taxes

By Bob Ellis • December 31st, 2008

A video from the Cato Institute on downsizing government was brought to my attention by my fellow Red County Blogger Steve Dalton.
For liberals out there who have a hard time understanding our foundational and constitutional mandate of limited government in the United States, let me explain something.
For instance, this video focuses on the need to [...] Read more »

With so many lined up with their hand out at the federal trough for bailouts, what’s next? Will Santa come asking you and me (i.e. the money behind the federal trough) for a bailout?
From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

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There was an interesting letter on the Letters to the Editor page of the Rapid City Journal today.
It regards the proper use of taxpayer-funded charity, and it contains enlightening information about one of the many reasons why government-mandated, taxpayer-funded charity is inadvisable (if you’re discerning enough to catch it).
Food stamp usage recipients’ business, [...] Read more »

Senator Harry Reid may not like the stench of tourists in the U.S. Capitol, but the smell of unwashed taxpayers is nothing to the putrid odor of bloated, decaying government.
You know what they say about people living in glass houses, right? I think the same goes for people who live in houses of corruption [...] Read more »

Industry slackers are praying the government-god or Santa Claus will bring big taxpayer-funded gifts this Christmas season.
Exercising fiscal irresponsibility and then expecting the taxpayers to rescue you isn’t capitalism, guys.
From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

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The Most High Senator Harry Reid of the United States Senate says he welcomes the new $621 million U.S. Capitol Visitor’s Center.
Apparently his sensitive olfactory organ has been suffering from being in close proximity to stench of the unwashed masses who come to defile the holy sanctum of the Capitol.
It seems the unwashed masses are [...] Read more »

From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

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By Gordon Garnos
AT ISSUE: For months now South Dakotans have been hearing about the shortage of funds in the state’s highway fund program. This, with the reduction of fuel being used on our highways, has also caused a cut in the amount of gasoline tax the state gets from motorists. This, of course, adds to [...] Read more »

A couple of weeks ago it came to light that House Democrats were looking at taking away the tax breaks for 401(k) retirement accounts and implementing another socialist ponzi scheme–via a new 5% tax hike.
Democrats are capitalizing on the recent economic downturn (which was of their own making) for this new opportunity to push more [...] Read more »

BY PAUL E. SCATES
IRS data from 2006 (last year figures available) show the following:
The top 1% of earners paid 40% of all income taxes. The Top 5% paid a little over 60%, and the Top 10% paid over 70% of all income taxes paid. The bottom 50% paid less than 3% of all income taxes [...] Read more »

Don’tcha just love the Marxist Shuffle? Isn’t it a cool dance? As the thresh hold of “evil rich” drops, your taxes go up.
How low do you think the thresh hold will be if Obama gets to be president? $75,000? $50,000? $30,000?
Oh heck, let’s just raise everyone’s taxes so everyone [...] Read more »

BY STAR PARKERFOUNDER & PRESIDENTCOALITION ON URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION
Pushing back on accusations from John McCain that he’s a socialist, Barack Obama said, “I don’t know what’s next. By the end of the week, he’ll be accusing me of being a secret Communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my peanut butter [...] Read more »

Like a good Soviet, er, Marxist, er, socialist, er, Democrat, Barack Obama is trying to put a positive spin on his Marxist plans to spread your wealth around to those who haven’t earned it.
From ABC News:
“John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic,” Obama continued. “You know I don’t know when, when they decided [...] Read more »

What happens when you blaspheme against the almighty government-god?
What happens when you show disrespect to the government-god’s high priest the Obamessiah Barack Obama?
The prophet Big Brother comes down on you.
The Columbus Dispatch says Joe the Plumber received a very close and intrusive look from the government deity after he exposed the Obamessiah as the [...] Read more »

Looks like Barack Obama’s tax cut thresh hold is dropping like a Marxist citizen’s hopes of ever being free.
WorldNetDaily points out that the magic $250,000 figure recently touted by Obama to be worthy of a tax cut has dropped.
It hit $200,000, and is now reported to have dropped to $150,000.
This sounds a lot like Obama’s [...] Read more »

Maybe that would be more appropriate to say, “Joe the Plumber did what the media wouldn’t.”
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to recognize Barack Obama’s (and most other Democrats) ideology as socialist.
Journalists in the media are more than educated enough to recognize progressive taxation as Marxist socialism. The reason they don’t (except for this rare [...] Read more »

GUEST COLUMN
By Stephen Wesolick
Voting “Yes” on Measure 10 will stop politicians from using our tax dollars for lobbying and political campaigns, prohibit campaign contributions by government contractors, and require posting government contract information on the Internet.
As a lawyer and drafter of Measure 10, I am obliged to set the record straight. Voters can be assured, [...] Read more »

A brief but good analysis of John McCain’s tax plan and Barack Obama’s tax plan.
If you’re into economic growth, McCain’s plan is obviously the way to go. If you’re into greed and envy, and want to stick it to someone who has more than you, Obama’s plan is obviously the way to go.
Rea Hederman, [...] Read more »

Look who’s Trick-or-Treating at Barack Obama’s house. And look who paid for the candy.
From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

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What do Democrats do when they see a system or program that isn’t working? They throw more money at it, or recreate the same system under another name, or both.
Social Security (or rather, Socialist Security) has been revealed as the glorified government-mandated ponzi scheme that it is, and the Democrats answer is to create another [...] Read more »

All hard-working self-sufficient Americans are Joe the Plumber.

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