http://tslrf.blogspot.com/2009/05/inflation.html
Friday, May 8, 2009
Inflation
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This is a backdoor tax because a tax was not passed. You did not have money stolen out of your paycheck and didn’t write them a check but they in effect reached into your wallet and bank accounts and via a loss purchasing power you were essentially taxed.
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Insidious backdoor taxation. Coming to you very soon!
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aE68O.jaWO4E&refer=home
Pelosi Wall Street Probe Follows Pecora After Crash (Update1)
By Mark Pittman and Laura Litvan
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April 21 (Bloomberg) — Wall Street may be heading for the deepest investigation of its practices since a congressional panel’s probe of abuses following the 1929 stock market crash.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to push for a comprehensive inquiry, saying that three-quarters of Americans want to know what led to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the collapse of Bear Stearns Cos. and Merrill Lynch & Co. She favors one patterned after Senate Banking Committee hearings led by Ferdinand Pecora starting in 1933, according to her spokesman, Nadeam Elshami.
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And who investigates Congress?
Because, imho, “their fingerprints” are all over this mess — Dodd, Franks, Pelosi, and Reid!
Bush doesn’t escape clean, but they did block him.
The SEC, FTC, FDIC, and the Justice Department could have “blown the whistle”.
There’s enough blame to go around, but Pelosi is seeking to once again divert attention from her own troubles and that of her fellow congress critters.
Throw them all out!
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=95086
After the tea party
Jane Chastain
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Do not re-elect anyone who has less than an “A” grade. Give someone new a chance.
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GRIP
Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians
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Speechless!
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http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2009/04/astroturf-part-2.html
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Astroturf, Part 2
Hank Kalet
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Thomas Frank knows about Republicans and populism.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123975925509119297.html
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MY RESPONSE:
“Plastic pitchforks”?
I don’t think so. Admittedly I don’t know. It too could be another gigantic conspiracy.
But, I think not. For the first time in American history, the current generation in power is seeing — a lower standard of living for the next one, a dumbing down of “graduates”, and a net loss in their savings and earning power.
It makes me mad. It makes them mad. And, it scares the dickens out of everyone.
The political class, instead of providing leadership, has run around like chicken little spending money we don’t have to feather their own nests, reward their friends, and punish their enemies. Once again, the rich and powerful had their losses made good from the public treasury. Little people lost their 401ks and became the butt of late night comedian jokes about 201ks. At least, they noticed.
And don’t forget employment. We’ve gone from the 50’s America where it was possible for a high school student to earn a living wage on one salary to now, where to wage earners is barely enough to pay the taxes and stay solvent. Never mind live comfortably.
Astroturf?
I don’t think so.
And, it flows back into huge gooferments that suck up money like a vacuum cleaner. With bureaucrats that whine about 5 and 10% annual raises, lifetime health care, and artificially fattened pensions for their “lifetime” of “service”.
I think the “tea parties” are the undercurrent of political unrest that will make VietNam look like a walk in the park.
imho, but then I’m just one of those extremist vet that Nepaolitano and our version of the SS — Homeland Security — is watching out for. Got news for them, they could see a problem until it bites US in the A double Q!
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The Forgotten Truth About the Original Boston Tea Party –
and Why We Desperately Need It Today
Written by Carla Howell and Michael Cloud
Carla Howell delivered this speech on April 15, 2009 at the TEA Party Event in Boston:
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“I did NOT come here to Protest.
“I did NOT come here to try to change the minds of Democratic or Republican officeholders in Washington – or on Beacon Hill.
“I came here to change politics in America – just like the American Patriots who gave us the first Boston Tea Party.
“The Original Boston Tea Party was NOT a Protest.
“Let me say that again: the Original Boston Tea Party was NOT a Protest.
“The Patriots did NOT just hold up signs, give speeches, and complain.
“The Patriots stopped British ships from unloading Monopoly British Tea – their version of AIG.
“The American Patriots blocked the collection of taxes.
“That is why the Boston Tea Party mattered – and why we remember it today.
“Because it was direct political action, not just protest.
“And it was action that made government smaller.
“Those great American Patriots realized that what they said and what they wrote – changed nothing.
“But action changes everything.
“Not just any action. Action that shrinks Big Government.
“They were right!
“Deeds, NOT just words.
“Direct political action, NOT just protest.
“Action that moves us forward, that moves us closer to small government – NOT the no-win strategy of holding the line, or just opposing more Big Government.
“This is the lesson of the first Boston Tea Party.
“Now it is our turn to live the lesson.
“Let me ask you a few questions.
“Do you believe that the Wall Street bailout is insane?
“Do you believe that the massive federal government borrowing is hurting your business and your family?
“Do you believe that government is too big?
“Do you believe government debt is too high?
“Do you believe government spending is too high?
“Do you believe taxes are too high?
“Now let me ask you the questions inspired by the Original Boston Tea Party:
“Are YOU willing to take political action?
“Are YOU willing to END the Big Government Insanity – and start voting to make government smaller than it is today?
“Are YOU willing to vote against every Big Government candidate – in every election?
“Now here’s the really hard question: Are you willing to vote against them even when you hate the other Big Government candidate more?
“Are you willing to vote FOR small government candidates and FOR small government ballot initiatives?
“Most political candidates who tell you they’re against Big Government, who tell you they are for ‘smaller government’ talk your way — and vote the opposite. They vote for tax increases, debt increases, spending increases, and more Big Government programs. They vote for each year’s higher government spending. Their votes raise your taxes.
“The only way we can protect ourselves against these phonies and fakers is to ASSUME THAT EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN AMERICA IS GUILTY OF VOTING BIG GOVERNMENT – UNTIL OR UNLESS HE PROVES HIMSELF INNOCENT by showing you his voting record. By proving to you that he voted small government while in office.
“Are you willing to vote against every officeholder who refuses to show you their voting record?
“To reclaim the American Dream, we must vote out every Big Government officeholder in our federal, state, and local governments. Every one. Democrat AND Republican.
“But we must NOT stop there.
“We must vote FOR candidates who campaign for, promise, and vote to reduce and remove today’s Big Government social and economic programs – and GIVE BACK EVERY DOLLAR SAVED TO THE TAXPAYERS.
“We must vote for candidates who campaign for, promise, and vote to reduce and END government borrowing, reduce and remove government overspending and waste. Starting now. Small government candidates who will give back every dollar saved to the taxpayers.
“We must vote for small government candidates.
“We must vote FOR ballot initiatives that shrink Big Government.
“Candidates and ballot initiatives that cut orend taxes.
“Candidates and ballot initiatives that drive down today’s Big Government spending.
“Just protesting Big Government will nevergive us what we want. Voting against Big Government will. Voting FOR Small Government will.
“Every Election. Every time. No exceptions. No excuses.
“This is the ONLY way we can fulfill the promise of the Original Boston Tea Party.
“I’m Carla Howell. I head the Center For Small Government. We’re on your side. Please join us.
“Because ‘small government is possible’.”
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I’m proud to be of some modest assistance to a modern america freedom fighter. And, I’ve taken the Small Government Pledge.
http://www.centerforsmallgovernment.com/sgpledge.htm
Have you?
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http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/04/representation_without_taxatio.html
April 10, 2009
Representation without Taxation
By Alan Aronoff
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When beneficiaries of government policy do not sufficiently overlap the payers of those benefits, we have a governing system of representation without taxation. This type of system is not sustainable long term, but history suggests it may persist for some time under the pretext of ‘economic justice’ unless soundly rejected by the American people.
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That’s the result of “progressive” taxation aka “soak the rich”.
The only fair tax is to make it voluntary. If the gooferment provides a service, then it should “tin cup” for donations.
At the very least, if EVERYONE had to pay a 1% tariff on imported goods. That would be “fair”.
As I proposed in page 616 of my book “CHURCH 10●19●62” (http://www.itstartedinchurch.com), a simple modest tariff collection mechanism would require little enforcement:
“Because the Government didn’t want to have a lot of checkers, the value is declared at the border. The tariff is two MILs per 10 ounces of value. The importer declares the value and pays the tariff. To ensure honesty, under estimation triggers a 100% penalty. So because the rate is so low and the penalty so high, importers typically add a zero to the end of the value number. For example, a truck valued of one thousand ounces would be assessed a tax of two ounces. So an importer, to be sure of compliance, would call it ten thousand ounces and pay a tax of twenty ounces. Not very fair, but very easy to administrate.”
We have reached the point where the “takers” outnumber the “producers”. We’ll we now see the diminished incentives lead to decreased productivity. Eventually it winds up that we look like a Communist country where the underground economy and “just getting by” becomes the national ethic.
Where are the pitchfork and torches?
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/begala.taxes/index.html
Commentary: April 15 is patriots’ day
* Paul Begala: April 15 is one day most Americans sacrifice for government
* Begala says paying taxes to support worthy government services is patriotic
* “Tea parties” are being pushed by GOP supporters who lost election, Begala says
* He says President Obama and Congress have cut taxes for most
By Paul Begala
CNN Contributor
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(CNN) — Happy Patriots’ Day. April 15 is the one day a year when our country asks something of us — or at least the vast majority of us.
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This country has showered me with the blessings of liberty. So what do I owe my country in return? Paying my fair share of taxes, it seems, is the least I can do. Thanks to President Obama and the Democratic Congress, 95 percent of Americans will get a tax cut this year. No one — not even the wealthiest 1 percent — will have to pay higher income taxes until 2011.
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Please don’t make me laugh. Or, insult my intelligence!
As a vet, a voter, and a taxpayer, why don’t I feel “represented”. My congress critters and bureaucrats no more represent my thinking than the pirates in Somalia. Congress is bought and paid for by the special interests.
I am oppressed more than any serf in the middle ages. At least the feudal lord left them half.
It’s impossible to day to figure out how much of a serf I am. It feels close to 100%!
And, perhaps, Komrade Begala can explain to me how this obligation was created.
The State has no specific duty to protect me; yet, I have an obligation to pay taxes for protection I don’t receive. So, how does what some dead old white guys agreed to in a room more than 200 years ago bind me? Sorry, but I didn’t, don’t, and won’t agree with tyranny.
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Posted by reinkefj
http://libertarianchristians.com/
10 Things I Hate About Taxes
#10:
#9: Taxation is Theft
#8: Living in Fear
#7: Caesar’s Benevolence
#6: Withholding Taxes
#5: Your Tax Dollars at Work
#4: Privacy and Personal Income
#3: The Truth About Government Spending
#2: Newspeak
#1: Lost Productivity
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.impactlab.com/2009/03/27/watching-the-income-tax-system-implode/
March 27th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Watching The Income Tax System Implode
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Change does not happen because everyone gets together first and decides a change is going to happen. Momentum will build quickly around a single event or thought leader. When the general public senses that the end is near, an overwhelming flood of support will rapidly hasten its demise.
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I think it ends when the productive class decides to produce less. They pay less tax. And, the gooferment can’t find enough to tax.
The Chinese decide that 5T$ is too much. And, the world refuses to lend more to the American “banana republic government”.
The world decides that era of the American dollar as a reserve currency is over. And, the American Empire slides into the dustbin of history.
Tax revolt?
Even if we don’t have one here, the one overseas will be much worse.
See inflation is a tax on those foreigners holding dollars.
Gold anyone?
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