Even when Congress isn't supposed to be wasting our tax dollars while on their wonderfully long vacations, Pelosi calls them back to vote on yet another bailout. I thought the bleeding would stop for a few months while they are away but alas, the democrats felt the need to spend spend spend some more. They clearly have an addiction that needs professional help.
$26 billion. Paid for by 'future cuts to food stamps' which democrats turned around and said they will fight to make sure it doesn't happen. So they're trying to make unions happy to vote for them this fall, but fearing they will lose the food stamp crowd, try to appease them as well. What a crock. Just tell us the truth- this will be added to the deficit.
$16 billion for Medicaid, which is just failing and failing. States can't stop overspending and nobody seems even remotely concerned about the payouts being so much more than the intakes. The Heritage Foundation states that 30 states actually added money to their budget assuming the bailouts would continue. Where is the individual responsibility here??? 20 states wind up taking the fall for 30 who can't get their financial houses in order. Sorry, but to those 30 states I would say you are on your own. $10 billion for the union/teacher bailouts. This will 'save 100K jobs' - so you're telling me you have to pay teachers $100,000 EACH??? That is garbage. A good job in any other non-union industry is $50,000. Bring government and union wages in line with real folks and then we'll be able to hire nearly every unemployed soul in the USA. The average private sector employee, with benefits added in, makes something in the 50-60K range. The average government employee makes 110-125K with benefits added in. Nearly DOUBLE! No wonder why this country is quickly falling into debt hell. Some moron union boss from the AFL-CIO says we are not running a deficit or in danger of defaulting. What planet is he from? You don't need much education to become a union boss, as clearly he didn't have to study economics too much.
More reports coming out that private sector isn't hiring, only government is and that's why the unemployment numbers haven't gone up. Well duh. Private sector businesses have NO CLUE what is going to be coming their way in a week, let alone a month, or a year to plan their future. They're just trying to stay afloat until a clear path is set. I pray to God that this fall people in this country stand up and find their voices. We need to take the country back and let businesses know that it's okay to hire- we're not going to double your taxes or add hefty VAT taxes or something of that nature to your business.
I received an email forwarded from my uncle this week discussing a 28th amendment. A few of the important points from this email:
-Members of Congress can retire after one term and receive the same pay the rest of their lives
-Members of Congress do not pay into Social Security
-Members of Congress are exempt from fear of prosecution for sexual harassment
-Members of Congress are exempt from Healthcare Reform
The point of the email is to propose a new amendment to the constitution:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."
I don't see why this isn't already in the constitution? But I wish we could find a way to get it in there as soon as humanly possible. They cannot possibly understand "normal" people if they're exempt from everything they force upon us!
Side note to Robert Gibbs... put in your two weeks notice, write a book about the inner workings of the Obama administration and come to the right side of politics. Contact Dick Morris for details on how to switch parties effectively.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Miscellaneous Items
I've got a lot of random items to comment on this morning....
Senate race in PA. I am from PA so I hold this near and dear to my heart. Though it was great to see Arlen Specter defeated, it would've been nice for him to win so Toomey would be a shoo-in to office. As it stands the idiots in this state (mostly the people who live in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh- who are pretty much the only democrats in the entire state) have the race pretty close right now. The latest Rasmussen poll shows 45% Toomey and 39% Sestak. While that is higher than recent weeks, it is still uncomforting to know 4 out of 10 PA residents think this guy has their best interests at heart. 8 years of Rendell with Bob 'no backbone' Casey and old man party switching Specter representing us? Something has to change. Pittsburgh has been going downhill for DECADES because it has been run by democrats for SIXTY years. Property taxes are high, we can't sustain public transit (talking point two... why is public transit supposed to be provided by the government? Why can't it be privatized?), the Pittsburgh public schools are absolutely horrific, there are 3 or 4 neighborhoods that are just horribly crime and poverty ridden where nobody will travel unless they are from there or are really brave- or they get lost. Sestak voted with Pelosi's agenda 100% of the time, and is now trying to distance himself. HA. He supports Cap & Trade, to me that is reason enough not to vote for him.
http://www.toomeyforsenate.com/july/
Failing public transit systems. There's been a lot of talk in Pittsburgh about our failing public transit system. Most Pittsburghers drive where they need to go, since the town isn't all that big anymore (300K people or so... down tremendously from 15 years ago) everyone driving isn't a huge issue. Just two years ago Dan Onorato, the CEO of Allegheny County, imposed a 10% drink tax on poured alcoholic beverages two years ago. This was to pay for public transit primarily. They had a higher than predicted revenue the first year, so they lowered it to 7% in 2010. Now it comes out that over 50 bars/pubs/etc have closed down because they couldn't raise their prices and thus can't afford the basic daily expenses anymore. One of my favorite dance places was shut down because they failed to pay their taxes. So now the transit is cutting 35% of their routes this fall because they're underfunded. THEN WHAT WAS THE DRINK TAX FOR, DAN? Pittsburgh should allow bidding for a private company to take over mass transit. I guarantee better service, better rates. Oh but the democrats won't give up something they can tax us for and use as leverage for increasing spending. Dan Onorato is running for governor.... oh please Pennsylvanians, do something smart for once. Don't elect him.
Education System changes. Obama is pushing to change public education without congressional approval or public knowledge. I got a notice from The Heritage Foundation about this. I had NO IDEA all the slimy, skeezy, closed door deals that were going on to fundamentally change the way kids learn. It's bad enough the history books are edited to show a liberal point of view rather than a truthful point of view. When it affects millions of children, shouldn't congress and the senate be voting on these things? Nope, instead they were given bailout money to spend however they want. Setting national standards and pulling grant money when schools don't hit their standards won't do jack squat. The 90-percentile from the elite schools will only try to hit the 75 percentile government standard. The horrendous schools drag down that average. What will help schools improve? School choice and vouchers. Let the parents choose where to send their kids. Letting the market decide will surely weed out bad schools and bad teachers. Letting bureaucrats decide is a horrible idea. I am all for abolishing the public education system and letting schools privatize. Let them charge enrollment fees and have parents buy the books the kids use, etc etc. Eliminate property taxes that are a burden to many- especially those who don't have children and don't need to subsidize failing schools. I have a very modest 3 bedroom 1 bath house on about a 1/4 acre lot. My school taxes are $3,500 a year. I do not yet have kids, but plan to. I am completely fine paying this amount as tuition or enrollment so I can send my kids to a good district.
Sherrod v. Breitbart. Apparently Shirley is saying she plans to sue Breitbart. I sure hope she plans to sue the NAACP and the White House too, since the NAACP is the source for the video (as far as we know), and the President forced her to resign. Oh wait, that's right, she's a democrat... why would she bother to throw her own under the bus? What a hypocrite.
Okay my window replacement guy is here, so this was more abbreviated than I anticipated. :)
Senate race in PA. I am from PA so I hold this near and dear to my heart. Though it was great to see Arlen Specter defeated, it would've been nice for him to win so Toomey would be a shoo-in to office. As it stands the idiots in this state (mostly the people who live in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh- who are pretty much the only democrats in the entire state) have the race pretty close right now. The latest Rasmussen poll shows 45% Toomey and 39% Sestak. While that is higher than recent weeks, it is still uncomforting to know 4 out of 10 PA residents think this guy has their best interests at heart. 8 years of Rendell with Bob 'no backbone' Casey and old man party switching Specter representing us? Something has to change. Pittsburgh has been going downhill for DECADES because it has been run by democrats for SIXTY years. Property taxes are high, we can't sustain public transit (talking point two... why is public transit supposed to be provided by the government? Why can't it be privatized?), the Pittsburgh public schools are absolutely horrific, there are 3 or 4 neighborhoods that are just horribly crime and poverty ridden where nobody will travel unless they are from there or are really brave- or they get lost. Sestak voted with Pelosi's agenda 100% of the time, and is now trying to distance himself. HA. He supports Cap & Trade, to me that is reason enough not to vote for him.
http://www.toomeyforsenate.com/july/
Failing public transit systems. There's been a lot of talk in Pittsburgh about our failing public transit system. Most Pittsburghers drive where they need to go, since the town isn't all that big anymore (300K people or so... down tremendously from 15 years ago) everyone driving isn't a huge issue. Just two years ago Dan Onorato, the CEO of Allegheny County, imposed a 10% drink tax on poured alcoholic beverages two years ago. This was to pay for public transit primarily. They had a higher than predicted revenue the first year, so they lowered it to 7% in 2010. Now it comes out that over 50 bars/pubs/etc have closed down because they couldn't raise their prices and thus can't afford the basic daily expenses anymore. One of my favorite dance places was shut down because they failed to pay their taxes. So now the transit is cutting 35% of their routes this fall because they're underfunded. THEN WHAT WAS THE DRINK TAX FOR, DAN? Pittsburgh should allow bidding for a private company to take over mass transit. I guarantee better service, better rates. Oh but the democrats won't give up something they can tax us for and use as leverage for increasing spending. Dan Onorato is running for governor.... oh please Pennsylvanians, do something smart for once. Don't elect him.
Education System changes. Obama is pushing to change public education without congressional approval or public knowledge. I got a notice from The Heritage Foundation about this. I had NO IDEA all the slimy, skeezy, closed door deals that were going on to fundamentally change the way kids learn. It's bad enough the history books are edited to show a liberal point of view rather than a truthful point of view. When it affects millions of children, shouldn't congress and the senate be voting on these things? Nope, instead they were given bailout money to spend however they want. Setting national standards and pulling grant money when schools don't hit their standards won't do jack squat. The 90-percentile from the elite schools will only try to hit the 75 percentile government standard. The horrendous schools drag down that average. What will help schools improve? School choice and vouchers. Let the parents choose where to send their kids. Letting the market decide will surely weed out bad schools and bad teachers. Letting bureaucrats decide is a horrible idea. I am all for abolishing the public education system and letting schools privatize. Let them charge enrollment fees and have parents buy the books the kids use, etc etc. Eliminate property taxes that are a burden to many- especially those who don't have children and don't need to subsidize failing schools. I have a very modest 3 bedroom 1 bath house on about a 1/4 acre lot. My school taxes are $3,500 a year. I do not yet have kids, but plan to. I am completely fine paying this amount as tuition or enrollment so I can send my kids to a good district.
Sherrod v. Breitbart. Apparently Shirley is saying she plans to sue Breitbart. I sure hope she plans to sue the NAACP and the White House too, since the NAACP is the source for the video (as far as we know), and the President forced her to resign. Oh wait, that's right, she's a democrat... why would she bother to throw her own under the bus? What a hypocrite.
Okay my window replacement guy is here, so this was more abbreviated than I anticipated. :)
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