Thank Clinton in part for this. From Zero Hedge:
Can The Fed Salvage The Housing Market After Clinton’s “Great Leap Forward in Home Ownership”?
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TEN MORE REASONS:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jimmy Carter
George Bush
Bill Clinton
Al Gore
George W. Bush
Teddy Kennedy
Barack Obama
Eric Holder
Can a bankrupt and/or insolvent government afford the totalitarian state?
Let’s flush the toilet, so to speak, and society can agree in an open and honest manner exactly what we want out of government, and what we’re willing, and able, to pay for. The “elites” at every level have set up for themselves a pretty sweet gig over the years, but it’s over or nearly so, and they are not going to go away gently into the night. They are going to go away however, simply because the math won’t allow it. So, things will get a lot more local in nature - small business, for example, should flourish for those who want to make a go of it, and the myriad rules, laws, regulations and ordinances of the non-sensical kind foisted on the productive by the non-producers will go away or be ignored. This is as it should be, and it’s a wonder anyone thought otherwise or we allowed the silliness to continue as long as it did.
President Obama has claimed, as President George W. Bush did before him, the right to order the killing of any citizen considered a terrorist or an abettor of terrorism. Last year, he approved the killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaqi and another citizen under this claimed inherent authority. Last month, administration officials affirmed that power, stating that the president can order the assassination of any citizen whom he considers allied with terrorists. (Nations such as Nigeria, Iran and Syria have been routinely criticized for extrajudicial killings of enemies of the state.)
Reasoning like this is why people hate lawyers. Anwar al-Awlaqi deserved to die in spades! Capturing him would be both much harder and more dangerous than a drone strike.
Thanks for posting this interesting article.
A basic question is why was 9-11 used as an excuse to install ever encroaching surveillance and abrogations of freedom in place of securing our borders and halting the flood of entrants, illegal and legal, from countries that hate us? The same could be asked about the war on drugs which began in the 1970’s.
The U.S. is a nation of lies and deception.
Not just the feds fixing the numbers and cooking the books.
A 5 lb bag of sugar has become a 4 lb bag for more money... an immediate 25% increase in price in just volume alone... right, there is no inflation.
The United States is dying, dying, dying.
You can’t be the Land of the Free when you’ve decided to become The Land of the Freeloaders. We’ve decided to become the Land of the Freeloaders.
......The government now routinely uses secret evidence to detain individuals and employs secret evidence in federal and military courts...
This—and some of the other diminutions of rights under traditional Anglo-American jurisprudence mentioned in this article—started with the bogus International Criminal “Tribunal” for the “Former Yugoslavia” (ICTY). The ICTY, which is NOT a court, but a political instrument, was designed by the Chicago-area muslim fifth columnist Cherif Bassiouni and several other anti-Serb “human rightsers”.
Now the anti-liberty design of this “court” has metastasized to the International Criminal “Court”, and has leaked out into the judicial and political processes of our own America.
America lost her way when she embarked on her anti-Serb rampage, culminating in the funding and backing of the ICTY, and in the bombing of the Bosnian Serbs and Serbia herself in clinton’s war. Only when we reverse our course 180 degrees on Serbian issues—including defunding the ICTY—can we restore our own country and her traditional liberties!!!!
Extraordinary renditionsThe government now has the ability to transfer both citizens and noncitizens to another country under a system known as extraordinary rendition, ... The Obama administration says it is not continuing the abuses of this practice under Bush, but it insists on the unfettered right to order such transfers — including the possible transfer of U.S. citizens.
Just a little nit pick, Mr. Turley. The rendition program was begun under the Clinton administration.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Tangible Taxes
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
“Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the
world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What the heck happened? Can you spell “politicians!”
And I still have to “press 1”
for English.
When you have to get a permit so your kids can legally have a lemonade stand the days of “land of the free” are long gone...
An excellent article. Not only do the Chines have a proverb about wisdom, but so does the Bible. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. Psalm 110:10
The land of the brided and the home of the freeloaders. The UnUnited Sad Sacks of America.
President Obama has claimed, as President George W. Bush did before him, the right to order the killing of any citizen considered a terrorist or an abettor of terrorism. Last year, he approved the killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaqi and another citizen under this claimed inherent authority. Last month, administration officials affirmed that power, stating that the president can order the assassination of any citizen whom he considers allied with terrorists. (Nations such as Nigeria, Iran and Syria have been routinely criticized for extrajudicial killings of enemies of the state.)
Some years ago a young man from a totalitarian state was explaining to me how important it was for him to bind himself to an American family that was 'powerful' to add to his safety. I laughed - and said it's not 'who you know' that matters - what matters is the law. When countries go authoritarian - it starts becoming 'who' you know - who you can bribe - who you can trade favors for... What a nightmare that this would happen to our children and grandchildren... and that we've been powerless to stop it.
Was married years ago to a young woman from Communist China. After a few years here she remarked that she had more freedom back in China. She eventually went back.
To be fair the guy did type in Other politicians rationalize that, while such powers may exist, it really comes down to how they are used. This is a common response by liberals who cannot bring themselves to denounce Obama as they did Bush.
and this
The indefinite-detention provision in the defense authorization bill seemed to many civil libertarians like a betrayal by Obama. While the president had promised to veto the law over that provision, Levin, a sponsor of the bill, disclosed on the Senate floor that it was in fact the White House that approved the removal of any exception for citizens from indefinite detention.