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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
That Ain't My America
Legalized Plunder
Controlled Economy
Massive Regulation
Tax Code Used as a Weapon
Activist Courts
Hatred Toward Our Military
Lobbyists Bribing Corrupt Politicians
Unions Bullying Workers
Racism in the form of Affirmative Action
Anti-Christianity Policies From Government
Controlled Liberal Curriculum in Schools
Eco-Freakos Running Business Policy
Those Stupid Twirly Light Bulbs
Politically Correct Speech
Fairness in Broadcasting Doctrine
Government Doles
Ignoring Illegal Alien Problems
Communists in Positions of Power in Government
Unelected Unaccountable Officials Making Policy and Enforcement Decisions
Enormous Bureaucracy
Attacks on Vouchers and Homeschooling
Giving Sovereignty to the UN
Treaties Curtailing the Freedom of Americans
Taxing and Controlling and taking Private Property
This Ain't My America.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
How To Destroy Socialism One Program At A Time
By now most conservatives have admitted that America is socialist/fascist already. Many liberals understand this as well, only they don't like those dirty words. They feel that "progressive" is a better word, less fraught with all those negative connotations. Anyway it amounts to the same thing. Big government, little freedom.
To return to freedom we have to wean ourselves and our neighbors off the government dole. It is those being ostensibly supported by government who keep the whole thing going so we have to remove that narcotic from our government system in order to become the republic we ought to be.
The first thing to do is to pick a program, let say social security. Social security is a good place to start because we've already been convinced that it won't last long anyway, that it's going bankrupt, and that it's an immoral program whereby the parents steal from their children. It also costs us more than any other program. and I'd more than happy to get rid of my government id number. It's only in socialist and communist nations that citizens are issued "papers" and id numbers. How did we allow them to do it in America?
To get rid of it once and for all, we first need to stop hiring politicians and start hiring statesmen. We need people who will vote for and enforce term limits, and who believe in the fundamental principles of the Constitution. Every single congressman and senator needs to be fired.
Next, pick a date a few years in the future on which the last social security deduction will be taken from paychecks and the last social security check is mailed out.
But there are real people who depend on those checks to eat, to pay for housing, transportation, and so on. There are also real people who have been counting on social security as a part of their retirement funding. Obviously we can't just leave them out in the cold. Here's where real American charity takes over. During those years until the cut off date we need to work as individuals, churches, and charitable foundations to take care of those who need it locally. Instead of going to the government, we need to go to each other and to voluntary rather than stolen funds.
The same pattern can be used to get rid of every other improper social program from medicare to education. It's not enough to halt the socialist agenda, we have to reverse it.
To return to freedom we have to wean ourselves and our neighbors off the government dole. It is those being ostensibly supported by government who keep the whole thing going so we have to remove that narcotic from our government system in order to become the republic we ought to be.
The first thing to do is to pick a program, let say social security. Social security is a good place to start because we've already been convinced that it won't last long anyway, that it's going bankrupt, and that it's an immoral program whereby the parents steal from their children. It also costs us more than any other program. and I'd more than happy to get rid of my government id number. It's only in socialist and communist nations that citizens are issued "papers" and id numbers. How did we allow them to do it in America?
To get rid of it once and for all, we first need to stop hiring politicians and start hiring statesmen. We need people who will vote for and enforce term limits, and who believe in the fundamental principles of the Constitution. Every single congressman and senator needs to be fired.
Next, pick a date a few years in the future on which the last social security deduction will be taken from paychecks and the last social security check is mailed out.
But there are real people who depend on those checks to eat, to pay for housing, transportation, and so on. There are also real people who have been counting on social security as a part of their retirement funding. Obviously we can't just leave them out in the cold. Here's where real American charity takes over. During those years until the cut off date we need to work as individuals, churches, and charitable foundations to take care of those who need it locally. Instead of going to the government, we need to go to each other and to voluntary rather than stolen funds.
The same pattern can be used to get rid of every other improper social program from medicare to education. It's not enough to halt the socialist agenda, we have to reverse it.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Health Care
Here's a brilliant blog post on the market taking care of health insurance. The comments are worth reading as well.
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/11/affordable-private-insurance-is.html
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/11/affordable-private-insurance-is.html
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Boycott Government Health Care
The unreasonably hugely expensively insane health care bill passed the house so now what? It doesn't look like there's any hope that the senate will shoot it down and we all know what President Obama will do when it hits his desk. Is it all over? Maybe, but let's hope not. The sheer will power of Americans fighting for a correct cause has won before now in the face of enormous odds. Think women's votes, and the civil rights movement. How were those evil government practices changed? By pickets and boycotts, speeches and angry crowds.
We have three possible futures ahead of us in America. We will drive our nation to the edge of economic collapse, wild inflation, subsequent rioting and civil unrest resulting in the restructuring of American government from the ground up, probably ultimately leading us to overt socialism or communism. Or we will avoid the interim horror of anarchy and remain barely solvent, but America's wealth will be destroyed by the incremental advances to socialism that we are now undergoing with increasing speed. Or we will reverse the process of statism in our government and restore the freedom that made us great in the first place.
There are many people who will benefit from either scenario one or two, but it's not you and me. The ones standing to gain are seated in positions of power in government. Wealthy individuals, charities, unions, and businesses are desperately currying favor with government in a bid to be part of the privileged class of the future. It won't work, but they are determined to their best. WalMart and the AMA backing the health care bill being the most recent examples of this currying favor in spite of actual real hurts to the interests of these two organizations.
When the health care bill passes the final hurdles and is passed into law we don't need to lie down and accept it. We need to keep protesting and demonstrating. We need to boycott. No doctor, no hospital, no individual should submit to participating in the government plan. We can use our private insurance and pay out of pocket. We need to create market solutions and true private charitable solutions to health care problems. We need to demonstrate conclusively that government has been the creator of the problems in the first place.
Boycotts were one of the main tools to force England to repeal unfair taxes levied on the colonies. Boycotts work against any government practicing tyranny. If and when the health care bill passes we need to enforce a boycott similar to the ones against England and the ones against Montgomery busses. A nationwide boycott of the government health plans would force the change we really want. Many people will not be at all inclined to participate in a boycott, they will only think they're getting a free hand out. That's why we must get the doctors and hospitals on board with the boycott and not just individuals. Social pressure can do the rest.
We have three possible futures ahead of us in America. We will drive our nation to the edge of economic collapse, wild inflation, subsequent rioting and civil unrest resulting in the restructuring of American government from the ground up, probably ultimately leading us to overt socialism or communism. Or we will avoid the interim horror of anarchy and remain barely solvent, but America's wealth will be destroyed by the incremental advances to socialism that we are now undergoing with increasing speed. Or we will reverse the process of statism in our government and restore the freedom that made us great in the first place.
There are many people who will benefit from either scenario one or two, but it's not you and me. The ones standing to gain are seated in positions of power in government. Wealthy individuals, charities, unions, and businesses are desperately currying favor with government in a bid to be part of the privileged class of the future. It won't work, but they are determined to their best. WalMart and the AMA backing the health care bill being the most recent examples of this currying favor in spite of actual real hurts to the interests of these two organizations.
When the health care bill passes the final hurdles and is passed into law we don't need to lie down and accept it. We need to keep protesting and demonstrating. We need to boycott. No doctor, no hospital, no individual should submit to participating in the government plan. We can use our private insurance and pay out of pocket. We need to create market solutions and true private charitable solutions to health care problems. We need to demonstrate conclusively that government has been the creator of the problems in the first place.
Boycotts were one of the main tools to force England to repeal unfair taxes levied on the colonies. Boycotts work against any government practicing tyranny. If and when the health care bill passes we need to enforce a boycott similar to the ones against England and the ones against Montgomery busses. A nationwide boycott of the government health plans would force the change we really want. Many people will not be at all inclined to participate in a boycott, they will only think they're getting a free hand out. That's why we must get the doctors and hospitals on board with the boycott and not just individuals. Social pressure can do the rest.
Friday, November 6, 2009
America's Financial Situation
Nearly everybody has been analyzing the causes and solutions behind America's financial afflictions. Some say it was the fault of the Bush administration. Some say it was failing Capitalism. Some say it was greedy bankers and corporate executives. Some say it was greedy and foolish consumers. Some say it was a combination of some or all of these factors.
Here's what I think. First of all, America's financial and consumer worlds had been going like the speed of light since the 80's. The 90's were crazy good financially, the early 2000's were still riding high on the 90's and right up until summer of 2008, we were all smiling. What happened in the 80's to set this off? Reagan. Now, I've said before that governments do not and cannot create either wealth or jobs. Reagan didn't do either. What he did do was get out of the way as much as possible. Taxes were lowered and regulations eased. That created an environment where companies like Dell, Microsoft, and Apple could really take off. Innovation was happening in every sector from automobiles to microchips to fad diet plans. People were creating, hiring, and building. Wealth in America exploded and that wealth spilled over into the rest of the world. An interesting note on economies is that while there are some immediate effects possible from government intervention in the system, for either good or ill, most of the effects are delayed. It takes time to bring a product to market, to build factories, to build a brand and so on. The market does not respond immediately and the effects of either good policy or bad can be felt for years or even decades after a president has left office.
So what happened to destroy all that capital that Reagan built? It happened for several reasons. George Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush all raised taxes. That always has the effect of depressing the market over time. None of the tax hikes were particularly catastrophic though so the effects were gradual and delayed.
Secondly, regular people were making far more money at a younger age than their parents had been and they spent like at any moment the dollar would crash (oh, wait . . . ). Never having seen hard times financially, they assumed that the future would always look like the present and spent tomorrow's money as fast as today's. America became a nation of enslaved, financial thrill seekers. They bought houses, cars, and stocks they could not afford. They ran up the credit cards for lattes and expensive designer jeans. Stupid.
Thirdly, and most dangerously, on G.W. Bush's watch the government began to pressure banks to lend to financially unstable individuals and companies. If the banks resisted making unsecured loans to low-income people they were labeled racist. The federal government threatened to take over or shut down these banks and lending institutions. The worst were the pseudo-government run Freddie Mac and Fannie May. The pressure on banks was enormous. So they lent to people who had no collateral, terrible credit scores, and no jobs.
The banks weren't blameless though. Many banks in turn pressured their customers to take on larger loans than the consumer could afford. My husband and I bought our first home in 2005 and experienced the pressure and dishonest business practices pursued by some loan officers. We however are not and have never been stupid and bought a home we could actually afford. Many, many people did not. Why would banks pressure people to take on unreasonable amounts of debt? Because of the practice of banks to immediately sell all loans they make. Your local town branch where you made the loan, no longer holds it, they immediately sell it to AIG or GMAC or one of the other major financial institutions; no risk to the local bank, risky, but spread out and watered down in a huge company.
Enter the election of 2008. As always the economy was a major issue and Barack Obama's main goal was to prove that Republicans had messed up the economy and look how horrible it is. Look at the unemployment and see, 300 people got laid off at a factory in Michigan. And China is going to take over the economic world because American companies can't compete because of the Republican policies and on and on in this "sky is falling" line. An interesting feature of economies is that they are made up of millions of individuals making millions of financial decisions every day. Those individual behaviors create the economy as a whole. And when Barack Obama, riding on a high wave of popularity said the economy was terrible, even though it was actually doing great still at that point, the economy began to tank rapidly, because people suddenly behaved as though it was terrible. The stock market took a dive. People stopped buying houses and cars and designer jeans. The economy probably would have tanked anyway by this point, but Obama pushed it at just the right time for his election time table.
So Bush, trying to pull one out for the Republicans, reacted in the worst possible way. He began to bail out financial companies with his big fat TARP. He had to do something, and taking from the poor tax payers to give to the rich seemed like the right thing to do. The economy tanked, just like Obama had been planning on and Bush had overreacted, also as planned.
Of course we all know the economy kept right on tanking. Obama was elected and in due course sworn in as President. His first act was to perpetuate the financial rape of American tax payers by expanding TARP and slamming through the trillions in stimulus money, making sure America as a nation could never, never recover financially. The stimulus was supposed to fast track American recovery. We were supposed to see jobs coming back and the housing market pick up, but none of that has happened, even though Obama and his team are trying their best to use the sleight of hand they used during the election to make us believe it's getting better. The problem is that while during the election the economy was poised to bottom out, it is not now poised to recover. Psychology can only do so much.
No amount of government interference or spending can ever create one job in the productive sector, no amount of government interference can increase the net worth of America. Only private innovation and entrepreneurialism can do that, the Free Market Capitalist System. Controlled economies have never worked. They can't work, because of all those millions of individuals making millions of decisions every day. And because of the fundamental human characteristic of working for rewards. No one is altruistic enough to spend a life time working for someone else's financial well being.
At this point a wise statesman would lower taxes and deregulate industry. The statesman would allow off shore drilling, new oil fields in Alaska, nuclear power plants, and so on. The statesman would reduce the heavy government bureaucracy and schedule further reduction for the future. Instead our government is currently trying to radically expand government and drastically increase taxes through the cap and trade and health care bills. They are placing further restrictions and "efficiency goals" on the failing auto industry. They are increasing American dependence on foreign oil and foreign economies. They are increasing regulation on pharmaceutical companies as well. Plus they are making us all buy those stupid, expensive, toxic twirly light bulbs.
It is manifestly impossible that anyone as smart as Barack Obama and his team could believe this will actually help America to recover financially. That is not their intention. They do not care for a healthy, secure, and independent populace. They seek power. I fully believe that is what the Republican Party seeks as well. They are both taking us to the same place, only at different paces. It is conceivable that they are not nearly so opposed to one another as they appear. When a true lover of the constitution, freedom and free markets pokes up they join in attacking this person.
Americans as a people need to become literate financially and socially. We need to understand the U.S. Constitution and our republican form of government. We need to govern ourselves morally and financially, so no one else will have an excuse to govern us externally. We need to understand why it is we believe what we do and then accept no compromises from our politically elected officials. How can you compromise the future or freedom or your convictions? When freedom prevails, no one has to compromise their convictions. The only sacrifice is made by those who wish to exercise control and power over their fellow citizens. I can live with that.
Here's what I think. First of all, America's financial and consumer worlds had been going like the speed of light since the 80's. The 90's were crazy good financially, the early 2000's were still riding high on the 90's and right up until summer of 2008, we were all smiling. What happened in the 80's to set this off? Reagan. Now, I've said before that governments do not and cannot create either wealth or jobs. Reagan didn't do either. What he did do was get out of the way as much as possible. Taxes were lowered and regulations eased. That created an environment where companies like Dell, Microsoft, and Apple could really take off. Innovation was happening in every sector from automobiles to microchips to fad diet plans. People were creating, hiring, and building. Wealth in America exploded and that wealth spilled over into the rest of the world. An interesting note on economies is that while there are some immediate effects possible from government intervention in the system, for either good or ill, most of the effects are delayed. It takes time to bring a product to market, to build factories, to build a brand and so on. The market does not respond immediately and the effects of either good policy or bad can be felt for years or even decades after a president has left office.
So what happened to destroy all that capital that Reagan built? It happened for several reasons. George Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush all raised taxes. That always has the effect of depressing the market over time. None of the tax hikes were particularly catastrophic though so the effects were gradual and delayed.
Secondly, regular people were making far more money at a younger age than their parents had been and they spent like at any moment the dollar would crash (oh, wait . . . ). Never having seen hard times financially, they assumed that the future would always look like the present and spent tomorrow's money as fast as today's. America became a nation of enslaved, financial thrill seekers. They bought houses, cars, and stocks they could not afford. They ran up the credit cards for lattes and expensive designer jeans. Stupid.
Thirdly, and most dangerously, on G.W. Bush's watch the government began to pressure banks to lend to financially unstable individuals and companies. If the banks resisted making unsecured loans to low-income people they were labeled racist. The federal government threatened to take over or shut down these banks and lending institutions. The worst were the pseudo-government run Freddie Mac and Fannie May. The pressure on banks was enormous. So they lent to people who had no collateral, terrible credit scores, and no jobs.
The banks weren't blameless though. Many banks in turn pressured their customers to take on larger loans than the consumer could afford. My husband and I bought our first home in 2005 and experienced the pressure and dishonest business practices pursued by some loan officers. We however are not and have never been stupid and bought a home we could actually afford. Many, many people did not. Why would banks pressure people to take on unreasonable amounts of debt? Because of the practice of banks to immediately sell all loans they make. Your local town branch where you made the loan, no longer holds it, they immediately sell it to AIG or GMAC or one of the other major financial institutions; no risk to the local bank, risky, but spread out and watered down in a huge company.
Enter the election of 2008. As always the economy was a major issue and Barack Obama's main goal was to prove that Republicans had messed up the economy and look how horrible it is. Look at the unemployment and see, 300 people got laid off at a factory in Michigan. And China is going to take over the economic world because American companies can't compete because of the Republican policies and on and on in this "sky is falling" line. An interesting feature of economies is that they are made up of millions of individuals making millions of financial decisions every day. Those individual behaviors create the economy as a whole. And when Barack Obama, riding on a high wave of popularity said the economy was terrible, even though it was actually doing great still at that point, the economy began to tank rapidly, because people suddenly behaved as though it was terrible. The stock market took a dive. People stopped buying houses and cars and designer jeans. The economy probably would have tanked anyway by this point, but Obama pushed it at just the right time for his election time table.
So Bush, trying to pull one out for the Republicans, reacted in the worst possible way. He began to bail out financial companies with his big fat TARP. He had to do something, and taking from the poor tax payers to give to the rich seemed like the right thing to do. The economy tanked, just like Obama had been planning on and Bush had overreacted, also as planned.
Of course we all know the economy kept right on tanking. Obama was elected and in due course sworn in as President. His first act was to perpetuate the financial rape of American tax payers by expanding TARP and slamming through the trillions in stimulus money, making sure America as a nation could never, never recover financially. The stimulus was supposed to fast track American recovery. We were supposed to see jobs coming back and the housing market pick up, but none of that has happened, even though Obama and his team are trying their best to use the sleight of hand they used during the election to make us believe it's getting better. The problem is that while during the election the economy was poised to bottom out, it is not now poised to recover. Psychology can only do so much.
No amount of government interference or spending can ever create one job in the productive sector, no amount of government interference can increase the net worth of America. Only private innovation and entrepreneurialism can do that, the Free Market Capitalist System. Controlled economies have never worked. They can't work, because of all those millions of individuals making millions of decisions every day. And because of the fundamental human characteristic of working for rewards. No one is altruistic enough to spend a life time working for someone else's financial well being.
At this point a wise statesman would lower taxes and deregulate industry. The statesman would allow off shore drilling, new oil fields in Alaska, nuclear power plants, and so on. The statesman would reduce the heavy government bureaucracy and schedule further reduction for the future. Instead our government is currently trying to radically expand government and drastically increase taxes through the cap and trade and health care bills. They are placing further restrictions and "efficiency goals" on the failing auto industry. They are increasing American dependence on foreign oil and foreign economies. They are increasing regulation on pharmaceutical companies as well. Plus they are making us all buy those stupid, expensive, toxic twirly light bulbs.
It is manifestly impossible that anyone as smart as Barack Obama and his team could believe this will actually help America to recover financially. That is not their intention. They do not care for a healthy, secure, and independent populace. They seek power. I fully believe that is what the Republican Party seeks as well. They are both taking us to the same place, only at different paces. It is conceivable that they are not nearly so opposed to one another as they appear. When a true lover of the constitution, freedom and free markets pokes up they join in attacking this person.
Americans as a people need to become literate financially and socially. We need to understand the U.S. Constitution and our republican form of government. We need to govern ourselves morally and financially, so no one else will have an excuse to govern us externally. We need to understand why it is we believe what we do and then accept no compromises from our politically elected officials. How can you compromise the future or freedom or your convictions? When freedom prevails, no one has to compromise their convictions. The only sacrifice is made by those who wish to exercise control and power over their fellow citizens. I can live with that.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Cap and Trade Again
Here it is haunting us again, right when we're paying so much attention to Health CAre, as we should be.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, who we all know and love, is pushing a commitee vote on the cap and trade bill in the senate. Of course it's not been publicly viewed or debated or even seen by these senators. But what the hey, that's the order of business in Washington.
Here's the list of senators on the voting commitees. If you have one on this list, shoot them an e-mail or give them a call right away. Tell them to never let this one out of committee.
Senate Majority Committee Members
Barbara Boxer (Chairman)
Max Baucus
Thomas R. Carper
Frank R. Lautenberg
Benjamin L. Cardin
Bernard Sanders
Amy Klobuchar
Sheldon Whitehouse
Tom Udall
Jeff Merkley
Kirsten Gillibrand
Arlen Specter
Senate Minority Committee Members
James M. Inhofe
George V. Voinovich
David Vitter
John Barrasso
Mike Crapo
Christopher S. Bond
Lamar Alexander
Sen. Barbara Boxer, who we all know and love, is pushing a commitee vote on the cap and trade bill in the senate. Of course it's not been publicly viewed or debated or even seen by these senators. But what the hey, that's the order of business in Washington.
Here's the list of senators on the voting commitees. If you have one on this list, shoot them an e-mail or give them a call right away. Tell them to never let this one out of committee.
Senate Majority Committee Members
Barbara Boxer (Chairman)
Max Baucus
Thomas R. Carper
Frank R. Lautenberg
Benjamin L. Cardin
Bernard Sanders
Amy Klobuchar
Sheldon Whitehouse
Tom Udall
Jeff Merkley
Kirsten Gillibrand
Arlen Specter
Senate Minority Committee Members
James M. Inhofe
George V. Voinovich
David Vitter
John Barrasso
Mike Crapo
Christopher S. Bond
Lamar Alexander
Monday, November 2, 2009
Health Care Bill Vote on Friday
On Friday the congress votes whether to take the final step that will remove the last vestiges of American freedom or if we will have another opportunity to regain that freedom through peaceful means. Drastic?
Here's how it is. If this health care bill passes with all its attendant clauses and caveats there will be no need for further measures to take control of every aspect of your life. Think I'm overreacting? There has never been a time or a place in history when evil men and women did not seek for power and control over others. There has never been a time when people did not try to use the force of government to take from others. There have been a few, very few shinning moments in human history where liberty was actually achieved by the people, America's own revolution the most outstanding and triumphant example of this.
Look across the Atlantic at France's Revolution(s) and we can see how a people can fail time and time again to achieve the freedom they professed to want because the people could not govern themselves and their leaders became the very tyrants they at first had opposed.
The health care bill would allow our congress, made up of weak and power hungry individuals to tax and regulate every aspect of your life that might interfere with the collective good. Want a cheeseburger? Fine, pay a tax. If you harm your own body we all have to pay for it so now we can decide what you eat. The extra clauses thrown in will also decide if you are worth paying to keep alive. They will decide if you are even allowed to be born in the first place. They will decide how your baby will be born and where and which doctor. They will decide which treatments and screenings you deserve. And it goes even further than things directly relating your health (as if that's not far enough).
Even if you implicitly trust this particular congress and president to restrain themselves (and that would indeed be an extraordinary amount of trust given their recent behavior) what is to stop the next wave of elected officials or those twenty years down the line from usurping more and more of the little decisions you make every day or the big ones, like whether you live or die or are allowed to reproduce.
I believe that this is literally the last chance we have to save our republic through peaceful means. Once they take the power over our very lives we will have only two choices, to submit under the yoke of oppression and slavery and go miserably down in history as another failed attempt at freedom, or to take up arms and fight, literally. None of us wants either of those options.
Michele Bachman is calling for citizens to converge on the Capitol Building at noon on Thursday, the 5th of November to tell our "representatives" to vote no on the Health Care Bill. She wants as many people as possible lining up outside the doors of the congress members offices to tell them face to face that we do not approve. I second the motion. Everyone who can should be there. This is the single most important event for America of the last hundred years. I realize a couple of World Wars are encompassed in that time period. If you can't be there then e-mail or call. Even if they don't listen, as most of them won't, at the very least you can tell your kids and grandkids that you stood up.
Here's how it is. If this health care bill passes with all its attendant clauses and caveats there will be no need for further measures to take control of every aspect of your life. Think I'm overreacting? There has never been a time or a place in history when evil men and women did not seek for power and control over others. There has never been a time when people did not try to use the force of government to take from others. There have been a few, very few shinning moments in human history where liberty was actually achieved by the people, America's own revolution the most outstanding and triumphant example of this.
Look across the Atlantic at France's Revolution(s) and we can see how a people can fail time and time again to achieve the freedom they professed to want because the people could not govern themselves and their leaders became the very tyrants they at first had opposed.
The health care bill would allow our congress, made up of weak and power hungry individuals to tax and regulate every aspect of your life that might interfere with the collective good. Want a cheeseburger? Fine, pay a tax. If you harm your own body we all have to pay for it so now we can decide what you eat. The extra clauses thrown in will also decide if you are worth paying to keep alive. They will decide if you are even allowed to be born in the first place. They will decide how your baby will be born and where and which doctor. They will decide which treatments and screenings you deserve. And it goes even further than things directly relating your health (as if that's not far enough).
Even if you implicitly trust this particular congress and president to restrain themselves (and that would indeed be an extraordinary amount of trust given their recent behavior) what is to stop the next wave of elected officials or those twenty years down the line from usurping more and more of the little decisions you make every day or the big ones, like whether you live or die or are allowed to reproduce.
I believe that this is literally the last chance we have to save our republic through peaceful means. Once they take the power over our very lives we will have only two choices, to submit under the yoke of oppression and slavery and go miserably down in history as another failed attempt at freedom, or to take up arms and fight, literally. None of us wants either of those options.
Michele Bachman is calling for citizens to converge on the Capitol Building at noon on Thursday, the 5th of November to tell our "representatives" to vote no on the Health Care Bill. She wants as many people as possible lining up outside the doors of the congress members offices to tell them face to face that we do not approve. I second the motion. Everyone who can should be there. This is the single most important event for America of the last hundred years. I realize a couple of World Wars are encompassed in that time period. If you can't be there then e-mail or call. Even if they don't listen, as most of them won't, at the very least you can tell your kids and grandkids that you stood up.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Illegal Aliens
I got this in an e-mail today. Our financial situation is almost exactly like Joe Legals, while through his work my husband comes across dozens of Jose illegals. It's exactly a true scenario.
You have two families: "Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families
have two parents, two children, and live in California .
Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes
$25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.
Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number,
and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Ready? Now pay attention...
Joe Legal: $25.00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week, or $52,000.00
per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax; Joe Legal now has
$31,231.00.
Jose Illegal: $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week, or
$31,200.00 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has
$31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays medical and dental insurance with limited coverage for
his family at $600.00 per month, or $7,200.00 per year. Joe Legal now
has $24,031.00.
Jose Illegal has full medical and dental coverage through the state and
local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has
$31,200.00.
Joe Legal makes too much money and is not eligible for food stamps or
welfare. Joe Legal pays $500.00 per month for food, or $6,000.00 per
year.. Joe Legal now has $18,031.00.
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for food stamps
and welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays rent of $1,200.00 per month, or $14,400.00 per year. Joe
Legal now has $9,631.00.
Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month federal rent subsidy. Jose
Illegal pays out that $500.00 per month, or $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal
still has $ 31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays $200.00 per month, or $2,400.00 for insurance. Joe Legal
now has $7,231.00.
Jose Illegal says, "We don't need no stinkin' insurance!" and still has
$31,200.00.
Joe Legal has to make his $7,231.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, etc.
Jose Illegal has to make his $31,200.00 stretch to pay utilities,
gasoline, and what he sends out of the country every month.
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after
work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school. Joe
Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get
a government sponsored lunch. Jose Illegal's children have an after
school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services,
but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Do you get it, now?
If you vote for or support any politician that supports illegal aliens...
You are part of the problem!
It's way PAST time to take a stand for America and Americans!
You have two families: "Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families
have two parents, two children, and live in California .
Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes
$25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.
Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number,
and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Ready? Now pay attention...
Joe Legal: $25.00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week, or $52,000.00
per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax; Joe Legal now has
$31,231.00.
Jose Illegal: $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week, or
$31,200.00 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has
$31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays medical and dental insurance with limited coverage for
his family at $600.00 per month, or $7,200.00 per year. Joe Legal now
has $24,031.00.
Jose Illegal has full medical and dental coverage through the state and
local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has
$31,200.00.
Joe Legal makes too much money and is not eligible for food stamps or
welfare. Joe Legal pays $500.00 per month for food, or $6,000.00 per
year.. Joe Legal now has $18,031.00.
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for food stamps
and welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays rent of $1,200.00 per month, or $14,400.00 per year. Joe
Legal now has $9,631.00.
Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month federal rent subsidy. Jose
Illegal pays out that $500.00 per month, or $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal
still has $ 31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays $200.00 per month, or $2,400.00 for insurance. Joe Legal
now has $7,231.00.
Jose Illegal says, "We don't need no stinkin' insurance!" and still has
$31,200.00.
Joe Legal has to make his $7,231.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, etc.
Jose Illegal has to make his $31,200.00 stretch to pay utilities,
gasoline, and what he sends out of the country every month.
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after
work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school. Joe
Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get
a government sponsored lunch. Jose Illegal's children have an after
school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services,
but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Do you get it, now?
If you vote for or support any politician that supports illegal aliens...
You are part of the problem!
It's way PAST time to take a stand for America and Americans!
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