The assumption that spending more of the taxpayers’ money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things worse. The black family—which survived slavery, discrimination, poverty, wars and depressions—began to come apart as the federal government moved in with its well-financed programs to “help.”Thomas Sowell
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TOP-11 "ONLY IN AMERICA " OBSERVATIONS -- BY A CANADIAN*
1) Only in America could the rich people - who pay 86% of all income taxes
- be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any income taxes at all.
2) Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when they have a black President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black while only 12% of the population is black
3) Only in America could they have had the two people most responsible for your tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.
4) Only in America can they have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.
5) Only in America would they make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while you discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just 'magically' become American citizens.
6) Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."
7) Only in America could you need to present a driver's license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
8) Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes (Nike).
9) Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.
10) Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.
11) Only in America can a man with no background, no qualifications and no experience ... and a complete failure at his job ... be reelected.
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5) Only in America would they make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while you discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just 'magically' become American citizens.
6) Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."
7) Only in America could you need to present a driver's license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
8) Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes (Nike).
9) Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.
10) Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.
11) Only in America can a man with no background, no qualifications and no experience ... and a complete failure at his job ... be reelected.
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A new Capitol Hill climate task force wants a wide
range of parties — including energy companies, green groups, sports leagues and
plenty in-between — to submit suggestions for federal actions to battle global
warming.
The letter to 300-plus companies and groups is among the first actions of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change that Democrats unveiled last week.
Recipients of the letter include oil and power companies such as Exxon and Southern Co., think tanks, environmentalists, defense contractors, retailers like Wal-Mart, financial companies like Goldman Sachs, food companies and many other sectors.
Also on the list: the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and other sports leagues.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/280351-dems-ask-nfl-for-ideas-on-battling-climate-change#ixzz2JafGuz4Z
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Obama Admin. Ending Breakfast for Troops Serving in Afghanistan [I'm sure they will continue to feed three square meals a day to the terrorists at Gitmo, aren't you?] http://newsmilitary.com/pages/10616511-braley-presses-pentagon-on-ending-breakfast-for-troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The letter to 300-plus companies and groups is among the first actions of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change that Democrats unveiled last week.
Recipients of the letter include oil and power companies such as Exxon and Southern Co., think tanks, environmentalists, defense contractors, retailers like Wal-Mart, financial companies like Goldman Sachs, food companies and many other sectors.
Also on the list: the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and other sports leagues.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/280351-dems-ask-nfl-for-ideas-on-battling-climate-change#ixzz2JafGuz4Z
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In a final regulation
issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under
Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will
cost $20,000 for the year. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/irs-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-be-20000-family
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http://americac2c.com/profiles/blogs/obama-goes-after-whistleblowers
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Many of you will remember a story I broke a long time ago – about presidential candidate Barack Obama’s little-noticed announcement that, if elected in 2008, he wanted to create a “civilian national security force” as big, as strong and as well-funded as the Defense Department.
Here’s what he actually said at a campaign stop in Colorado July 2, 2008: “We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/why-is-government-stockpiling-guns-ammo/#zfqJ0rBBIPBXpOKk.99
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There is much to dislike about Obamacare. Top of the list should be the arrogant presumption that Washington knows our treatment needs better than the rest of us. Choosing our own medical destinies should be our real “right” to health care.
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Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to
what's being called a glitch in President Barack Obama's overhaul law. IRS
regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of
the president's plan had hoped.
As a result, some families that can't afford the employer coverage
that they are offered on the job will not be able to get financial assistance
from the government to buy private health insurance on their own. How many
people will be affected is unclear.
The Obama administration says its hands were tied by the way
Congress wrote the law. Officials said the administration tried to mitigate the
impact. Families that can't get coverage because of the glitch will not face a
tax penalty for remaining uninsured, the IRS rules said. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/obamacare-glitch-priced-out-of-health-care_n_2585695.html
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“You should be afraid,” says a twenty-four-year veteran officer of the U.S. State Department who is facing job termination for writing a book about what really went on in the Iraq war years. He has been stripped of his security clearance and diplomatic credentials. Blogging on TomDispach.com , Peter Van Buren is warning that President Barack Obama is “declaring himself above the law; he decides himself who lives or dies by death by drones.” This state department veteran writing in the liberal leaning Mother Jones Journals, is revealing yet another non-reported story about the Obama Administrationhttp://americac2c.com/profiles/blogs/obama-goes-after-whistleblowers
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Many of you will remember a story I broke a long time ago – about presidential candidate Barack Obama’s little-noticed announcement that, if elected in 2008, he wanted to create a “civilian national security force” as big, as strong and as well-funded as the Defense Department.
Here’s what he actually said at a campaign stop in Colorado July 2, 2008: “We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/why-is-government-stockpiling-guns-ammo/#zfqJ0rBBIPBXpOKk.99
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There is much to dislike about Obamacare. Top of the list should be the arrogant presumption that Washington knows our treatment needs better than the rest of us. Choosing our own medical destinies should be our real “right” to health care.
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Texas’ attorney general ran ads here last month that encouraged “law-abiding New York gun owners looking for lower taxes and greater opportunity” to relocate to the Lone Star state.Now Gov. Rick Perry has sweetened the pot: Faced with a budget “problem” New York would love to have — an expected $5.5 billion surplus — he’s looking to amend the Texas Constitution so he can refund the extra money to taxpayers.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/the_eyes_of_texas_are_upon_us_3Dil0LgHCSnQ3qgbMqTzyL
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