* The Wall Street Journal
* FEBRUARY 8, 2011
'I Didn't Raise Taxes Once' Refreshing the President's memory.
Bill O'Reilly's Fox interview with President Obama on Sunday was fascinating, and not merely because Mr. Obama made clear he's an ardent fan of these pages. What really caught our attention was the President's claim that "I didn't raise taxes once. I lowered taxes over the last two years."
The Presidency is demanding, and with the Egypt mess and his other duties, perhaps Mr. Obama has forgotten some of his tax achievements. Allow us to refresh his memory. In his historic health-care bill, for example, there is the new $27 billion "fee" on drug companies that is already in effect. Next year, device manufacturers will get hit to the tune of $20 billion, and heath insurers will pay $60 billion starting in 2014—all of which are de facto tax increases because these collections will be passed on to consumers as higher costs. Of course, these are merely tax increases on business.
As for tax increases on individuals, perhaps he forgot the health-care bill's new 0.9 percentage point increase in the Medicare payroll tax for families making over $250,000 and singles over $200,000. That tax increase takes effect in 2013, as will the application of what will be a 3.8% Medicare surtax (up from 2.9% today) to "unearned income" for the first time. This is a tax hike on investment and interest income, which will reduce the incentive to save and invest.
Mr. Obama also told Mr. O'Reilly that he hasn't moved to the "center" since November's Democratic election defeat, saying "I'm the same guy." Save for a couple of tactical retreats that he couldn't avoid, we agree with him. As the President said recently in the State of the Union, he's going to insist on raising taxes again on people making over $200,000 when his deal with Republicans in Congress expires in 2012. Definitely the same guy.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
HOW CAN THESE HYPOCRITES LOOK AT THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR?
Can you believe the unmitigated arrogance of these lying hypocrites who are at the reins of our country's economic future...and the futures of our grandchildren!
Here was then-Senator Obama in 2006, when debt was apparently a far larger problem - even though the ceiling was only(!) $9 trillion at the time, knocking Pres Bush for being a failure for his leadership.
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
As of December 31, 2010, the "Total public debt outstanding" was $14.0 trillion and was approximately 99.3% of 2009's fiscal year-end annual GDP of $14.1 trillion. How's that for leadership?
How the hell can this Liar-in-Chief sleep at night when his bold, 2-faced lies are a matter of public record and laid out so clearly showing all of America that he is truly the king of hypocrisy? When are people going to wake up and realize that he is the biggest LIAR ever to show his face before the American people? Remember the old joke: How can you tell Obama is lying? His mouth is open!! Well it's no longer a joke...IT'S A FACT!
Then there is this all-time greatest hypocrite/liar ever...Nancy Pelosi! As I said in my previous posting, she is without a doubt the worst person ever to hold the post of Speaker of the House. When the Democrats took over Congress in 2006, their approval rating was only 31 percent. Nancy Pelosi said she wanted to reverse that, and she did. It is now 13 percent. Way to go Pelosi! That's probably the only promise she's kept.
Then in her final speech as Speaker she has the brazen nerve to make us try to believe she was the Mother Theresa of Democratic politicions. WTF! Check this out:
I only wish her final moments as Speaker of the House ended like this clip shown below...because it would be totally symbolic of what the country thought of her term as House Speaker:
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Here was then-Senator Obama in 2006, when debt was apparently a far larger problem - even though the ceiling was only(!) $9 trillion at the time, knocking Pres Bush for being a failure for his leadership.
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
As of December 31, 2010, the "Total public debt outstanding" was $14.0 trillion and was approximately 99.3% of 2009's fiscal year-end annual GDP of $14.1 trillion. How's that for leadership?
How the hell can this Liar-in-Chief sleep at night when his bold, 2-faced lies are a matter of public record and laid out so clearly showing all of America that he is truly the king of hypocrisy? When are people going to wake up and realize that he is the biggest LIAR ever to show his face before the American people? Remember the old joke: How can you tell Obama is lying? His mouth is open!! Well it's no longer a joke...IT'S A FACT!
Then there is this all-time greatest hypocrite/liar ever...Nancy Pelosi! As I said in my previous posting, she is without a doubt the worst person ever to hold the post of Speaker of the House. When the Democrats took over Congress in 2006, their approval rating was only 31 percent. Nancy Pelosi said she wanted to reverse that, and she did. It is now 13 percent. Way to go Pelosi! That's probably the only promise she's kept.
Then in her final speech as Speaker she has the brazen nerve to make us try to believe she was the Mother Theresa of Democratic politicions. WTF! Check this out:
I only wish her final moments as Speaker of the House ended like this clip shown below...because it would be totally symbolic of what the country thought of her term as House Speaker:
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Monday, September 6, 2010
ANOTHER OBAMA ASS KISSER CAUGHT IN HIS LIES
These guys will say anything at anytime to support their positions. What a pack of two-faced lying hypocrites!
If this jerk gets re-elected in his home state--Nevada--then that state will win the award for the dumbest state in the country.
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If this jerk gets re-elected in his home state--Nevada--then that state will win the award for the dumbest state in the country.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
THE COMPULSIVE LIAR STRIKES AGAIN. WHO VOTED FOR THIS JERK?
No fact checking here by the media. They just believe everything that spews out of this liar's mouth!
Does he even know the difference between truth and fabrication?
Does he even know the difference between truth and fabrication?
Were there no reporters who double checked these statements and called the party on this?
They did for everyone else. Why not him?
Barack Hussein Obama Sr. (Obama's father)
Born 4/4/36
Died 11/24/82 at the age of 46
He was 5 years old when WW 2 started, and less than 9.5 years old when it ended.
Lolo Soetoro (Obama's step father)
Born 1935
Died 3/2/87 at the age of 52
He was 6 years old when WW 2 started, and 10 years old when it ended.
One of these guys must have been the youngest Veteran in the war.
Watch the video.
WHAT A LIAR!!!! And the media doesn't say anything.
If you doubt it, Google both of these guys.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
BUT THE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR-IN-CHIEF SAID THAT THIS WAS THE SUMMER OF RECOVERY. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose to its highest level in close to six months, a fresh signal of a weak jobs market.
The number of new claims for jobless benefits rose 2,000 to 484,000 in the week ended August 7, the second straight increase, Labor Department data showed on Thursday.
"This is not a good number," said John Brady, an analyst at MF Global in Chicago. "Claims are going the wrong way. That has the market concerned."
The data comes two days after the Federal Reserve downgraded its assessment of the economy's health and said it would take steps to ensure its support for the fragile economic recovery does not wane.
U.S. stock index futures added to losses, while U.S. Treasury debt prices pared losses following the data. The jobless claims data is the latest in a series of releases which indicate the pace of the economic recovery is slowing.
Economists have been ratcheting down estimates for second-quarter economic growth after data on trade and inventories for June suggested it was not as strong as earlier thought.
The government estimated last month the economy advanced at a 2.4 percent annualized pace in the April-June quarter, far more slowly than the 3.7 percent pace of the first quarter, and now some economists believe the economy may have grown at less than half that rate.
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The number of new claims for jobless benefits rose 2,000 to 484,000 in the week ended August 7, the second straight increase, Labor Department data showed on Thursday.
"This is not a good number," said John Brady, an analyst at MF Global in Chicago. "Claims are going the wrong way. That has the market concerned."
The data comes two days after the Federal Reserve downgraded its assessment of the economy's health and said it would take steps to ensure its support for the fragile economic recovery does not wane.
U.S. stock index futures added to losses, while U.S. Treasury debt prices pared losses following the data. The jobless claims data is the latest in a series of releases which indicate the pace of the economic recovery is slowing.
Economists have been ratcheting down estimates for second-quarter economic growth after data on trade and inventories for June suggested it was not as strong as earlier thought.
The government estimated last month the economy advanced at a 2.4 percent annualized pace in the April-June quarter, far more slowly than the 3.7 percent pace of the first quarter, and now some economists believe the economy may have grown at less than half that rate.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES...THIS GUY IS THE GREATEST LIAR IN HISTORY
The Pathological Liar-in-Chief has more lies exposed. This from a recent posting by Neal Boortz explains the deceit and falsities in his plans.
OBAMACARE ... NOW YOU TELL US!
The ObamaCare health insurance mandate was a tax? NOW you tell me!
It seems to me that when Obama was pushing to pass ObamaCare, the Democrats denied the fact that requiring Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty was creating a new tax. Here's a little refresher. This was an interview with George Stephanopoulos which took place in September of 2009. PrezBo said: "The -- for us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. What it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore than the fact that right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase. People say to themselves, that is a fair way to make sure that if you hit my car, that I'm not covering all the costs." Now let's flash to summer 2010 when ObamaCare is being challenged by more than 20 states in the courts. The Obama Administration needs and excuse for the law forcing people to buy health insurance, and they've found one. Now, suddenly, it's a TAX! That's tight, the health care mandate is actually a TAX and the government's "power to lay and collect taxes" is all the authorization they need! Amazing how the tune changes when they are backed up against the wall and are forced to defend the law based on our Constitution and not Obama logic.
But that's not all we are learning in the months following the passage of ObamaCare. This from the New York Times, "As the Obama administration begins to enact the new national health care law, the country's biggest insurers are promoting affordable plans with reduced premiums that require participants to use a narrower selection of doctors or hospitals .. The tradeoff, they say, is that more Americans will be asked to pay higher prices for the privilege of choosing or keeping their own doctors if they are outside the new networks. That could come as a surprise to many who remember the repeated assurances from President Obama and other officials that consumers would retain a variety of health-care choices and that you would be able to keep your doctor if you wished to. Surprise? Not for anyone who knew the consequences of a system that limits competition and mandates participation. But then they probably don't teach these concepts in government schools.
We're still not through. How about ObamaCare's effect on government agencies like the IRS. The IRS, you will remember, is expected to enforce these news laws and regulations. This from the Wall Street Journal, "National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, who operates inside the IRS, highlighted the agency's new mission in her annual report to Congress last week .. She notes that the IRS is already 'greatly taxed'--pun intended?--'by the additional role it is playing in delivering social benefits and programs to the American public,' like tax credits for first-time homebuyers or purchasing electric cars. Yet with ObamaCare, the agency is now responsible for 'the most extensive social benefit program the IRS has been asked to implement in recent history.' And without 'sufficient funding' it won't be able to discharge these new duties." The IRS can't handle the workload so the only option is more money. Taxpayers .. bend over!
Hey you filthy rich people earning over $200,000 a year .. did you know that ObamaCare has another hidden tax that you may not know about? Section 1402, "Unearned Income Medicare Contribution," imposes a 3.8% tax on profits from the sale of real estate -- residential or investment, but it is only levied on people earning over $200,000 a year. Fun stuff, isn't it?
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It seems to me that when Obama was pushing to pass ObamaCare, the Democrats denied the fact that requiring Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty was creating a new tax. Here's a little refresher. This was an interview with George Stephanopoulos which took place in September of 2009. PrezBo said: "The -- for us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. What it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore than the fact that right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase. People say to themselves, that is a fair way to make sure that if you hit my car, that I'm not covering all the costs." Now let's flash to summer 2010 when ObamaCare is being challenged by more than 20 states in the courts. The Obama Administration needs and excuse for the law forcing people to buy health insurance, and they've found one. Now, suddenly, it's a TAX! That's tight, the health care mandate is actually a TAX and the government's "power to lay and collect taxes" is all the authorization they need! Amazing how the tune changes when they are backed up against the wall and are forced to defend the law based on our Constitution and not Obama logic.
But that's not all we are learning in the months following the passage of ObamaCare. This from the New York Times, "As the Obama administration begins to enact the new national health care law, the country's biggest insurers are promoting affordable plans with reduced premiums that require participants to use a narrower selection of doctors or hospitals .. The tradeoff, they say, is that more Americans will be asked to pay higher prices for the privilege of choosing or keeping their own doctors if they are outside the new networks. That could come as a surprise to many who remember the repeated assurances from President Obama and other officials that consumers would retain a variety of health-care choices and that you would be able to keep your doctor if you wished to. Surprise? Not for anyone who knew the consequences of a system that limits competition and mandates participation. But then they probably don't teach these concepts in government schools.
We're still not through. How about ObamaCare's effect on government agencies like the IRS. The IRS, you will remember, is expected to enforce these news laws and regulations. This from the Wall Street Journal, "National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, who operates inside the IRS, highlighted the agency's new mission in her annual report to Congress last week .. She notes that the IRS is already 'greatly taxed'--pun intended?--'by the additional role it is playing in delivering social benefits and programs to the American public,' like tax credits for first-time homebuyers or purchasing electric cars. Yet with ObamaCare, the agency is now responsible for 'the most extensive social benefit program the IRS has been asked to implement in recent history.' And without 'sufficient funding' it won't be able to discharge these new duties." The IRS can't handle the workload so the only option is more money. Taxpayers .. bend over!
Hey you filthy rich people earning over $200,000 a year .. did you know that ObamaCare has another hidden tax that you may not know about? Section 1402, "Unearned Income Medicare Contribution," imposes a 3.8% tax on profits from the sale of real estate -- residential or investment, but it is only levied on people earning over $200,000 a year. Fun stuff, isn't it?
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
PATHOLOGICAL LIAR-IN-CHIEF PROVES HIMSELF AGAIN
Wondering why the Democrat's great new Financial Overhaul Bill doesn't apply to automobile dealers? One word .. Lobbyists. Didn't Obama tell us that lobbyists were going to be on the outs under his rule? Oh well .....once a liar, always a liar. And lately everything this Presidential idiot does or says is a lie!
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