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Posted in Reform, Revolutionary Reform, Taxes on Dec 21st, 2011
..So says 3 of 5 Americans, according to a Pew Report released yesterday. This is why Herman Cain was on to something and Romney is not. President Obama is the defender of the status quo that the people want to trash. The number of Americans who feel they pay more than their fair share in [...]
Posted in Taxes on Sep 22nd, 2011
“It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now … Cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can [...]
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Sometimes you really don’t want what you asked for. All year people on the Hill asked for Presidential leadership on the deficit. Now just before the Super Committee meets on one of the most important tasks facing the nation, President Obama spread Kerosene and lit the match. It seems like the Miranda Lambert approach to [...]
Posted in Deficit, Obama, Tea Parties on Aug 12th, 2011
Obama refuses or is incapable of leading and instead has decided to play the, “blame game.” After wearing out his welcome with the American people by blaming Bush for all his woes, he has chosen a new target, the Tea Party. Obama’s lack of any presidential quality in handling the debt crisis shows just what [...]
Posted in Taxes on Aug 4th, 2011
Are we now living in a nation where every need, of every person, has become a right ? And if so, does this mean that the government must supply every need to every person? How many of you were aware that the federal government has a program in place that actually collects taxes [...]
Posted in Fair Tax, Guest Posts, Taxes on Jul 22nd, 2011
There are many benefits to replacing the current tax system with the Fair Tax (HR 25). One Benefit of the Fair Tax is that it would simplify the current tax code. The tax system that we have now is about 70,000 pages long and is so complex that even some politicians, who write the tax [...]
Tax revenues are their lowest a percentage of GDP in 61 years, but President Obama said tax rates are their lowest since 1950 in yesterday’s twitter hall. That is a distinction worth mentioning because policy is being based upon it. The fact is that under Reagan and Bush 41, rates were lower and we collected [...]
Posted in Delaware GOP, Economics, Taxes on Apr 13th, 2011
Last night my Talk Show had some serious tension. For those of you who were unable to listen, the audio has been put up here. I will be making a YouTube video of the highlights, I just haven’t gotten there yet. So, Sussex County Council Member Vance Phillips has issues with the budget requests of [...]
Posted in Taxes on Mar 26th, 2011
If you have close to 1000 tax experts and lobbyists, the tax code works pretty well for you. I have no issue with GE finding ways to avoid unnecessary taxes, but can we get rid of the fiction that the tax code we have doesn’t punish the working guy while the big companies park money [...]
Polling shows that that the Fair Tax effort is gaining substantial momentum. More people would rather have a good National Sales Tax than the current system. The people are ahead of the political class as usual. The same was true with civil rights. Polls showed the people were ahead of the politicians. That is why [...]
Posted in Jack Markell, Taxes on Mar 15th, 2011
Recently Governor Markell penned this op ed in the Washington Post. He rightfully pointed out that lower taxes are not the only factor in growth, but did he short change their impact as one factor? How many of those business leaders would want to come to a high tax haven? One only has to look [...]
Posted in Taxes, Your Money at Work on Feb 23rd, 2011
I want to see this 1.1 million dollar food concession area. I can’t wait to get a hot dog and hot chocolate at Smyrna High next year. I am just glad they didn’t waste money on stupid stuff like bigger computer labs and libraries or letting a dreaded charter school get any money for educational [...]
Posted in Deficit, Michele Bachmann, Tea Parties on Jan 26th, 2011
Posted in Taxes on Dec 27th, 2010
The Census revealed an interesting fact. People like lower taxes. Read this article. The census has been with us for more than 2,000 years, and is so important that the founding fathers wrote it into the U.S. Constitution as one of the duties of the federal government. While the process has changed from the time [...]
Posted in Jobs, National Dems, Taxes, economy on Dec 10th, 2010
House Democrats are fighting the Deal between the administration and Republicans which shows it must be a good deal. The CBO predicts 7 FIGURE job loss if Democrats get their way and even Larry Summers says there is “a material risk the economy stalls”. Democrats are determined to get us back to 10% U-3 unemployment. [...]
Democratic opposition to the compromise tax and spending plan with Republicans illustrates that his greatest obstacle has been Democrats. Once again the greatest obstacle to common sense and collegiality comes from the left. President Obama actually had a little stimulus in his stimulus bill, but Nancy Pelosi stripped most of it for more spending programs. The President [...]
Posted in Guest Opinion, Taxes on Dec 5th, 2010
By Rick Manning Republished with permission ALG News Bureau Nancy Pelosi is taking one last upper cut to our nation’s job creators before she goes back to being the leader of a ragtag group of inconsequential leftists in January 2011. Pelosi clearly is not content with having the jobless rate rise during her four year tenure [...]
Posted in Jobs, Press Releases, Taxes on Dec 5th, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC, 12/02/10 - The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Executive Vice President Jay Timmons issued the following statement today on the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 (HR 4853): “Manufacturers oppose the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 because it would result in a tax increase for many manufacturers. The tax relief enacted in [...]
Posted in Taxes on Nov 30th, 2010
Today, the Sussex County Council passed a resolution expressing the sense of the council that the proposed 25 cent gas hike should be abandoned. Are you listening Federal delegation? The people don’t need this tax. Update: News Brief Sussex County urges Congress to reconsider fuel tax bill
Posted in It's our money, Tea Parties, Waste, Welfare State on Nov 29th, 2010
1 million dollars to create 1 job in America and however many wherever the Blackberry phones are made.
Update: Sussex Council is off until November 30. A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL’S CONCERN THAT A PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL FUEL TAX WOULD BE HARMFUL TO THE CITIZENS OF SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE, AND THE COUNTY’S OVERALL ECONOMIC HEALTH WHEREAS, there is a proposal to increase by 25 cents the federal fuel tax, [...]
Posted in Taxes, Tom Carper on Nov 10th, 2010
The Federal Transportation Trust fund will fall 34 Billion dollars short in order to maintain the new level of spending for infrastructure. That is a gas tax hike of around 4 cents a gallon. That sounds reasonable to me to upgrade our aging highways, bridges, etc. So Senator Carper proposes… a 25 cent a gallon [...]
Posted in Election 2010, Tea Parties on Nov 4th, 2010
I think we can assume that Nancy Pelosi and the San Fransico progressives are the poster children for out of touch. Instead of reaching out, she insulted concerned citizens. This is why Nancy Pelosi had an 8% approval rating among Independents. The GOP added minorities to its party. Retired Col. West won his race and State Rep. [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Delaware GOP, Election 2010, Jobs, Right to Bear Arms, Taxes on Oct 5th, 2010
By Don Ayotte A tough man for tough times. He believes that we need a change, and not the kind of change that the Obama Administration has given us, and not the change that comes out of your pocket. Van Houten is the conservative Republican Candidate for the 15th District Representative Seat, running against incumbent [...]
Posted in Deficit, Election 2010, Energy, Healthcare, Jobs, Oil, Revolutionary Reform, Spending, Taxes, Tea Parties, economy on Oct 4th, 2010
We, the citizens of the United States of America, call upon those seeking to represent us in public office to sign the Contract from America and by doing so commit to support each of its agenda items and advocate on behalf of individual liberty, limited government, and economic freedom. Protect the Constitution Reject Cap & [...]
Posted in Employment, Jobs, Taxes, economy on Sep 28th, 2010
THE EFFECTS OF THE OBAMA TAX PLAN Delaware President Obama’s tax plan would allow portions of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts to expire, resulting in steep tax hikes beginning in January 2011 for small businesses and those earning $250,000 or more. The tax hikes would significantly affect the economy in Delaware, most notably in [...]
Democrats are debating letting the Bush tax cuts expire. This is in spite of millions of jobs being created despite a huge natural disaster, two wars, and the attack on the financial system of 9/11. If deficits are the issue, why not let the Bush spending increases expire? Spending increased 55% under President Bush.
Posted in Tea Parties on Sep 13th, 2010
Posted in Carney, Chris Coons, National Dems, Taxes, unemployment on Jul 22nd, 2010
Democrats pushed through the latest gambit to extend unemployment benefits. I have no objections to the extension, but I do object to a 34 billion dollar bill costing around 83.4 billion and 50 billion in new taxes. Democrats use the unemployed like a human shield to push through spending and pork that would not make it [...]
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