There is no way to end entitlements and stop the pending doomsday bankruptcy when THIS MANY people are relying on the government!!!
WSJ: Nearly half, 48.5%, of the population lived in a household that received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2010, according to Census data. Those numbers have risen since the middle of the recession when 44.4% lived households receiving benefits in the third quarter of 2008.
The share of people relying on government benefits has reached a historic high, in large part from the deep recession and meager recovery, but also because of the expansion of government programs over the years.
Another 14.5% lived in homes where someone was on Medicare (the health care program for the elderly). Nearly 16% lived in households receiving Social Security.
High unemployment and increased reliance on government programs has also shrunk the nation’s share of taxpayers. Some 46.4% of households will pay no federal income tax this year, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. That’s up from 39.9% in 2007, the year the recession began.
Just 18.1% of households pay neither payroll nor federal income taxes and they are predominantly the nation’s elderly and poorest families.
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Senator Bunning's Heroic Stance Against Spending
Originally published "State of the Nation" at Desk of Brian:
http://sites.google.com/site/thedeskofbrian/state-of-the-nation/senatorbunningheroicstanceagainstspending
You will surely hear (if you haven't already) how Senator Jim Bunning and Republicans don't care about the uninsured or the unemployed. Even party loyalists are turning on Bunning as Bunning upset the Senate spending "apple cart" by voting NO to bill spending $10 billion.
Susan Collins of Maine was eager to lead the foolish accusations and comparisons to a filibuster and exaggerate the martyrdom of Americans.
Problem is:this is NOT A FILIBUSTER!
A filibuster is a technical procedure to block a unanimous cloture vote in the Senate. The $10 billion spending was on the floor for "Unanimous consent" and Bunning's objection WILL CREATE DEBATE. Instead of flying right through, they have to discuss the bill and find a way to pay for it.
$10 billion to extend unemployment benefits, COBRA, perpetuating doctor fees for Medicare patients, flood insurance, highway spending -- Bunning supports all of this: if we can find a way to pay for it.
"When 100 senators are for a bill and we can't
find $10 billion to pay for it, there's something the matter, seriously
the matter with this body." Bunning proclaims as he reminds us that the Democratic controlled Senate of the last three years has escalated the debt $5 trillion dollars."
It takes a moment like this to stop the bleeding, stop the endless freight train of abusive spending and that hero is in Kentucky.
Jim DeMint (R-SC) has come to the aid of Bunning: "When we borrow the money to do it we threaten the futures of our
children and grandchildren, diminish their quality of life and likely
cause their unemployment in the future."
Better late than never.
Todd Schnitt, a Conservative talk show host here in Tampa, objective to the decision because it's "political suicide" and bad timing.
Isn't that the core of the problem: being Conservative, following the Constitution ONLY when it's convenient and politically expedient to do so.
So let's throw some gasoline on the fire and mention that the PAYGO BILL - requiring Congress to offset spending to keep a zero balance, was just passed. A year - A YEAR after the $2 trillion deficit of the first year in office, President Obama can pound his chest in victory.
Of course, within a month, Congress wants $10 billion in "emergency spending" -- not from the stimulus, extra spending.
How are we going to pay for it?
"This is a temporary extension. It's over $10 billion. And all Senator
Bunning was saying, quite correctly, is it ought to be paid for.
Congress just passed the so-called pay-go legislation which is supposed
to require that we find offsets or other savings if we're going to spend
money. We exempt this bill from it. ... The question for
the longer term extension is a different issue, because that's well over
$100 billion." - John Kyl (R-AZ)
So let's check the other side of the aisle:
"As American families
are struggling in tough economic times, I am keenly disappointed that
political games are putting a stop to important construction projects
around the country," said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
"This means that construction workers will be sent home from job sites
because federal inspectors must be furloughed."
Is he kidding? Political games...the bill isn't passed and workers are sent home. I've told you how stupid they think we are.
Harry Reid responded by attacking Bunning for raising "no objections to passing the Bush tax cuts and authorizing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq without paying for the provisions" -- Reid's point is well taken, but isn't that the whole point to PayGo.
Partisan politics on both sides, spineless wimps for leaders and we're left with the tab. Bunning's move didn't earn any Republicans public opinion points, but if they were more concerned about that DEBT instead of getting re-elected, then they'd see how they could continue the theme to stop the Healthcare Reform freight train.
Jim DeMint defending Bunning:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/84547-demint-comes-to-bunnings-aid-in-unemployment-fight
John Kyl finally joins in the fight: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/01/reid-neutralize-bunnings-objection-unemployment-aid/
Pic: USA Today http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/03/sen-bunnings-one-man-filibuster-is-over/1
http://sites.google.com/site/thedeskofbrian/state-of-the-nation/senatorbunningheroicstanceagainstspending
You will surely hear (if you haven't already) how Senator Jim Bunning and Republicans don't care about the uninsured or the unemployed. Even party loyalists are turning on Bunning as Bunning upset the Senate spending "apple cart" by voting NO to bill spending $10 billion.
Susan Collins of Maine was eager to lead the foolish accusations and comparisons to a filibuster and exaggerate the martyrdom of Americans.
Problem is:this is NOT A FILIBUSTER!
A filibuster is a technical procedure to block a unanimous cloture vote in the Senate. The $10 billion spending was on the floor for "Unanimous consent" and Bunning's objection WILL CREATE DEBATE. Instead of flying right through, they have to discuss the bill and find a way to pay for it.
$10 billion to extend unemployment benefits, COBRA, perpetuating doctor fees for Medicare patients, flood insurance, highway spending -- Bunning supports all of this: if we can find a way to pay for it.
"When 100 senators are for a bill and we can't
find $10 billion to pay for it, there's something the matter, seriously
the matter with this body." Bunning proclaims as he reminds us that the Democratic controlled Senate of the last three years has escalated the debt $5 trillion dollars."
It takes a moment like this to stop the bleeding, stop the endless freight train of abusive spending and that hero is in Kentucky.
Jim DeMint (R-SC) has come to the aid of Bunning: "When we borrow the money to do it we threaten the futures of our
children and grandchildren, diminish their quality of life and likely
cause their unemployment in the future."
Better late than never.
Todd Schnitt, a Conservative talk show host here in Tampa, objective to the decision because it's "political suicide" and bad timing.
Isn't that the core of the problem: being Conservative, following the Constitution ONLY when it's convenient and politically expedient to do so.
So let's throw some gasoline on the fire and mention that the PAYGO BILL - requiring Congress to offset spending to keep a zero balance, was just passed. A year - A YEAR after the $2 trillion deficit of the first year in office, President Obama can pound his chest in victory.
Of course, within a month, Congress wants $10 billion in "emergency spending" -- not from the stimulus, extra spending.
How are we going to pay for it?
"This is a temporary extension. It's over $10 billion. And all Senator
Bunning was saying, quite correctly, is it ought to be paid for.
Congress just passed the so-called pay-go legislation which is supposed
to require that we find offsets or other savings if we're going to spend
money. We exempt this bill from it. ... The question for
the longer term extension is a different issue, because that's well over
$100 billion." - John Kyl (R-AZ)
So let's check the other side of the aisle:
"As American families
are struggling in tough economic times, I am keenly disappointed that
political games are putting a stop to important construction projects
around the country," said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
"This means that construction workers will be sent home from job sites
because federal inspectors must be furloughed."
Is he kidding? Political games...the bill isn't passed and workers are sent home. I've told you how stupid they think we are.
Harry Reid responded by attacking Bunning for raising "no objections to passing the Bush tax cuts and authorizing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq without paying for the provisions" -- Reid's point is well taken, but isn't that the whole point to PayGo.
Partisan politics on both sides, spineless wimps for leaders and we're left with the tab. Bunning's move didn't earn any Republicans public opinion points, but if they were more concerned about that DEBT instead of getting re-elected, then they'd see how they could continue the theme to stop the Healthcare Reform freight train.
Jim DeMint defending Bunning:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/84547-demint-comes-to-bunnings-aid-in-unemployment-fight
John Kyl finally joins in the fight: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/01/reid-neutralize-bunnings-objection-unemployment-aid/
Pic: USA Today http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/03/sen-bunnings-one-man-filibuster-is-over/1
Saturday, February 27, 2010
California no longer Golden State: bankruptcy, gay marriage, illegals & free the prisoners
Following the initial publishing of "State of the Nation" by Brandon Jones at Desk of Brian -- original post here: http://sites.google.com/site/thedeskofbrian/state-of-the-nation/californianolongergoldenstatebankruptcygaymarriageillegalsfreetheprisoners
The old phrase "As California goes, so goes the nation" will spell disaster for America. Orange County alone is shackled with the burden an millions and millions illegal aliens and a verdict is pending to possible overturn the voice of the people on Prop 8.
57,000 individuals would disagree with me right from the onset as a federal judge has ordered the State of California, the "Golden State", to release these thousands of prisoners to ease the burden on the budget.
"This order, the latest intrusion by the federal
judiciary into California's prison system, is a blunt instrument that
does not recognize the imperatives of public safety, nor the challenges
of incarcerating criminals, many of whom are deeply disturbed." - Attorney General Jerry Brown
From an article by Guy Adams: "Arnold Schwarzenegger has sent redundancy notices to 20,000 government
employees and shut down California’s last remaining public works
projects yesterday, as state politicians failed to pass a budget that
will prevent his administration from running out of money."
The solution in the California State Senate is raise taxes.
In the middle of the worse recession in modern times and their cure (for the $12 billion deficit this year alone) is more taxes. Income tax revenues are in decline -- translation to Liberals: then there's room to tax them more; translation to a Conservative: more tax yields less activity so lower the taxes.
Meanwhile, across the state, Prop 8, the official amendment blocking recognition of gay marriage, is under siege. Similarly, the judicial system can overturn millions of voters, cost the state billions and ignore the constitution entirely.
Californians ignore the constitution, fiscal responsibility and personal responsibility.
There is now increasing cries for a "bailout" for California. A state cannot officially declare "bankruptcy" and President Obama (and Congress) have proved that 49 states can be required to carry the burden of one (see Nebraska's Medicaid clause in the proposed health care bill.)
"It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax
revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the
long run is to cut the rates now ... Cutting taxes now is not to incur
a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy
which can bring a budget surplus." - John F. Kennedy, 1962
California, we hope you wake up. We don't follow you or have any desire to emulate your politics. I will push, protest, call and write any and every member of Congress: DO NOT BAILOUT CALIFORNIA!
California you have a few objectives that you need to wake up to: first, illegal aliens are just that: here illegally. They are an anchor around the budget and tax liability of the people. Start by sending them back through immigration to gain legal citizenship.
Next, acknowledge and obey the state Constitution. You can vote on measures, be unhappy with the outcome and then try backdoor, backhanded means to achieve the results you want. This is tyrannical and we all hope you can see that at some point. If you want gay marriage, then write another amendment and go do it properly.
Lastly, less government -- California, your state is proof to the rest of us that none of this "microtaxation" on cigarettes, soda, plastic bags, a ridiculous gas tax, etc...is the solution to anything.
I quoted JFK for a reason, maybe you'll see that.
Judge over release of 57,000 prisoners: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5190CB20090210
Stop 8 Pic: http://queertoday.ning.com/
The old phrase "As California goes, so goes the nation" will spell disaster for America. Orange County alone is shackled with the burden an millions and millions illegal aliens and a verdict is pending to possible overturn the voice of the people on Prop 8.
57,000 individuals would disagree with me right from the onset as a federal judge has ordered the State of California, the "Golden State", to release these thousands of prisoners to ease the burden on the budget.
"This order, the latest intrusion by the federal
judiciary into California's prison system, is a blunt instrument that
does not recognize the imperatives of public safety, nor the challenges
of incarcerating criminals, many of whom are deeply disturbed." - Attorney General Jerry Brown
From an article by Guy Adams: "Arnold Schwarzenegger has sent redundancy notices to 20,000 government
employees and shut down California’s last remaining public works
projects yesterday, as state politicians failed to pass a budget that
will prevent his administration from running out of money."
The solution in the California State Senate is raise taxes.
In the middle of the worse recession in modern times and their cure (for the $12 billion deficit this year alone) is more taxes. Income tax revenues are in decline -- translation to Liberals: then there's room to tax them more; translation to a Conservative: more tax yields less activity so lower the taxes.
Meanwhile, across the state, Prop 8, the official amendment blocking recognition of gay marriage, is under siege. Similarly, the judicial system can overturn millions of voters, cost the state billions and ignore the constitution entirely.
Californians ignore the constitution, fiscal responsibility and personal responsibility.
There is now increasing cries for a "bailout" for California. A state cannot officially declare "bankruptcy" and President Obama (and Congress) have proved that 49 states can be required to carry the burden of one (see Nebraska's Medicaid clause in the proposed health care bill.)
"It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax
revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the
long run is to cut the rates now ... Cutting taxes now is not to incur
a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy
which can bring a budget surplus." - John F. Kennedy, 1962
California, we hope you wake up. We don't follow you or have any desire to emulate your politics. I will push, protest, call and write any and every member of Congress: DO NOT BAILOUT CALIFORNIA!
California you have a few objectives that you need to wake up to: first, illegal aliens are just that: here illegally. They are an anchor around the budget and tax liability of the people. Start by sending them back through immigration to gain legal citizenship.
Next, acknowledge and obey the state Constitution. You can vote on measures, be unhappy with the outcome and then try backdoor, backhanded means to achieve the results you want. This is tyrannical and we all hope you can see that at some point. If you want gay marriage, then write another amendment and go do it properly.
Lastly, less government -- California, your state is proof to the rest of us that none of this "microtaxation" on cigarettes, soda, plastic bags, a ridiculous gas tax, etc...is the solution to anything.
I quoted JFK for a reason, maybe you'll see that.
Judge over release of 57,000 prisoners: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5190CB20090210
Stop 8 Pic: http://queertoday.ning.com/
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