Friday, June 29, 2012

Obama lied !





Full List of Obamacare Tax Hikes: Listed by Size of Tax Hike

Obamacare law contains 20 new or higher taxes on American families and small businesses
WASHINGTON, DC -- Obamacare contains 20 new or higher taxes on American families and small businesses. Arranged by their respective sizes according to CBO scores, below is the total list of all $500 billion-plus in tax hikes (over the next ten years) in Obamacare, their effective dates, and where to find them in the bill.
$123 Billion: Surtax on Investment Income (Takes effect Jan. 2013): A new, 3.8 percent surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single). This would result in the following top tax rates on investment income:

Capital Gains
Dividends
Other*
2012
15%
15%
35%
2013+
23.8%
43.4%
43.4%
 
*Other unearned income includes (for surtax purposes) gross income from interest, annuities, royalties, net rents, and passive income in partnerships and Subchapter-S corporations.  It does not include municipal bond interest or life insurance proceeds, since those do not add to gross income.  It does not include active trade or business income, fair market value sales of ownership in pass-through entities, or distributions from retirement plans.  The 3.8% surtax does not apply to non-resident aliens. (Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 87-93)
$86 Billion: Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax (Takes effect Jan. 2013): Current law and changes:

First $200,000
($250,000 Married)
Employer/Employee
All Remaining Wages
Employer/Employee
Current Law
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
Obamacare Tax Hike
1.45%/1.45%
2.9% self-employed
1.45%/2.35%
3.8% self-employed
 
Bill: PPACA, Reconciliation Act; Page: 2000-2003; 87-93
 
$65 Billion: Individual Mandate Excise Tax and Employer Mandate Tax (Both taxes take effect Jan. 2014):
Individual: Anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance as defined by Obama-appointed HHS bureaucrats must pay an income surtax according to the higher of the following

1 Adult
2 Adults
3+ Adults
2014
1% AGI/$95
1% AGI/$190
1% AGI/$285
2015
2% AGI/$325
2% AGI/$650
2% AGI/$975
2016 +
2.5% AGI/$695
2.5% AGI/$1390
2.5% AGI/$2085
 
Exemptions for religious objectors, undocumented immigrants, prisoners, those earning less than the poverty line, members of Indian tribes, and hardship cases (determined by HHS). Bill: PPACA; Page: 317-337
Employer: If an employer does not offer health coverage, and at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit, the employer must pay an additional non-deductible tax of $2000 for all full-time employees.  Applies to all employers with 50 or more employees. If any employee actually receives coverage through the exchange, the penalty on the employer for that employee rises to $3000. If the employer requires a waiting period to enroll in coverage of 30-60 days, there is a $400 tax per employee ($600 if the period is 60 days or longer). Bill: PPACA; Page: 345-346
(Combined score of individual and employer mandate tax penalty: $65 billion)
$60.1 Billion: Tax on Health Insurers (Takes effect Jan. 2014): Annual tax on the industry imposed relative to health insurance premiums collected that year.  Phases in gradually until 2018.  Fully-imposed on firms with $50 million in profits. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,986-1,993
$32 Billion: Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (Takes effect Jan. 2018): Starting in 2018, new 40 percent excise tax on “Cadillac” health insurance plans ($10,200 single/$27,500 family).  Higher threshold ($11,500 single/$29,450 family) for early retirees and high-risk professions.  CPI +1 percentage point indexed. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,941-1,956
$23.6 Billion: “Black liquor” tax hike (Took effect in 2010) This is a tax increase on a type of bio-fuel. Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 105
$22.2 Billion: Tax on Innovator Drug Companies (Took effect in 2010): $2.3 billion annual tax on the industry imposed relative to share of sales made that year. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,971-1,980
$20 Billion: Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers (Takes effect Jan. 2013): Medical device manufacturers employ 360,000 people in 6000 plants across the country. This law imposes a new 2.3% excise tax.  Exempts items retailing for <$100. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,980-1,986
$15.2 Billion: High Medical Bills Tax (Takes effect Jan 1. 2013): Currently, those facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction for medical expenses to the extent that those expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI).  The new provision imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI. Waived for 65+ taxpayers in 2013-2016 only. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,994-1,995
$13.2 Billion: Flexible Spending Account Cap – aka “Special Needs Kids Tax” (Takes effect Jan. 2013): Imposes cap on FSAs of $2500 (now unlimited).  Indexed to inflation after 2013. There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children.  There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education.  Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education. Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,388-2,389
$5 Billion: Medicine Cabinet Tax (Took effect Jan. 2011): Americans no longer able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin). Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,957-1,959
$4.5 Billion: Elimination of tax deduction for employer-provided retirement Rx drug coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D (Takes effect Jan. 2013) Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,994
$4.5 Billion: Codification of the “economic substance doctrine” (Took effect in 2010): This provision allows the IRS to disallow completely-legal tax deductions and other legal tax-minimizing plans just because the IRS deems that the action lacks “substance” and is merely intended to reduce taxes owed. Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 108-113
$2.7 Billion: Tax on Indoor Tanning Services (Took effect July 1, 2010): New 10 percent excise tax on Americans using indoor tanning salons. Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,397-2,399
$1.4 Billion: HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike (Took effect Jan. 2011): Increases additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,959
$0.6 Billion: $500,000 Annual Executive Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives (Takes effect Jan. 2013): Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,995-2,000                                                                                                                 
$0.4 Billion: Blue Cross/Blue Shield Tax Hike (Took effect in 2010): The special tax deduction in current law for Blue Cross/Blue Shield companies would only be allowed if 85 percent or more of premium revenues are spent on clinical services. Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,004
$ Negligible: Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals (Took effect in 2010): $50,000 per hospital if they fail to meet new "community health assessment needs," "financial assistance," and "billing and collection" rules set by HHS. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,961-1,971
$ Negligible: Employer Reporting of Insurance on W-2 (Took effect in Jan. 2012): Preamble to taxing health benefits on individual tax returns. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,957


Read more: http://www.atr.org/full-list-obamacare-tax-hikes-listed-a7010#ixzz1zDsRaHL8

The greatest fraud ever perpetrated on American Citizens !




Obamacare !

It was quickly rammed through the House on a party line vote, and Harry Reid pushed it through the Democrat Senate.  All the time claiming that it was not a tax, but that it was constitutional under the "commerce clause".

Obama time and time again claimed it was not a tax, all the liberal pundits claimed it was not a tax.

23 states sued saying it was unconstitutional under the commerce clause, and in fact the Court said it was unconstitutional under the commerce clause.

So when the Supreme Court got bullied by Obama and the liberal mainstream media, they decided that it was constitutional as a tax.

Are you kidding me ?  It was passed in Congress, promoted by Obama and lefties in Congress as not being a tax, and the Supreme Court says it is Constitutional as a tax ?

Are we in some kind of parallel universe where the court can write legislation ?

That is the danger of a Democrat majority, they will pass any kind of crap legislation, and once it is passed it is almost impossible to undo.

I weep for my country - - -

A few honest Dems !





"The House of Representatives voted 255 to 67 Thursday to holdAttorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress, capping months of partisan bickering over an ongoing congressional investigation into Operation “Fast and Furious.”

More than 100 Democrats left the House floor before the vote, but 17 moderate Democrats stayed behind and joined with Republicans in voting for contempt, robbing the Obama administration and congressional Democrats of its main argument that the vote was a blatant partisan maneuver to discredit Holder and the White House in an election year.
All but one of the 17 Democrats has previously been endorsed by theNational Rifle Association, which said it would be tracking Thursday’s vote in determining future endorsements. In a letter to lawmakers last week, the NRA said, “It is no secret that the NRA does not admire Attorney General Holder.” But the gun rights group said it supported the contempt resolution because the Justice Department was obstructing a congressional investigation.

So which Democrats voted for contempt? And which Republicans bucked the party line? Check out the listings below — with links to each’s members bio pages from The Washington Post Congressional Votes Database."


17 Democrats voted yes — with most Republicans — to hold Holder in criminal contempt. A * denotes a previous NRA endorsement:

Thursday, June 28, 2012

So you want to cut military spending - - -


Colorado's 'Epic Firestorm' Reveals Danger of Air Force Cuts




Black Caucus and Dems walk out on Holder vote.



They should have their pay docked (about a months worth) and that might make them think twice about being so childish !

Matters not !  Holder was in fact found in contempt, and the next vote will give them the right to take it out of  Holders domain and to a Civilian Judge.

So the Supreme Court endorsed Obamacare




What a terrible day for America, the government can now demand that you "buy" whatever it has to "sell".

Simply by being alive you are required to buy health insurance, even if you do not want or need it.

And what happens to people who cannot afford it ?

I suppose it will be provided at the cost of those who can afford to pay taxes.

Recall that 50% of our population pay no Federal Income Tax, so it will fall on we taxpayers to pay for their healthcare while they spend their income on cigarettes, booze, and drugs.

I only pray that this clearly unconstitutional action by Obama and the court, angers the majority of people who do not want Obamacare to turn out and vote Obama out of office.

I am waiting for the Government decision that Medicare is not insurance and that all Medicare recipients will be required to pay the fine, several thousand dollars in my case.



Wednesday, June 27, 2012

What happens when you carry liberal government to it's unavoidable conclusion !

BANKRUPTCY 



Stockton bankruptcy: 'All that's left is sadness' for city






http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/stockton-bankruptcy-all-thats-left-is-sadness-for-city.html

The Tea Party - - what a bunch of wackos !

15 Non-negotiable Core Beliefs


1. Illegal aliens are here illegally.

2. Pro-domestic employment is indispensable.

3. A strong military is essential.

4. Special interests must be eliminated.

5. Gun ownership is sacred.

6. Government must be downsized.

7. The national budget must be balanced.

8. Deficit spending must end.

9. Bailout and stimulus plans are illegal.

10. Reducing personal income taxes is a must.

11. Reducing business income taxes is mandatory.

12. Political offices must be available to average citizens.

13. Intrusive government must be stopped.

14. English as our core language is required.

15. Traditional family values are encouraged.



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Golly Gee !   that is exactly what I and most people I know believe. We must all be wackos !

Hoyer: Some Dems Will Vote To Hold Holder In Contempt For Fast And Furious


http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/06/26/hoyer-some-dems-will-vote-to-hold-holder-in-contempt-for-fast-and-furious/



HOORAY FOR THE NRA ! ! ! 

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

More Dems bail out on convention



Sen. McCaskill joins list of Democrats skipping national convention




http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-sen-mccaskill-joins-list-of-democrats-skipping-national-convention-20120626,0,846948.story

Why public housing sucks !




Children shot while leaving summer lunch program


"The shooting occurred shortly after noon near the heart of the Villages of Parklands, a neatly manicured public housing area.
The children, ages 6 to 12, had been attending the Villages of Parklands community summer camp. Most of the group lived in the Orchard Park neighborhood. The counselor, in his 40s, was an area pastor who worked for the Villages of Parklands, neighbors said.
The group was returning from a federally funded meals program. It was the first day of the three-month DC Free Summer Meals Program available to poor children around the city."


http://washingtonexaminer.com/children-shot-while-leaving-summer-lunch-program/article/2500598



Gay Rights - - - Child Porn

"San Francisco police have arrested veteran gay rights advocate Larry Brinkin in connection with felony possession of child pornography.


Brinkin, 66, who worked for the San FranciscoHuman Rights Commission before his retirement in 2010, was taken into custody Friday night. He spent the night in jail before he was released on bail, according to a spokeswoman for the sheriff's department."


Until the GLBT community rids itself of pedophiles, and denounces NAMBLA, they are not going to make many friends.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Canadian Education

What a bunch of hosers  !  :)


Despair


Does God hate Colorado ? ? ?



http://www.chron.com/news/article/Toll-from-Colorado-wildfire-raised-to-248-homes-3658611.php#photo-3112158

Too much Rocky Mountain high ? ? ?

For you Canadians who do not believe in handguns !

http://www.canada.com/sentenced+unfathomable+gang+rape+woman+during+home+invasion/6833936/story.html


``The circumstances here are . . . unfathomable. These two offenders entered a house in their own neighbourhood, without any attempt at disguise, and terrorized all the occupants,'' sexually assaulting and forcing a 24-year-old woman to perform a sex act while holding her male relatives at knifepoint.
Her younger sister, 18, was threatened but not sexually assaulted, court heard.
``In these circumstances, while I must have rehabilitation in mind, denunciation and deterrence are paramount,'' she ruled.
The 24-year-old victim, a foreign exchange student, testified only briefly in person at trial before breaking down and being unable to continue. Her uncle, the judge said, ``was still wracked with guilt for having failed to protect his nieces.''
Rao was found guilty of being among a group of four young men, all strangers to the victims, who broke into a home on Clinton Street on Dec. 7, 2008. The other two weren`t charged.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

This is why you carry a gun - - - Punks run in groups !


A vote on holding Holder in contempt of Congress

- - - is coming shortly.








The question that comes to my mind is, will there be one honest Democrat who votes for Contempt, or are they all mind numbed Obamabots who vote and preach the White House mantra ?


I will post the vote as soon as it happens, but I wager every Dem will take the Obama line and drool over it.


Update, as I predicted, not one Democrat wants to see the documentation of Who Knew What, When

A primer on Fast and Furious

Obama and his minions wanted tighter control on so called "assault weapons" which includes many sporting arms.

They could not get such a bill through congress with the current state of affairs.

So - - -

Some brilliant Government Drone decided that if we flood Mexico with thousands of guns that were originally sold in the U.S. the resulting carnage would "prove that more gun control was needed" !

Let us review, our government under Obama and Holder sent thousands of assault weapons to drug dealers in Mexico, so hundreds of people would be slaughtered to justify more gun control in the U.S.

If any of you vote for Obama again I hope you make a trip to Mexico - - -




Guns must be "good" ! / Second Amendment !

Because our government gave thousands of them to Mexican drug dealers !



Our Second Amendment is the touchstone of citizens right to own firearms.

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."


Many anti gun folks claim the text implies it only applies to Militias.


If this was the original drafters intent, why did they include it with 9 other amendments that restricted federal government power ?


The answer is obvious the "Militia" refers to any able bodied person capable of wielding arms.


And the intent of the Second Amendment is clear, it is to provide private citizens the right to own the same arms that the Army has at any given point in time.


Fast and Furious was a back door attempt to bring illegal gun control to the U.S. by "proving" that guns went to drug dealers !


I have news for these bozos, AK-47s are not made in the U.S. and they are available from any tin pot dictator in the world.

What did Obama and Holder know, and when did they know it ?






Fast and Furious, as usual it is the cover-up that takes you down.

Obama claims executive privilege on something that he claims he knows nothing about  ?

Are you shitting me, can this administration be more contemptuous of Congress and the public ?

WHAT ARE THEY HIDING ?


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/06/obama-team-fast-and-furious-documents-are-privileged/1#.T-Hl0xf2ZIE

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Spike Lee: President Obama Does Not Have Re-Election on Lock






http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/spike-lee-president-obama-election-lock/story?id=16557101#.T9qD5Rf2ZIF

The Cow and the Ice Cream


THE COW AND THE ICE CREAM

THE COW AND THE ICE CREAM


ONE OF THE BEST EXPLANATIONS
OF WHY OBAMA WON THE ELECTION
--From a teacher in the Nashville area
"We are worried about 'the cow' when it is all about the 'Ice Cream.'
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year...
The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest.
I decided we would have an election for a class president.
We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.
To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members.
We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.
We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids.
I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support.
I had never seen Olivia's mother.
The day arrived when they were to make their speeches.
Jamie went first.
He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better
place. He ended by promising to do his very best.
Everyone applauded and he sat down.
Now is was Olivia's turn to speak.
Her speech was concise.
She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream."
She sat down.
The class went wild. "Yes! Yes!
We want ice cream."
She surely would say more. She did not have to.
A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream?
She wasn't sure.
Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it.
She didn't know.
The class really didn't care.
All they were thinking about was ice cream.
Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide.
Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and
52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds.
They want ice cream.
The other 48 percent know
they're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess."
This is the ice cream Obama promised us!



Obama's secret trade deal

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/13/obama-trade-document-leak_n_1592593.html


I don't know exactly what to make of it !

Monday, June 11, 2012

"Turn out the lights, the party's over !"

Holder is toast - - - I hope !



"(CBS News) CBS News has learned the House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. It's the fourth time in 30 years that Congress has launched a contempt action against an executive branch member.
This time, the dispute stems from Holder failing to turn over documents subpoenaed on October 12, 2011 in the Fast and Furious "gunwalking" investigation."


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57450110-503544/house-committee-schedules-contempt-vote-against-holder/?tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Talk about beating a dead horse !


Woodward and Bernstein: 40 years after Watergate, Nixon was far worse than we thought




Shows how crappy WAPO is today, they have to go back 40 years to find a story.

Big Brother Obama is watching you !



"CHICAGO — On the sixth floor of a sleek office building here, more than 150 techies are quietly peeling back the layers of your life. They know what you read and where you shop, what kind of work you do and who you count as friends. They also know who your mother voted for in the last election.
The depth and breadth of the Obama campaign’s 2012 digital operation — from data mining to online organizing — reaches so far beyond anything politics has ever seen, experts maintain, that it could impact the outcome of a close presidential election. It makes the president’s much-heralded 2008 social media juggernaut — which raised half billion dollars and revolutionized politics — look like cavemen with stone tablets."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77213.html#ixzz1xOypmfYZ

Saturday, June 2, 2012

How can you tell if Democrats are lying ?

Their lips are moving !


"Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” called the recall election of Wisconsin’s governor a “test run” for the presidential race.

“It’s given the 'Obama for America' operation an opportunity to do the dry run we need of our massive, significant, dynamic grassroots presidential campaign,” Wasserman Schultz said last Sunday before heading off to campaign with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. 

But later, as polls indicated that Barrett may not be able to unseat Gov. Scott Walker on June 5, Wasserman Schultz appeared to downplay the race during an appearance on C-SPAN’s "Newsmakers."

“I think, honestly, there aren’t going to be any repercussions,” Wasserman Schultz said.


“It’s an election that’s based in Wisconsin.”