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To: gaggs
Too bad Gov. Pence and President-elect Trump cannot keep the lobbyists away from the House of Representatives where they are enacting a cement tax complete with a new federal agency evidently lobbied by big cement.

If you did not know about this, you weren't listening to Mark Levin.


3 posted on 11/16/2016 4:09:57 AM PST by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford

IF it’s a tariff I am for it.


5 posted on 11/16/2016 4:12:21 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: nathanbedford

During a time of increased nationwide infrastructure construction/repair/replacement a cement tax could be a great source of graft income for well connected individuals to further enrich themselves...

... I mean, a great source of tax revenue for our country to help balance the budget...

...


11 posted on 11/16/2016 4:18:57 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: nathanbedford
enacting a cement tax

Unlike some 'tards, I did hear that on Levin. What the heck is it?

13 posted on 11/16/2016 4:22:06 AM PST by NorthMountain (My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.)
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To: nathanbedford

Levin still has some sour grapes - can’t do everything all at once and there will be a lessening as time goes on. Hopefully our side will bask in the progress and not head south because not every one of them will have all tier hopes come true - still a lot of “all or nothing” types trying to throw the wet towel on the embers ...


23 posted on 11/16/2016 4:39:13 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: nathanbedford

The Republican controlled congress is going to be one of the biggest obstacles Trump has to deal with. We know who and what they really are. And they are still controlled by the Chamber of Commerce and other powerful lobbies.

The GOPe is putting on a happy face right now. Don’t believe it.


60 posted on 11/16/2016 5:30:56 AM PST by Starboard
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To: nathanbedford
"...cannot keep the lobbyists away from the House of Representatives yet..."

Is that better?

61 posted on 11/16/2016 5:31:05 AM PST by OKSooner (Geno's is a tourist trap.)
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To: nathanbedford

No, I am a former fan and no longer listen nor watch Levin.


68 posted on 11/16/2016 5:42:04 AM PST by jch10 (Stand strong! We have a country to save!)
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To: nathanbedford
If you did not know about this, you weren't listening to Mark Levin.

I stopped listening to him when he stopped listening to his listeners.

69 posted on 11/16/2016 5:44:32 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: nathanbedford

James Hoffa?


81 posted on 11/16/2016 6:04:23 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: nathanbedford
Too bad Gov. Pence and President-elect Trump cannot keep the lobbyists away from the House of Representatives where they are enacting a cement tax complete with a new federal agency evidently lobbied by big cement.

Since lobbying has devolved into pay-to-play and the money involved is substantial, we need to fix that. I suggest that ALL political donations must be made ANONYMOUSLY. You can't sell influence if you don't know who is buying. Americans should be able to donate to any party, officeholder or candidate, in any amount they choose; that's FREEDOM. So is the right to ask for policies which benefit you or your business. But an agreement on an outcome in exchange for a donation is BRIBERY, a crime.

Any attempt to learn the source of a donation or to reveal the same should carry a prison sentence. A few lobbyists and politicians frogmarched off in cuffs will cure the problem.

Add term limits to the mix and you'll be rid of the self-serving political class, while those who are truly willing to SERVE will remain until their terms expire.

145 posted on 11/16/2016 9:08:07 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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