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LowDownCentral on Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:06:05 PM
The United States of America was once the welcoming haven for all who wished to escape persecution and oppression.But 2009 will go down in history as the beginning of the end of the “Land of the Free” and supplanted by the “Land of Indentured Government Servants” and “Home of the Brave” by “Home of an Embittered Military.”
With a proposed imposition of a “value-added tax,” or “VAT,” and deep cuts in defense spending, this Administration is on the verge of single-handedly destroying this country. It is one thing to suggest a national sales tax “in lieu of” federal income taxes, but a VAT added to all the hard-earned dollars we are forced to shell out, gives us little hope for a return to the highest overall standard of living enjoyed on God’s green earth. Who knew the answer to illegal immigration was making our economy worse than the immigrants’ country of origin?
Our veins have been nearly tapped dry, and now the federal government wants to put into effect yet another tariff.Do they want to suck the remaining initiative out of us? On the bright side, this VAT may alienate the entire electorate, which would be a blessing in the 2010 congressional elections.
The Democrat Majority has become the killjoy of the American spirit. They dismissed an opportunity for immediate relief in the form of tax holidays in favor of the new Chinese water torture: massive debt. For a party that is wholly married to the idea of no torture, they seem to take pleasure in doing so with increased tax initiatives.
Rather than levy taxpayers, why not eliminate bloated pensions and expense accounts for all “elected” officials, particularly in the House and Senate?With 435 House members and 100 Senators, the bill to taxpayers is roughly over $1 billion per year. No wonder every Tom, Schnook and Harry wants to enter politics. Their eyes are on the honeyed benefits.Snip – a billion here, a billion there, and we’re on our way.
Just how bad is bad enough when it comes to taxation?
It’s bad enough that slackers are encouraged to make a “career” out of politics or government employment—for what they can bleed from it rather than do what is right for The People. The perfect candidate is one that has achieved great success and wants to give back, not take, take, take by raising taxes.Term limits should be a primary target for voters.Inflated salaries, perquisites, pensions and bloated expenses would be dredged out for good. We could then support optimists instead of oppressors and carpetbaggers.
It’s bad enough that our employer 401(k) savings and pension plans have sunk like buckets of bolts into the briny. One form of immediate relief might be for the government to rescind income tax on retirement accounts with a ten-year sunset. Although Americans invested their pre-tax dollars in good faith, they also (inadvertently) placed their trust in the hands of incompetent and greedy legislators who flagrantly breached their fiduciary duty to protect us from corruption in the securities trade. It was that specific government failure that wiped out what we once referred to as our golden years.
It’s bad enough that Chrysler is on the verge of bankruptcy, but on June 1, 2009 GM filed for Chapter 11, and the U.S. government became controlling shareholder.Had we allowed them to file for Chapter 11 in the first place, the taxpayers would have been spared hundreds of millions in wasted bailout dollars.
Yes, the office of president demands costly security, but there’s a difference between necessary travel and frivolous and wasteful photo ops. The President can give another one of his sudsy speeches, or sign a bill, just as easily in the Oval Office or Rose Garden.
Notwithstanding this President’s tax and spend mentality, we must give credit where credit is due: he does give good teleprompter. But deprived of that machine in Buchenwald, he referred to Angela Merkel as “cancellor.” (Perhaps that’s how it’s pronounced in Austrian.)Had it been President George W. Bush, the press would have had a field day with the latest addition to the Bush lexicon.
It’s bad enough that our borders are sieves, through which endless streams of illegal aliens cross into the United States. Once they nest themselves, they waste no time producing anchor babies and drain our city and state treasuries in the hundreds of millions of dollars.They then demand blanket amnesty and citizenship. And the price to all taxpayers is long-term Democratic Party loyalty.
It’s bad — and not getting any better.Bear market rallies notwithstanding, as conservatives, we are hoping the 2010 congressional elections will serve to bring back the decency, faith, and trust that was flushed down the sewer by the relentless Obama storm.It is our unwavering belief the tax and spend Democrats will be swept from office in a wave of bi-partisan anger.
Rose Pedenko and Tanya Simon