Category Archives: Politics: National

More Government Nanny State Statism

Posted on December 16, 2010 | 1 comment

They did it again.

Inn an effort to “do something” about a “problem” people have turned to legislators to “fix” the “problem”.

And, in this case, the problem is…….

Cribs.

Drop-side cribs to be specific.

Done.  Kahput.  Banned.

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The Problem With the Tax Debate

Posted on December 15, 2010 | 2 comments

With the advent of the Tea Party we’re seeing the tax debate being held more and more in the public square.  I actually hear people talking about the “death tax” and “tax cut vs tax extension” in coffee shops and YMCAs.

I think it’s great.

However, in almost every single conversation, there is one aspect of the debate that I think gets left out; and it drives me crazy.

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They Know This Healthcare Law is Crap

Posted on December 13, 2010 | Leave a comment

It really started a long time ago.  While the Democrats controlled the Senate with a bone crushing majority, they knew, they KNEW that they had to have 60 to pass Obamacare.

So, they id what they had to do, scheduled vote after vote and passed the thing in the dead of night on Christmas Eve.  The bill wasn’t perfect, but they could send it to the House, tweak it, and get it through later.

But then Scott Brown won.  So the only option left open was for the House to pass the Senate Bill as was.  And they couldn’t do it.

Only they did.

But they knew then that what they had done was crap.

They knew it then.

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Women Are Better Than Men

Posted on December 13, 2010 | Leave a comment

At some things.

Like going to college.

Like getting a bachelors degree.

Like getting a Masters degree.

Like reading and writing.

But not math.

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A Quick Study on the Impact of Taxes

Posted on December 12, 2010 | 6 comments

Students Demanding That We Tax The Rich

The great debate of the day is The Compromise™. Or rather, what we’re gonna do about  taxes on the rich.  Obama ran on it for two years beginning in 2006.  Liberals believed; believed either that he WOULD let the Bush Tax Cuts expire or that he COULD let the Bush Tax Cuts expire.*

And he didn’t.

He neither could nor would.  And the great debate rages.

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One Day I Woke Up And Needed a Fresh Cut Pine Tree…

Posted on December 8, 2010 | Leave a comment

…about 8ft tall.  Not too much shorter, no need for a short freshly cut pine tree.  And certainly not much bigger; simple could not USE a big freshly cut pine tree.

Oh yeah, and I want it delivered to my house.  Maybe-maybe not.  But at the very least, it has to be dropped off for me to pick up no further than 3 tenths of a mile from where I live.

And when I say freshly cut, I mean literally, this sucker was in the ground 36 hours ago.  MAX!

Sounds silly doesn’t it?

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From the File Labeled “No Shit”

Posted on December 7, 2010 | 4 comments

So, the big news out of Washington is that Obama has compromised with the Republicans.  Tax cuts for everybody all the while extending unemployment benefits for some more amount of time.

The complain from the Left, and I admit that I’m impressed the Left cares about such nonsense, is that the tax cuts will add to the deficit.

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Posted on December 7, 2010 | Leave a comment

So, I used to go to college.  And I’ll use those days to illustrate my point when it comes to money, revenue, expenditures, debt and savings.

Back then it was more clear-cut on what was discretionary spending and what wasn’t.  Further, back then my income was much more fluid and variable than it is now.

Okay, back in the day….

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Took My Breath Away

Posted on December 6, 2010 | Leave a comment

Taxes.

Good?  Or bad?

Does it depend?  Or does it NOT depend?

Either way, for a long time I’ve thought that we ALL saw taxes in the same way.

A method pf paying for the things we need to run a country, state, county, city or school.

Not so.

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We Win

Posted on December 3, 2010 | Leave a comment

Obama Seeking Aid for Jobless in Any Deal on Tax Cuts

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is holding out for an extension of unemployment assistance and of a variety of expiring tax breaks for low-wage and middle-income workers as part of a deal with Congressional Republicans to extend all the Bush-era tax cuts.

But it is unclear how much leverage the White House has in the tax negotiations, given the drubbing Democrats took in the midterm elections, the tight Congressional calendar and a threat by Senate Republicans to block any legislation until the tax fight is resolved.

It is ironic that my biggest complaint about an Obama Presidency has turned out to be my favorite thing about him.

He’s an incompetent ass.

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