Here's a lovely piece from San Fran Nan from January of this year... the face and sound of the inherent contradiction in the liberal mind. She blames deficits during the Bush years on the 2003 tax cuts... I guess she forgot to look at the data (what liberal ever does? It just gets in the way of their perception of the world as they would have it.)
Deficits are created when spending exceeds income (slow me down if this is too much "Inside Baseball" stuff). So, when Congress goes on a spending spree during the Bush years, the reason for the deficit has NOTHING to do with spending, soooo, it must have been those Bad Bush Tax Cuts.
But what kind of "take" did the Feds grab in terms of taxes following the Bush tax cuts? Well, according to the IRS' "SOI Tax Stats - Internal Revenue Collections and Refunds...Table I" between 2003 and 2007, Federal receipts (corporate income taxes, individual income taxes, employment taxes [OASDHI, FICA, SEICA, etc], Estate and gift taxes and excise taxes) increased by 45% from a post-9/11 low of $1.65 trillion in FY03 to $2.40 trillion in FY07.
So, imagine in 2003 you found yourself making $85K... four years later, you were making $124K...but were up to your arse in debt. Income problem or a spending problem? Exactly. Put the credit card away and start minding your ass(ets).
The deficit problem, Madame Speaker, finds its root in the amount of spending, not in the amount of tax revenue. But because this inconvenient truth contradicts the liberals view of a world that doesn't respond to incentives, liberals spin TBL ("the Big Lie") and blame tax cuts for the deficit wracked up during the 2003 - 2007 Bush years. (As an aside, don't the Bush deficits look, well, bush league, compared to a REAL spending, uhm, "investing" machine like Pelosi, Reid and Obama?)
By the way, for those of you keeping score, if you really, really, really want to soak the rich and get "them" to pay even MORE money in taxes (by creating wealth, creating jobs from which employment taxes can be generated, and growing the economy)then Washington (and states) should lower tax rates, including capital gains taxes, and make a promise not to mess with the tax code for the next two years... and then watch the gusher of cash generated as tax receipts as we grow our country out of this socialist swamp in which we have been dumped...All we ask from our government is to get the hell out of our way and stay out of our way.
Enjoy the twisted, tortured, contradiction-laced lunacy of the women two heart beats from the presidency...
To live and love life, one must live rationally. Lies and deception are the enemies of life. Lies and deception are the stock of death. Life cannot compromise with death. Nectar cannot compromise with poison.
The "porkulus" package that Obama is pushing, like a five year old holding his breath until he gets his way, is evil. It is the most singular violation of that which we hold dear as Americans - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Americans in general, and Republicans in particular, would do well to continue to their resistance to this offensive redistribution of wealth. They should resist not because of their assessment of its utter lack of efficacy, although that is a sufficient argument. Instead, Americans should resist this bill because it is evil. We should never compromise with evil. We should never compromise with death.
Some good reading around the web... enjoy and keep fighting.
The AP reported today that former President Bill Clintonearned nearly $6 million in speaking fees last year, almost all of it from foreign companies, according to financial documents filed by his wife, Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton. So, tell me again, Secretary Clinton why there is no potential conflict of interest. Exactly how much does Bill need to earn from foreign companies and governments before there is a conflict of interest? --------------------------------------- Kudos to Rep. Mike Pence (R - Indiana, 6th District) for calling the House Democrats (the Pelosi rouge) in today's meeting with President Obama for their attempt to appear to be engaging Republicans in honest, bi-partisan discussions regarding the proper path for the government to take vis a vis the economic mess, when in fact the Pelosi-nistas are ram-rodding through the same old, worn-out, liberal agenda. Rep Pence, in a statement released on his website, asked:
“What does $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, $200 million to plant sod on the National Mall, $400 million for climate change research, and $200 million for contraception have to do with creating jobs?"
The Democrat bill won't stimulate anything but more government and more debt. The slow and wasteful spending in the House Democrat bill is a disservice to millions of Americans who want to see this Congress take immediate action to get this economy moving again.
“House Republicans have a better solution. By enacting the Republican plan for fast-acting tax relief for working families and small businesses the American people will see immediate results that will put our nation on the road to recovery.” House Republicans would do well to close-ranks tonight and vow to vote down any such pork fest and force Democrats to take responsibility for, this socialist country-killing bill, that Michelle Malkin has appropriately called The Generational Theft Act of 2009. Remember, the socialists in public now have no interest in controlling the means of production. Instead they look to control the fruits of production. Power is consolidated by taking from producers who are shamed into giving-up that which they have fairly earned and giving it to those non-producers whose votes can be bought.
Mike Pence is one of our country's leaders willing to stand in the face of the Liberal Storm, protected only by the strength of his convictions. Notice when Congressman Pence speaks and then watch, say, Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi and compare their composure and confidence. Congressman Pence shows no guilt, no pain, no remorse and no doubt. While each of us is entitled to his / her own opinion, we are not entitled to our own facts. A is A. A is not not-A. Saying that extorting hundreds of millions of our money to fund pet liberal projects will stimulate jobs will not make it so, no matter how urgently liberals want to believe it will. No matter how much they want to believe that A is not-A, liberals will never look you in the eye and say it is so. Mike Pence has no such worries. He is right and knows it. As Americans we owe it to House Republicans to fight the monster that is growing in Washington... ----------------------------------------------------------
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, explained on Sunday (1/25) how funding hundreds of millions of dollars for family planning (aka abortion planning and execution and condom hand-outs) is, not only a proper role for government but, a compelling and urgent part of the stimulus package. To suggest that Madam Speaker, behind only the Vice President in the succession to the presidency (scared yet?), was disingenuous or somehow uniformed about this incredibly offensive and inappropriate step (each of us will have another buck taken out of our wallets to pay for this)is giving her a free pass, one she has not earned. Click on the You Tube below and listen to the sound of evil.
Some priceless Pelosinomics:
Well, the family-planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now, and part of what we do for children’s health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those—one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government.
We have to deal with the consequences of the downturn in our economy. Food stamps, unemployment insurance, some of the initiatives you just mentioned. What the economists have told us from right to left: There is more bang for the buck, a term they use, by investing in food stamps and in unemployment insurance than in any tax cut.
Check-out the outrage across our country with the links below. I plan on asking my Congressman if he agrees with Speaker Pelosi's priorities.
Also, given the urgency with which Madam Speaker has said we need to address that portion of the economic crisis that finds itself in not having enough condoms to hand out, I intend, and I invite all patrons of Hugh Aktson's Diner to send Madam Speaker a condom in the mail. Perhaps an outpouring of support will provide the prophylactic timulus our economy needs. Madam's address is:
Office of the Speaker H-232, US Capitol Washington, DC 20515
If, instead you would like to send Madam Pelosi an email detailing your outrage at her purposeful wasting of taxpayer money by using the immediate crisis as an excuse to advance her far-Left agenda, then click here. No free passes. Hold her accountable.
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