Friday, November 30, 2012

Interestin Extract from IBD, Nov. 29, 2012


It's been more than 10 years since President Bush signed his first round of tax cuts into law. And in the years since, those cuts have been the source of constant attacks. Critics charge they gave away too much to the rich, exploded the deficit, contributed to income inequality, did little to spur economic growth, and so on.
President Obama has for years attacked the Bush cuts, and demanded that the top two income tax brackets return to Clinton-era levels.
But a decade of debate and discussion has managed to shed little light on what the Bush tax cuts actually did.
So as the debate heats up once again as part of the "fiscal cliff" negotiations, it's worth taking the time to highlight some of the things most people never knew about the Bush-era tax cuts.
The rich paid more. Despite endless claims by critics that Bush's tax cuts favored the rich, the fact is the rich ended up paying more in taxes after they went into effect.
In fact, IRS data show that the richest 1% paid $84 billion more in taxes in 2007 than they had in 2000 — that's a 23% increase — even though their average tax rate went down.
What's more, their share of the overall income tax burden grew, climbing from 37% in 2000 to 40% in 2007.
At the other end of the spectrum, the bottom half of taxpayers paid $6 billion less in income taxes in 2007 than they had seven years earlier — a 16% drop — and their share of the total income tax burden dropped from 3.9% to 2.9%.
Millions dropped from the tax rolls entirely. Another unheralded feature of the Bush tax cuts is that they pushed nearly 8 million people off the tax rolls entirely because, among other things, Bush doubled the per-child tax credit to $1,000 and lowered the bottom rate to 10%.
The Tax Foundation estimated that these changes benefited modest-income married couples with children, who were the ones most likely to fall from the tax rolls.
The tax cuts didn't cause the massive deficits. Critics routinely blame the Bush tax cuts for turning surpluses late in the Clinton administration to huge deficits under Bush. Not true.
In August 2001, after the first round of the Bush tax cuts were in place, the CBO projected a surplus of $176 billion in fiscal year 2002, with surpluses continuing to grow in the following years.


Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/112812-635034-5-secrets-about-the-bush-tax-cuts.htm#ixzz2DkD06EOT

Monday, November 26, 2012

Next meeting

The monthly meeting of the Gloucester County Tea Party will not be held in December. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, a great Chanuka, and please let me know if there is any Holidays what should be included. The forgoing was easy for a Philadelphia Christian and is not intended to slight anyone. CELEBRATE! Be Happy with your family and friends!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Tea Perty Meetimg

The monthly meeting of the Gloucester County Tea Party is scheduled for Wednesday November 28 at 7 PM.
The meeting will be held in meeting room 1 and 2 of the Virtua Facility in Washington Township at, 239 Hurffville-Crosskeys Road, Sewell, NJ.
Our Guest Speaker will be Dennis Mahon, President of Liberty and Prosperity Tea Party.
His topic is "School Funding"

Saturday, November 17, 2012

As the comic strip Abert & Pogo said:

"We have met the enemy and we are us."

Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way that you can quickly understand them. This quote came from the Czech Republic. Someone over there has it figured out. It was translated into English from an article in the Prague newspaper Prager Zeitungon.
 
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president."

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

NDAA deserves observance!

What is the truth behind the Executive Order of the NDAA?
Can you be held under this E. O.?
http://www.infowars.com/president-obamas-ndaa-signing-statement-i-have-the-power-to-detain-americans-but-i-wont/

When will we return to the Constitution?
This is another concern for our continued freedom. 

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Benghazi??????

When will we hear the truth?
There is an Internet article claiming, or alleging that General Petrayus resigned because of Benghazi.
We were told Benghazi was caused by a Video.
The president lightly referred to it and said no Act of Terror would impact America to keep us from our pat in the world.
Four Americans died.  Why? There are various rumors going about with regard to gun running. Get to our Congressman and Senators with a DEMAND for TRUTH from our open President.
Jerry Keer  

Friday, November 9, 2012

We need to join the fight!

http://www.teaparty.org/

Read and post!
When will we march on Washington?
The fiscal cliff can be one of our best weapons. We need to find a use for this pending problem to force conservatism's best to the forefront.
Join the fight for saving the United States. Contact the party's leaders we need to march for the national attenttion.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

One Man One Vote:

The Constitution was written with to provide a government that represented the wishes of the citizenry of the states, and respected the right of each state within a framework of particular delegated powers. The Electoral College is to avoid votes by one area of the republic from imposing its will on the differing or lesser portions of the populace regardless of that areas life or concerns. The scheme was to avoid dominance of the likes of eighteenth century Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York State.
The Federal Government has become oversized mega-central government with its hand in most manners of life. Our presidential election is determined by the population centers or states without regard to the localized votes within that state, or lesser areas of the nation. Resurrect the intent of the Electoral College. Large populated areas are controlling the national legislations. The Congressmen, in the House of Representatives, are elected officials from each of the districts to represent the local populace and their way of life. It is interesting that the founders wanted congressmen elected to represent districts which provided more thorough representation. Set the Electoral College based upon the congressional districts with restricted gerrymander influence. In this manner a President will be chosen by the weight of the Congressional Districts or counties; closer to; ‘one man one vote’. 
Population centers overrule the local opinions in the state. The best examples of past problems are the Cook County of Illinois, as well as Philadelphia, wherein plurality overrode their respective states in the 1960 election. (Philadelphia’s plurality for John F Kennedy overrode the Pennsylvania vote by one hundred thousand votes.) Today the Northeast states are examples of national vote control in which the local opinions are overridden. Maine apportions their electoral college votes.
Gerald Keer

Finding the lighh at the end of the darkness.

http://www.freep.com/article/20121107/NEWS15/121107016/Michele-Bachmann-survives-to-earn-fourth-term-in-House

Yes, a Tea Party Favorite has won again. Maybe she is the light for 2016.
Remember that on a cloudy day there is usually a little sun or moon shine. If you can't find it, sip a little moonshine, but don't guzzle. Take all things, sadness or happiness, in temperance.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

So it was less than a billion!

Michelle Obama has shared our strudels/ oops/ our sruggels!

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Telling like it is !

The following link can be brutal. The opening is very graphic. The true story is not told on the news shows. I feel it is a must be told story.

http://www.morningstartv.com/oak-initiative/janet-porters-top-5-reasons-vote-romney-election-2012