"recent Gallup polls shows that 40% of Americans describe themselves as conservative. Only 21% of Americans call themselves liberal and 35% consider themselves moderate.

Clearly all of these conservatives don't consider themselves to be Republicans. Many of them are round in the ranks of or in sympathy with the Libertarians. A lot of them even vote Democrat. Conservative doesn't always equate to Republican. There are a lot of conservatives, for instance, who do not feel that it is the government's role to control a woman's reproductive life. Many of them won't vote Republican until the party starts to concentrate more on governance than it does on people's personal lives.

Fact is, the Republican party is out of fresh and new ideas, and it is ignoring the good old ones. Where are the Republicans who are standing up with anything more than a whimper for free enterprise?

OK .. you know where I'm going. I'm completely convinced that if the Republican party would put its full support behind the FairTax, and pledge to pass it as soon as they have control of the House and the Senate, it would turn next year's midterm election on its ear. The FairTax would become the issue. Sure, the Democrats would demagogue it, but as more and more Americans learned the truth their demagoguery would serve to hurt their cause, not help it. The formula here is so simple. Would you rather pay the government 33% of everything you earn, or 23% of everything you spend. What do you think of the idea of nobody paying any taxes at all to the federal government until they have provided for the basic necessities for their family? Now think about that one. Should the government have a claim on one single penny of the money you earn --- or, to state it differently --- should the government have any claim on one single minute of your life before you've taken care of your own family's basic needs? Unless I miss my guess, most Americans would answer "no" to those questions. Can't you see the Republicans running on a campaign of "Not one penny for the government until your family is taken care of." Well, that's the FairTax.

Why won't the Republicans get behind this? The FairTax is the most thoroughly studied and researched piece of legislation ever to have been placed before the Congress of the United States. Still, the Republicans don't believe that they can stand up to Democrat demagoguery. They have no confidence in the voters. They think that the voters will respond to simplistic and sophomoric ideas like calling the Democrat Party the "Socialist Democrat Party." Yeah ... that's showing 'em. But when it comes to supporting and promoting legislation that would bring about the largest transfer of power from the government to the people in our history .... The Republicans shy away.

There are trillions of dollars ... perhaps as much as $13 trillion ... in American dollar-denominated deposits working in overseas economies. Those dollars belong to Americans and American corporations. Stimulus? You want stimulus? What if that money came flowing back home to work in our economy? Can you imagine the stimulus to our economy that would result from just one-half of this money coming back home? This money would be spent by the people who earned it and own it, not by the government. The spending decisions would be privately made, not made in Washington's dark chambers. Obama's idea? Pass laws that tax these overseas earnings right here at home. Construct an economic Berlin Wall. If you see a dollar trying to escape our tax system, shoot it down without remorse. The FairTax plan? The FairTax play that could be the Republican plan? Tell the people who hold this wealth to bring it home with absolutely no federal tax consequences whatsoever. No taxes, no interest on taxes, no penalties .. nothing. Bring it home and put it to work in America and for Americans. But ... have you heard one single Republican present these different approaches to the American people?

How can the Democrats frighten the Republicans so much on this plan? The Democrats would argue for withholding money from your paycheck before you even see it. The Republicans could argue for presenting you with 100% of your paycheck every payday. The Democrats could argue for taxing everything that moves. The Republicans could argue for businesses operating in the US with no tax component on capital or labor. The Republicans aren't willing to take on this argument?

How sad it must be to have the hearts and minds of the plurality of the American people, but be unable to translate that into actual support. How on Earth do we have Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid running the show? Again, I said there were two reasons. The first being that the Republican Party has nothing going for itself. The second is because the American people have been conned ... at least in the presidential election ... into voting for a man who promised them "hope" and "change."

Elections have consequences. Are you starting to figure that out yet?"


Also written by Neil Boortz
I can't seem to come up with my own words today so I bring you his

"While we are on the subject of loony dictators, let's talk about North Korea. Last week, the UN drafted up harsher sanctions against North Korea in the wake of its latest missile launch. As a result, North Korea says that it plans to "weaponize" all of its plutonium. By the way, it has enough plutonium to make at least half a dozen atomic bombs. Not only that, but the Foreign Ministry of North Korea threatened any country that stopped its ships on the high seas, which is part of the latest UN sanctions.



Tough spot. I'm not pleased with the man we have in office who's job it is to deal with this mess ... but I am empathetic. There are some tough decisions to be made in the coming weeks and months. Those decisions will either strengthen or weaken our country. The world wants a weaker America. Let's hope Barack Obama soon remembers that he's the President of the United States first, and a citizen of the world second. "



written by Neil Boortz

I learned something new

I got this email from Smart Girl Politics

Why Join the Fight Against Medicare For All?



1. Medicare for All will create shortages in healthcare services forcing providers to ration care and increase wait times for patients (12-18 month wait in other countries).

2. Currently, Americans do not pay taxes on employer provided health insurance benefits. If you have health insurance through your company, you are about to be taxed on those plans. The Government will require all Americans have health insurance and impose FINES on those who do not.

3. The REAL GOAL: Government insurance seeks to eventually squeeze out and eliminate private health insurance companies altogether, forcing Americans to become dependent on a "one plan fits no one" Medicare system.

4. The Government will have access to and control over your health records intruding into the privacy and confidentiality of the doctor patient relationship. We all know how the Government handles confidential information.

5. The current Medicare and Medicaid programs are flawed and full of corruption. What will happen when we add another 100 million Americans to the program?

6. The President's current plan will add another TRILLION dollars to the deficit. Another government program on an already strained economy will bankrupt the United States.

7. How will Congress pay for their new plans? TAXES. The President campaigned that 95% of Americans would receive a tax cut. However Democrats are now planning to increase taxes on everything from sugar to cigarettes as well as creating new taxes, such as Value Added Tax.

8. No one in the country is currently denied access to healthcare so why is the President rushing a plan for socialized medicine without thoughtful debate and consideration? The Government should not be allowed to tell you what healthcare you are entitled to and how to live your life.

9. Government controlled heath care takes the decision making out of the hands of individuals and families and puts it in the hands of politicians in Washington.

10. What legal recourse will you have if the government denies you or a loved one medical care? None.


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My husband's idea

How about 1 state, any one I don't care which, eliminate all welfare. Here is how. Instead of the current handouts, give anyone who is on welfare a check for $5000 (or so) and tell them to leave the state with it. Drive them to the busstop and tell them to leave, and set up in any state of their choosing, using that money.
The states they wind up in may make it difficult for incoming welfare recipiants to get welfare for such and such amount of time, and maybe even decide to start shipping their welfare peeps out to other states, who make it hard for incoming to get welfare. eventually welfare could cease to exist by creating a ripple effect. Just an idea.


It sounds silly now that I wrote it down, but at least we are thinking

I have been thinking about the fourth of July

I have not heard anyone discuss this before, but it seems to me that anyone accepting this rise of socialism in the US should not celebrate the fourth of July!

Here is my thinking. The 4th celebrates our independence from the tyrannical rule of England. It celebrates freedom, and democracy.

If you are socialist, you believe in the great empirical government rule of the US. We are living in a soft Tyranny now. We in essence are no longer free.

how can you celebrate freedom when you are not free and do not want to be free.

thats right, most Americans do not want to be free!

They want government involvement in everything they do! If they didn't want it why would they keep voting for it, why would they approve of the current administration.

I urge you, if you are socialist to not celebrate that which you do not want, otherwise you are a hypocrite.

United Socialist States of America

USSA - Has a nice ring to it! NOT!




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No new taxes, huh? -----This one hits close! TAXING INTERNET SALES

"It is unfathomable that lawmakers, in good conscience, would place yet another tax burden on American families given our current economic climate," said NTU Director of Government Affairs
Andrew Moylan. "Passage of SSTP legislation would shovel more money into the coffers of states that don't deserve it, while resulting in even more economic pain for hard-working taxpayers who have suffered enough."

Herminator

Just giving props to Herman

Communism is still a bad word!!!

from bnd.com

Quick Question

tell me how raising taxes by 145% on beer and raising taxes on soda to help fund healthcare, isn't raising taxes on the poor? I thought the poor weren't going to suffer higher taxes.

A Letter from a Auto Dealer in Florida

Thought you may enjoy ....

My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business.

We currently employ 50+ people and before the economic slowdown we employed over 70 local people. We are active in the community and the local chamber of commerce. We deal with several dozen local vendors on a day to day basis and many more during a month. All depend on our business for part of their livelihood. We are financially strong with great respect in the market place and community. We have strong local presence and stability.

I work every day the store is open, nine to ten hours a day. I know most of our customers and all our employees. Sunshine Dodge is my life.

On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them. My new vehicle inventory consists of 125 vehicles with a financed balance of 3 million dollars. This inventory becomes impossible to sell with no factory incentives beyond June 9, 2009. Without the Dodge franchise we can no longer sell a new Dodge as "new," nor will we be able to do any warranty service work. Additionally, my Dodge parts inventory, (approximately $300,000.) is virtually worthless without the ability to perform warranty service. There is no offer from Chrysler to buy back the vehicles or parts inventory.

Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank.

HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN?

THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY

This is beyond imagination! My business is being stolen from me through NO FAULT OF OUR OWN. We did NOTHING wrong.

This atrocity will most likely force my family into bankruptcy. This will also cause our 50+ employees to be unemployed. How will they provide for their families? This is a total economic disaster.

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

I beseech your help, and look forward to your reply. Thank you.

Sincerely,

George C. Joseph
President & Owner
Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu

I don't get it

Why hate rich corporations?
They got where they are by being smart with their money and making good decisions.
go way out on the longest limb you could possibly imagine with me for a sec.
I am getting to a point where It is more feasible for me to focus on a career of some kind. Kids are getting off to school and time is freeing up. I haven't worked for a while BY CHOICE to raise my babies into young gentlemen. we could have been better off financially if I HAD to put work before kids. So aaaanyway back to that limb
lets just pretend that I started selling lots of jewelry at the store. And then expanded to another and another, and eventually had a well known line of Jewelry. Its gets bigger and bigger, and gets as big as lets say ROLEX (still with me?) Now I am not allowed to make over what, 250,000 a year? But I want to. Where do I go from there, why does someone get to tell me how much I can make before they start seizing it?

Corporations aren't allowed to get too big to fail, how about government - can it get too big to fail? Cuz it certainly is massive and getting bigger!!!

COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!
COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!
COMMUNISM IS A BAD WORD!

I Love my new netbook

Thank you Bridget for introducing me to the world of tiny computers!
I doubt you read my blog anymore (This is stressful stuff), but I still owe you a bit of thanks. :)

When I grew up communism was a bad word!

Why should the government tell me what kind of car I drive? Where is my freedom of choice?

And this NC smoking ban, is this in public establishments? I certainly hope they aren't telling private businesses what to do. Wouldn't surprise me at this point though.

About the Young Republicans group we met

We were extremely impressed with the diversity of peoples involved. It was definitely not just a white guys party!

I was also super impressed with the gentleman running for sheriff in the upcoming election.

I didn't write this - not taking credit for content

THIS IDEA OF 'FREE' HEALTHCARE


"Don't you worry dear friends... we will get government-run healthcare in this country. It is only a matter of time. But just remember that to most people, they view government-run healthcare (or universal healthcare) as "free" healthcare. That would be because they are government-educated fools.

The last thing that universal healthcare is going to be is free. Maybe it will be free to those 50% of Americans who don't pay income taxes. But for a lot of Americans, this grand government healthcare scheme is going to cost them a lot of money in the form of tax increases. Remember, government doesn't earn wealth it seizes wealth. So in order to provide a service like healthcare, it has to get the money to pay for it - and the more you produce, the more of that money is going to come from you.

That leads me to this poll conducted by Rasmussen ... 42% of Americans say that everyone in the United States should have "free" healthcare. So there we go. Now you understand our dilemma. This question is inherently flawed, but I think you understand what they are getting at - it might as well be a right that is outlined in our Bill of Rights ... the right to healthcare!

Interesting to note, however, that by a two-to-one margin Americans reject the idea of free healthcare if it means that they would have to change their own coverage or join a program administered by the government.

So people don't want the government to touch their own healthcare, but they believe that the government should provide it for others."