Finally a middle income tax payer kept track of all the taxes her household paid so far in 2012. Grand total? $26,106.93, so far, and the year isn't over. After hearing Mr. Obama blab on and on about everyone paying their fair share, Alice Scanlon, Maryland resident, decided to find out just how much her household's fair share is. She created an Excel spread sheet and started entering everything from federal and state income tax to the pennies that show up on electric and telephone bills, and everything in between. She kept track of it all. And the spread sheet kept getting bigger and bigger.
Here is the link to Scanlon's full story on The Blaze.
There are millions of Alice Scanlon's out there shouldering the same tax burden. It's time to say Enough is Enough and elect someone who will cut spending and taxes. Romney/Ryan on November 6.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
CATHOLIC CHURCH SPEAKS UP
Here is a campaign ad put together by the Catholic Church. It's very powerful and highlights the beliefs of Catholics, Christians and others. It's rare that the Catholic Church would draw such a distinct line in the sand, but they have. The video discusses Family, Jobs, Taxes, Energy, Economy, Marriage, Life, and Religious Freedom. It is an indictment of the policies of Obama and the Democrats and sends a very real message to them - don't mess with the Catholic Church. Remember that if Obama gets away with dictating to the Catholic Church, your religious beliefs may be next. Watch it here and invite others to see it. Change will only come in November if Americans are greatly fed up with the current administration and vote them all OUT of office. And then we have to demand that a new administration listens to We, The People.
Friday, September 23, 2011
MUFFIN MADNESS AND THE "PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE" PRESIDENT
Dear Mr. President, if I hear you use the words “pay their fair share” again I am going to stuff a $16 muffin down your skinny little throat. How dare you ask any American to pay any more taxes when you, your administration and many of the thieves running the myriad of boards, councils, advisory panels, and departments in our government squander money on over-priced meetings, meals and conferences?
Just in case your campaign promises have disappeared from your lexicon, let me remind you. Remember your promise of Hope and Change? And you were going to “fundamentally change Washington?” Have you forgotten your pledge about absolute open and transparent government? And you were going to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse?
Well, Mr. Oh-I-Forgot-My-Promise, what about these items? And you can’t get away with blaming the Republicans. Democrats have been in charge of Washington’s purse strings since 2007, as you and I both know.
Item 1: From October ’07 to September ’09 there were 10 conferences held by various governmental bodies that cost the American taxpayer 4.4 million dollars.
Item 2: August ’09, DOJ conference, $4200 spent on 250 breakfast muffins. That’s $16 per muffin.
Item 3: July ’08, Drug Enforcement Task Force meeting, $15,600 spent on coffee breaks. That’s $52 per person in attendance.
Item 4: February ’08, U. S. Attorneys’ Conference, $54,000 spent on food and beverages.
Item 5: December ’07, Emergency Response Conference, $90,000 spent on food and beverages.
Item 6: August, ’09, DOJ conference, $2880 for 300 cookies/brownies. That’s $9.60 per cookie/brownie.
Item 7: 2007, DOJ conference, $6360 for lunch for 120 people. That’s $53 per person – for LUNCH.
Item 8: 2007, DOJ conference, $60,000 for a reception serving Swedish meatballs that cost $5 per meatball.
Item 9: February, 2008, U. S. Attorneys conference, $5,431 for a dinner for 84 officials. That’s $65 per person. This elaborate dinner was served after the “84” had already eaten beef Wellington appetizers, which was billed separately, by the way. The next day 118 participants dined on crusted red snapper, stuffed chicken breast and beef medallions, along with hors d’oeuvres, side dishes and salads. Cost? $58 per person.
Item 10: The DOJ spent $600,000 for “event planning services” for five conferences. What? Don’t they have anyone on their employee roster who can plan an event?
Item 11: 2008-2009, DOJ spent $121 million on conferences, which exceeded its own spending limits.
So I say to you, Mr. President. This is not about anybody “paying their fair share.” This is about a government run amok, a government who thumbs its nose at the taxpayer, a government who views us as a never ending money supply. After all, it’s easy for you to get more greenbacks. Just raise taxes which is all we ever hear out of your elegantly fed mouth.
So my question is this: Why should any American pay more taxes, pay a “fair share,” as you have repeated over and over again, just so somebody in a fancy suit, silk tie and wingtips can have a $16 muffin and a $52 coffee break?
In passing Obamacare you cut $500 million from Medicare. And you expect us to believe that Social Security will die under the Republicans because of inadequate funding. Yet you refuse to cut spending in any meaningful way without raising taxes. You say there is no place to cut. How dare you? Why wouldn’t you protect Medicare and Social Security and cut $16 muffins??
So here, Mr. O., is my suggestion. Have you ever heard of teleconferencing? Just in case you are ignorant of the concept, it’s where people use their computers and Internet connections to “conference” from separate locations. It saves lots and lots of money, like $16 muffins, $52 coffee breaks, $5 meatballs, $10 cookies. Do I need to spell it out for you?
If you really want to do something to help save America you should sign an Executive Order that stops this kind of crap. Demand efficiency. Demand budget cuts for every federal department. Why would Americans give any more money to an administration that sanctions this abuse just to buy more $16 muffins? Or is it part of your “Fair Share Shakedown?”
Just in case your campaign promises have disappeared from your lexicon, let me remind you. Remember your promise of Hope and Change? And you were going to “fundamentally change Washington?” Have you forgotten your pledge about absolute open and transparent government? And you were going to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse?
Well, Mr. Oh-I-Forgot-My-Promise, what about these items? And you can’t get away with blaming the Republicans. Democrats have been in charge of Washington’s purse strings since 2007, as you and I both know.
Item 1: From October ’07 to September ’09 there were 10 conferences held by various governmental bodies that cost the American taxpayer 4.4 million dollars.
Item 2: August ’09, DOJ conference, $4200 spent on 250 breakfast muffins. That’s $16 per muffin.
Item 3: July ’08, Drug Enforcement Task Force meeting, $15,600 spent on coffee breaks. That’s $52 per person in attendance.
Item 4: February ’08, U. S. Attorneys’ Conference, $54,000 spent on food and beverages.
Item 5: December ’07, Emergency Response Conference, $90,000 spent on food and beverages.
Item 6: August, ’09, DOJ conference, $2880 for 300 cookies/brownies. That’s $9.60 per cookie/brownie.
Item 7: 2007, DOJ conference, $6360 for lunch for 120 people. That’s $53 per person – for LUNCH.
Item 8: 2007, DOJ conference, $60,000 for a reception serving Swedish meatballs that cost $5 per meatball.
Item 9: February, 2008, U. S. Attorneys conference, $5,431 for a dinner for 84 officials. That’s $65 per person. This elaborate dinner was served after the “84” had already eaten beef Wellington appetizers, which was billed separately, by the way. The next day 118 participants dined on crusted red snapper, stuffed chicken breast and beef medallions, along with hors d’oeuvres, side dishes and salads. Cost? $58 per person.
Item 10: The DOJ spent $600,000 for “event planning services” for five conferences. What? Don’t they have anyone on their employee roster who can plan an event?
Item 11: 2008-2009, DOJ spent $121 million on conferences, which exceeded its own spending limits.
So I say to you, Mr. President. This is not about anybody “paying their fair share.” This is about a government run amok, a government who thumbs its nose at the taxpayer, a government who views us as a never ending money supply. After all, it’s easy for you to get more greenbacks. Just raise taxes which is all we ever hear out of your elegantly fed mouth.
So my question is this: Why should any American pay more taxes, pay a “fair share,” as you have repeated over and over again, just so somebody in a fancy suit, silk tie and wingtips can have a $16 muffin and a $52 coffee break?
In passing Obamacare you cut $500 million from Medicare. And you expect us to believe that Social Security will die under the Republicans because of inadequate funding. Yet you refuse to cut spending in any meaningful way without raising taxes. You say there is no place to cut. How dare you? Why wouldn’t you protect Medicare and Social Security and cut $16 muffins??
So here, Mr. O., is my suggestion. Have you ever heard of teleconferencing? Just in case you are ignorant of the concept, it’s where people use their computers and Internet connections to “conference” from separate locations. It saves lots and lots of money, like $16 muffins, $52 coffee breaks, $5 meatballs, $10 cookies. Do I need to spell it out for you?
If you really want to do something to help save America you should sign an Executive Order that stops this kind of crap. Demand efficiency. Demand budget cuts for every federal department. Why would Americans give any more money to an administration that sanctions this abuse just to buy more $16 muffins? Or is it part of your “Fair Share Shakedown?”
Monday, September 13, 2010
TAX TSUNAMI #2 - LOOK OUT, HERE COMES OBAMACARE
TAX TSUNAMI #2 is as bad or worse than Tax Tsunami #1. Let's take a close look at OBAMACARE TAXES.
Obamacare contains over 20 new or higher taxes. Some will first go into effect on January 1, 2011, the rest will phase in by 2014.
The Special Needs Kids Tax. This provision of Obamacare imposes a cap on FSAs which are flexible spending accounts used by the taxpayer to contribute before tax dollars that can be used for out-of-pocket health care expenses. Currently there is no federal government cap on these accounts. Obamacare imposes a $2500 cap. Under Obamacare you will not be able to contribute more than $2500 to an FSA, no matter what your health care needs are.
One of the problems with this provision? There are thousands of families with special needs children and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education, which can easily exceed $10,000 per year.
Under the pre-Obamacare rules families could use FSA dollars to fund the special needs education of their children. Under Obamacare FSA dollars cannot be used to pay for this type of special needs education, NONE OF IT. This will have a huge tax impact on families who have special needs children.
The Medicine Cabinet Tax. Obamacare, oh, how great it will be for us, so Obama promised. But look closely at this provision. You will no longer be able to use a Health Savings Account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA) or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription over-the-counter medication, even medications that your doctor says you must take due to a chronic condition that can be treated with over-the-counter drugs. This provision will force your doctor to write a prescription for something you could get at the counter. Anybody think a "prescription" for an "over-the-counter" drug is going to save money?
The HSA (Health Savings Account) Withdrawal Tax Hike. Currently you can withdraw funds from your HSA for non-medical reasons and pay a 10% penalty. That's the same penalty you pay if you withdraw funds early from an IRA. But under Obamacare the HSA non-medical withdrawal penalty goes to 20%.
These examples are only a few of the over 20 new taxes coming our way under Obamacare.
What was that he said repeatedly during the campaign? Under $250,000 in income your taxes will not change? There will be no new taxes for the middle income taxpayer? Did he really say those things? You Bet!
But I contend these new Obamacare taxes will hit the middle income taxpayer harder than any other group, in spite of what King Obama proclaimed.
Obamacare contains over 20 new or higher taxes. Some will first go into effect on January 1, 2011, the rest will phase in by 2014.
The Special Needs Kids Tax. This provision of Obamacare imposes a cap on FSAs which are flexible spending accounts used by the taxpayer to contribute before tax dollars that can be used for out-of-pocket health care expenses. Currently there is no federal government cap on these accounts. Obamacare imposes a $2500 cap. Under Obamacare you will not be able to contribute more than $2500 to an FSA, no matter what your health care needs are.
One of the problems with this provision? There are thousands of families with special needs children and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education, which can easily exceed $10,000 per year.
Under the pre-Obamacare rules families could use FSA dollars to fund the special needs education of their children. Under Obamacare FSA dollars cannot be used to pay for this type of special needs education, NONE OF IT. This will have a huge tax impact on families who have special needs children.
The Medicine Cabinet Tax. Obamacare, oh, how great it will be for us, so Obama promised. But look closely at this provision. You will no longer be able to use a Health Savings Account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA) or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription over-the-counter medication, even medications that your doctor says you must take due to a chronic condition that can be treated with over-the-counter drugs. This provision will force your doctor to write a prescription for something you could get at the counter. Anybody think a "prescription" for an "over-the-counter" drug is going to save money?
The HSA (Health Savings Account) Withdrawal Tax Hike. Currently you can withdraw funds from your HSA for non-medical reasons and pay a 10% penalty. That's the same penalty you pay if you withdraw funds early from an IRA. But under Obamacare the HSA non-medical withdrawal penalty goes to 20%.
These examples are only a few of the over 20 new taxes coming our way under Obamacare.
What was that he said repeatedly during the campaign? Under $250,000 in income your taxes will not change? There will be no new taxes for the middle income taxpayer? Did he really say those things? You Bet!
But I contend these new Obamacare taxes will hit the middle income taxpayer harder than any other group, in spite of what King Obama proclaimed.
AND THERE IS MORE, SO MUCH MORE COMING AT US IN JANUARY.
WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION HERE!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
DemoBrats and the Blame Game
Did you notice in his speech yesterday that Obama continues to blame the Republicans for the mess we are in and accuses them of working for Special Interests?
Well, the big question is, who gave the banks all that cash and propped them up? Answer, Bush and Obama. But then, Who bailed out the car companies, housing, Freddie and Fannie, the unions and hundreds of other industries and who has driven our debt to bankruptcy levels? Answer, Obama. And who is going to increase EVERY ONE'S taxes on January 1, 2011? Answer, Obama. The January 1 tax hikes are going to be massive and will hurt every segment of our society. And Obama doesn't care. He has an agenda and the outcome be damned, full speed ahead.
And don't forget the DOUBLE TAX ON ENERGY PRODUCERS that Obama is proposing. You know, we have to "punish" the "rich" energy producing companies. Do you think Obama is smart enough to figure out that all those increased taxes to energy companies will be passed directly on to We The People by increased rates? Surely he knows this because he can't be that ignorant. When you buy gas for your car, heating fuel, electricity, or any of the millions of things that are "petroleum products," you will feel the pinch. Thank you, Mr. Obama. And it's not as if Americans have extra money to spend on increased rates. Millions of Americans don't even have JOBS, much less EXTRA CASH. Thanks again, Mr. Obama and your pals in Congress.
He's been the captain of the ship for 19 months now and he still doesn't understand that our mess is his fault. How can anyone not notice that he is a pathological liar? How can he say his new $50 billion bill will give small businesses incentives to hire, when at the same time, the bill is full of job killing regulations? His $800 billion stimulus bill didn't work, so why would a new stimulus bill work? Is he really that dumb? All I see is more companies leaving, taking millions more jobs with them.
He and the DemoBrats need to be stopped in November. If Conservatives gain the majority in both houses, then Obama will be shut down until 2012 and hopefully they can start to undo some of the damage he's done.
So I say to him, "Mr. Obama, Americans are disgusted with the "blame game" and with all of you. Based on your first 19 months we are terror-stricken thinking of how much additional damage you can do in the next two years. If you knew anything about being President, you would LEAD. Instead you just BLAME and SPEND and then BLAME and SPEND some more, and then BLAME someone else for all of it. November? That's when we shut you down. Good Riddance to you and as many of your DemoBrats that we can get rid of!"
Well, the big question is, who gave the banks all that cash and propped them up? Answer, Bush and Obama. But then, Who bailed out the car companies, housing, Freddie and Fannie, the unions and hundreds of other industries and who has driven our debt to bankruptcy levels? Answer, Obama. And who is going to increase EVERY ONE'S taxes on January 1, 2011? Answer, Obama. The January 1 tax hikes are going to be massive and will hurt every segment of our society. And Obama doesn't care. He has an agenda and the outcome be damned, full speed ahead.
And don't forget the DOUBLE TAX ON ENERGY PRODUCERS that Obama is proposing. You know, we have to "punish" the "rich" energy producing companies. Do you think Obama is smart enough to figure out that all those increased taxes to energy companies will be passed directly on to We The People by increased rates? Surely he knows this because he can't be that ignorant. When you buy gas for your car, heating fuel, electricity, or any of the millions of things that are "petroleum products," you will feel the pinch. Thank you, Mr. Obama. And it's not as if Americans have extra money to spend on increased rates. Millions of Americans don't even have JOBS, much less EXTRA CASH. Thanks again, Mr. Obama and your pals in Congress.
He's been the captain of the ship for 19 months now and he still doesn't understand that our mess is his fault. How can anyone not notice that he is a pathological liar? How can he say his new $50 billion bill will give small businesses incentives to hire, when at the same time, the bill is full of job killing regulations? His $800 billion stimulus bill didn't work, so why would a new stimulus bill work? Is he really that dumb? All I see is more companies leaving, taking millions more jobs with them.
He and the DemoBrats need to be stopped in November. If Conservatives gain the majority in both houses, then Obama will be shut down until 2012 and hopefully they can start to undo some of the damage he's done.
So I say to him, "Mr. Obama, Americans are disgusted with the "blame game" and with all of you. Based on your first 19 months we are terror-stricken thinking of how much additional damage you can do in the next two years. If you knew anything about being President, you would LEAD. Instead you just BLAME and SPEND and then BLAME and SPEND some more, and then BLAME someone else for all of it. November? That's when we shut you down. Good Riddance to you and as many of your DemoBrats that we can get rid of!"
ALL AMERICANS NEED TO REMEMBER THE LAST 19 MONTHS
AND GET TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER.
TAKE BACK AMERICA WITH YOUR VOTE.
IT'S ALL WE HAVE.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Refinance Train Wreck
Just in time for the November elections, Obama has proposed to "refinance" 15 million mortgages that are currently under water. Cost? 800 billion dollars. Also contained within the proposal is a plan to relax qualifying standards for home loans so people who don't qualify suddenly qualify. Isn't that what got us into the current housing mess?
I believe the American public is too smart to fall for this. Nothing is "free." The fun and games must end. Someone has to pay for this, and it won't be the "rich," it will be our kids and grandkids. This is a carrot being dangled in front of you, but it will enslave future generations to outrageous taxes. It's a slow motion train wreck waiting for the crash, and the crash is guaranteed to happen. Don't Fall For This At Election Time! Please!!
I believe the American public is too smart to fall for this. Nothing is "free." The fun and games must end. Someone has to pay for this, and it won't be the "rich," it will be our kids and grandkids. This is a carrot being dangled in front of you, but it will enslave future generations to outrageous taxes. It's a slow motion train wreck waiting for the crash, and the crash is guaranteed to happen. Don't Fall For This At Election Time! Please!!
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