Posted on 11/04/2008 7:17:47 PM PST by Republican Extremist
As it appears that Obama has won this election, following Fox News calling both Ohio and PA for him, I think it is now time for the businessmen and women who run this country to make it quite clear what the consequences are to those people who sold out their freedom for empty promises.
Small business owners, your taxes are now going to be raised. You now will face the difficult choice of either cutting your costs by laying people off, or by passing the increased costs of taxation on to your customers. This time I want you to take the time to tell that laid off employee exactly why he has lost his job. Tell him that the Obama tax increase has forced you to take his salary and give it to "the middle class". If he protests that he is part of the middle class, then explain that he should make good use of the $500 he sold his vote for, because it cost him his job.
For the manufacturers: When you move your production facilities overseas because the US has the second highest corporate income taxes in the world, make sure your workers understand that their Union is mostly to blame, and they should go talk to them about why it was a good idea to vote for the guy who would make all union votes public.
For your customers: Explain that the price of your product has gone up because of your taxes being increased, and because the rising price of oil from keeping the caribou happy has forced you to charge them more. Tell them you tried inflating your tires, but unfortunately it did not put any more gasoline in your tank.
Consumers: When you go shopping, and are considering buying a high ticket item, when you change your mind, make sure that they know that if you had only kep that extra 3% of your salary.... the "chump change", you could have bought their item.
In short: It is time for us all to become John Galt.
Make them understand that capitalism requires capital, and unfortunately Obama gave the capital you needed to somebody who was more deserving than them.
Ask them how it feels to be "rich".
Tell them that you are sure they will be OK, because Obama told them it would be so.
Ask them how they are enjoying their "Change", and if they have any more "Hope" for the future.
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I told a Dem friend today that this year, the first year ever, my husband’s company actually did well and now we will have to pay higher taxes..I kidded that our motto as a couple continues to be “Buy high, sell low” since our luck seems to go that way.
Her response? “Be happy that you had the opportunity to make 250,000 dollars”
I couldn’t believe it! First, I told her that 150,000 is the point at which the top 5% wage earners will be taxed. Secondly, my husband has gone back to school in the last few years, lost his job, started his own company and has traveled to Ireland for the past 10 months, away from family and friends because that was where his consulting job was.
Yet, he is supposed to be happy that all the time spent away from home made us less money in real terms.
But that’s the mentality out there...
I told her I guess I’m a selfish, unpatriotic citizen who had the audacity of hoping that the money I worked for was actually going to go in my savings account in case next year is not a good year.
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Tell her you will be happy to work just hard enough to make $1,000 less than whatever Obama sets his tax increase at, and will happily lay off as many workers as that takes knowing that Obama will take care of them.
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I’ve noticed the talk about Atlas Shrugged, I guess it’s time to actually order it and read it.
Municipal funds - in highly taxed socialist states - still worth it?
Alternatives?
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You know it is really kinda funny to read this, but what you’re talking about sounds a lot like what the “useful idiots” are talking about. Primitive Sustainable Development.
I’m not sure that is really the direction we should be going in?
Well my wife and I will do our part to further wreck the economy. We decided that our two boys (4 and 2) will get Christmas presents, but nobody else. None for each other, none for relatives, friends, etc. We’ll save about 5-$600.
We just can’t afford it now if we want to save any money. We’ve lost too much in the market.
If you can possibly pull it off, leaving the cash stream as much as possible is a great idea.
Barter is extremely hard to tax and the communists can’t seize what they aren’t aware of. If you’re eating it or wearing it or working with it, they are going to have a tough time rationalizing stealing it.
From now until the dawn, keep your head down and pray!
Meh, it’s free choice, feel free to ignore my thoughts. Opting out of the money economy lets you avoid many taxes (not all, of course). But then I admit I’m committed to organic foods and that sustainable agriculture seems very wise to me. I have a terminal disease and am on a raw organic diet to fight it as best I can. So take my ideas with a grain of salt (celtic sea salt, of course).
You bettcha!
Actually, the proper percents are 80/20, also known as the Pareto Principle. ("For many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.")
In practical reality, in most cases 80% of the productivity in any large organization comes form 20% of the workers, and vice versa. While about 50% of the country votes towards the right, that doesn't mean that they're necessarily one of the most productive members of society. If only one tenth of that productive 20% takes their assets and apply them elsewhere (Australia? Poland?), that means that America's economy loses 8%. That's about a trillion dollars or so annually, if only 2 million of the top dogs take off (not necessarily the top 10% of the productive class... only the median 10% of that productive class).
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