Tag: Obama
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Who Pays What Income Taxes?
At the DNC there was a lot of talk about “Everyone has to pay their fair share.” That seems to be at introduction into a philosophical discussion about what a particular group should pay. What is everyone’s “fair share?” In Tax Year 2009: Top 1% paid 36.73% of the total tax bill; Top 5% …
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Race at DNC – Button Says it Plainly
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Taliban Behead People for Music (CAIR Silent)
The news out of Afghanistan is that the Taliban beheaded 17 men and women who had gathered for a mixed-gender social event with music and dancing. via Business Insider. Some parts of the world are simply 1,500 years behind the times. We need to leave them be. It’s not worth the American lives and money…
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Paradoxical Quote on Obamacare
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. Many of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.…
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Eat the Rich vs. Obama
I was reading this story: President Barack Obama will officially launch the battle over the impending fiscal cliff this morning, announcing a plan to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for people earning under $250,000, while letting the rest of the tax cuts expire. via Business Insider. This got me thinking about how much money will…
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John Kerry = Inside Trader and Profiteer
Another oldie but goodie: For years, Kerry has invested millions in a number of green energy companies that have benefitted from the president’s efforts to aggressively subsidize the industry with taxpayer dollars. These companies include Exelon, which received a $646 million taxpayer-guaranteed loan in 2011 to build a solar facility in California and created only…
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Gotta Love American Ingenuity (& Tax Avoidance)
So I’m reading two stories (here and here) about a new law that will effectively outlaw Roll-Your-Own tobacco stores. It’s something I kinda follow because I always thought it was a decent business model (until the government outlaws your business) and another fine example of what steps people will go through to avoid taxes. In…
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Obama Must Speak Out on Chicago Carnage
Headline: Obama Must Speak Out on Chicago Carnage That Kills Too Many Kids via The Daily Beast. The story in generally not worth reading. But my comment is: Chicago has the most restrictive gun control laws in the country. What’s needed is not any new laws but enforcement of the current laws. Find me one…
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Obama Campaign Shuts Down Website
Hagmann, CEO of Hagmann Investigative Services, Inc., a private investigative agency serving a roster of Fortune 500 clients, was given 48 hours by GoDaddy to find a new home for his website before it was deleted. Hagmann was told the reason for the shut down was because the website featured “morally objectionable” material. After GoDaddy…
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Obama’s Policy Strategy: Ignore Laws I Don’t Like
“In many ways, President Obama has fulfilled the dream of an imperial presidency that Richard Nixon strived for. On everything from [DOMA] to the gaming laws, this is a president who is now functioning as a super legislator. He is effectively negating parts of the criminal code because he disagrees with them. That does go…