It seems we continue to believe that tax on upper income ‘the wealthy’ will solve our spending problems. It won’t. Estimates are that taxing the top 10% at an additional 10% above what they pay now will bring in less that $100 Billion. That sounds great until you think about our debt at $16 trillion. Folks one trillion is 1,0000,
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Good grief unemployment in real terms stayed constand at 8.3%. Be afraid be very very afraid. If Barry ‘O can get another million people to quick looking for work then he will have suceeded in lowering the enemployment numbers (not creating jobs) AND, this is a Big Friggin And added more Americans to the on-going agony of being a ward
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Could you please help me find these things, Sir? 1. Occidental College records — Not released 2. Columbia College records –Not released 3. Columbia Thesis paper — Not available 4. Harvard College records — Not released 5. Selective Service Registration — Not released 6. Medical records — Not released 7. Illinois State Senate schedule — Not available 8. Your Illinois
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There’s a problem with our entitlements. Social Security will have over 70 million recipients by 2020 (yes just 8 years). There won’t be enough money going in to support all the monthly requirements. The cash surplus has been used on other entitlement programs over the last 30 years and an IOU placed in the Social Security Box. What’s done is
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How refreshing to see the contrast between Ann Romney and Michelle Obama. Ann Romney, strong independent, well educated loving mother, wife, grandmother. Proud to stand with a husband who has served as a Senator, Governor, Managed a successful Olympics in Salt Lake, donated his inheritance, self made venture capitalist who is proud to be an American now and always. It
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After the conclusion of the Wisconsin recall and the confirmation by the electorate that PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNIONS should not strangle the tax payers through collective bludgeoning I had an EPIPHANY. Did you ever notice how Libs can’t seem to stay on track and keep the same thought to bring it to a logical conclusion? It’s that very same problem that
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Why Pres OB is Wrong To use the analogy that President Obama has failed this country only because of George Bush might be a bit thin on logic. Nothing is really that binary. Certainly the legacy left by the previous administration has an affect on how the next administration will operate. The war and debt for that hasn’t helped the
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Since the people who voted to take the money going into Social Security Trust Fund and move it to the Federal Government General Fund (they’ve used it all to promote other entitlement programs) used it all up. This is now a take as you go process that gutted the fund 30 years ago. Now rather than having a fund growing
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As you watch the news unfold with the Wisconsin recall election you realize there are some cities and states that can fix their financial issues but others are beyond repair. As with any unsolvable financial issues our legal system allows for a bankruptcy filing and then a reorganization of debt. For most cities and states their debt issues are heavily burdoned
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I often compare my ideology to that of a Liberal. Depending on the definition, which is important, I believe most people are of a liberal perspective. There is however a small but subtly important difference between a liberal Democrat and a liberal Republican, Independent and or Libertarian. The difference is simply a level of intellectual maturity and the ability
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