Now we will have the honor of being required to charge a minimum amount (determined by the store/merchant) of at least $10 before being allowed to use your credit card to purchase anything.
Who to thank for this? Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL).
Know what this means, don’t you? The government, in all its glorified stupidity, is now passing on to us the ability to spend more than we intend.
So much for watching out for the people, eh, Democrats?
Remember November, folks. It’s time to make History.
Posted in Constitution, Corruption, Deficit, Economy, Ethics, Taxes, Theft
Tagged Control, controversy, Fraud, Incompetence, Marxism, Spending, Unconstitutional, Unemployment
Possible $3 trillion pension disaster.
And the businesses along with the unions are going to meet and “discuss” this.
Posted in Corruption, Deficit, Economy, Ethics
Tagged Control, controversy, Incompetence, Marxism
Expecting different results when repeating the same thing.
Our POTUS is a spendaholic. Another $50 Billion to fix roads.
The first stimulus was already supposed to do that.
How’s that saying again? Fool me once? Well it didn’t even do that much.
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Tagged anti-business, Fraud, Incompetence, Marxism, Unemployment
According to Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, we have indeed.
After reading his article, I would have to say that I agree. Read it, a lot of good information there that we never got from anywhere else.
UPDATE: Apparently, Ted Koppel doesn’t get it. Being American, that is.
One example on how to LOSE, NOT MAKE, money.
From our Treasury for God’s sake.
First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
Personal income tax rates will rise.
Higher taxes on marriage and family.
The return of the Death Tax.
Higher tax rates on savers and investors.
Second Wave: Obamacare
The Tanning Tax.
The “Medicine Cabinet Tax”
The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike.
Brand Name Drug Tax.
Economic Substance Doctrine.
Employer Reporting of Health Insurance Costs on a W-2.
Third Wave: The Alternative Minimum Tax and Employer Tax Hikes
The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year.
Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear
Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses
Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced
Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed
We better Hope we have some Change left.
Somehow, I expect we will not.
Repeat after me: I will not vote for an incumbent.
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Tagged anti-business, Healthcare, Spending, Unconstitutional, Unemployment
This is not only nonsense, but a complete waste of time, effort and (wait for it) our money.
Funding a pro-Palestinian ad campaign on billboards in Israel.
UPDATE: As I said. A complete waste of time. And effort.
Because of Secretary Duncan’s Race to Waste Your Education Dollars.
The “money” line: “But grant applications are what RttT is all about, and they have made RttT the biggest waste of your education dollars ever.”
Posted in Corruption, Deficit, Economy, Education, Ethics
Tagged Control, Incompetence, Spending
It brings jobs from those that tax those businesses until they can’t take it anymore.
Check it out. Is your state a Right To Work state? Is Maryland?
Daniel McAndrew 