The Pit and the Pendulum
by cusa2May 6th, 2009 at 10:23 AM
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I was watching our anointed president the other night as he was struggling with a malfunctioning teleprompter, and was wondering how this country could have given a guy, who had never even run a lemonade stand, the biggest job in the world. As I was listening to one of his slight-of-hand speeches, (never let a crisis go unexploited), which I might add was reminiscent of a high school debating competition, I wondered whether I should really be concerned for the welfare of this country, or is there a mechanism in place to protect us against a flim flam artist. As great of a speaker as he appears to be, I am amused that he never looks at the the camera. I can never see if there is any sincerity in his eyes. His head swings back and forth like a pendulum, hands folded neatly on the podium as if he is praying that the teleprompter won't break. I know its not politically correct to make fun of a liberal-especially their leader, so if I have offended anyone out there, I'm sorry...but tell your friends. I know, I know, liberals never do anything wrong. They make either "honest mistakes" or they are misunderstood. I get it! I was a teenager once,too. My comments thus far were just for fun. The real problem is BO's judgment, and his far left ideology. His staff and cabinet choices came right out of a police line up. Are there any liberals out there who don't have a tax or ethical problem? Turbo tax Geitner, Daschle, Richardson --- the list is endless. Our homeland guru, Janet Napolitano is a real piece of work. Her gaffs are world class. His foreign policy is a little scary. In Europe, he apologies for America's conduct, bows to the Saudi King, and comes back empty handed. When Sarkosy of France calls him "utterly immature," it makes me hungry for french fries. BO's trip to South America was another landmark accomplishment. Hugo gives him an anti-American book, and Danny boy makes a 55 minute anti-American speech, and our president says nothing. How proud is he must be to be an American! Domestically, he is using the crisis as a means of enlarging government beyond imagination with spending exceeding the combined budgets of all presidents since Washington. You want change! You got it... it's in your pocket. His $11 tax cut for 95% Americans was unique,since only 50% of the population pay fed taxes. It's like being at Magic Castle. The magician gives you a dollar with one hand, while he is lifting your wallet the other. Tax the rich and the poor pays for it. We have the second highest corporate Tax rate in the world (34%) As for me, I'm an optimist. The pendulum is always swinging, and thank God for that. Even with a filibuster proof Congress, I have hope that the country, which is natively conservative, will see the light, and change things next election - if we can make it that long The scariest thing is the main scream media has become so bias that criticism that would make the front page for Bush's smallest gaff never get mentioned at all, regardless of importance, when it's Obama's problem. Maybe that's why the newspapers are going out of business. There is a bright light. Although Obamas poll numbers are still high, the gap for approval of his policies is growing materially I could mention much more like closing Gitmo with no plan. Thanks God even the Dem's got that problem, and pulled the $81 million from the budget. The list of problems is growing like the government running the banks and auto industry. The last noteworthy government accomplishment in history was Mussolini's getting the trains to run on time. We are in a Pit but the Pendulum is still swinging! PS I like his dog. |
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Navy_Rob---If fact they are considering a tax increase for 100% of the population in the form of a Value-Added Tax(VAT)
I haven't read anything good about VAT. The few things that sound good about VAT, like the ability to collect tax through the supply line which would otherwise go unpaid/unreported at the end provider level, are out weighted by the potential for mass carousel fraud, where companies could bail on owned taxes while the products continue through the supply line.
If you know of any articles promoting VAT, specifically in terms of how it would benefit the US and why we need it, I'd like to read. I mean if the US could ensure protection against fraud in big companies, that'd be one thing, but when has the US ever been able to do that under our existing tax structure? Sounds scary at this point without having read more source, sort of like a risk that could bankrupt the US designating China as the next big bailout financier.
Recently ryan29 stated
So far, with the exception of the spending and the waffling on GITMO, I approve of the job he is doing.
After reading his statement I started thinking about it and besides the spending and the waffling what else has he done?
Well it seems that the Obama administration is may be waffling on their promise of a tax cut for 95% of the population. If fact they are considering a tax increase for 100% of the population in the form of a Value-Added Tax(VAT) to help cover the $1,000,000,000,000 plus cost of socializing health care. Now I’m all for the fair tax in the form of a national sales tax but that would repeal the 16th amendment.
Demonstrators called for a suspension of value-added tax on food in Manila last year. Such a tax is attracting real interest among U.S. policymakers. (By Romeo Gacad -- Agence France-presse Via Getty Images)
let me rephrase. I completely agree that nobody gets free pass. What I meant was that since I believe in Obama, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt he knows what he is doing. So far, with the exception of the spending and the waffling on GITMO, I approve of the job he is doing. I do think people forget the past very easily however and are very quick to pass total judgment on the guy whose term started less than 6 months ago and who inherited a shitstorm. By all means, keep it up, I still think most of you on here are brainwashed morons but that's ok.
Well written copy of thoughts about the same thing we all are thinking. Someone said, "Personally I am willing to give this guy a full 4 years before I make any judgments because I thought the last 8 years was the biggest shame in American politics" but they are not right. We have to monitor yearly
events in this case not years etc. We have to monitor and see
the choices now & ahead of time for what will happen. The Bush years were highlighted with stiff opposition and crying liberals everywhere making a good day look badly, etc. There are numerous accounts of liberals ignoring positive points. I
want to wait 4 yrs before I read the historians view. That is
the unbiased viewpoint we need to see before we bash anymore!
your on the right site
Ryan29
Yes! You are a great writer! I gave you 5 stars!
Um you strike me as someone who saw the Bush years as a good thing for our country. if that is so, your on the right site, there are plenty of misguided fucks who feel that way on here. Personally I am willing to give this guy a full 4 years before I make any judgments because I thought the last 8 years was the biggest shame in American politics.
I agree on the collection of unreported income aspect and like the fair tax it would collect taxes from the almost 60% of the population that end up paying no tax at all. However unlike the fair tax the VAT would be in addition to the current federal income tax. Additionally where the fair tax would give a pre-bate equivalent to the poverty level so those under it would not be impacted the VAT doesn’t. Under the VAT companies would be forced to cut back (layoffs, cut back on employee benefits, stop hiring…) to compensate for the additional cost or pass the loss onto the consumers at the cash register. Either way the American people lose. But its all good because they force more people to be dependent on the government and takeover more businesses that start to fail because cost of operating; which in turn will require more taxes to be raised.
I really don’t think a VAT would benefit anyone. If you google it you will see how its hurting Europe. We are almost bankrupt now with the out of control spending the Obama administration and his rubber stamp congress are doing. The experts are predicting that the national debt will be at 82% of the country’s GDP in less then 10 years. The free market should be allowed to function if a door closes a new one will open up.
Here is a link to how high some VATs are world wide