Have You Ever Wondered Where Your Money Goes?

 Have You Ever Wondered Where Your Money Goes?
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:00:20 -0500

Have You Ever Wondered Where Your Money Goes?

 

 

Accounts Receivable Tax, Automobile Registration Tax, Building Permit Tax, Capital Gains Tax,
Cigarette Tax, City Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax , CDL License Tax, Dog License Tax, Estate Tax, Federal Unemployment Tax, Fishing License Tax, Food License Tax, Fuel Permit Tax, Hunting License, Inheritance Tax, Inventory Tax, IRS Interest Charges (Tax on top of tax), IRS Penalties (Tax on top of tax), Liquor Tax, Local Income Tax, Luxury Tax, Marriage License Tax, Medicare Tax, Parking Meters, Property Tax, Personal Property Tax, Real Estate Tax, Septic Permit Tax, Service Charge Taxes, Social Security Taxes, Road Usage Tax (Truckers), Sales Tax, Recreational Vehicle Tax, Toll Booth Tax, School Tax , State Income Tax, State Unemployment Tax, Telephone Federal Excise Tax, Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax, Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes, Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax, Telephone Recurring and non-Recurring Charges Tax, Telephone State and Local Tax, Telephone Usage Charge Tax, Toll Bridge Taxes, Toll Tunnel Taxes, Traffic Fines, Trailer Registration Tax, Utility Tax, Vehicle License Registration Tax, Vehicle Sales Tax, Water-craft Registration Tax, Well Permit Tax, Workers Compensation Tax, Gasoline Tax (42 cents/gallon), Federal Income Tax, State Fuel Taxes, and many more that just didn't immediately come to mind.

 

Of course, all these taxes are meant to pay for some particular public service though not all public services are completely paid for by taxes. There are still considerable numbers of fees to be collected by different agencies to help pay for that particular agencies' services, needed or not.

 

It is a simple fact that the only employment figures that grew during the past two years are governmental employees at one level or another. The average Federal employees' wages are double that of the average wage earner in America. Nor do tax payers' obligations end when Feds retire. Like just about any and all politicians, Federal and State retirees get permanent non-ending wages after they retire and if they managed a high enough rating before retirement, even their retirement monies exceed the average national wage. Along with SS and Medicare, Federal obligations and retirements never decrease nor pay their own way so TAXES pay the way.

 

However, Federal retirement is not generally as high as a good many Union Official retirements. And large corporations in America are nearly all heavily Unionized so their obligations to their Union employees never stop. Naturally, that makes for higher prices and is a major reason why it is increasingly difficult for America to sell overseas and why so many corporations take their jobs overseas to save monies.

 

All the above cost us all increasing amounts of money and are major contributors to the steady inflation that devalues the dollar and makes it buy less and less all the time. The Liberal Socialist Progressive Democrats infesting our Congress and Whitehouse think all this is desirable.

I don't. Most Americans don't. Why return to office socialists whose agenda is so destructive to America? Retribution day is NOV. 2nd. Never again vote for another incumbent. Let's clean house.

 

PL Booth, The Blue Eye View of MO

FW: The Budweiser Story

I'd heard something about this but never got all the story. Good for these guys and shouldn't every vendor of every store or business act similarly.

 The Budweiser Story
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:26:53 -0500

 

Subject: The Budweiser Story     Life is too short... So kiss slowly... Laugh insanely..Love truly and forgive quickly     In God We Trust!!!!  The second part is new so please read the whole thing and then pass it on.             The Budweiser Story (not a joke)            This is TRUE!      How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those who died on the 11th of September,  2001...     Thought you might like to know what happened in a little town north of Bakersfield , California     After you finish reading this, please forward this story on to others so that our nation and people around the world will know about those who laughed when they found out about the tragic events in New York , Pennsylvania , and the Pentagon.     On September 11th, A Budweiser employee was making a delivery to a convenience store in a California town named McFarland.      He knew of the tragedy that had occurred in New York when he entered the business to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping and hollering to show their approval and support of this treacherous attack.   The Budweiser employee went to his truck, called his boss and told him of the very upsetting event!     He didn't feel he could be in that store with those horrible people. His boss asked him, 'Do you think you could go in there long enough to pull every Budweiser product and item our beverage company sells there?        We'll never deliver to them again.' The employee walked in Proceeded to pull every single product his beverage  company provided and left  with an incredible grin on his face.     He told them never to bother to call for a delivery again.      Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice for that community.      Just letting you know how Kern County handled this situation. And Now     The Rest Of The Story:      It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man  are neighbors. Bud called Pepsi and told him   Pepsi called his boss who told him to  pull all Pepsi products as well!!!     That would include Frito Lay, etc.      Furthermore, word spread and all vendors followed suit! At last report, on June 26, 2009, Fareed Katib closed the store and filed bankruptcy!   Good old American Passive-Aggressive A$$ Whoopin!     Pass this along, America needs to know that we're all working together!     If you can read this,  Thank a teacher...      If you are reading it in English....     THANK A SOLDIER!!!                  If you do not send this you have no soul !!!!                                                              All e-mail to/from this account is subject to official review and is for official use only. Action may be taken in response to any inappropriate use of the Secret Service's e-mail system. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, law enforcement sensitive, or subject to other disclosure limitations. Such information is loaned to you and should not be further disseminated without the permission of the Secret Service. If you have received this e-mail in error, do not keep, use, disclose, or copy it; notify the sender immediately and delete it.   ??     Contact Me Signature powered by WiseStamp  CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication contains legally privileged and confidential information sent solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you are not authorized to use it in any manner, except to immediately destroy it and notify the sender.

American Thinker Blog: Reagan 'responds' to Obama and his supporters

American Thinker Blog: Reagan 'responds' to Obama and his supporters

That Darn George Bush!!

 That Darn George Bush!!

Here's an opinion piece by Chuck Green who writes "Greener Pastures" for the Denver Post Aurora Sentinel...one of the more liberal papers in the country. Additionally, Mr. Green is a life long Democrat...so this is rather a stunning piece...  Obama is victim of Bush's failed promises Greener Pastures Column -- 5/ 15/10  Barack Obama is setting a record-setting number of records during his first year in office. Largest budget ever. Largest deficit ever. Largest number of broken promises ever. Most self-serving speeches ever. Largest number of agenda-setting failures ever. Fastest dive in popularity ever. Wow! Talk about change. Just one year ago, fresh from his inauguration celebrations, President Obama was flying high. After one of the nation's most inspiring political campaigns, the election of America 's first black president had captured the hopes and dreams of millions. To his devout followers, it was inconceivable that a year later his administration would be gripped in self-imposed crisis. Of course, they don't see it as self-imposed. It's all George Bush's fault. George Bush, who doesn't have a vote in congress and who no longer occupies the White House, is to blame for it all. He broke Obama's promise to put all bills on the White House web site for five days before signing them. He broke Obama's promise to have the congressional health care negotiations broadcast live on C-SPAN. He broke Obama's promise to end earmarks. He broke Obama's promise to keep unemployment from rising above 8 percent. He broke Obama's promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo in the first year. He broke Obama's promise to make peace with direct, no precondition talks with America 's most hate-filled enemies during his first year in office, ushering in a new era of global cooperation. He broke Obama's promise to end the hiring of former lobbyists into high White House jobs. He broke Obama's promise to end no-compete contracts with the government. He broke Obama's promise to disclose the names of all attendees at closed White House meetings. He broke Obama's promise for a new era of bipartisan cooperation in all matters. He broke Obama's promise to have chosen a home church to attend Sunday services with his family by Easter of last year. Yes, it's all George Bush's fault. President Obama is nothing more than a puppet in the never-ending failed Bush administration. If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, all of President Obama's problems would be solved. His promises would have been kept, the economy would be back on track, Iran would have stopped its work on developing a nuclear bomb and would be negotiating a peace treaty with Israel . North Korea would have ended its tyrannical regime, and integrity would have been restored to the federal government. Oh, and did I mention what it would be like if the Democrats, under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, didn't have the heavy yoke of George Bush around their necks? There would be no ear marks, no closed-door drafting of bills, no increase in deficit spending, no special-interest influence (unions), no vote buying (Nebraska, Louisiana). If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, we'd have real change by now. All the broken promises, all the failed legislation and delay (health care reform, immigration reform) is not President Obama's fault or the fault of the Democrat-controlled Congress. It's all George Bush's fault. Take for example the decision of Eric Holder, the president's attorney general, to hold terrorists' trials in New York City . Or his decision to try the Christmas Day underpants bomber as a civilian. Two disastrous decisions. Certainly those were bad judgments based on poor advice from George Bush. Need more proof? You might recall that when Scott Brown won the election to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts , capturing "the Ted Kennedy seat", President Obama said that Brown's victory was the result of the same voter anger that propelled Obama into office in 2008. People were still angry about George Bush and the policies of the past 10 years. And they wanted change. Yes, according to the president, the voter rebellion in Massachusetts was George Bush's fault. Therefore, in retaliation, they elected a Republican to the Ted Kennedy seat, ending a half-century of domination by Democrats. It is all George Bush's fault. Will the failed administration of George Bush ever end, and the time for hope and change ever arrive? Will President Obama ever accept responsibility for something... - anything? (Chuck Green is a veteran Colorado journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Denver Post.)

The Bias Against Truth in Advertising

The Bias Against Truth in Advertising

 

Why is it that so many Politicians would rather try discrediting an opponent's opinion by demonizing the opponent or his or her supporters, rather than addressing the opinion itself? Could it be they don't really disagree or don't have any ideas themselves to counter their opponents? Probably.

 

The President recently spoke about the horrors of the Citizens United v. FEC decision, in which evil corporations finally regained rights to support political speech. Obama hates the decision, but insists he's no censor. He says he wants to force supporters of political messages to disclose the financing used to promote said speech; who it comes from. Of course, the law already requires that but, heck, the average hick isn't likely to know that. In fact, it is illegal to take ANY foreign monies for political campaigns but, if you can order your Federal Attorney General to refuse to prosecute any such breaches, you can likely get away with a few extra undisclosed millions for your campaign. Both Clinton and Obama managed to do so.

 

The Disclose Act, currently working its way through Congress, is supposed to force disclosures.

 

Oddly, as former FEC Chairman Bradley Smith states, the legislation is redundant. Corporations that spend money on political speech during final election time are even now required to report their funding sources, all of them.

 

So why pile on redundant laws?

 

I surmise BO and his cohorts see disclosure as less about information and more about blocking messages by taking up half of a 30-second television spot with the names of various corporate executives rather than mere corporation name and the message. In other words, groups like the NRA or NEA would have to list all their officers making any and all contributions and the names of their major contributors. Ads are expensive, especially if the time is taken up with mere hot air.

 

The stated rationale speaks of an underlying belief that arguments for or against something stand or fall depending on who supports them. If someone for policy X is supported by A or B then it's bad; if C or D supports it, that's good. That's a fallacy, of course. The truth or quality of any given idea isn't governed by its progenitors. Is Abortion good or bad merely because Dem Socialist Progressives support it? It is evidence of simple-minded partisanship, nothing else, giving voters less credit than they are due.

 

Consider that radical Muslims in other countries are easily outraged by just about anything that concerns Islam. Unless it is stated by some prominent Muslim, it is easy to see that Muslim outrage exists even when we aren't trying to provoke it. Now read Democrat for Muslim. Is that what we want here?

 

I am reminded of an old adage, "Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience." And, of course, "Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go." Obama can't go soon enough for me.

 

PL Booth, The Blue Eye View, 9/21/10

OOOps - How many black farmers are there in the USA?

In 1997, 400 African-American farmers sued the United States Department of Agriculture, alleging that they had been unfairly denied USDA loans due to racial discrimination during the period 1983 to 1997.     The case was entitled Pigford v. Glickman and in 1999, the black farmers won their case.     The government agreed to pay each of them as much as $50,000 to settle their claims.   But then on February 23, 2010, something shocking happened in relation to that original judgment:     In total silence, the USDA agreed to release more funds to Pigford.     The amount was a staggering...... $1.25 billion.  This was because the original number of plaintiffs  400 black farmers  had now... swollen in a class action suit to include a total of 86,000 black farmers throughout America .   There was only one teensy problem:         The United States of America doesnt have 86,000 black farmers !!!!     According to accurate and totally verifiable  Official USDA 2007 Census census data, the total number of black farmers throughout America is only 39,697.     Hmmm... by the  Official USDA 1992 Census data the US had only 18,816 black farmers !!                                Oops     Well, gosh  - how on earth did 39,697 explode into the fraudulent 86,000 claims. And how did $50,000 explode into $1.25 billion ??     Well, folks, youll just have to ask the woman who not only spearheaded this case because of her position in 1997 at the Rural Development Leadership Network but whose family received the highest single payout (approximately $13 million) from that action  Shirley Sherrod.   Oops again !!   Yes, folks..    It appears that Ms. Sherrod had just unwittingly exposed herself as the perpetrator of one of the biggest fraud claims in the United States  - -  a fraud enabled solely because she screamed racism at the government and cowed them into submission.    And it gets even more interesting.   Ms. Sherrod has also exposed the person who aided and abetted her in this race fraud.   As it turns out, the original judgment of Pigford v. Glickman in 1999 only applied to a total of about 16,000 black farmers.     But.... in 2008, a junior US Senator got a law passed to reopen the case and allow more black farmers to sue for funds.   The Senator was Barack Hussein Obama.   Because this law was passed in dead silence and because the woman responsible for spearheading it was an obscure USDA official, American taxpayers did not realize that they had just been forced in the midst of a worldwide depression to pay out more than $1.25 billion to settle a race claim.   But Breitbart knew.    And on Monday, July 22, 2010, he cleverly laid a trap which Sherrod  - -  and Obama + his cronies  - -  stumbled headfirst into which has now resulted in the entire world discovering the existence of this corrupt financial judgment.     As for Ms. Sherrod ??    Well, shes discovering too late that her cry of racism to the media which was intended to throw the spotlight on Breitbart has instead thrown that spotlight on herself  and the huge corruption.   Sherrod has vanished from public view.   Her pigs, it seems, have come home to roost.           Oink !!!!   But the perpetrator of that law passed in dead silence leading to unlawful claims & corruption..... is still  trying to fool all of US.             Google and read for yourself "Pigford vs. Glickman"     The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool.  It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."