5 Reasons Why Obama’s Windfall Tax for the Oil Companies Will FAIL

Obama has decided that the answer to the current energy prices is to tax the windfall prices of the oil companies. There are several problems with this:

1. The oil company will pass these taxes onto the consumer, which will inflate gas prices even more.

2. The taxes would go to the government, and Congress will decide how it’s spent. Since when is Congress not corrupt?

3. Because traders know the above is true, the stock price on oil companies will fall, hurting the portfolios of many Americans, including retirees and senior citizens.

4. Oil companies know that unless they invest in alternative forms of energy, their companies will fade away when oil dries up. These windfall profits help them conduct research as well as plan for the rainy days of the future.

5. Without research going on among competitive oil companies, research falls to the government. The government will be plagued by researchers who make erroneous claims just to get funds, red tape, bureaucrats and favoritism.

Europeans Pissed at EU for High Gas Prices

We all know Europe is way more liberal than the United States. There’s so much that’s subsidized and socialized.

So why do they have high gas prices?

And why are the people so upset?

Gas costs roughly twice as much per gallon in Europe as it does in the US and that’s largely due to TAXES.

How else are European countries expected to pay for subsidized transportation?

Remember, folks - government/universal healthcare and other government programs AREN’T FREE!!! You pay for them through your taxes.

Another reminder - so many of you want to blame Bush for high gas prices too. But if the liberal politicians in Europe can’t stop them, then your complaints are misguided. It’s good ol’ supply and demand!

My Sympathies to Senator Kennedy and His Family

Senator Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.  I am very sad to hear this news and wish him the best in the battle that lies ahead.

My father died of brain cancer last June, and it is a difficult situation for patient + family.

Think Bush is Stupid? Just Look in the Mirror.

Most people who think Bush is stupid have never really examined the issues. Those who have, are just plain stupid and are projecting onto Bush.

Perhaps you’ve seen this email going around. If not, take a look. Here’s some facts about how “stupid” Bush is and how “brilliant” the Democrats are? Obama is a false Messiah.
Remember the election in 2006? Thought you might like to read the following:
A little over one year ago:

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:

1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!

Remember it’s Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what’s handed to him.

Quote of the Day……..’My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world.  I hope you’ll join with me as we try to change it.’
– Barack Obama

Taxes…Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing.www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html

Taxes under Clinton 1999                   Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400           Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000         Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250         Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $16,800       Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000       Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750     Married making 125K - tax $31,250>

Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates
It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever.

If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories above can’t wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don’t even know what happened.
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?   Read this:
Boy, am I confused.  I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.

I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them.  I have included the URL’s for verification of all the following facts.

1.  $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens
each year by state governments.Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2.  $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3.  $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal
aliens.Verify at:
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4.  $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!  Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html

5.  $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6.  $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7.  30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8.  $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9.  $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10.  The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that’s two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens.  In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
Verify at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11.  During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries.  Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin, and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report:>http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12.  The National Policy Institute, ‘estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of  between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.  Verify at:>http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13.  In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.Verify at:http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14.  ‘The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.’  Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml>

The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

Hey Obama: Tell Your Wife to Lay Off Our Country!

Obama has been telling Republicans to lay of his wife. According to ABC News:

Sen. Barack Obama ripped into a Republican ad today that targets comments made by his wife, Michelle, and called the GOP tactic “low class” and “detestable.”

Well, when your wife rips on America all the time, guess what Obama? We’re not going to sit down and pretend it’s alright or that it didn’t happen.

If you don’t want your wife in play, don’t give her the microphone. And if you can’t take the heat, sweetie, get out of the kitchen.

Taking a Closer Look at Barack Obama

Barack Obama has been enjoying a nice ride on a political magic carpet ride, but it’s time to start getting real about his agenda.

First, let’s look at why Obama appeals to voters. He promises voters that he will:

  • Tax the rich and give breaks to the middle class and poor
  • Give people government healthcare
  • Give kids $4,000 a year for college (they have to volunteer in return)
  • Get the troops out of Iraq
  • Balance the budget
  • Undo security measures in the name of “civil liberties”
  • Enact universal pre-school
  • Expand funding for a variety of existing education programs
  • Increase Teacher Pay
  • Force employers to offer pension plans
  • Will spend $1 billion dollars to create new jobs

But there is one major question that no one is asking Barack Obama: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS?

  • Tax the rich and give breaks to the middle class and poor - The rich already have the highest tax rate on income. When you hear rich people like Warren Buffett say they pay fewer taxes than their secretaries, they’re being disingenuous. They’re either using accountants to find loopholes to lower their income, taking low salaries because of their investments (many CEOs make $1 annual salaries, for example) or lying. The rich always pay more in taxes:
    • If you make $1 million, you pay $329,074 in federal taxes, which is 32.9% of your income.
    • If you make $100,000, you pay $22,111 in federal taxes, which is 22.11% of your income.
    • If you make $30,000, you pay $4109 in federal taxes, which is 13.69% of your income.
    • If you make $15,000, you pay $1859 in federal taxes, which is 12.3% of your income.
  • Give people government healthcare - Countries with government healthcare have long waiting lists for treatments such as cancer. Think about long lines just to renew a driver’s license at the DMV. Have you ever tried to call Social Security? It’s a mind-numbingly long process. Government programs are never efficient. Do we really want to risk our health with government mandates? And who’s going to pay for all of this? You will. Your taxes will pay for this. Obama will not be able to pay for this without taxing you.
  • Give kids $4,000 a year for college (they have to volunteer in return)- Again, who will pay for this?
  • Get the troops out of Iraq - This will throw the door wide open for Al Quaeda to return. Currently, Al Quaeda has suffered massive defeats in Iraq. They have retreated. Pulling troops will increase greatly our chances for a terrorist attack. Pulling out of the war will have a temporary monetary benefit, but the ongoing costs of his programs will eat up that money in a heartbeat.
  • Balance the budget - This will be hard to do with all of these new government programs - unless taxes are raised.
  • Undo security measures in the name of “civil liberties” - This will also increase the likelihood of a terrorist attack. Civil liberties are not being abused the way Obama and the Democrats would have you believe. Conversations are not being listened to and eavesdropped upon by humans. Instead, computers monitor communications for specific, targeted words and phrases. It looks for anomalies. And they have to be very significant in order for someone to be arrested. Are you still so sure that people are innocently being held? Or would you rather the federal government reveal national security secrets just to shut the Democrats up?
  • Enact universal pre-school - How much will this cost again?
  • Expand funding for a variety of existing education programs - Obama talks about how awful the public schools are. His answer is to send more money to the schools. Money has to go to the RIGHT programs. Schools are woefully behind in technology and innovation. More money to current programs would keep them behind. Public schools do not perform well because they don’t have to. McDonald’s has to perform well or else they’ll have to close. Business will go elsewhere. If public schools don’t perform well, they can exist and get funding. And Obama’s plan will help them get more for doing nothing.
  • Increase Teacher Pay - How will we pay for this?
  • Force employers to offer pension plans - Employers will pass this cost along to their employees and customers. There also may be fewer jobs as a result.
  • Will spend $1 billion dollars to create new jobs - By taxing corporations and rich people more, he’ll be guaranteeing a decrease in jobs. The best way to create jobs is to let people, small businesses, and corporations keep more of their money. This enables them to grow and invest, which is the foundation of job creation.

Obama is appealing because of his ideals. But taxing the rich to give to the poor has been the goal of communism. And communism fails every time it’s tried. Even China is thriving due to capitalism. Cuba isn’t exactly taking care of its people, are they?

Capitalism, freedom, and conservatism require careful thought and reflection on the facts and tough economic theory. But they work every single time. Do not be deceived about where the country is headed should Obama be elected.

Is the Writer’s Strike to Blame for the Economy?

The Writer’s Guild of America has been on strike for about two months now. Could they be to blame for the country’s economic woes?

  • Most of the major network shows have shut down production or are about to.
  • Many of the writers probably couldn’t afford to strike, and therefore can’t stimulate the economy when they’re not being paid. Some of them could possibly be foreclosing on homes.
  • Writers may be going after different types of writing gigs (copywriting, ghostwriting, etc), creating increased competition for existing writers in those fields.
  • Many behinds the scenes workers are hit hard, including carpenters, grips, gaffers, production managers and the like - again possible foreclosing on homes and not having dollars to spend (aka not contributing to the economy)
  • Without new episodes of favorite TV shows, fewer Americans are watching TV - including commercials which might result in  sales.
  • With lower viewer numbers, the networks can’t bring in as much advertising dollars.
  • Production companies and studios can only work with existing scripts, which means they cannot generate as much investment money
  • According to FilmLA, the strike costs the LA economy $21 million a day.

In the End, I’m Glad Giuliani Didn’t Win

A few months I ago, I selected Giuliani as my candidate of choice for the Republican nomination for President.

But now that he’s out of the race, I’m glad he didn’t get it. His endorsement of John McCain proves to me that he wasn’t committed to conservatism like he claimed he was.

Romney is now our only hope. But quite frankly, I’m thinking the American people might just need a good kick in the butt that can only result from the failures of liberalism embraced by an American president. Americans never seem to truly learn their lesson - that the policies of Reagan were far better than the policies of Carter. And that threats like 9/11 are an ever-present reality.

So, maybe it’s time for us to learn the hard way - yet again.

Recipients of Rezko Donations

Hilary Clinton slammed Barrack Obama for receiving donations from Tony Rezko, whom she labeled a slum lord. In order to sustain that argument, Hilary also must slam the following Democrats:

Al Gore

John Kerry

Barbara Boxer

Democratic National Committee

Carol Mosely Braun

Jesse Jackson

Hillary Clinton: ‘No Woman is Illegal’

The Las Vegas Review Journal has a piece about Clinton campaigning in Nevada, which has caucuses coming up. Apparently a man yelled out to her that his wife was illegal. And Clinton said

“No woman is illegal.”

Don’t take my word for it. Check it out for yourself.

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