreading these lies all the way back to the seating of the pope and the establishment of ecumenical churchianity intended to pollute and replace Biblical Christianity. Their doctrine points their fingers at Christians and screams "Thou shalt not judge!" when they refuse to judge themselves. "By their fruits ye shall know them." When Christianity is turned into religion, and religion becomes politically correct, Christ is lost. Christian, after all, means "Follower of Christ." It does not mean interpreter of the Word, builder of denominations, ruler of church-controlled nations, etc. If it's not in the Bible, it's not Christian. Period.
There is a belief that NBC, or somebody, did a survey which showed that 84% of Americans believe in God. That's a misrepresentation. First, NBC didn't do the survey. Second, 84% people responded claim to believe in "god". That doesn't mean it is the Christian God, and it doesn't mean these people even have a workable definition of what their god is.
People get PO'd when someone says "America is not a Christian nation." Well guess what... It isn't. When our founders moved to America it was for religious freedom. The 'God' they brought with them, for the most part, was not Christian. They had many biblical values, but if they were put to on trial to find if they were Christian, they would not be convicted. With few exceptions, the churches they brought with them are the same as exist today. The only difference is they were much more fundamental. But were they Christian?
A lot of our Founders and better statesmen believed in living by biblical principles and values based in the Judeo/Christian law, but that makes them moral, not Christian.
What is Christian?
The general consensus is "Do good.", "Give to the poor.", "Obey the Ten Commandments.", "Don't hurt your neighbor.", "Go to church (when it's convenient).", and know that a loving God won't throw anyone into hellfire. These are the words spouted by liberation theology, the modern liberal church, the very people who have torn down crosses, burned churches, and removed the Ten Commandments, nativities, and crosses from public places. There aren't words strong enough to respond to these lies. Satan has been spreading these lies all the way back to the seating of the pope and the establishment of ecumenical churchianity intended to pollute and replace Biblical Christianity. Their doctrine points their fingers at Christians and screams "Thou shalt not judge!" when they refuse to judge themselves. "By their fruits ye shall know them." When Christianity is turned into religion, and religion becomes politically correct, Christ is lost. Christian, after all, means "Follower of Christ." It does not mean interpreter of the Word, builder of denominations, ruler of church-controlled nations, etc. If it's not in the Bible, it's not Christian. Period.
There is a belief that NBC, or somebody, did a survey which showed that 84% of Americans believe in God. That's a misrepresentation. First, NBC didn't do the survey. Second, 84% people responded claim to believe in "god". That doesn't mean it is the Christian God, and it doesn't mean these people even have a workable definition of what their god is.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Obamacare, a Redistribution Ponzi Scheme
The Obamacare house of cards is crumbling before our eyes. The Obama administration’s signature piece of legislation brings a sixth of the U.S. economy under federal control, and the writing is on the wall: Obamacare will collapse under the weight of its own false promises. The only mystery left is whether we will allow America to go down with it.
Remember when President Obama claimed over and over again that his health care plan would “bend the cost curve downward”? He even declared resolutely that he would not otherwise sign the bill. Well, add that to the growing list of Obamacare lies.
This is going to be a bumpy flight.
The nonprofit and nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation recently released the results of a survey that shakes the president’s health care law right down to its core. Health insurance premiums rose in 2011 to more than $15,000 per family for the first time in American history. Not surprisingly, Obamacare itself is to blame for much of the increase. The forced requirement to include adult “children” on their parents’ insurance up to the age of 26, as just one example, contributed to 20 percent of the increase.
Before Obamacare, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) projected annual health care spending would increase an average of 6.1 percent per year over the next decade. Despite the promises, after Obamacare passed, CMS recalculated its projections upward to 6.3 percent. Huh? Now the Kaiser survey shows that the actual results for the first year amounted to a 9 percent increase. Mr. Obama bent the cost curve all right - upward.
Are the increased costs justified, even if it does break the president’s cost-curve promise because, after all, Obamacare finally was going to provide insurance for 46 million uninsured people? Brace yourself. According to Gallup, the percentage of adults in America without health insurance has increased since Mr. Obama took office and since he signed Obamacare into law.
Please return your seat backs and tray tables to their full upright position. We are hitting some major turbulence now.
OK, so health care costs are going up because of Obamacare, and more adults are uninsured since it began - mostly because of Obamanomics (that’s another story) - but at least Mr. Obama promised it would reduce the deficit, right? Well, that was then, and this is now. Administration officials are quietly abandoning the so-called CLASS Act portion of Obamacare, supposedly meant to provide long-term elderly care. In reality, this was the mother of all accounting gimmicks, which counted 10 years of tax revenues but just five years of expenditures to give a false sense of fiscal sanity. Democratic senator and Obamacare supporter Kent Conrad of North Dakota called this “a Ponzi scheme of the first order, the kind of thing Bernie Madoff would have been proud of.” Absent the accounting gimmicks, the Congressional Budget Office now acknowledges that Obamacare actually increases the national deficit by $540 billion over the next 10 years.
We have just lost cabin pressure.
Of course, while each of these three lies is damning in its own right, they barely scratch the surface of the Obamacare duplicity. And let me be clear: These are lies. There’s normally something generous about our human nature that seeks to avoid that word - lies - but we are in an existential crisis in America, and it demands blunt and precise language. We did not get here because of simple distortions or exaggerations or even misrepresentations. Obamacare is the product of statements known by their makers to be untrue and meant to deceive - lies.
Mr. Obama promised on at least eight occasions that he would open his health care hearings to the public. Invite the C-SPAN cameras in, he said, so Americans would know who’s on their side. C-SPAN Chief Executive Brian Lamb said the network certainly would have covered the meetings, but the president “never asked us.”
The Obamacare lies are mounting: You could keep your current insurance. You could keep your doctor. The plan would cost less than a trillion dollars. Medicare would be protected. There would be no health care rationing. No one earning less than $250,000 per year would see an increase in his taxes. Tax credits would alleviate the burdens placed on small businesses. The plan would create 4 million new jobs, 400,000 almost immediately. Americans would love Obamacare once they saw what was in it.
The crumbling of Obamacare is now so unmistakable that its supporters have become the dog that didn’t bark. It’s difficult to find anyone outside the administration who is still willing to defend it publicly.
Calling a lie a lie is difficult for some people, but I cannot apologize for being blunt when America’s future is at stake on such a serious matter. At best, the only alternative is what “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno recently said of the president: “I can’t figure out if he’s the kind of guy who makes infomercials or the kind of guy who falls for infomercials.”
Dr. Milton R. Wolf, a Washington Times columnist, is President Obama’s cousin. He blogs at MiltonWolf.com.
Remember when President Obama claimed over and over again that his health care plan would “bend the cost curve downward”? He even declared resolutely that he would not otherwise sign the bill. Well, add that to the growing list of Obamacare lies.
This is going to be a bumpy flight.
The nonprofit and nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation recently released the results of a survey that shakes the president’s health care law right down to its core. Health insurance premiums rose in 2011 to more than $15,000 per family for the first time in American history. Not surprisingly, Obamacare itself is to blame for much of the increase. The forced requirement to include adult “children” on their parents’ insurance up to the age of 26, as just one example, contributed to 20 percent of the increase.
Before Obamacare, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) projected annual health care spending would increase an average of 6.1 percent per year over the next decade. Despite the promises, after Obamacare passed, CMS recalculated its projections upward to 6.3 percent. Huh? Now the Kaiser survey shows that the actual results for the first year amounted to a 9 percent increase. Mr. Obama bent the cost curve all right - upward.
Are the increased costs justified, even if it does break the president’s cost-curve promise because, after all, Obamacare finally was going to provide insurance for 46 million uninsured people? Brace yourself. According to Gallup, the percentage of adults in America without health insurance has increased since Mr. Obama took office and since he signed Obamacare into law.
Please return your seat backs and tray tables to their full upright position. We are hitting some major turbulence now.
OK, so health care costs are going up because of Obamacare, and more adults are uninsured since it began - mostly because of Obamanomics (that’s another story) - but at least Mr. Obama promised it would reduce the deficit, right? Well, that was then, and this is now. Administration officials are quietly abandoning the so-called CLASS Act portion of Obamacare, supposedly meant to provide long-term elderly care. In reality, this was the mother of all accounting gimmicks, which counted 10 years of tax revenues but just five years of expenditures to give a false sense of fiscal sanity. Democratic senator and Obamacare supporter Kent Conrad of North Dakota called this “a Ponzi scheme of the first order, the kind of thing Bernie Madoff would have been proud of.” Absent the accounting gimmicks, the Congressional Budget Office now acknowledges that Obamacare actually increases the national deficit by $540 billion over the next 10 years.
We have just lost cabin pressure.
Of course, while each of these three lies is damning in its own right, they barely scratch the surface of the Obamacare duplicity. And let me be clear: These are lies. There’s normally something generous about our human nature that seeks to avoid that word - lies - but we are in an existential crisis in America, and it demands blunt and precise language. We did not get here because of simple distortions or exaggerations or even misrepresentations. Obamacare is the product of statements known by their makers to be untrue and meant to deceive - lies.
Mr. Obama promised on at least eight occasions that he would open his health care hearings to the public. Invite the C-SPAN cameras in, he said, so Americans would know who’s on their side. C-SPAN Chief Executive Brian Lamb said the network certainly would have covered the meetings, but the president “never asked us.”
The Obamacare lies are mounting: You could keep your current insurance. You could keep your doctor. The plan would cost less than a trillion dollars. Medicare would be protected. There would be no health care rationing. No one earning less than $250,000 per year would see an increase in his taxes. Tax credits would alleviate the burdens placed on small businesses. The plan would create 4 million new jobs, 400,000 almost immediately. Americans would love Obamacare once they saw what was in it.
The crumbling of Obamacare is now so unmistakable that its supporters have become the dog that didn’t bark. It’s difficult to find anyone outside the administration who is still willing to defend it publicly.
Calling a lie a lie is difficult for some people, but I cannot apologize for being blunt when America’s future is at stake on such a serious matter. At best, the only alternative is what “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno recently said of the president: “I can’t figure out if he’s the kind of guy who makes infomercials or the kind of guy who falls for infomercials.”
Dr. Milton R. Wolf, a Washington Times columnist, is President Obama’s cousin. He blogs at MiltonWolf.com.
The Real Story of Operation Geronimo
Forget whatever you think you know about the night Osama bin Laden was killed. According to a former Navy SEAL who claims to have the inside track, the mangled tales told of that historic night have only now been corrected.
“It became obvious in the weeks evolving after the mission that the story that was getting put out there was not only untrue, but it was a really ugly farce of what did happen,” said Chuck Pfarrer, author of Seal Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden.
In an extensive interview with The Daily Caller, Pfarrer gave a detailed account of why he believes the record needed to be corrected, and why he set out to share the personal stories of the warriors who penetrated bin Laden’s long-secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
In August the New Yorker delivered a riveting blow-by-blow of the SEALs’ May 1, 2011 raid on bin Laden’s hideaway. In that account, later reported to lack contributions from the SEALs involved, readers are taken through a mission that began with a top-secret helicopter crashing and led to a bottom-up assault of the Abbottabad compound.
Freelancer Nicholas Schmidle wrote that the SEALs had shot and blasted their way up floor-by-floor, finally cornering the bewildered Al-Qaida leader:
“The Al Qaeda chief, who was wearing a tan shalwar kameez and a prayer cap on his head, froze; he was unarmed. ‘There was never any question of detaining or capturing him—it wasn’t a split-second decision. No one wanted detainees,’ the special-operations officer told me. (The Administration maintains that had bin Laden immediately surrendered he could have been taken alive.) Nine years, seven months, and twenty days after September 11th, an American was a trigger pull from ending bin Laden’s life. The first round, a 5.56-mm. bullet, struck bin Laden in the chest. As he fell backward, the SEAL fired a second round into his head, just above his left eye.”
Chuck Pfarrer rejects almost all of that story.
“The version of the 45-minute firefight, and the ground-up assault, and the cold-blooded murder on the third floor — that wasn’t the mission,” Pfarrer told TheDC.
“I had to try and figure out, well, look: Why is this story not what I’m hearing? Why is it so off and how is it so off?” he recounted. “One of the things I sort of determined was, OK, somebody was told ‘one of the insertion helicopters crashed.’ OK, well that got muddled to ‘a helicopter crashed on insertion.’”
The helicopters, called “Stealth Hawks,” are inconspicuous machines concealing cutting-edge technology. They entered the compound as planned, with “Razor 1? disembarking its team of SEALs on the roof of the compound — not on the ground level. There was no crash landing. That wouldn’t occur until after bin Laden was dead.
Meanwhile, “Razor 2? took up a hovering position so that its on-board snipers, some of whom had also participated in the sea rescue of Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips, had a clear view of anyone fleeing the compound.
The SEALs then dropped down from the roof, immediately penetrated the third floor, and hastily encountered bin Laden in his room. He was not standing still.
“He dived across the king-size bed to get at the AKSU rifle he kept by the headboard,” wrote Pfarrer in his book. It was at that moment, a mere 90 seconds after the SEALs first set foot on the roof, that two American bullets shattered bin Laden’s chest and head, killing a man who sought violence to the very end.
President Obama stepped up to a podium in the East Room of the White House that night to announce bin Laden’s death. That rapid announcement, explained Pfarrer, posed a major threat to U.S. national security.
“There was a choice that night,” Pfarrer told TheDC. “There was a choice to keep the mission secret.” America, Pfarrer explained, could have left things alone for “weeks or months … even though there was evidence left on the ground there … and use the intelligence and finish off al-Qaida.”
But Obama’s announcement, he said, “rendered moot all of the intelligence that was gathered from the nexus of al-Qaida. The computer drives, the hard drives, the videocasettes, the CDs, the thumb drives, everything. Before that could even be looked through, the political decision was made to take credit for the operation.”
And in the days that followed, as politicians sought to thrust their identities into the details of the bin Laden kill, the tale began to grow out of control, said Pfarrer.
“The president made a statement, and as far as that goes, that was fine, that was the mission statement,” he explained. “But, soon after … politicians began leaking information from every orifice. And it was like a game of Chinese telephone. These guys didn’t know what they were talking about. Very few of them had even seen the video feed.”
Pfarrer suggests that much of the misinformation was likely born out of operational ignorance, even among those sitting in the White House.
“One of the things that happened was that there were only a handful of people who know about this mission. On the civilian side, there were only a handful of people in the situation room who were watching the drone feed. They were looking at the roof of a building taken from a rotating aircraft at 35,000 feet.” he said.
“None of those guys, not a single one of them, had a background in special operations, with the exception of General Webb who was sitting there running a laptop. No one knew or could even imagine what was going on inside the building. They didn’t know.”
“There was an alternative feed going to CIA headquarters where Leon Panetta sat there with the communications brevity codes [a guide sheet for the mission's radio lingo] in his lap and a SEAL off-screen by his side to be able to tell him what was going on. But these guys, none of them, really knew what they were looking at.”
As the media raised more questions, officials gave more answers.
Whether or not bin Laden resisted ultimately developed into a barrage of murky official and unofficial explanations in the days following. And statements from as high as then-CIA Director Leon Panetta offered confirmation that the endeavor was a “kill mission.”
Pfarrer dismisses that assertion.
“An order to go in and murder someone in their house is not a lawful order,” explained Pfarrer, who maintains that bin Laden would have been captured had he surrendered. “Unlike the Germans in World War II, if you’re a petty officer, a chief petty officer, a naval officer, and you’re giving an order to murder somebody, that’s an unlawful order.”
Pfarrer also suggests some of the emerging claims were simply self-aggrandizing “fairy tales.”
“The story they tried to tell — it’s preposterous. And the CIA tried to jump in. About mid-June the CIA tried to jump into the car and drive the victory lap. There’s this whole stuff about the CIA guy joining the operation, the gallant interpreter — he couldn’t even fast rope!” exclaimed Pfarrer, referring to a technique for descending from an airborne helicopter.
“There’s this fairy tale about him walking out of the compound during the operation to tell crowds of Pakistanis to go home and everything’s OK.”
Pfarrer tried to put this in perspective: “Do you mean that during the middle of this military operation at night, with hovering helicopters over this odd house in this neighborhood, that people came out of their houses to ask what’s going on, instead of [remaining] huddled in their basement?
And I think that there were so many of these leaks that were incorrect, the administration couldn’t walk them all back. And so, in the middle of May, they froze everything.” Pfarrer explained.
It was that freeze-out that left Chuck Pfarrer with nowhere to turn for the real story but the SEALs themselves.
Seal Target Geronimo delivers an account of the night Osama bin Laden died with a level of detail unlike anything previously reported. Pfarrer bills the story as “absolutely factual.”
“That’s the other thing. I’m prepared for the White House to say, you know, ‘this is full of inaccuracies,’ et cetera,” offered Pfarrer. He told TheDC that in order to protect American interests, his book is “full of names that are made up, and it is full of bases that are not quite where they really should be.”
“But the timeline of my events,” he cautions, “and the manner in which it happened is 100 percent accurate. And they’ll know that.”
Climate Alarmist Calls For Burning Down Skeptics’ Homes
“Let’s start keeping track of them…let’s make them pay”
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Writing for Forbes Magazine, climate change alarmist
Steve Zwick calls for skeptics of man-made global warming to be tracked,
hunted down and have their homes burned to the ground, yet another
shocking illustration of how eco-fascism is rife within the
environmentalist lobby.
Comparing climate change skeptics to residents in
Tennessee who refused to pay a $75 fee, resulting in firemen sitting
back and watching their houses burn down, Zwick rants that anyone who
actively questions global warming propaganda should face the same
treatment.
“We know who the active denialists are – not the people
who buy the lies, mind you, but the people who create the lies. Let’s
start keeping track of them now, and when the famines come, let’s make
them pay. Let’s let their houses burn. Let’s swap their safe land for
submerged islands. Let’s force them to bear the cost of rising food
prices,” writes Zwick, adding, “They broke the climate. Why should the rest of us have to pay for it?”
As we have profusely documented, as polls show that fewer and fewer Americans are convinced by the pseudo-science behind man-made global warming,
promulgated as it is by control freaks like Zwick who care more about
money and power than they do the environment, AGW adherents are becoming
increasingly authoritarian in their pronouncements.
Even as the science itself disproves their theories
– Arctic ice is thickening, polar bears and penguins are thriving,
Himalayan glaciers are growing – climate change alarmists are only
becoming more aggressive in their attacks against anyone who dares
question the global warming mantra.
Earlier month we highlighted
Professor Kari Norgaard’s call for climate skeptics to be likened to
racists and ‘treated’ for having a mental disorder. In a letter to
Barack Obama, Norgaard also called on the President to ignore the will of the people and suspend democracy in order to enforce draconian ecological mandates.
But that’s by no means represents the extreme edge of eco-fascist sentiment that has been expressed in recent years.
In 2010, UK government-backed global warming alarmist group 10:10 produced an infomercial
in which children who refused to lower their carbon emissions were
slaughtered in an orgy of blood and guts. After a massive backlash, the
organization was forced to remove the video from their website and issue
an apology.
The same year, ‘Gaia hypothesis’ creator James Lovelock asserted
that “democracy must be put on hold” to combat global warming and that
“a few people with authority” should be allowed to run the planet
because people were too stupid to be allowed to steer their own
destinies.
In 2006, an environmental magazine
to which Al Gore and Bill Moyers had both granted interviews advocated
that climate skeptics who are part of the “denial industry” be arrested
and made to face Nuremberg-style war crimes trials.
ClimateDepot.com’s Mark Morano is encouraging AGW skeptics to politely inform Steve Zwick ( info@ecosystemmarketplace.com)
that calling for people who express a difference of opinion to be
tracked and have their houses burned down is not a rational argument for
the legitimacy of man-made global warming science.
Indeed, it’s the argument of a demented idiot who’s
obviously in the throws of a childish tantrum over the fact that
Americans are rejecting the global government/carbon tax agenda for
which man-made global warming is a front in greater numbers than ever
before.
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Taxed Enough Already?
Taxed Enough Already
Obamacare expands dependence on government health care
Obamacare dumps millions into Medicaid and creates new federal subsidies for government-approved coverage. As a result, by the end of the decade most Americans will receive health coverage through government programs.
-50.7% are covered under govenment enrollment.
7.3% Exchange Subsidies
18.3% Medicare
25.1%% Medicaid and Chip
49.3% Other.
Millions remain uninsured under Obamacare
President Obama promised universal coverage under his health care overhaul. However, even with Obamacare, millions of Americans will remain uninsured. Those who do gain coverage will do so primarily through government exchanges or Medicaid.
-26 Million will remain uninsured by 2016.
49 Million will be enrolled in Medicaid (Welfare based healthcare).
20 Million will be enrolled in Government exchanges.
If you like your health care, can you really keep it?
President Obama promised reform would not affect existing coverage. While it remains uncertain exactly how many Americans will lose employer-sponsored plans under Obamacare, studies show it will be millions.
-Obama said the reform wouldn't affect coverages. The fact is that everyone will be affected in some way. For example:
CBO 11 Million will lose coverage,
CMS Actuary Office will lose 14 Million,
The Lewin Group will lose 17.2 Million
American Action Forum will lose 35 Million
Obamacare adds to premium increases
Americans are paying more for health insurance every year, a concerning trend that is already getting worse under Obamacare—even though the most costly provisions don’t kick in until 2014.
-Obama said premiums would fall.
Fact: Employer Based Health Insurance policy premiums increased 9.5% for a family policy and 7.5% for an individual policy.
States: Obamacare is unconstitutional
Twenty-eight states have filed suits against the individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion. The issue will be settled by the Supreme Court in 2012.
A Medicaid monster
Obamacare increases coverage by adding millions of Americans to the low-quality, low-access Medicaid program, requiring billions of dollars from state budgets.
Medicaid expansion burdens state budgets
The cost of Obamacare’s huge Medicaid expansion will burden both federal and state governments, and states are already struggling to afford the program.
Did Obamacare slow private-sector recovery?
Between the recession’s low point in January 2009 and April 2010, net private-sector job growth improved at a rate of 67,000 jobs per month. After Obama signed his health care legislation into law at the end of March 2010, the improvement stalled. Over the next two years private-sector job growth improved at a rate of just 4,600 jobs per month.
Taxed Enough Already? Just wait until Obamacare kicks in
To pay for generous subsidies to purchase health insurance, a huge expansion of Medicaid, and other new spending, Obamacare raises taxes and adds 17 new taxes or penalties that will affect all Americans.
Obamacare’s bundle of budget gimmicks
When Obamacare was enacted, its proponents said it would reduce the deficit by $143 billion in its first decade, but after accounting for these budget gimmicks, the health law actually adds $698 billion to the deficit.
Obamacare expands dependence on government health care
Obamacare dumps millions into Medicaid and creates new federal subsidies for government-approved coverage. As a result, by the end of the decade most Americans will receive health coverage through government programs.
-50.7% are covered under govenment enrollment.
7.3% Exchange Subsidies
18.3% Medicare
25.1%% Medicaid and Chip
49.3% Other.
Millions remain uninsured under Obamacare
President Obama promised universal coverage under his health care overhaul. However, even with Obamacare, millions of Americans will remain uninsured. Those who do gain coverage will do so primarily through government exchanges or Medicaid.
-26 Million will remain uninsured by 2016.
49 Million will be enrolled in Medicaid (Welfare based healthcare).
20 Million will be enrolled in Government exchanges.
If you like your health care, can you really keep it?
President Obama promised reform would not affect existing coverage. While it remains uncertain exactly how many Americans will lose employer-sponsored plans under Obamacare, studies show it will be millions.
-Obama said the reform wouldn't affect coverages. The fact is that everyone will be affected in some way. For example:
CBO 11 Million will lose coverage,
CMS Actuary Office will lose 14 Million,
The Lewin Group will lose 17.2 Million
American Action Forum will lose 35 Million
Obamacare adds to premium increases
Americans are paying more for health insurance every year, a concerning trend that is already getting worse under Obamacare—even though the most costly provisions don’t kick in until 2014.
-Obama said premiums would fall.
Fact: Employer Based Health Insurance policy premiums increased 9.5% for a family policy and 7.5% for an individual policy.
States: Obamacare is unconstitutional
Twenty-eight states have filed suits against the individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion. The issue will be settled by the Supreme Court in 2012.
A Medicaid monster
Obamacare increases coverage by adding millions of Americans to the low-quality, low-access Medicaid program, requiring billions of dollars from state budgets.
Medicaid expansion burdens state budgets
The cost of Obamacare’s huge Medicaid expansion will burden both federal and state governments, and states are already struggling to afford the program.
Did Obamacare slow private-sector recovery?
Between the recession’s low point in January 2009 and April 2010, net private-sector job growth improved at a rate of 67,000 jobs per month. After Obama signed his health care legislation into law at the end of March 2010, the improvement stalled. Over the next two years private-sector job growth improved at a rate of just 4,600 jobs per month.
Taxed Enough Already? Just wait until Obamacare kicks in
To pay for generous subsidies to purchase health insurance, a huge expansion of Medicaid, and other new spending, Obamacare raises taxes and adds 17 new taxes or penalties that will affect all Americans.
Obamacare’s bundle of budget gimmicks
When Obamacare was enacted, its proponents said it would reduce the deficit by $143 billion in its first decade, but after accounting for these budget gimmicks, the health law actually adds $698 billion to the deficit.
Taxed Enough Already? Just wait until Obamacare kicks in
Yesterday, April 17, 2012, was tax day, serving as a special reminder of how big the federal government has become. As Heritage has warned before, Obamacare is on track to makes things a lot worse.
The President’s health law will be partially paid for by tax increases and the creation of new taxes. When Obamacare first passed, the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that its tax hikes would total $502 billion over the next 10 years. But most of the new, higher taxes don’t kick in until later in the decade, which means that once all of the law is fully implemented, the taxpayers’ tab will be much bigger than originally estimated.
A new study by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) revealed today that Obamacare will impose higher taxes totaling $4 trillion between now and 2035, with substantial hits on working Americans. That works out to more than $1.7 trillion over a decade—more than triple the original 10-year score.
Below is a list of 10 of Obamacare’s most costly taxes and fees, drawn from research by Heritage tax policy expert Curtis Dubay: (http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/01/obamacare-and-new-taxes-destroying-jobs-and-the-economy)
1. Hospital Insurance Tax. Beginning in 2013, Obamacare increases the Hospital Insurance (HI) portion of the payroll tax from 2.9 percent to 3.8 percent for families earning more than $250,000 a year and for single filers earning more than $200,000 annually. The increased HI tax is also applied to investment income for the first time. The 3.8 percent surtax on investment income is the most economically damaging tax in Obamacare. And these tax increases won’t remain just on families making more than $250,000 a year for long. As the JEC explains, this tax is not indexed to inflation: “This means that in just 10 years from now, the so-called ‘high-income’ thresholds will have effectively ratcheted down to $152,000 and $190,000 in today’s dollars.” This tax increase amounts to $210 billion between 2013 and 2019.
2. Mandate Penalties. In 2014, Obamacare’s individual and employer mandates go into effect, forcing individuals to purchase coverage and employers to offer coverage to their workers. The penalties paid in association with these mandates are an estimated $65 billion between 2014 and 2019.
3. Health Insurance Provider Fee. Starting in 2014, Obamacare imposes an annual fee on health insurance providers based on each company’s share of the total market. This totals a $60 billion tax hike between 2014 and 2019.
4. “Cadillac” Tax. In 2018, Obamacare puts a new 40 percent excise tax on “Cadillac” health plans, meaning plans that cost more than $10,200 for an individual and $27,500 for families. However, this tax is not indexed to medical inflation, causing it to eventually tax “Honda” plans at this rate as well. The JEC points out that “[t]he bulk of revenues from the ‘Cadillac’ tax would not be paid by platinum health insurance plans, but rather by employees who are forced to exchange tax-free health insurance benefits for taxable wages after employers reduce or eliminate health insurance.” This tax amounts to $32 billion in higher taxes in the first two years of its implementation.
5. Prescription Drug Fees. Since 2011, Obamacare has put an annual fee on manufacturers and importers of branded drugs based on each individual company’s share of the total market. Between 2011 and 2019, this will amount to a $27 billion tax increase.
6. Ethanol Tax. In 2010, Obamacare excluded ethanol from the existing cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit. This will hike taxes $24 billion from 2010–2019.
7. Medical Device Tax. Beginning in 2013, Obamacare imposes a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers. This will raise taxes on patients needing medical devices, who will ultimately pay the tax through higher prices, by $20 billion from 2013 to 2019.
8. Business Regulation Costs. Beginning in 2012, Obamacare raises corporate taxes through stricter enforcement, because businesses will be required to report more information on their business activities. This will raise taxes $17 billion from 2012 to 2019.
9. Reducing Medical Deductions. In 2013, Obamacare raises the floor on itemized medical deductions from 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income to 10 percent, meaning Americans must spend 2.5 percent more of their income before they get a medical deduction, costing $15 billion from 2013 to 2019.
10. FSA Limits. Starting in 2014, Obamacare limits the amount of pre-tax dollars that taxpayers can deposit in flexible savings accounts (FSAs) to $2,500 a year. This results in an extra $13 billion in taxes from 2014 to 2019.
These are only 10 of Obamacare’s 18 tax increases. The economic damage from these tax hikes is one of many reasons Congress needs to repeal Obamacare and start from scratch to properly reform the health care system.
To learn about all of Obamacare’s taxes, read Obamacare and New Taxes: Destroying Jobs and the Economy at http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/01/obamacare-and-new-taxes-destroying-jobs-and-the-economy
The President’s health law will be partially paid for by tax increases and the creation of new taxes. When Obamacare first passed, the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that its tax hikes would total $502 billion over the next 10 years. But most of the new, higher taxes don’t kick in until later in the decade, which means that once all of the law is fully implemented, the taxpayers’ tab will be much bigger than originally estimated.
A new study by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) revealed today that Obamacare will impose higher taxes totaling $4 trillion between now and 2035, with substantial hits on working Americans. That works out to more than $1.7 trillion over a decade—more than triple the original 10-year score.
Below is a list of 10 of Obamacare’s most costly taxes and fees, drawn from research by Heritage tax policy expert Curtis Dubay: (http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/01/obamacare-and-new-taxes-destroying-jobs-and-the-economy)
1. Hospital Insurance Tax. Beginning in 2013, Obamacare increases the Hospital Insurance (HI) portion of the payroll tax from 2.9 percent to 3.8 percent for families earning more than $250,000 a year and for single filers earning more than $200,000 annually. The increased HI tax is also applied to investment income for the first time. The 3.8 percent surtax on investment income is the most economically damaging tax in Obamacare. And these tax increases won’t remain just on families making more than $250,000 a year for long. As the JEC explains, this tax is not indexed to inflation: “This means that in just 10 years from now, the so-called ‘high-income’ thresholds will have effectively ratcheted down to $152,000 and $190,000 in today’s dollars.” This tax increase amounts to $210 billion between 2013 and 2019.
2. Mandate Penalties. In 2014, Obamacare’s individual and employer mandates go into effect, forcing individuals to purchase coverage and employers to offer coverage to their workers. The penalties paid in association with these mandates are an estimated $65 billion between 2014 and 2019.
3. Health Insurance Provider Fee. Starting in 2014, Obamacare imposes an annual fee on health insurance providers based on each company’s share of the total market. This totals a $60 billion tax hike between 2014 and 2019.
4. “Cadillac” Tax. In 2018, Obamacare puts a new 40 percent excise tax on “Cadillac” health plans, meaning plans that cost more than $10,200 for an individual and $27,500 for families. However, this tax is not indexed to medical inflation, causing it to eventually tax “Honda” plans at this rate as well. The JEC points out that “[t]he bulk of revenues from the ‘Cadillac’ tax would not be paid by platinum health insurance plans, but rather by employees who are forced to exchange tax-free health insurance benefits for taxable wages after employers reduce or eliminate health insurance.” This tax amounts to $32 billion in higher taxes in the first two years of its implementation.
5. Prescription Drug Fees. Since 2011, Obamacare has put an annual fee on manufacturers and importers of branded drugs based on each individual company’s share of the total market. Between 2011 and 2019, this will amount to a $27 billion tax increase.
6. Ethanol Tax. In 2010, Obamacare excluded ethanol from the existing cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit. This will hike taxes $24 billion from 2010–2019.
7. Medical Device Tax. Beginning in 2013, Obamacare imposes a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers. This will raise taxes on patients needing medical devices, who will ultimately pay the tax through higher prices, by $20 billion from 2013 to 2019.
8. Business Regulation Costs. Beginning in 2012, Obamacare raises corporate taxes through stricter enforcement, because businesses will be required to report more information on their business activities. This will raise taxes $17 billion from 2012 to 2019.
9. Reducing Medical Deductions. In 2013, Obamacare raises the floor on itemized medical deductions from 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income to 10 percent, meaning Americans must spend 2.5 percent more of their income before they get a medical deduction, costing $15 billion from 2013 to 2019.
10. FSA Limits. Starting in 2014, Obamacare limits the amount of pre-tax dollars that taxpayers can deposit in flexible savings accounts (FSAs) to $2,500 a year. This results in an extra $13 billion in taxes from 2014 to 2019.
These are only 10 of Obamacare’s 18 tax increases. The economic damage from these tax hikes is one of many reasons Congress needs to repeal Obamacare and start from scratch to properly reform the health care system.
To learn about all of Obamacare’s taxes, read Obamacare and New Taxes: Destroying Jobs and the Economy at http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/01/obamacare-and-new-taxes-destroying-jobs-and-the-economy
Monday, April 16, 2012
Smoking retail deal!
I have a product I want to sell you, and I call it AirFlow 3000. It's a ventilation system that pumps air into your house. AirFlow 3000 air comes in an elegantly packaged delivery system that will lend you and your family style and sophistication. And it’s available for just $5 per day, per person! Interested?
Well, just to be clear: AirFlow 3000 is 100 percent identical to the air outside. It contains all the same pollutants and funky odors, and it doesn't do anything special for your health. You’re really just paying for the packaging, because you’re already breathing the exact same air for free. Still interested?
Of course you aren't. But the AirFlow 3000 pitch is essentially the same pitch water bottlers are making right now. The difference is they're not so straightforward about their wares. They're not selling water, they're selling "mineral" and "spring" water. And we're buying. The average American chugs nearly 30 gallons of bottled water a year, making it the second-most consumed commercial beverage in the United States. (Sadly, soda is the first.) But, as it turns out, bottled water is no more pure than the federally regulated—and virtually free—H2O that comes out of the tap.
Read on to find out what’s really going on behind the fancy names and pristine labels of your favorite bottled water brands. It's time to rethink your relationship with water.
-David Zinczenko
Well, just to be clear: AirFlow 3000 is 100 percent identical to the air outside. It contains all the same pollutants and funky odors, and it doesn't do anything special for your health. You’re really just paying for the packaging, because you’re already breathing the exact same air for free. Still interested?
Of course you aren't. But the AirFlow 3000 pitch is essentially the same pitch water bottlers are making right now. The difference is they're not so straightforward about their wares. They're not selling water, they're selling "mineral" and "spring" water. And we're buying. The average American chugs nearly 30 gallons of bottled water a year, making it the second-most consumed commercial beverage in the United States. (Sadly, soda is the first.) But, as it turns out, bottled water is no more pure than the federally regulated—and virtually free—H2O that comes out of the tap.
Read on to find out what’s really going on behind the fancy names and pristine labels of your favorite bottled water brands. It's time to rethink your relationship with water.
-David Zinczenko
In a 2010 study published in the Journal of Sensory Studies, researchers asked people to rate the taste of six bottled mineral waters and six types of tap water. They found that, overall, bottled water didn’t perform any better than the stuff from the tap. The reason: It’s mineral concentration, not "water purity," that influences flavor. The study’s participants preferred water with medium mineralization, which they described as “tasteless” and “cooler,” but whether it came from a bottle or the tap made little difference.
The Natural Resources Defense Council recently tested 1,000 bottles of water and discovered that about 22 percent of the brands in the study contained chemical contaminants at levels above state health limits. And in 2011, California State University researchers tested six brands of bottled water and found that while none contained more than the legal level of contaminates, all six exceeded California public health goals for arsenic. There’s also substantial research showing that when certain plastic bottles are heated at high temperatures, chemicals from the plastic can leach into a container’s contents (a good reason not to store cases of water in the garage this summer). The takeaway: Don’t let label jargon like “pure” and “natural” fool you. Unlike bottled water, tap water is subject to strict federal, state, and local guidelines, making it a safer beverage choice.
Exotic names and labels conjure up images of tropical waterfalls and mountaintop springs, but in reality, roughly 25 percent of all bottled water comes from municipal water sources. Coca-Cola’s Dasani, for example, is nothing but purified tap water with added minerals. And Pepsi’s Aquafina? Another bottle of city water. I don’t know about you, but if I’m going to be drinking tap water anyway, I’d rather save some cash and drink the free version.
Most water bottles are made of a plastic called polyethylene terepthalate, or PET. There are two problems with PET bottles. Problem 1: They take a boatload of crude oil to produce. University of Louisville researchers estimate that around 17 million barrels of oil are used each year to produce PET water bottles—a major reason why bottled water costs roughly four times as much as gasoline. Problem 2: We’re chucking our water bottles in the trash, instead of the recycling bin. According to the Container Recycling Institute, nearly 90 percent of the 30 billion PET water bottles we buy annually end up in landfills—a huge problem when you consider that PET bottles take from 400 to 1,000 years to decompose. The bottom line: We should all take a cue from environmentally conscious activists like the folks at the University of Vermont—which recently banned bottled-water sales on campus—and opt for the tap whenever possible.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Another Obama Failure
Another Giant FAIL on Obama’s Growing List of Losers...the Fisker Karma. The Fisker Karma is a $112,000 plug-in hybrid luxury sports sedan produced by Fisker Automotive and manufactured at Valmet Automotive.
Fisker Automotive, a California based company with an Al Gore venture capital firm connection was given a $529 million loan from the Department of Energy to provide manufacturing jobs and produce these high-tech electric cars.
But there is only one problem — the cars are built, and the manufacturing plant is, in Finland.
ALL SHOW. NO GO.
Our Fisker Karma cost us $107,850. It is super sleek, high-tech—and now it’s broken.
We have owned our car for just a few days; it has less than 200 miles on its odometer. While doing speedometer calibration runs on our test track (a procedure we do for every test car before putting it in service by driving the car at a constant 65 mph between two measured points), the dashboard flashed a message and sounded a “bing“ showing a major fault. Our technician got the car off the track and put it into Park to go through the owner’s manual to interpret the warning. At that point, the transmission went into Neutral and wouldn’t engage any gear through its electronic shifter except Park and Neutral.
We let the car sit for about an hour and restarted it. We could now engage Drive and the same error message disappeared. After moving it only a few feet the error message reappeared and when we tried to engage Reverse the transmission went straight to Park and again no motion gear could be engaged. After calling the dealer, which is about 100 miles away, they promptly sent a flatbed tow truck to haul away the disabled Fisker. We buy about 80 cars a year and this is the first time in memory that we have had a car that is undriveable before it has finished our check-in process. - Yahoo Motors/Consumer Reports
FROM AUTOWEEK:
There’s far more to this scam than even the above article reports. The factory was formerly a plant where the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice’s/Opel were made.
“The old General Motors plant in Delaware that until July cranked out sports cars for Pontiac, Saturn and Opel will be sold and retooled to build plug-in hybrids with UAW workers.
Fisker Automotive said Tuesday that it will buy the plant, located in Wilmington, Del., from Motors Liquidation Co.–the old General Motors Corp.–for $18 million. If Fisker’s plans come to fruition, production at the plant could start in late 2012.
Another $175 million will be spent to refurbish and retool the factory over the next three years, Fisker said in a statement. The company has qualified for $528.7 million in federal loans from the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program.
Fisker plans to build a mid-sized plug-in hybrid family sedan that will sell for $39,900 after federal tax credits. The company plans to sell between 75,000 and 100,000 units per year, with about 50 percent to be exported.
But a lot has to go right before that can happen.
The company has to hire and retrain a work force; design, develop and certify the car; and establish a supply base. So far, Fisker has sold only a few hand-built luxury cars based on BMW underpinnings. Its first higher-volume car, the $87,000 Karma, is slated to start production in Finland next year.
CEO Henrik Fisker said Wilmington was selected for its production capacity, world-class paint facilities, access to modern shipping ports, rail lines and skilled work force.
GM built the plant in 1947. Over the years it has built more than 8.5 million cars. Production capacity is 300,000 per year.
The Fisker press release includes a statement from the plant’s union, UAW Local 435.
“It gives me great pride to give UAW Local 435 workers the opportunity to partner with Fisker Automotive to create a greener America by building a plug-in hybrid car that will compete globally,” Gary Casteel, the UAW director responsible for the plant, said in the Fisker statement.
According to its Web site, the local represents about 500 employees and 2,300 retirees at the plant.”
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20091027/CARNEWS/910279994#ixzz1of2WNgOT
Fisker Automotive, a California based company with an Al Gore venture capital firm connection was given a $529 million loan from the Department of Energy to provide manufacturing jobs and produce these high-tech electric cars.
But there is only one problem — the cars are built, and the manufacturing plant is, in Finland.
ALL SHOW. NO GO.
Our Fisker Karma cost us $107,850. It is super sleek, high-tech—and now it’s broken.
We have owned our car for just a few days; it has less than 200 miles on its odometer. While doing speedometer calibration runs on our test track (a procedure we do for every test car before putting it in service by driving the car at a constant 65 mph between two measured points), the dashboard flashed a message and sounded a “bing“ showing a major fault. Our technician got the car off the track and put it into Park to go through the owner’s manual to interpret the warning. At that point, the transmission went into Neutral and wouldn’t engage any gear through its electronic shifter except Park and Neutral.
We let the car sit for about an hour and restarted it. We could now engage Drive and the same error message disappeared. After moving it only a few feet the error message reappeared and when we tried to engage Reverse the transmission went straight to Park and again no motion gear could be engaged. After calling the dealer, which is about 100 miles away, they promptly sent a flatbed tow truck to haul away the disabled Fisker. We buy about 80 cars a year and this is the first time in memory that we have had a car that is undriveable before it has finished our check-in process. - Yahoo Motors/Consumer Reports
FROM AUTOWEEK:
There’s far more to this scam than even the above article reports. The factory was formerly a plant where the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice’s/Opel were made.
“The old General Motors plant in Delaware that until July cranked out sports cars for Pontiac, Saturn and Opel will be sold and retooled to build plug-in hybrids with UAW workers.
Fisker Automotive said Tuesday that it will buy the plant, located in Wilmington, Del., from Motors Liquidation Co.–the old General Motors Corp.–for $18 million. If Fisker’s plans come to fruition, production at the plant could start in late 2012.
Another $175 million will be spent to refurbish and retool the factory over the next three years, Fisker said in a statement. The company has qualified for $528.7 million in federal loans from the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program.
Fisker plans to build a mid-sized plug-in hybrid family sedan that will sell for $39,900 after federal tax credits. The company plans to sell between 75,000 and 100,000 units per year, with about 50 percent to be exported.
But a lot has to go right before that can happen.
The company has to hire and retrain a work force; design, develop and certify the car; and establish a supply base. So far, Fisker has sold only a few hand-built luxury cars based on BMW underpinnings. Its first higher-volume car, the $87,000 Karma, is slated to start production in Finland next year.
CEO Henrik Fisker said Wilmington was selected for its production capacity, world-class paint facilities, access to modern shipping ports, rail lines and skilled work force.
GM built the plant in 1947. Over the years it has built more than 8.5 million cars. Production capacity is 300,000 per year.
The Fisker press release includes a statement from the plant’s union, UAW Local 435.
“It gives me great pride to give UAW Local 435 workers the opportunity to partner with Fisker Automotive to create a greener America by building a plug-in hybrid car that will compete globally,” Gary Casteel, the UAW director responsible for the plant, said in the Fisker statement.
According to its Web site, the local represents about 500 employees and 2,300 retirees at the plant.”
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20091027/CARNEWS/910279994#ixzz1of2WNgOT
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Will Obama steal the 2012 election?
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Washington Times
December 31, 2011
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. claims Jim Crow is returning. In a
recent speech, Mr. Holder said that attempts by states to pass voter
identification laws will disenfranchise minorities, rolling back the clock
to the evil days of segregation. He said that a growing number of minorities
fear that “the same disparities, divisions and problems” now afflict America
as they did in 1965 prior to the Voting Rights Act. According to the Obama
administration, our democracy is being threatened by racist Republicans.
Hence, the Justice Department must prevent laws requiring a photo ID to vote
from being enacted.
This would be comical if the consequences were not so serious. South
Carolina’s legislation provides for free ID cards to be given to anyone who
needs it. Not one person – white, black or brown – is discriminated against
or discouraged from casting a vote at the ballot box. Moreover, the Supreme
Court already has ruled on the issue – upholding state voter ID laws. In the
2008 Crawford v. Marion County Election Board decision, the high court held
that an Indiana law mandating photo identification at the voting booth was
indeed constitutional. If it is good enough for the Supreme Court and the
overwhelming majority of the states, then it should be for Mr. Holder as
well.
It isn’t. And the reason is simple: The administration is trying to whip up
minority frenzy, propagating the myth of widespread ballot suppression. The
goal is to foster a sense of racial persecution of blacks, intending to
maximize voter turnout in November. The results, however, will be to poison
race relations further. Mr. Holder is cynically playing the race card in
order to achieve President Obama’s overriding ambition: re-election.
Racism has nothing to do with states implementing voter ID laws. Rather, it
is about protecting the integrity of our electoral system.. Voter fraud is
rampant; abuses regularly take place. In Chicago, local elections are often
marred by ballot stuffing and multiple voting – including by false voters
who use the names of deceased individuals. Indiana election officials have
found that, during the 2008 Democratic primary, countless pro-Barack Obama
and pro-Hillary Rodham Clinton signatures were falsified. In Minnesota,
voter fraud enabled Democrat Al Franken to steal the election from incumbent
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. It is precisely to preserve the fundamental
basis of our democracy – one person, one vote – that voter ID laws are
necessary.
Stealing an election is not beyond this administration. After all, it’s the
Chicago Way.
December 31, 2011
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. claims Jim Crow is returning. In a
recent speech, Mr. Holder said that attempts by states to pass voter
identification laws will disenfranchise minorities, rolling back the clock
to the evil days of segregation. He said that a growing number of minorities
fear that “the same disparities, divisions and problems” now afflict America
as they did in 1965 prior to the Voting Rights Act. According to the Obama
administration, our democracy is being threatened by racist Republicans.
Hence, the Justice Department must prevent laws requiring a photo ID to vote
from being enacted.
This would be comical if the consequences were not so serious. South
Carolina’s legislation provides for free ID cards to be given to anyone who
needs it. Not one person – white, black or brown – is discriminated against
or discouraged from casting a vote at the ballot box. Moreover, the Supreme
Court already has ruled on the issue – upholding state voter ID laws. In the
2008 Crawford v. Marion County Election Board decision, the high court held
that an Indiana law mandating photo identification at the voting booth was
indeed constitutional. If it is good enough for the Supreme Court and the
overwhelming majority of the states, then it should be for Mr. Holder as
well.
It isn’t. And the reason is simple: The administration is trying to whip up
minority frenzy, propagating the myth of widespread ballot suppression. The
goal is to foster a sense of racial persecution of blacks, intending to
maximize voter turnout in November. The results, however, will be to poison
race relations further. Mr. Holder is cynically playing the race card in
order to achieve President Obama’s overriding ambition: re-election.
Racism has nothing to do with states implementing voter ID laws. Rather, it
is about protecting the integrity of our electoral system.. Voter fraud is
rampant; abuses regularly take place. In Chicago, local elections are often
marred by ballot stuffing and multiple voting – including by false voters
who use the names of deceased individuals. Indiana election officials have
found that, during the 2008 Democratic primary, countless pro-Barack Obama
and pro-Hillary Rodham Clinton signatures were falsified. In Minnesota,
voter fraud enabled Democrat Al Franken to steal the election from incumbent
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. It is precisely to preserve the fundamental
basis of our democracy – one person, one vote – that voter ID laws are
necessary.
Stealing an election is not beyond this administration. After all, it’s the
Chicago Way.
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