It's time for a little congressional financial intervention because I fear they are in denial? We don't have to increase the national debt; we could choose to limit our expenditures to the amount of our revenue.
Within in the past two years we have raised the debt ceiling another trillion dollars and it made no difference in our spending habits. When will this end? If we raise the debt ceiling again there is no incentive to change spending behavior. A time will come when we will not have the option to just print more fuzzy money.
I think it is time for an intervention. If Obama is the President of change and the GOP received the mandate to cut the budget, do it now.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Disneyland more taxes than Magic.
Traveling from Utah to California yesterday, I observed over a dozen police officers issuing citations. Were they necessary for safety or the $220 revenue for speeding? One care passed me going maybe 5 mph over the speed-limit and was pulled over. I saw two officers hiding at the bottom of a long downgrade … another government trap?
When I filled up my tank with gas the price was expensive and I calculated that $21.15 went for the taxes alone per tank-full … and our roads are worn-out.
In Anaheim California I had to pay $12 to park at the Convention center, then another $12 parking fee per night at the hotel. Taxes for my room were over $13 per night and tax for a $20 meal another $1.58.
To perform my work at the convention center for three days I have to pay a health inspector $350 for a permit but they almost never show up to inspect. The fire-marshal also gets a little fee.
When I make a sale, the government receives more in revenue from the tax I collect for them, than I do in commissions.
Than at the end of the year, if I have made a profit they ask me for another percentage of my earnings. That bill is due tomorrow.
Yesterday, President Obama announced a tremendous cut in taxes over the next 12 years; something like $4 trillion dollars. But if we are going in debt another $1.65 trillion dollars this year who are we kidding?
Remind me again why we had a war with England?
I guess I’ll skip the trip to Disneyland today so I can pay my taxes.
When I filled up my tank with gas the price was expensive and I calculated that $21.15 went for the taxes alone per tank-full … and our roads are worn-out.
In Anaheim California I had to pay $12 to park at the Convention center, then another $12 parking fee per night at the hotel. Taxes for my room were over $13 per night and tax for a $20 meal another $1.58.
To perform my work at the convention center for three days I have to pay a health inspector $350 for a permit but they almost never show up to inspect. The fire-marshal also gets a little fee.
When I make a sale, the government receives more in revenue from the tax I collect for them, than I do in commissions.
Than at the end of the year, if I have made a profit they ask me for another percentage of my earnings. That bill is due tomorrow.
Yesterday, President Obama announced a tremendous cut in taxes over the next 12 years; something like $4 trillion dollars. But if we are going in debt another $1.65 trillion dollars this year who are we kidding?
Remind me again why we had a war with England?
I guess I’ll skip the trip to Disneyland today so I can pay my taxes.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
New View on Planned Parenthood Funding
If mommy gives you $6 and daddy gives you $3, and you buy a happy meal who paid for the fries?
If you have a great after school job and already have $100 in your pocket should you hit your mom up for her hard earned cash?
What if daddy had to get a cash advance on a credit card at 18% interest?
Just because you have to eat, is it right to beg for a free lunch?
What if mom doesn’t want you to eat greasy fries because she thinks it’s wrong; do you still take her money?
This is what Planned Parenthood is about, right?
If you have a great after school job and already have $100 in your pocket should you hit your mom up for her hard earned cash?
What if daddy had to get a cash advance on a credit card at 18% interest?
Just because you have to eat, is it right to beg for a free lunch?
What if mom doesn’t want you to eat greasy fries because she thinks it’s wrong; do you still take her money?
This is what Planned Parenthood is about, right?
Sunday, April 10, 2011
O.N.E.
OPPORTUNITIES Not ENTITLEMENTS - O.N.E.
One Nation Under God
Founding Fathers said it perfectly.
Sounds simple buts it not.
WELFARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE – SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
In government, business and real life a “ponzi scheme” is defined as “something for nothing” or “too good to be true”, but today we recognize, accept, vote for and embrace that same concept as welfare, entitlements, wealth distribution and social justice.
This concept lead to the bank failures and real-estate demise, all too good to be true. Now it is leading to joblessness and trillions more in debt.
Would it be wrong to require someone to take an opportunity if they wished to receive an entitlement? More to follow: Add your comments.
One Nation Under God
Founding Fathers said it perfectly.
Sounds simple buts it not.
WELFARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE – SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
In government, business and real life a “ponzi scheme” is defined as “something for nothing” or “too good to be true”, but today we recognize, accept, vote for and embrace that same concept as welfare, entitlements, wealth distribution and social justice.
This concept lead to the bank failures and real-estate demise, all too good to be true. Now it is leading to joblessness and trillions more in debt.
Would it be wrong to require someone to take an opportunity if they wished to receive an entitlement? More to follow: Add your comments.
Fuzzy Money & Trillions in Debt
Our debt is fuzzy money because of the low value of the US dollar in the world.
In the past the US manufactured and or grew the world’s quality products of food, cars, computers, TVs, electronics, innovation, oil and most everything else of value... giving our dollar value when we stopped the gold standard.
That backed up our Federal Reserve printed money with either gold or our exports of quality products made by state-of-the-art US technology, now we do neither.
Today we create technology that is too easily duplicated, sold off by our own multi-national corporations or stolen by other countries like China, Mexico, Asia and India that can take our technology, and using their massive population, create the real tangible wealth and value. Then we buy it back with borrowed fuzzy money.
That is why our money is so devalued on the world market today. We use to be the best manufactures, oil drillers and food growers on earth. Now were just the best borrowers.
So a better solution to the debt problem might be to start building and growing again in America and stop shipping in all our goods and services to Wal-Mart from foreign countries.
Demand "Made in America" is about the only real solution to solving the debt problem. Maybe add a 25% tax if it's not made here and use that income to pay the trillions of borrowed debt.
Add your comments:
In the past the US manufactured and or grew the world’s quality products of food, cars, computers, TVs, electronics, innovation, oil and most everything else of value... giving our dollar value when we stopped the gold standard.
That backed up our Federal Reserve printed money with either gold or our exports of quality products made by state-of-the-art US technology, now we do neither.
Today we create technology that is too easily duplicated, sold off by our own multi-national corporations or stolen by other countries like China, Mexico, Asia and India that can take our technology, and using their massive population, create the real tangible wealth and value. Then we buy it back with borrowed fuzzy money.
That is why our money is so devalued on the world market today. We use to be the best manufactures, oil drillers and food growers on earth. Now were just the best borrowers.
So a better solution to the debt problem might be to start building and growing again in America and stop shipping in all our goods and services to Wal-Mart from foreign countries.
Demand "Made in America" is about the only real solution to solving the debt problem. Maybe add a 25% tax if it's not made here and use that income to pay the trillions of borrowed debt.
Add your comments:
Trillions In Debt - THE FIX
The DEBT problem can be solved in 5 years.
Move the US capitol to Alaska and start drilling for oil and chopping down trees. (What politician would want to live there year round unless he really was a do-gooder)?
If you spill a drop of oil or cut the wrong tree you get a felony and so does your CEO, Chairman of the Board and all Board Members. Also, all corporate dividends go towards paying for the ecological loss for three years … so don’t screw up.
Use 1% of the trees to build a decent fence along our Mexican border. Legalize Mexicans already here if they learn the Pledge of Allegiance in English, deport the rest.
Use 1% of the oil money to get water pipelines to central California and pay a decent wage to farm workers and start growing crops.
Only allow state banks and outlaw “futures” speculation.
Unionize everyone in America, maybe call them Americans.
You get paid when you work, if you need a social program join a church but you must attend (one of your choice).
Limit political advertising, campaigning and elections to three months and do away with absentee ballots, except for overseas military.
Tax everything not made in America by 25% and give the revenue to teacher’s salaries.
Juvenile crime and misdemeanor court cases must be resolved in 10 days, Felonies in 90 days and capital crimes in six months. All trials have to be jury trials, settle or face people for your crime. An execution must be carried out within a year from sentence. Criminals must work 60 hrs/wk and pay 50% of their own costs to keep them there. They can make the license plates like old times, close the DMV’s and do registrations on the internet with police or EMT’s verifying ID numbers.
Taxes: Real Estate .005%/year. Sales Tax 5% on US made items – 25% on the rest (none on food). Graduated Federal Tax 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and tops at 25%, you keep the rest but everyone pays something and same for States at 1%, 3%, 5%, 7%, 10%.
Now all this is going to cause about 1.4 million in non-essential state and federal workers to be out of jobs but we will need farmers, oil drillers, lumberjacks and hopefully a ton of manufacturing workers and real estate agents as people are working and buying homes …
Oh yea the housing market is automatically solved in this equation.
Any new money printed has to be backed by Gold, Oil Reserves or Food Reserves and we must have a balanced budget on time or the President, House & Senate Leaders are fired immediately.
So if you got this far, you know some of this is tongue-in-cheek. But ya get the idea I hope.
Get more of my ranting at: Dapapa@blogspot.com or follow “dapapa” on twitter.
Move the US capitol to Alaska and start drilling for oil and chopping down trees. (What politician would want to live there year round unless he really was a do-gooder)?
If you spill a drop of oil or cut the wrong tree you get a felony and so does your CEO, Chairman of the Board and all Board Members. Also, all corporate dividends go towards paying for the ecological loss for three years … so don’t screw up.
Use 1% of the trees to build a decent fence along our Mexican border. Legalize Mexicans already here if they learn the Pledge of Allegiance in English, deport the rest.
Use 1% of the oil money to get water pipelines to central California and pay a decent wage to farm workers and start growing crops.
Only allow state banks and outlaw “futures” speculation.
Unionize everyone in America, maybe call them Americans.
You get paid when you work, if you need a social program join a church but you must attend (one of your choice).
Limit political advertising, campaigning and elections to three months and do away with absentee ballots, except for overseas military.
Tax everything not made in America by 25% and give the revenue to teacher’s salaries.
Juvenile crime and misdemeanor court cases must be resolved in 10 days, Felonies in 90 days and capital crimes in six months. All trials have to be jury trials, settle or face people for your crime. An execution must be carried out within a year from sentence. Criminals must work 60 hrs/wk and pay 50% of their own costs to keep them there. They can make the license plates like old times, close the DMV’s and do registrations on the internet with police or EMT’s verifying ID numbers.
Taxes: Real Estate .005%/year. Sales Tax 5% on US made items – 25% on the rest (none on food). Graduated Federal Tax 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and tops at 25%, you keep the rest but everyone pays something and same for States at 1%, 3%, 5%, 7%, 10%.
Now all this is going to cause about 1.4 million in non-essential state and federal workers to be out of jobs but we will need farmers, oil drillers, lumberjacks and hopefully a ton of manufacturing workers and real estate agents as people are working and buying homes …
Oh yea the housing market is automatically solved in this equation.
Any new money printed has to be backed by Gold, Oil Reserves or Food Reserves and we must have a balanced budget on time or the President, House & Senate Leaders are fired immediately.
So if you got this far, you know some of this is tongue-in-cheek. But ya get the idea I hope.
Get more of my ranting at: Dapapa@blogspot.com or follow “dapapa” on twitter.
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