President Barack Obama said numerous times during his campaign that he would raise taxes but only on people that made over $250,000 a year. This is also stated on his website: http://www.barackobama.com/taxes/.
Some Americans may be frightened to hear that because of yet another spending bill being pushed by Obama, a proposal for a national sales tax has been made, http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2009/05/national_sales_tax_mulled_to_o.html. I'm a little confused. Obama said taxes would only be raised on Americans making over $250,000 a year, but a national sales tax would raise taxes for all Americans. Something is a little off here. The purpose of the new tax would be to pay off the costs of switching the country's health care system to a universal form. I'm not a fan of universal health care but I'll go over that another time.
The bottom line here is that the entire country's taxes would go up a considerable amount because of the bill that would give us bad health care. Woops, I meant to say universal health care.
Obama has always been a strong advocate of universal health care and he isn't backing away from this stance as mentioned earlier. Obama may or may not have been the one to suggest the national tax but whether he did or didn't isn't the point here. Because of a bill that he is pushing for, either all Americans will see an increase in their taxes or the country's debt will continue to sky rocket under Obama.
I'm not a fan of either.
"Change we can believe in"? We cam believe in Obama's change but we should hope and pray that it doesn't happen.
Obama has changed some things already unfortunately. He's changed his mind on who will be taxed in order to pay for his next spending bill.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Agree To Agree
I never thought I'd say this, but I actually agree with President Barack Obama on something. One thing to be specific.
In 2004 Obama became a U.S. senator. After he won that election reporters asked him if he would run for president and Obama said no because he believed in "knowing what you're doing when you apply for a job," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BnLozS-TnM&feature=related.
I think Obama was right. He shouldn't have run for president because he was greatly lacking the experience necessary to be president. He didn't know what he was doing when he applied for the job. What changed his mind and led him to believe that he'd obtained the experience he said he lacked? No one knows.
I believe we're seeing what an inexperienced president will do. Just about all of Obama's picks for his administration have undergone intense scrutiny and rightfully so. His pick for Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, had problems because he simply didn't pay his taxes.
Tom Daschle was Obama's pick to be Health Secretary, he also hadn't problems because he didn't pay his taxes.
Obama has struggled to put a limit on his father's credit card (the national budget) and consequently he and congress have spent with reckless abandon.
Obama reminds me of a child that only knows a few phrases. That word is bailout.
They're have been so many spending bills in Obama's first 100 days as president that I have trouble keeping track of them. Every time a big company has to file for bankruptcy Obama and our liberal controlled congress suggest a bailout.
Give me a break! Whatever happened to a free market? Apparently Obama hasn't heard of that phrase.
I have an idea. If businesses make bad decisions they should recieve the consequences for those bad decisions. If my father's business were required to file for bankruptcy would they get a bailout? No! I thought democrats were about being fair and having a level playing field. Apparently they aren't about being fair.
Obama and congress should be a little more fair.
This whole problem would've been avoided if Obama had stuck to his word for once and not applied for a job he wasn't qualified for.
In 2004 Obama became a U.S. senator. After he won that election reporters asked him if he would run for president and Obama said no because he believed in "knowing what you're doing when you apply for a job," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BnLozS-TnM&feature=related.
I think Obama was right. He shouldn't have run for president because he was greatly lacking the experience necessary to be president. He didn't know what he was doing when he applied for the job. What changed his mind and led him to believe that he'd obtained the experience he said he lacked? No one knows.
I believe we're seeing what an inexperienced president will do. Just about all of Obama's picks for his administration have undergone intense scrutiny and rightfully so. His pick for Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, had problems because he simply didn't pay his taxes.
Tom Daschle was Obama's pick to be Health Secretary, he also hadn't problems because he didn't pay his taxes.
Obama has struggled to put a limit on his father's credit card (the national budget) and consequently he and congress have spent with reckless abandon.
Obama reminds me of a child that only knows a few phrases. That word is bailout.
They're have been so many spending bills in Obama's first 100 days as president that I have trouble keeping track of them. Every time a big company has to file for bankruptcy Obama and our liberal controlled congress suggest a bailout.
Give me a break! Whatever happened to a free market? Apparently Obama hasn't heard of that phrase.
I have an idea. If businesses make bad decisions they should recieve the consequences for those bad decisions. If my father's business were required to file for bankruptcy would they get a bailout? No! I thought democrats were about being fair and having a level playing field. Apparently they aren't about being fair.
Obama and congress should be a little more fair.
This whole problem would've been avoided if Obama had stuck to his word for once and not applied for a job he wasn't qualified for.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Not My Fault
Janeane Garofalo said on MSNBC that the tea parties on tax day were "racism straight up." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o_xSAdB2aY
She also said these people were only protesting because a black man was in office. Give me a break. Why can't people just hate his policies? What does race have to do with it? I'll admit that there are racist people in America but that doesn't mean that every person that protests President Barack Obama's policies is a racist. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
I am not a fan of Obama but it has absolutely nothing to do with the color of his skin. Garofalo seems to think that Obama the savior can only be disliked by racists and rednecks.
What makes someone that protests a PRESIDENT's spending and tax policies racist? I think it's ridiculous that liberals blame every problem on George W. Bush or on racism. Get a grip. Obama is a radical and many people recognise that.
Why can't liberals just take credit for their mistakes? Congressman Barney Frank is not entirely to blame for the country's financial problem but he largely responsible for it.
A Harvard law student asked Frank if he thought he deserved any of the blame. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rYt4yrsj38
Frank raged on the student and said this was republicans attack on liberals. Give me a break. If Frank thought he wasn't at all to blame then that's all he had to say.
Instead Frank made himself look like an idiot by getting upset and not answering the question. Frank should have the character to admit the current economic crisis is partially his mistake and just say he made a mistake. If he believes he made no mistake than he should've just said it.
She also said these people were only protesting because a black man was in office. Give me a break. Why can't people just hate his policies? What does race have to do with it? I'll admit that there are racist people in America but that doesn't mean that every person that protests President Barack Obama's policies is a racist. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
I am not a fan of Obama but it has absolutely nothing to do with the color of his skin. Garofalo seems to think that Obama the savior can only be disliked by racists and rednecks.
What makes someone that protests a PRESIDENT's spending and tax policies racist? I think it's ridiculous that liberals blame every problem on George W. Bush or on racism. Get a grip. Obama is a radical and many people recognise that.
Why can't liberals just take credit for their mistakes? Congressman Barney Frank is not entirely to blame for the country's financial problem but he largely responsible for it.
A Harvard law student asked Frank if he thought he deserved any of the blame. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rYt4yrsj38
Frank raged on the student and said this was republicans attack on liberals. Give me a break. If Frank thought he wasn't at all to blame then that's all he had to say.
Instead Frank made himself look like an idiot by getting upset and not answering the question. Frank should have the character to admit the current economic crisis is partially his mistake and just say he made a mistake. If he believes he made no mistake than he should've just said it.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Take A Bow
President Barack Obama went on his first trip overseas recently and has received quite a bit of criticism for bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlqW6UCeaY
The White House Staff have said that Obama wasn't bowing but simply lowering down to reach the king's hand. I don't think bowing to the Saudi king was that big of a deal. I don't think he should've done it but I think he's made other mistakes that are much worse.
I think the more important part of this whole thing is the blatant lie. Anyone who watches the video can tell that Obama is bowing to the king. I think that Obama and his staff are insulting our intelligence. If he bowed to the king he should just say it was a bow and that it was a mistake if he believes it was a mistake but don't lie to the country.
If Obama was merely reaching down to shake the king's hand, then why didn't he bend over that much when he shook Queen Elizabeth's hand? She's only 5'4. It's ridiculous.
It reminds me of when Obama said he didn't know about Reverend Jeremiah Wright's extreme and radical views against America. He sat in Wright's pews for 20 years! To say he didn't know these things, insults our intelligence.
My biggest concern with Obama is that I don't think he can be trusted. He made a number of different statements about his relationship with terrorist Bill Ayers. In Obama's defense, it did finally come out that he launched his political career in Ayers' living room.
Obama once again refuses to be honest with citizens of the country he's trying to run. I find it comical that while overseas he apologized for America's arrogance and various other things. Maybe Obama should apologize for his own mistakes instead of the country's.
The White House Staff have said that Obama wasn't bowing but simply lowering down to reach the king's hand. I don't think bowing to the Saudi king was that big of a deal. I don't think he should've done it but I think he's made other mistakes that are much worse.
I think the more important part of this whole thing is the blatant lie. Anyone who watches the video can tell that Obama is bowing to the king. I think that Obama and his staff are insulting our intelligence. If he bowed to the king he should just say it was a bow and that it was a mistake if he believes it was a mistake but don't lie to the country.
If Obama was merely reaching down to shake the king's hand, then why didn't he bend over that much when he shook Queen Elizabeth's hand? She's only 5'4. It's ridiculous.
It reminds me of when Obama said he didn't know about Reverend Jeremiah Wright's extreme and radical views against America. He sat in Wright's pews for 20 years! To say he didn't know these things, insults our intelligence.
My biggest concern with Obama is that I don't think he can be trusted. He made a number of different statements about his relationship with terrorist Bill Ayers. In Obama's defense, it did finally come out that he launched his political career in Ayers' living room.
Obama once again refuses to be honest with citizens of the country he's trying to run. I find it comical that while overseas he apologized for America's arrogance and various other things. Maybe Obama should apologize for his own mistakes instead of the country's.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Obama built his campaign on "change," and always said we're going to change America and the way politics are done. I'll give him credit, he's changed some things. I'll also admit that I'm a huge fan a his picks for his administration.Tim Geithner, the name just rolls off the tongue.
President Obama picked the wonderful Geithner to play a key roll in his administration, the secretary of the treasury. The reason I like Geithner is because he refused to pay his taxes. I'm trying to remember how much he owes in taxes. Let me think. Now I remember! In Geithner's defense, it's the small amount of about $34,000, so not tons (I hope you can detect my sarcasm). Next, we have the spectacular Tom Daschle. What a pick! I wonder what Obama was thinking when he picked him. It was probably something like "let's see how many people I can pick that haven't paid their taxes."
No one knows for sure what he's thinking, we don't have the technology haha. We do know that our president's pick for health secretary avoided paying about $128,000 in taxes. Another wise choice for our new president. Daschle never actually became the health secretary sadly (more sarcasm). Obama always talked about crossing party lines. That'd be great if he actually did. Instead his brilliant stimusex package isn't crossing any lines. It's getting strictly democratic support.Some of you are probably thinking "well republicans didn't cross party lines when they had congress and the white house." Whether they did or not really makes no difference in any of this. The fact is that Obama said he would and either failed or flat out lied. He said he was going to change the way Washington was run. Picking people who don't pay their taxes is a good start.
He's changing something for sure.I hope he does a good job, I really do. He's gotten off to such a great start that now I have tons of faith in him. Should we support him and his bill's simply because he's our president? Maybe. I just don't want to make the same mistake the Germans did with Hitler.
Now I'm not saying that Obama is the next Hitler. What I am saying is that the germans followed Hitler like he was the Messiah. Should we blindly follow Obama? I sure don't think so. We should do all we can to improve our own situation and pray that he doesn't continue on his path of massively spending all our tax dollars with no sign of it helping.
President Obama picked the wonderful Geithner to play a key roll in his administration, the secretary of the treasury. The reason I like Geithner is because he refused to pay his taxes. I'm trying to remember how much he owes in taxes. Let me think. Now I remember! In Geithner's defense, it's the small amount of about $34,000, so not tons (I hope you can detect my sarcasm). Next, we have the spectacular Tom Daschle. What a pick! I wonder what Obama was thinking when he picked him. It was probably something like "let's see how many people I can pick that haven't paid their taxes."
No one knows for sure what he's thinking, we don't have the technology haha. We do know that our president's pick for health secretary avoided paying about $128,000 in taxes. Another wise choice for our new president. Daschle never actually became the health secretary sadly (more sarcasm). Obama always talked about crossing party lines. That'd be great if he actually did. Instead his brilliant stimusex package isn't crossing any lines. It's getting strictly democratic support.Some of you are probably thinking "well republicans didn't cross party lines when they had congress and the white house." Whether they did or not really makes no difference in any of this. The fact is that Obama said he would and either failed or flat out lied. He said he was going to change the way Washington was run. Picking people who don't pay their taxes is a good start.
He's changing something for sure.I hope he does a good job, I really do. He's gotten off to such a great start that now I have tons of faith in him. Should we support him and his bill's simply because he's our president? Maybe. I just don't want to make the same mistake the Germans did with Hitler.
Now I'm not saying that Obama is the next Hitler. What I am saying is that the germans followed Hitler like he was the Messiah. Should we blindly follow Obama? I sure don't think so. We should do all we can to improve our own situation and pray that he doesn't continue on his path of massively spending all our tax dollars with no sign of it helping.
Friday, February 20, 2009
What's Being Said About You?
Just about all people have spoken badly about someone else at some point in their lives.
Every time that I hear someone talk badly about another person, I always say to the person "I wonder what people say about me when I'm not around." I am not proud to say that I've fallen into the same thing. I've said bad things about others before and I wish I hadn't.
Think about it. If someone is talking badly about another person to you, what's to stop that person from saying bad things about you when you're not around? I don't see what would.
When I was a teenager, I would say bad things about people behind their backs all the time. I felt that everyone did it and even talked badly about me. This was and is an unintelligent way to think. It doesn't better the community in any way.
I dated a girl that had recently broken up with a guy. She was constantly telling me how stupid he was. She talked about him so much that I felt like knew the guy. Every time she'd tell me something bad about him I'd wonder if any of it was true. I'd also wonder what she was going to say about me when we broke (by that point I knew it was over because of how badly she spoke of him and others). I lost so much respect for her.
We stopped dating and I had no doubt that she'd spoken badly about me. As If there was anything bad to say? Just kidding. She started dating the very guy that she'd constantly said terrible things about. I wondered what he'd think if he knew what she'd said about him.
Nonetheless, they broke up and she wanted to date me again. I had no desire to get back with her. She was pretty persistent in trying to date me again. Throughout all of her coaxing I wondered what she'd said about me after we'd stopped dating. I never got back with her.
Why do we talk badly about others? If people are being stupid then just let them be stupid. Saying bad things about them doesn't make what they're doing any less stupid. In fact, it makes some people wonder what you'll say behind you're back.
Every time that I hear someone talk badly about another person, I always say to the person "I wonder what people say about me when I'm not around." I am not proud to say that I've fallen into the same thing. I've said bad things about others before and I wish I hadn't.
Think about it. If someone is talking badly about another person to you, what's to stop that person from saying bad things about you when you're not around? I don't see what would.
When I was a teenager, I would say bad things about people behind their backs all the time. I felt that everyone did it and even talked badly about me. This was and is an unintelligent way to think. It doesn't better the community in any way.
I dated a girl that had recently broken up with a guy. She was constantly telling me how stupid he was. She talked about him so much that I felt like knew the guy. Every time she'd tell me something bad about him I'd wonder if any of it was true. I'd also wonder what she was going to say about me when we broke (by that point I knew it was over because of how badly she spoke of him and others). I lost so much respect for her.
We stopped dating and I had no doubt that she'd spoken badly about me. As If there was anything bad to say? Just kidding. She started dating the very guy that she'd constantly said terrible things about. I wondered what he'd think if he knew what she'd said about him.
Nonetheless, they broke up and she wanted to date me again. I had no desire to get back with her. She was pretty persistent in trying to date me again. Throughout all of her coaxing I wondered what she'd said about me after we'd stopped dating. I never got back with her.
Why do we talk badly about others? If people are being stupid then just let them be stupid. Saying bad things about them doesn't make what they're doing any less stupid. In fact, it makes some people wonder what you'll say behind you're back.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
In Their Hands?
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed a stimulus bill in Washington DC to help fix the economy.
On Wednesday, Speaker of the House, Nanci Pelosi, and seven other democrats in congress went on vacation to Italy. Some people, including me, are a little annoyed at this. Nonetheless, they went on vacation to Europe.
The stimulus package will supposedly give Americans a whopping $13 in their paychecks. The point of this is for people to put money back into the economy. Putting the money in the bank won't help, the government is giving this money to people so they'll go out and buy things with it.
It's extremely ironic to me, that Pelosi and other members of congress would go on vacation outside of the country. These people are wealthy, there's no doubt about it. Wouldn't it help the American economy if they'd gone on vacation somewhere in the U.S?
Our congress should lead by example. If they want us to put money in the economy, then they should do the same.
I'm not saying that going on an American vacation instead of an Italian one is the answer to our economic woes. But these are the people making stimulus packages that spend American tax dollars. If all Americans pulled a Pelosi, our economy would be even worse. Maybe that's why it's getting worse.
On Wednesday, Speaker of the House, Nanci Pelosi, and seven other democrats in congress went on vacation to Italy. Some people, including me, are a little annoyed at this. Nonetheless, they went on vacation to Europe.
The stimulus package will supposedly give Americans a whopping $13 in their paychecks. The point of this is for people to put money back into the economy. Putting the money in the bank won't help, the government is giving this money to people so they'll go out and buy things with it.
It's extremely ironic to me, that Pelosi and other members of congress would go on vacation outside of the country. These people are wealthy, there's no doubt about it. Wouldn't it help the American economy if they'd gone on vacation somewhere in the U.S?
Our congress should lead by example. If they want us to put money in the economy, then they should do the same.
I'm not saying that going on an American vacation instead of an Italian one is the answer to our economic woes. But these are the people making stimulus packages that spend American tax dollars. If all Americans pulled a Pelosi, our economy would be even worse. Maybe that's why it's getting worse.
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