Biggest Tax Increase In World History - HUMAN EVENTS

The tax man cometh.  But what about the 95% of the folks that would see a tax decrease??

Biggest Tax Increase In World History - HUMAN EVENTS

by  Myron Ebell

05/27/2009

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on the evening of May 21 passed the biggest piece of the Obama administration and Congressional Democrats' agenda to put the federal government in charge of the American economy. On a 33 to 25 vote, the Committee approved the "American Clean Energy and Security Act," H. R. 2454. The 946-page energy-rationing bill is better known as Waxman-Markey, named after its two chief sponsors, Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.

NASA - Deep Solar Minimum

While Waxman pushes his global warming bill, intent on tax Americans to death, our true source of warmth continues to be quiet.

 

NASA - Deep Solar Minimum

04.01.2009

April 1, 2009: The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.

2008 was a bear. There were no sunspots observed on 266 of the year's 366 days (73%). To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go all the way back to 1913, which had 311 spotless days: plot. Prompted by these numbers, some observers suggested that the solar cycle had hit bottom in 2008.

Maybe not. Sunspot counts for 2009 have dropped even lower. As of March 31st, there were no sunspots on 78 of the year's 90 days (87%).

Millionaires Go Missing

Golly, who could have seen this coming??  I am shocked that productive people are finding ways to not give their hard earned cash to an out of control state government.  The bastards!!

Maryland's fleeced taxpayers fight back.

Here's a two-minute drill in soak-the-rich economics:

Maryland couldn't balance its budget last year, so the state tried to close the shortfall by fleecing the wealthy. Politicians in Annapolis created a millionaire tax bracket, raising the top marginal income-tax rate to 6.25%. And because cities such as Baltimore and Bethesda also impose income taxes, the state-local tax rate can go as high as 9.45%. Governor Martin O'Malley, a dedicated class warrior, declared that these richest 0.3% of filers were "willing and able to pay their fair share." The Baltimore Sun predicted the rich would "grin and bear it."

RED ALERT: Did anti-Obama campaign contributions dictate which Chrysler dealers were shuttered?

Taking out political enemies via dealership closures?? Nah, no one would ever think that this administration would do such a thing! I'm sure it's just a coincidence. Obama is here to save us not to take retribution. No, really!

RED ALERT: Did anti-Obama campaign contributions dictate which Chrysler dealers were shuttered?

A tipster alerted me to an interesting assertion. A cursory review by that person showed that many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors.
To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this isn't an exhaustive review, it does have some ominous implications if it can be verified.

Update:

Does Obama have a car dealer enemies list?

Additional information on the Chrysler closings - seems there are more than a few successful, high-profile Republicans and Libertarians on the closing list whose dealerships are growing - not shrinking. Things that make you want to go hummmmm! Surly the MSM will jump on this apparent abuse of power!!

Update 2:

They really couldn't be this stupid, could they?

Way back in the 1960s, Chrysler Corporation had a very successful ad campaign for its Dodge Division, portraying their Dodge dealers as “the good guys in the white hats.” Some ongoing research about the way the closings of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep dealerships are being handled indicates that the Obama administration might think that some of the “good guys” are much better than others.
Since Doug Ross reported that many of the dealers on the list of Chrysler outlets to be closed were donors mostly to Republicans, attention has now been focused on the list of dealerships which are slated to remain open. Some preliminary findings, as well as related news, have bombshell potential.

Update 3

(H/T Gatewaypundit)

Even GOP Congressman Loses Chrysler Dealership ...Plus Peoria GOP Supporter Losing "5 Star" Business

More Hope and Change...
** Earlier it was reported that the Obama Administration may have targeted GOP donors in deciding which Chrysler dealerships would have to close their doors.
** Last night it was discovered that a Big Dem Donor Group was allowed to keep all 6 Chrysler dealerships open.... And, their local competitors were eliminated by Obama's task force.
** The closings also tend to be in "Red" Counties where Obama lost.

Now this...
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla) lost his Chrysler dealership in Florida.

Update 4
Is Obama closing GOP car dealers?
By: Mark TapscottEditorial Page Editor 5/27/09 9:36 PM There appears to be a side to the Chrysler bankruptcy that has the look of an ugly partisanship not seen in this town since Tricky Dick was in the White House composing his enemies list and checking it twice every night while watching the evening TV newscast.

Old Glory Radio » Blog Archive » California Bill to Limit Ammunition Sales

The quest of gun control continues.

Old Glory Radio » Blog Archive » California Bill to Limit Ammunition Sales

Two Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Consideration on Thursday, May 28 2009

Assembly Bill 962 and Senate Bill 585 are scheduled to be considered on Thursday, May 28 2009.

SUN heats EARTH, EARTH heats ATMOSPHERE - NOT The Other Way Around | / | Energy & Environment

SUN heats EARTH, EARTH heats ATMOSPHERE - NOT The Other Way Around / Energy & Environment

A definitive chapter on the fallacy of man-made global warming/climate change.

May 14, 2009
By Hans Schreuder

"Our understanding of the natural world does not progress through the straight forward accumulation of facts because most scientists tend to gravitate to the established popular consensus also known as the established paradigm. Thomas Kuhn describes the development of scientific paradigms as comprising three stages: prescience, normal science and revolutionary science when there is a crisis in the current consensus. When it comes to the science of climate

Amen

 A recipe for lawlessness

May 13, 2009 Posted by Paul at 4:48 PM

 

It's a fundamental principle of our legal system that cases are to be decided based on the facts and the law, not one's likes, dislikes, and sympathies. The rule of law depends on this principle, because people's likes, dislikes, and sympathies are idiosyncratic and thus unpredictable. And when legal outcomes become too unpredictable, the question of how to comply with the law becomes anyone's guess.

Democrats cheer defeat of Social Security reform.

Studies released today show the Social Security will run out of money much earlier than expected.  It has been a can kicked down the road for a lot of years, as shown by this 2006 video.  Who will ever make these folks answer for their deeds?

I would like to say the American people will hold them to account - sadly I do not believe they will.  They cheer the destruction of their children's future.

Obama lays our breast bare to our nuclear enemies

With ongoing nuclear weapons development going on in Iran, N. Korea, Russia and god only knows where else, Obama's response has been curious to say the least.  He has reduced spending on antimissile technology.  Reduced military spending in general.  And now, cut the program to insure the reliability of our existing nuclear weapons.  At what point do his actions become treasonous??

Obama Breaks With Gates, Cancels Nuke Program

Obama's new budget plan includes a little-noted sea change in U.S. nuclear policy, and a step towards his vision of a denuclearized world. It provides no funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program, created to design a new generation of long-lasting nuclear weapons that don't need to be tested. (The military is worried that a nuclear test moratorium in effect since 1992 might endanger the reliability of an aging US arsenal.) But this spring Obama issued a bold call for a world free of nuclear weapons, and part of that vision entails leading by example. That means halting programs that expand the American nuclear stockpile. For the past two budget years the Democratic Congress has refused to fund the Bush-era program. But Obama's budget kills the National Nuclear Security Administration program once and for all.

Hemorrhaging – Especially Uncle Sam « Maenianum Secundum

Knock-knock.

Who's there?

John.

John who?

John Gault!

Hemorrhaging – Especially Uncle Sam

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Herself

There are various entities in the Federal government that look at the financial status of the government (OBM, CBO, etc).  ”Budget” is simply a prediction of future spending and receipts, and whether or not it is balanced is determined by what actually happens, not what is forecast to happen. 

Finding a Doctor Who Accepts Medicare Isn’t Easy - NYTimes.com

Our future under Obamacare.

Doctors Are Opting Out of Medicare

Finding a Doctor Who Accepts Medicare Isn’t Easy - NYTimes.com

By JULIE CONNELLY

Published: April 1, 2009

EARLY this year, Barbara Plumb, a freelance editor and writer in New York who is on Medicare, received a disturbing letter. Her gynecologist informed her that she was opting out of Medicare. When Ms. Plumb asked her primary-care doctor to recommend another gynecologist who took Medicare, the doctor responded that she didn’t know any — and that if Ms. Plumb found one she liked, could she call and tell her the name?

I Can Only Hope This Proves To Be Inflammatory Nonsense | finem respice

Are we descending into fascism??

I Can Only Hope This Proves To Be Inflammatory Nonsense | finem respice

RealClearPolitics - Cold, Cold Health Care

Looking at the future of healthcare under the Obama administration.

Cold, Cold Health Care

By Carol Peracchio

And he's not cool. He's cold. This is a cold, cold guy.
- Rush Limbaugh

Last year I read that Barack Obama not only voted against, but vigorously fought the passage in Illinois of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act (BAIPA). This bill addressed the situation when an abortion results in a live baby. BAIPA stated all live born babies are guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection whether or not they were wanted. The Federal version of this legislation passed the Senate unanimously. Yet Barack Obama voted against this legislation not once but several times.

Dem Congresswoman Admits Obama Health Care Plan Will Destroy Private Health Insurance Industry

“I know many of you here today are single payer advocates and so am I … and those of us who are pushing for a public health insurance don’t disagree with this goal. This is not a principled fight. This is a fight about strategy for getting there and I believe we will,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) told a group of government-run health care supporters on April 18.