Posted on 04/18/2009 6:42:54 AM PDT by gdzla
This “thing” is so full of lies that I don’t know where to start.
Consider the source: Robert Reichhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
We are taxed too much whether “The United States has the lowest taxes of all developed nations” or not.
Who gives a crap about tax rates in other nations?
Democrats don't seem to do a very good job of leading by example...
Forgive the multiple postings of this video, but this is the message we need to be focusing on. Taxes are a symptom of the disease. The root of the problem is losing our republic and morphing into a democracy. The leftists are too ignorant of history to understand this! Please watch the video below and pass it to all you know. Thanks!!
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The video is a description of the 5 supposed forms of government, from 100% government control (Communism, facism, totalitarianism etc) to 0% government (anarchy) it obliteraties all forms of government as only temporary and futile except for 2, olgiarchy and republic. It does this in a clear concise manner, which effectively shows even a grade schooler about them. It then, in the last few moments, explains Rome, its beginning as a republic, and its morph into a democracy. The parallels are well put, and clearly where this country is today. It is an excellent way to spread the word to those who have never been taught proper history, and that is alot of people since they have been re writing it for so long now.
I have been posting this sucker all over all day, and sometimes I forget that some are stuck at work, so I have included the above basic description of the video, however it does not do the video justice. I beg, implore and urge all to view it who have not. THIS is the reason we are so angry. Taxes are a symptom, losing our republic is the disease!!!!!
http://www.marchforliberty.org/multimedialinks.html
income tax is fairly low compared to other developed nations but FICA wipes out the significance of that difference quite handily. much more so if you are self employed.
Utter hogwash. True patriotism is defending our republican form of government, liberty, and the constitution against power grabbing fascists like Robert (4th) Reich.
I have no interest in being "burdened" or "harnessed" by these proven failures that call themselves leaders.
Also, the first protests and boycotts in that era were peaceful ones that had little to no impact on the regulations that had been enacted. It was not until the British began using violence against those protesting the taxation and regulation put in place by the British that freedom and liberty became clarion calls for a new nation.
We have a patriotic duty to preserve and protect the Constitution. The bailouts and stimulus are nothing but government power grabs designed to keep the citizens dependent on the government. All the arguments for increased taxes are straw man arguments.
Yep. Always got money back until I became self employed. Same income, way more taxes.
They conviently leave out the carbon taxes he's wanting to impose. You might be able to get a tax cut under Obama if you you don't use electricity, gasoline, heating oil, or diesel fuel, or have to buy anything that requires the use of them. Other than that, you're going to get hammered.
What a complete imbecile this guy is.
The Constitution does not give the Federal government free reign to tax the people and do whatever the hell it wants with the money. Taxes are to be levied to cover operational costs of running the government, i.e., defense spending. Taxing the people to redistribute wealth and spend it on pig odor research, wood utilization research, museums and other garbage is the furthest thing the framers of the Constitution meant.
Also, it’s not what Obama is doing with our taxes now. It’s what he’s going to do to you, your kids and your grandkids and their kids. Someone has to pay for this massive and wasteful deficit spending spree he’s on and anyone who says otherwise is drinking out of the toilet. Soon, the interest alone on the spending is going to take up a significant part of our GDP-hundreds of billions of dollars.
From the Heritage Foundation, here is what Obama’s proposed budget will do:
# Raise taxes on all Americans by $1.4 trillion over the next decade
# Raise taxes for 3.2 million taxpayers by an average of $300,000 over the next decade
# Call for a pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) law despite offering a budget that would violate it by $3.4 trillion
# Assume a rosy economic scenario that few economists anticipate
# Leave permanent deficits averaging $600 billion even after the economy recovers and...
# Double the publicly held national debt to over $15 trillion ($12.5 trillion after inflation)
This article should help with an understanding. I don’t think most people are protesting that their taxes are too high right now. They’re protesting Nazi Obama’s irresponsible policies that are going to turn us into California-bankrupt.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg2249.cfm
#3 is particularly stupid. Previously, he argues that taxes are a good thing. Patriotic even. Then he bemoans the fact that people in the lower 50% are paying more taxes through sales tax, property tax, etc.
All taxes that democrats forced on them to protect their government jobs.
I’ll bet money that his last paragraph about his buddy is an utter fabrication. Or that it is an admission.
The real issue is the size of government and the benefits they extend to us. If we want lower taxes we have to forgo most of the benefits/subsidies the government gives.
For the record I am perfectly willing to do that but it is the third rail in politics. (Ex. cutting social security benefits) That is the frightening thing about Obamanomics. Once a government benefit is given it, for all intents and purposes, becomes a "right" and never goes away.
Here’s the bottom line summed up well by Heritage:
In the long run, Washington is dumping a colossal amount of debt into the laps of our children and grandchildren. Between 2008 and 2013, the budget will add $5.7 trillion ($48,000 per U.S. household) in new government debt. The annual interest on this debt would nearly equal the entire U.S. defense budget by 2019. Moreover, given the unsustainable costs of paying Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits to 77 million retiring baby boomers, the federal debt will continue expanding after 2019.[15] Without real reforms, the result may be devastating tax increases for decades to come.
Good video. It makes many of the points listed in The 5000 Year Leap.
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