Why is it so critical that the correct decisions are made – and what are those?
Obama wants to raise roughly $ 1.3 billion.
How does he want to raise it?
1) Raising taxes on those making over $250,000 will raise about $450 million
2) In addition, Obama wants to cap deductions for those same folks which could raise another $450 mil.
But that leaves him still $400 mil. short To close the gap Obama wants to raise capital gains taxes and increase government spending (more bailouts) some more and business taxes..
The latter can be especially dangerous, in our view, since capital gains are what drive the economy. New private and business capital is reinvested and creates new jobs. If anything one would CUT captial gains taxes to stimulate the economy as even Clinton did during his presidency – and it worked. Russia, on the other hand, failed when it cut capital gains taxes.
As Jack Kemp used to say, ‘ There’s no capitalism if you cut capital gains.’But then, maybe Obama that’s exactly what Obama wants – to move the econmyaway from capitalism to communism.
Perhaps Obama should harken back to the old tried and true principles from another era – as in the above 1913 ‘Road To Success’ – when government was smaller and didn’t have to come up with schemes to achieve its own desires. Poster vvailable at http://www.RoadToSuccess.us
We haven’t even mentioned Obama’s other new taxes that will go into effect january 1, namely that paying for Obama care amd others.
The John Boehner / Republican strategy would be to cap deductions as well as cut loopholes – and government spending. For us that would make more sense. The government is currently spending at a record rate approaching 30%. We’ve gone all the way from 2% which George Washington thought was excessive to this.
And then we’ll all be saddled with the end of Bush’s tax cuts at the same time.Put this all together and it really many of us middle and upper class folks may really fall off that financial cliff if
Without any real stimulus to the economy – other than more artificial printing of money – we’ll continue on a downward spiral. Government spending hurts the economy in the long run. Obama may eventually get himself in a hole with nothing left but to keep taxing the wealthy – nobody else will have any money – and then we’ll be just like Russia and European countries where the wealthy are the only ones paying taxes – and to the tune of 90%.
The only hope, as we see it, is that Obama / democrats will compromise with the Republicans and Boehner, using other means than just raising the wealthy’s taxes – means that will also stimulate spending, not hinder it.
BROADEN THE TAX BASE – LOWER THE TAX RATES
Ideally, the Republicans would stand firm, not raise any taxes – in fact lower them as they ‘ broaden the tax base’ – and get rid of those loop holes and deductions. It would likely mean cutting cut the Obamacare tax hikes which will be difficult to budge. Ideally a strong personality such as Paul Ryan or Marco Rubio could stand up and well present the Republican case, as suggested here. It’s doubtful the Republicans could fully get their way, as correct as we believe it is, so they should compromise only to the extent of giving in to the deduction caps and NO NEW TAXES! Otherwise the Republicans must hold their ground as any more tax increases could get the country into such much debt they could never climb out from under, while citizens would become more and dependent on the government for benefits as they go broke. IT WON’T BE THE WORST THING IF THE REPUBLICANS HOLD THEIR GROUND. IT WILL BE IF THEY GIVE IN TO HIGHER TAXES!!!
Fiscal Cliff Critical Decisions – Obama vs Boehner
But first, we need a little levity in these difficult times…JOHNNY CARSON ON POLITICS – Johnny talks about indiscretions in the white house from an earlier era (Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan) but which could easily apply to today’s Obama administration.Thanks for the laughs, Johnny. We needed that… Now for the more serious stuff..
OBAMA CARE ALREADY SHOWING IT’S AFFECTS… AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY…
-Kaiser Hospitals in California have just laid off 500 workers with plans to lay off more as they prepare for changes with the Obama’s new health care programs
– Nurses just announced a one day strike in California.. and this is just the beginning of other strikes
HILARY and OBAMA MYSTERY TRIPS…
Last week it was Australia for wine tasting admist US uproar over the the Administration’s role in the BenGazi affair – and as the Mideast situation spiraled out of control
Why are Hilary and Obama traveling so much? Not to avoid the Ben Gazi affair. No , of course not.
Luckily they’ve got the Mideast situation to interrupt media scrutiny. Good luck… more at http:.//www.roadtosuccess.us/blog
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Could New York Times Slant on Israel-Arab conflict Affect National Support, Outcome?
This morning I picked up my local ‘news’ paper in the driveway , opened it and couldn’t believe my eyes!
The Contra Costa Times was passing on filtered ‘news’ via the New York Times feed with as slanted a headline and lead story as you will ever see. But, it’s pretty commonplace as of the last decade among America’s ‘finest’ newspapers?!
I could imagine what my high school journalism teacher would have thought 40 years ago of a headline like above. Unfortuately, many readers today will take such headlines and articles at face value without really checking into the stories – or knowing the background. Were they aware that the Israel strikes have only come as a last ditch effort to protect its little country following hundreds of missle attacks from neighboring Palestine in prior days? And, yes, Israel civilians have been killed , too , but you won’t read that.
Typical example of how the New York Times and most US media have changed how they report ‘news’ over the years to the point its hardly real news anymore but slanted fluff to appease Publisher Egos and the left-leading media complex we see today – and perhaps to help get certain people elected
Add in the sub-headline that children were among the dead and that Israeli prime minister warns of more attacks. The article is already filled with so much filtered tripe why even bother reading on but, while we’re at it , we read of Israeli’s ‘bombardment of the Gaxa Strip’ – nothing about the Palestine initiation of hundreds of rockets days prior to the Israeli attacks. Only much further down the article, which many will never get to, do we learn of the Palestinian attacks.
So, you ask, what might be a better headline for this aritcle? How about ‘Israeli Responds to Palestinian Attacks ‘ Subhead could read: Unintended Arab civilian casualties product of war
Please don’t believe everything that meets the eye as gospel – and pass that on to the younger generation, who don’t even read newspapers anymore… And, perhaps that’s why the newspapers are doing this. They’re already on life support and willl obviously go after any straws to survive.. Sad
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THE REAL TOP 10 REASONS
OBAMA WON THE PRESIDENCY
1) VOTER IRREGULARITIES ala third world:
A) Unheard of ‘99% voting turnout’ in Philadelphia inner city precincts with Black
Panthers overseeing the voting in many cases. Biased Polling Places included murals of Obama but not Romney.
B) Unregulated voting by social email in New Jersey
C) Much of right-leaning military did not get their absentee ballots.
These are just some of the voter irregularites that have been surfacing following election.
2) Obama’s ‘Dream Act’ made way for as much as 3 million illegal voters in this electionalone, not to mention other illegal voting around the country. Illegals actually came out and admitted voting for Obama.
3) Obama began more bailouts, conveniently, two months before the election, which has some affect on job growth, making Obama look better.
4) Obama and cronies stalling Libya Ben Gazi investigation of coverup until after election.
5) Obama’s campaign promoted FREE cell phones in poor areas in exchanged for votes Reported 1 million people in Cleveland, alone, benefitted from the free cell phones, which included 600 free minutes a month.
6) Obama increased welfare rolls and food stamp distribution months before election with proviso that recipients should vote for Obama.
7) Obama preyed on the youth and minorities with promises of above handouts which Romney couldn’t match even if he wanted. As Obama didn’t really have anything positive to promote for his first four years he had to tear down Romney, the man via social media so popular among the youth. The social media went viral and as did the promises for FREE phones, FREE Obama bucks and such. No way Romne could compete with this – or would have the lack of conscious to do so.
8.) Obama took credit for the GM motors improvement when, in fact, Bush paved the way for it with a big chedk when it WAS needed, in December 2008 before going out of office. Bush had also set the groundwork for the one other thing Obama took credit for , the killing of BinLaden.
9) Obama continued to use Third World Election tactics playing on the ‘Pathology of Dependency’ among the mostly young and poor. It was generlaly, the the young, poor \ and illegals who won the Presidency for Obama, not the well read, working class citizens who understood the truth about obama. It will be a rude awakening one day for these adoring young when they find themselves stuck forever in the new, growing,lower class with little hope of advancing in the new Socialist United States.
10) Romney was correct – the 47% intransigents were not going to be moved to vote beyond the Democrartic party, especially after being given more food stamps, free ‘Obama phones’ and ‘Obama bucks’ in exchange for votes.
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So, Romney – or any other Republican who would have run – had 3% to work with, a pretty difficult task to say the least. And, with Obama’s ‘ground game’ that somehow got as many as 99% of Ddemocrats voting in inner cities like Philadephia, Romney hardly hada chance, storm Sandy or otherwise.
One thing the mostly young and / or minority voters who elected Obama will now have to content with making $45,000 or so incomes plus benefits with Obama’s new system. It’s nota whole lot more than the n $20,000 minimum guaranteed income for anyone using all their
new benefits including increased food stamps, welfare, disabiliy, etc. The days of free enterprise where incentive and hard work paid dividends and made millionaires are all but over n ow as the United States if following the trends of Greece and France where, as the economy tanks so do the masses’ incomes; only a small elite is making any real income.
Obama was more about METHOD OVER MATERIAL. Obama’s forces rounded up almost any inner city folk who was breathing and got them to the polls, one way or another, and not always legal (according to many illegals, themselves).
The Obama victory reminds me of the recent San Francisco Giants’ World Series Victories two out of three years where they somehow made it, arguably, without a top caliber team.
Ownership did whatever it could to skirt issues of talent for other means of ‘winning’ – like rounding up its largely young, liberal fan base with half price tickets and other enticements, turning up the PA system and other psychologoical advantages along with the new prerequisite social marketing, and, finally, bringing in questionable journeymen players other teams don’t want, who suddenly become ‘instant stars’ such as the four Venezulelan players named Melky, Scutaro, Sandoval and Blanco, who suddenly all hit far above their lifetime averages or homerun productions, especially late season and in the World Series – much like the 2010 team with sudden wonders like Ross and Torres – more than enough to allow the Giants to miraculously make mincemeat out of one top team after another (Cincinatti, St Louis and Detroit and in 2010 Philadephia, Atlanta and Texas). If it weren’t for a couple big late season injuries to star players the Giants would have probably won it all in 2011,too.
It’s called ‘Win at Any Cost.’ Lilke the giants team, which was one of the weakest hitting teams to start the season,, Obama brought one of the weakest records ever to re-election l. Both played on young, impressionable markets, with both being ‘bought’ in by perks , whether discount tickets and ‘promises’ of a world series’ or free cell phones or more food stamps, etc.) Both used social marketing almost to the border of unfairness with the Giants getting Sandoval on the AllStar team , and others, without big numbers.
Obama got more voters with questionable tactics, eg an unheard of 99% turnout in Philadelphia’s inner city precincts. And, the ‘giveaway’ mentality spreads like wildfire as the momentumbuilds.
So, it’s a different world today. Perhaps old values don’t matter as much any more. A person on American Idol may win more for his or her look than the music. Negative political advertising can win out over honest, positive messages. And baseball playersconvicted or suspected of using illegal drugs are not necessarily looked down upon anymore, eg Barry Bonds and Melky Cabrera, who will likely join the Giants again next year afterbeing one of two giants players suspended this season.
Looks like Kruschev may be right , too, when he said back in 1956 that not only will Russia ‘ bury you’ (the U.S.) but that the US would become communist through it’s own leaders! If not communist yet , certainly socialism is already upon us.
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OBAMA ZOMBIES – REPUBLICAN FUTURE: You may have noticed in watching Obama’s victory speeches and at the DNC
convention that most of Obama’s supporters appear young and/or non-white and are likely idealists,who have largely made up their minds on issuesat least for the coming years. . Assuming it’s fair to call them generally lower and middle income folks, it will be tough for Republicans to have any influence on this growing group without GIVING AWAY thingdaway while trying to make them understand how their lives could be shortchanged by relying on government help rather than seeking the road to success and real personal achievement and the real wealth that goes along with it.
Perhaps this COULD be accomplished with younger REpublican politicians and social networks.
—- OTHER NOTES: ——-
SARAH PALIN WAS RIGHT ABOUT DEATH PANELS…
It just came to light in a meeting of neurosurgeons that people over 70 needing neurosurgery will NOT be given the surgery but ‘be made comfortable’ as it were…
Stuff like this is just coming out as people are learning the truth behind Obama Care.
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WHO’S GOING TO PAY THE TAXES WHEN THE RICH RUN OFF…
It’s coming down to who will be left for Obama to take from pretty soon. Right now, 50% of the population is paying no tax and the wealthy are paying 90% of the taxes. If they’re taxes keep getting raised they’ll either have little left to pay with or will be out of here and then who will Obama go after
Instead of trying to squeeze money out of whoever he can he should be encouraging the low income to GET OFF government assitance rather than to depend on it indefinitely (3 years is average now for low income to be out of a job and relying fully on the government).
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ELECTION FALLOUT:
Now, just following the election we’re starting to see, not surprisingly, people likeGeneral Petraus, walk out of the administration. Petraus was a pawn in the Ben Gazi coverup and certainly wants to get out of there before things hit the fan…Hilary will probably be next.
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Romney was right – the 47%intransigents he spoke of were not going to be moved to vote beyond the Democrartic party, especially after the perks – more food stamps, free ‘Obama phones’ , ‘Obama bucks’ etc. – promised in exchange for votes during Obama’s campaign.
So, Romney – or any other Republican who would have run – had only 3% to work with, making winning a very difficult task. And, with Obama’s ‘ground game’ that somehow got as many as 99% of Democrats voting in inner cities like Philadelphia, Romney hardly had a chance, storm Sandy or otherwise.
One thing the mostly young and / or minority voters who elected Obama will now have to content with making $45,000 or so incomes plus benefits with Obama’s new system. It’s not a whole lot more than the n $20,000 minimum guaranteed income for anyone using all their new benefits including increased food stamps, welfare, disabiliy, etc. The days of free enterprise where incentive and hard work paid dividends and made millionaires are all but over n ow as the United States if following the trends of Greece and France where, as the economy tanks so do the masses’ incomes; only a small elite is making any real income.
Obama was more about METHOD OVER MATERIAL. Obama’s forces rounded up almost any inner city folk who were breathing and got them to the polls, one way or another,and not always legal (according to many illegals, themselves). Beyond the perks, there was the 3 million probable votes Obama picked up via his ‘Dream Act,’ just another method over material to got him votes.
The Obama victory reminds me of the recent San Francisco Giants’ World Series Victories two out of last three years where they somehow made it, arguably, without a top caliber team. Ownership did whatever it could to skirt issues of talent for other means of ‘winning’ –
like rounding up its largely young, liberal fan base with half price tickets and other enticements, turning up the PA system and other psychologoical advantages along with the new prerequisite social marketing, and, finally, bringing in questionable journeymen players other teams don’t want, who suddenly become ‘instant stars’ such as the four Venezulelan
players named Melky, Scutaro, Sandoval and Blanco, who suddenly all hit far above their lifetime averages or homerun productions, especially late season and in the World Series – much like the 2010 team with sudden wonders like Ross and Torres – more than enough
to allow the Giants to miraculously make mincemeat out of one top team after another (Cincinatti, St Louis and Detroit and in 2010 Philadephia, Atlanta and Texas). If it weren’t for a couple big late season injuries to star players the Giants would have probably won it all in 2011,too.
ROMNEY WAS RIGHT – 47% TOO HARD TO OVERCOME
It’s called ‘Win at Any Cost.’ Lilke the giants team, which was one of the weakest hitting teams to start the season,, Obama brought one of the weakest records ever to re-election l. Both played on young, impressionable markets, with both being ‘bought’ in by perks , whether discount tickets and ‘promises’ of a world series’ or free cell phones
or more food stamps, etc.) Both used social marketing almost to the border of unfairness with the Giants getting Sandoval on the AllStar team , and others, without big numbers. Obama got more voters with questionable tactics, eg an unheard of 99% turnout in Philadelphia’s
inner city precincts. And, the ‘giveaway’ mentality spreads like wildfire as the momentum builds.
So, it’s a different world today. Perhaps old values don’t matter as much any more. A person on American Idol may win more for his or her look than the music. Negative political advertising can win out over honest, positive messages. And baseball players convicted or suspected of using illegal drugs are not necessarily looked down upon anymore,
eg Barry Bonds and Melky Cabrera, who will likely join the Giants again next year after being one of two giants players suspended this season.
Looks like Kruschev may be right , too, when he said back in 1956 that not only will Russia ‘ bury you’ (the U.S.) but that the US would become communist through it’s own leaders! If not communist yet , certainly socialism is already upon us.
New Demographics Played Big Roll – California Minority
Now Majority of Voters Pay NONE or Little Taxes.
Obama’s handouts swing these voters who only gain and
lose nothing by voting for more taxes . This demographic of new
imigrants / minorities was promised more handouts by
voting for Proposition 30 and other tax increases.
Remember these are among almost 50% of Americans now paying
no taxes!
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California is looking more and more like a Socialist state as is much
of Ameroica now, whereh only the lower income
and very wealthy able ca afford to live. It has been a long time
coming what with Obama’s increasing benefits to lower income
(food stamps increased by $17 million,welfare up, free phones, etc) while middle class income went down $4,000 per family.
According to Associate Press article, noted on John and Ken show (KFI late October), Prop 30 is deceptive,where most funds would NOT go to education but to infrastructure programs (like high speed rail – tens of billions of dollars, moving water from north to south, etc) and the teachers pension funds (Prop 38 was the one to truly help education. ) Brown has held education and schools hostage. Prop 30 was just a guise to help Brown move money around as he chooses. Another expected result will be more job losses.The pro-Prop 30 budget was ten times greater than the anti-30.
California is now a third world state and we will see more middle
class people leaving the state in droves. Meanwhile, this new
majority will have control and make things even worse for the
middle class, the result much like we see in the many third world dictatorships around the world.
Scutaro became just the fifth midseason acquisition to win a postseason MVP award. http://bit.ly/SAkqNB
Lots of clutch hits left for Scutaro , as long as he’s on Melky’s Melk…. MELK CABRERA LITERALLY PASSED THE TORCH ( of rPEDs) to MARCO SCUTARO…
It was probably no coincidence that Giants’ GM Sabean went after yet another
Venezuelan, with already several on the team. He brings in Scutaro
to meets up with Cabrera and suddenly Scutaro is hitting as well or better
than Cabrera! Then the Giants add yet another Venezuelan, also from kansis City, pitcher
Jose Mijares, who performs better than before, and , of course there’s Venezuelan
Gregor Blanco doing his best Andre Torres impersonation. (Remember , Torres was
brought in early 2010 and , even in advanced years, suddenly had one and a half phenomenal years
with the Giants – 50 points ore more above all prior season- until testing tighted and a mass
drop off among some of the Giants ( Huff, Rowand, etc).
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Did you notice that all the suspects are Venezuelan – Scutaro, Sandoval, Blanco, Mejias, etc.
Makes it even easier to pin it down…after checking over the unlikely stats…9o99
Melky is too and may have gotten the ball rolling before being booted. All these guys are buddies
and like most third world cultures are brought up with limited rules, with a premium of getting ahead ,
supporting family at whatever the cost. More than coincidental. Sabean knows this stuff too.
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