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NRA-Backed Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Passes Unanimously in U.S. Senate...
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| 08/06/2010
Posted on 01/23/2012 2:29:20 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Tenacious 1
Well, I think I’ve apologized to everyone on FR now.
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posted on
01/23/2012 3:13:37 PM PST
by
Jukeman
(God help us for we are deep in trouble.)
To: Beelzebubba
To: Beelzebubba
"Q: is a 10% tax on a fundamental rights an infringement?"
A .00000001 percent tax is an INFRINGEMENT. So are ALL federal gun laws.
To: Jukeman
The NRA backed this? I guess it is another of their give a little to get a little excuses. Who the hell is running the NRA anyhow? Did I see Paul Ryans name on this legislation? Did you even read the article and find out what the bill does? Are you so stupid you can't see this is a good thing for ammo manufacturers?
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posted on
01/23/2012 3:20:47 PM PST
by
calex59
To: calex59
Yep. Nobody actually reads here anymore....
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posted on
01/23/2012 3:29:21 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(...And I'm All Out Of Gum.)
To: calex59
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection”.
Thomas Paine
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posted on
01/23/2012 3:46:07 PM PST
by
Jukeman
(God help us for we are deep in trouble.)
To: Beelzebubba
It’s more than a convenience. The businesses will be able to take advantage of the time value of money and put it to work for them, instead of shipping it off to the feds.
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posted on
01/23/2012 3:54:59 PM PST
by
2nd Bn, 11th Mar
(The "p" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
To: Jukeman
Hey! I didn’t get a ‘harumph’ over here. ;^)
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posted on
01/23/2012 4:07:44 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: TigersEye
I’m about harumphed out but here goes: HARUMPH!
DITTO
DITTO
DITTO!
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posted on
01/23/2012 4:11:21 PM PST
by
Jukeman
(God help us for we are deep in trouble.)
To: Jukeman
ROTFL With tendonitis creeping into my hands I have become more careful not to make posts that might require a dozen mea culpas to all the people TOO LAZY to read the replies or click on the “replies” button under the post in question. ;^)
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posted on
01/23/2012 4:15:28 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: mongo141
Then keep well clear of the White House, because that place must be about to go nuclear with all the BS coming from the Resident.
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posted on
01/23/2012 4:18:36 PM PST
by
Trod Upon
(Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
To: TigersEye
I feel your pain. Don’t know what got into me. Could be because my bride has been watching the Ophra channel all afternoon about Ryan O’Neill and Farrah Fawcett. Whee! Sometimes you just have to turn a deaf ear, something I’ve learned during 48 years of marriage.
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posted on
01/23/2012 4:24:15 PM PST
by
Jukeman
(God help us for we are deep in trouble.)
To: Jukeman
I think my pain must be minor compared to that! But there is an opportunity in everything. Time to try out those
shooter's ear muffs you gave yourself for Christmas. Or should have. heh
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posted on
01/23/2012 4:32:06 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: mnehring
Ron Paul is the most Pro 2A candidate, so I am sure he had a reason.
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posted on
01/23/2012 5:20:12 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
To: CharlesWayneCT
You may be right in your guess that Paul voted against it as a protest against the tax, but there are a couple of other possibilities.
Ron Paul and the NRA have a bit of a history of antagonism because he views them as too eager to compromise and they view him as a nut.
The bill summary suggests another reason or two:
8/16/2010--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 29, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) excise taxes on recreational equipment to be due and payable on the date for filing the return for such taxes (i.e., quarterly); and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury to assess and collect, in the same manner as delinquent taxes are assessed and collected, mandatory orders of restitution for victims of crime. Increases by 0.25% in the third quarter of 2015 the estimated tax payments of corporations with assets of not less than $1 billion. Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
The bolded bit contains a couple of things he might question. What is that 2015 estimated tax payment increase for big corporations doing in there?
To: Beelzebubba
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Q: is a 10% tax on a fundamental rights an "infringment"? --
According to SCOTUS, in the 1939 Miller decision, the answer to that is "Yes." The 2nd amendment stands in the way.
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posted on
01/24/2012 7:32:42 AM PST
by
Cboldt
To: Jukeman
So did I, had to read it twice...!
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posted on
01/24/2012 3:54:10 PM PST
by
95B30
( The Professional Left: "Their morals are crooked, their take logic is flawed, their honor is stolen)
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