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You seem to be a Frank Luntz believer. Svengali Luntz changed the wording from Estate Tax to Death Tax so people like yourself will endorse it. It only applies to Millionaires and Billionaires. --------- Obama’s Record Belies Inaugural Words by Ralph Nader / January 26, 2013 / http://tinyurl.com/aglc7tc A friend asked me what I was thinking while listening to President Obama’s inaugural address. Here were my reactions: Obama:“They [the Patriots of 1776] gave to us a republic, a government of and by and for the people.” The flood of money-shaping elections and politics has given us a corporate government of the Exxons, by the General Motors, for the DuPonts. Obama:“Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.” In his first term Obama was indifferent to the more than 300,000 preventable fatalities a year in this country from hospital infections and malpractice, adverse drug effects, and occupational disease/trauma, in addition to coming perils of viral epidemics from abroad. Obama:“…our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.” He reneged and kept silent on his repeated 2008 campaign promise to push for a $9.50 minimum wage by 2011 and for a card-check system to facilitate the growth of unions. In his first term he discouraged Democrats from championing these measures in Congress even though thirty million workers are making wages less than workers made in 1968, adjusted for inflation (see timeforaraise.org ). He also opposed a Wall Street financial transaction tax and declined to reduce gigantic corporate welfare programs (that conservatives call “crony capitalism”) that beg for repeal. Obama:“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.” Obama and the emissaries he sends to international climate change conferences have brought up the rear among nations, infuriating our allies who looked to the U.S.A. for leadership. He never pressed for a carbon tax that even Exxon and leading conservatives, such as Gregory Mankiw, support (Mankiw was the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under George W. Bush). I also believe that Obama will approve the Keystone XL Pipeline that will carry 900,000 barrels of dirty tar sands oil through the U.S. every day. A decision that Jim Hansen of NASA said would be catastrophic. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/26-4... |
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JUDGE AGREED PLAME WAS COVERT Was She or Wasn't She? Arguing that Libby deserves jail time, Fitzgerald says Plame was a covert agent. May 29, 2007 / http://tinyurl.com/6yokupx In new court filings, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has finally resolved one of the most disputed issues at the core of the long-running CIA leak controversy: Valerie Plame Wilson, he asserts, was a “covert” CIA officer who repeatedly traveled overseas using a “cover identity” in order to disguise her relationship with the agency. http://www.newsweek.com/2007/05/28/was-she-or... |
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Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks http://tinyurl.com/zgjtq April 6, 2006 Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff has testified that President Bush authorized him to disclose the contents of a highly classified intelligence assessment to the media to defend the Bush administration's decision to go to war with Iraq, according to papers filed in federal court [PDF] on Wednesday by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case. http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/0406... --- Scooter Libby Took The Blame To Cover Bush, Cheney, Rove And The Leo Strauss Agenda: The Jig Is Up ! June 3, 1997 / http://tinyurl.com/6c3l American foreign and defense policy is adrift. Conservatives have criticized the incoherent policies of the Clinton Administration. They have also resisted isolationist impulses from within their own ranks. But conservatives have not confidently advanced a strategic vision of America's role in the world. They have not set forth guiding principles for American foreign policy. They have allowed differences over tactics to obscure potential agreement on strategic objectives. And they have not fought for a defense budget that would maintain American security and advance American interests in the new century. We aim to change this. We aim to make the case and rally support for American global leadership. Elliott Abrams- Gary Bauer- William J. Bennett -Jeb Bush Dick Cheney -Eliot A. Cohen- Midge Decter- Paula Dobriansky -Steve Forbes Aaron Friedberg -Francis Fukuyama -Frank Gaffney -Fred C. Ikle Donald Kagan- Zalmay Khalilzad -I. Lewis Libby -Norman Podhoretz Dan Quayle -Peter W. Rodman -Stephen P. Rosen -Henry S. Rowen Donald Rumsfeld -Vin Weber -George Weigel -Paul Wolfowitz http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementof... |
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1 well its over now, as soon as bumbling Joe and Nutsey Poolsei hear about this they are gonna mint a 1 trillion $ coin, buy several of these tractor beam devices, and drive around pointing at peoples houses and confiscate their weapons, the only problem with that is they will then sell them to the mexican drug cartels and gangs in chicago, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/26/star... |
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Cheney Keeps His Secrets
The Skinny: VP Refuses To Comply With Executive Order On Classified Information http://tinyurl.com/2b5trx June 22, 2007 For the past four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has refused to comply with an executive order governing the oversight of classified material, using the novel argument that his office is not fully part of the executive branch. Documents released Thursday by a House committee claim that since 2003, Cheney's office has resisted routine oversight of its handling of classified material, blocked mandatory inspections and even tried to have the unit of the National Archives responsible for enforcing the oversight rules abolished. The L.A. Times points out that "at least one of those inspections would have come at a particularly delicate time — when Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and other aides were under criminal investigation for their suspected roles in leaking the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/22/the... -------- Generals Speak Out Against Rumsfeld DoD Determines US Foreign Policy, PERIOD!!! Congress is SUPERFLUOUS!!! The only thing to FEAR, is NOT ENOUGH FEAR. "We went to war with a flawed plan that didn't account for the hard work to build the peace after we took down the regime. We also served under a secretary of defense who didn't understand leadership, who was abusive, who was arrogant, who didn't build a strong team." -- Retired Army Maj. Gen. John Batiste. "My sincere view is that the commitment of our forces to this fight was done with a casualness and swagger that are the special province of those who have never had to execute these missions -- or bury the results." -- Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold. "They only need the military advice when it satisfies their agenda. I think that's a mistake, and that's why I think he should resign." -- Retired Army Maj. Gen. John Riggs. "We grow up in a culture where accountability, learning to accept responsibility, admitting mistakes and learning from them was critical to us. When we don't see that happening it worries us. Poor military judgment has been used throughout this mission." -- Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, former chief of U.S. Central Command. "I really believe that we need a new secretary of defense because Secretary Rumsfeld carries way too much baggage with him.... I think we need senior military leaders who understand the principles of war and apply them ruthlessly, and when the time comes, they need to call it like it is." -- Retired Army Maj. Gen. Charles Swannack. "He has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically, and is far more than anyone responsible for what has happened to our important mission in Iraq.... Mr. Rumsfeld must step down." -- Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton. Perfect security is Not attainable at any price!!! STAR WARS & other MISSILE DEFENSE for a Trillion Dollars may stop 8 atomic war heads, but 2 will still hit their mark. What can be achieved besides mutually assured destruction, is BANKRUPTING the US TREASURY. -- Retired Army General Wesley K. Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! There are hundreds of Iraqi Scientist plus many Iraqi Generals and not ONE said they had WMD's! NOT ONE! ---------- If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.-- James Madison (1809 - 1817) http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/... |
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1 you forgot one, 101. democrats are living proof that homosexuals can reproduce, |
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1 U.S. just got involved in Mali / French military operations, 5 people shot and killed in Chicago last night, and Iran threatens involvement if Syria attacked, anybody have any idea what all three of these have in common? |
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Libby judge 'perplexed' by clemency
His 30-month sentence was appropriate for the former Cheney aide, he writes in his first public comments on the issue. July 13, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/2zduj8 WASHINGTON — In an unusual expression of frustration, the judge who sentenced former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to 30 months in jail, only to see the sentence commuted by President Bush, said he was "perplexed" by the act of clemency. In his first public comments on the matter, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton took issue with Bush's statement that the prison sentence ordered for Libby last month was "excessive." Walton defended the sentence, saying that he followed established legal precedents as well as a strict interpretation of federal sentencing guidelines that has been supported by Bush's own administration./ http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071307S.sht... ======= You Cannot Pardon a Crime you Authorized War Crimes of President Bush and His Subordinates November 27, 2008 / http://tinyurl.com/89er9t Statement from the Steering Committee for the Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush and His Subordinates Never before has a president pardoned himself or his subordinates for crimes he authorized. The closest thing to this in U.S. history thus far has been Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence. Bush is widely expected to follow that commutation with a pardon. Not only did Libby work for the White House, but he was convicted of obstruction of justice in an investigation that was headed to the president. Evidence introduced in the trial, including a hand-written note by the vice president, implicated Bush, and former Press Secretary Scott McClellan has since testified that Bush authorized the exposure of an undercover agent, that being the crime that was under investigation. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php... McClellan: Bush ’secrectly declassified’ 2002 NIE on Iraq to selectively leak to reporters. http://tinyurl.com/4lfk8w During his “Today” show appearance this morning with host Meredith Viera, former press secretary Scott McClellan confirmed that President Bush himself had authorized the leak of the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq: MCCLELLAN: But the other defining moment was in early April 2006, when I learned that the President had secretly declassified the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq for the Vice President and Scooter Libby to anonymously disclose to reporters. And we had been out there talking about how seriously the President took the selective leaking of classified information. And here we were, learning that the President had authorized the very same thing we had criticized. VIERA: Did you talk to the President and say why are you doing this? MCCLELLAN: Actually, I did. I talk about the conversation we had.… And I told the President that that’s what the reporter was asking. He was saying that you, yourself, was the one that authorized the leaking of this information. And he said “yeah, I did.” And I was kinda taken aback. |
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1 Finally, now you are correct. Slick Willy did sign it into law. It is very peculiar that George Dumbya Bush never said that Clinton signed Regime Change in Iraq. Instead he made up the WMD story. Enclosed is another Bush lie. lol ---------- A Debate on One of the Most Frequently Cited Justifications for the 1991 Persian Gulf War: Did PR Firm Hill & Knowlton Invent the Story of Iraqi Soldiers Pulling Kuwaiti Babies From Incubators? December 2nd, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/nn323 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl... |
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1 "It only applies to Millionaires and Billionaires." WRONG! If you work all your life you pay taxes all your life, when you earn it you are taxed. When you buy something you are taxed. when you save it you are taxed. When you die any property and or investment/savings you leave behind are taxed as much as %50! Why the #@ck must we be taxed even after we DIE? F@CK YOU! YOU SIMPLE minded Bastard! If you own a home and leave it to your children, they will either have to sell to pay that Estate/Death Tax or crap that money to pay for as if they had to buy it all over again! When you die your family should have to pay back %50 of your lifetime welfare benefits! or go to debtors prison! |
Again the Death Tax only applies to Millionaires and Billionaires. ======== 1.President Obama Cut Taxes for Almost All Working Americans 2.Ronald Reagan Tripled the National Debt 3.George W. Bush Doubled the National Debt 4.Reagan Raised Debt Ceiling 17 Times, Bush Seven 5.Tax Cuts Don't Pay for Themselves 6.Almost All Working Americans Pay Taxes 7.The GOP's "Job Creators" Don't Create Jobs 8.Low Capital Gains Taxes Fuel Income Inequality... 9....But Not Investment 10.The Estate Tax Has Virtually No Impact on Family Farms and Businesses 11. Income Inequality Has Reached an 80 Year High... 12....While the Federal Tax Burden Has Hit a 60 Year Low 13.Romney-Ryan Plan Another Massive Tax Cut Windfall for the Wealthy 14.Romney, Ryan Won't Say Which of the $1 Trillion in Tax Breaks GOP Will End 15.Romney-Ryan Will Add More Debt Than President Obama ---------- They're All Against Jobs by Sen. Fritz Hollings / December 20, 2009 / http://tinyurl.com/ydr27ze Who is against jobs in the United States? The big banks, Wall Street, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Business Roundtable, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Retail Federation, Corporate America, the President of the United States, Congress of the United States. Everyone is crying for jobs, but no one seems to understand why there aren't any. And the reason for those opposing jobs is money. Beginning in 1973, big banks made most of their profit outside of the United States. Industries off-shoring, investing, banks financing the investments, transfer fees, fees and interest on the loans made for bigger profits. Long since, the big banks under the leadership of David Rockefeller have led the way to off-shore and make a bigger profit. Goldman Sachs, AIG, Citicorp and Wall Street, conspiring for a bailout and now using it for bonuses, make more money from the off-shored operations. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/20-6 |
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1 AGAIN WRONG! The IRS places an automatic lien against your estate for any estate taxes that may be due. If your will leaves no specific provision about how these taxes are to be paid, state law generally controls how the burden of paying the taxes will be distributed among your beneficiaries. As a result, your beneficiaries may end up paying taxes out of their own pockets or selling some of the property that you left to them to meet this obligation. Most state apportionment statutes impose the tax payment liability only on those assets that contributed to the tax imposed. Thus, your spouse will not be responsible for any taxes if he or she received all your property free of tax under the unlimited marital deduction. Likewise, charities that received property free of tax under the charitable deduction will not have to carry any of the tax burden. In addition, most state apportionment acts divide up the tax burden on a prorated basis. For example, if your taxable estate was evenly split between two beneficiaries, each beneficiary would be responsible for 50 percent (one-half) of the taxes due. Beneficiaries who received the taxable portion of your estate must pay their share of the taxes owed when they are due--generally nine months from the date of your death. They may have to sell their inheritances to get the cash. If their inheritances are already spent, however, they still must pay the taxes, and the IRS can go after any of their other assets to satisfy the lien. http://www.axa-equitable.com/plan/estate/how-... |
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1 Then you can leave asap, you will not be missed by anybody. BTW Stupid how is the Government supposed to pay for The Military, the Roads, the Universities, Police, Firemen.......... Tell us Old Wise One? |
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1 IF you had ever has a Damned JOB you might have noticed all the taxes deducted from a paycheck BEFORE you get it. You might have noticed TAXES paid to State and City also if you ever owned property or an automobile, if you ever bought anything with earned wages you might notice the TAXES WORKING CLASS AMERICANS must pay! The same taxes Dimocrats use for the big REDISTRIBUTION plan! |
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1 The tax code is over 70,000 pages because BOTH parties benefit their corporate masters. That is why Ariston has to get stuck paying the bill. ========== Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich- and Cheat Everyone Else http://tinyurl.com/ydf6r6 / April 18, 2004 One of the country's top investigative reporters reveals how the richest people within the top 1 percent of the country has rigged the tax code and other laws in its favor. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston has been breaking pieces of this story on the front page of The New York Times for nine years, work for which one business school professor calls him ěthe de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United Statesî. With Perfectly Legal, he puts the whole shocking narrative together in a way that will stir up media attention and make readers angry about the state of our country. And he has sound advice on what to do. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/181339-1 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You with the Bill) January 18, 2008 / http://tinyurl.com/2yequa Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston joins us to talk about his new book,“Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You with the Bill).” Johnston reveals how government subsidies and new regulations have quietly funneled money from the poor and the middle class to the rich and politically connected. http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/18/free_lu... Proof Bush policy caused foreclosure crisis in America / A Home of Your Own EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AMERICANS http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/in... |
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1 The New Corporate World Order Apr 19, 2011 / http://tinyurl.com/3eker4w The debate over Republicans’ insistence on continued tax breaks for the superrich and the corporations they run should come to a screeching halt with the report in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal headlined “Big U.S. Firms Shift Hiring Abroad.” Those tax breaks over the past decade, leaving some corporations such as General Electric to pay no taxes at all, were supposed to lead to job creation, but just the opposite has occurred. As the WSJ put it, the multinational companies “cut their work forces in the U.S. by 2.9 million during the 2000s while increasing employment overseas by 2.4 million, new data from the U.S. Commerce Department show.” http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_new_c... Big No-Tax Corps Just Keep on Dodging April 9, 2012 / http://www.ctj.org/pdf/notax2012.pdf Bernie Sanders Calls Out CEO Tax Dodgers over Deficit, Hypocrisy 'The last thing we need to do is listen to these deficit increasing CEOs' October 25, 2012 / Senator Bernie Sanders called out a group of the top US CEOs Thursday in a new report revealing top corporate tax dodgers in the US and urged those dodgers to 'look in the mirror' for the causes of America's ballooning deficit. The report followed a joint statement issued Thursday morning by the top 80 US CEOs, pleading to Congress for a deficit reduction plan that would include cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and a decrease in taxes "for the top 2%. The report Top Corporate Tax Dodgers (pdf) outlines individual CEO income and tax information, exploring the vast amounts of tax avoidance from the members of the group who today urged congress to avoid the 'fiscal cliff' budget, through their telling new plan. Sanders reveals how many of the CEOs who issued the statement have evaded at least $34.5 billion in taxes through more than 600 subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands and other offshore tax havens since 2008. Roughly a dozen of their companies did not pay federal income taxes at all in recent years and some received an additional $6.4 billion in tax refunds from the IRS since 2008. Many of the companies were among those who received the $2.5 trillion from the Federal Reserve following the banking industry induced financial crisis. http://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/1... |
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