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by LukeAmerica2020 on November 2, 2009

Representative Mike Pense (R-IN) released an inspirational video message today. “Let Your Voice Be Heard” urges all Americans to rise up in opposition to the Pelosi health care plan. (video below)

“As President Ronald Reagan said: ‘Since the American founding, we have been a people with a government, not the other way around.’

Now comes the Pelosi plan for a government takeover of health care. It is a freight train of runaway spending, bloated bureaucracy, mandates and higher taxes.

If the liberals in Washington have their way, they will forever change the relationship between the government and ‘we the people.’

If the Pelosi plan for a government takeover of health care passes, we will each become dependent on the political class in Washington for the provision of services of the most urgent and personal nature.

The Pelosi health care plan targets us when we are most vulnerable.

The time has come for those who still cherish our ideals—the ideals of our founding: life, liberty and the pursuit of the American dream—to arise.

Wherever you are, whoever you are, let your voice be heard.

This is your moment, now is your time, let your voice be heard.”

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by LukeAmerica2020 on November 2, 2009

On Thursday, in an effort to convince Pakistan to raise taxes on its impoverished masses, Secretary of State Clinton told government officials the United States enforces confiscatory taxation on the American people.

Clinton told senior Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore, “The percentage of taxes on GDP (in Pakistan) is among the lowest in the world. We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move, and that’s not what we see in Pakistan,” she proudly proclaimed.

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by LukeAmerica2020 on September 25, 2009

Americans who fail to pay the penalty for not buying insurance would face legal action from the Internal Revenue Service, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation.

Senator John Ensign (R-NV) received a handwritten note Thursday (September 24th) from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the maximum $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.

Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it “Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold.”

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by LukeAmerica2020 on September 25, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), said today (September 25th) a tax on high-cost insurance plans is “under consideration” as Democrats search for consensus within their ranks before taking a bill to the House floor later this fall.

The current House Democratic plan (HR-3200) calls for raising income taxes on upper-income people to pay for covering the uninsured. In the Senate, Max Baucus (D-MT) has instead proposed a tax on high-cost insurance plans worth more than $8,000 for an individual policy and $21,000 for family coverage.

Proponents of the insurance tax, which Obama has endorsed, say it would help to lower health care costs by encouraging people to become more cost-conscious health care consumers.

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by LukeAmerica2020 on September 21, 2009

President Obama and ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos had a minor debate Sunday (September 20th) over whether the president’s health care plan includes a tax increase, leading the host to look up the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of taxes. (video below)

In the interview, Stephanopoulos pressed the president on his plan to require people to purchase health insurance.

“Under this mandate, the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don’t. How is that not a tax?” asked the host.

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by LukeAmerica2020 on September 20, 2009

It was an enjoyable honor to attend the 912 March on DC. The 8-hour bus trip with fellow patriots concerned about big government growth added to the pleasure of participating in the largest political rally in our great nation’s history. In DC, attendees were not only friendly and respectful; but, we also left our nation’s capital free of litter. (video and photo gallery below)

Moreover, most media outlets have downplayed the huge attendance to the 912 March on DC. Was it 10,000? Was it 75,000? 1.2 million? 1.7 million? 2 million? For President Obama and his “mainstream media”, it must be like arguing over exactly how many drops of water are in the tidal wave that is bearing down on you!

Indeed, each of us who proudly joined the 2-million-man-march have 50 to 100 friends and family with similar convictions who were unable to attend. We fully recognize that when government makes our choices for us or limits them, tyranny prevails. When we can make our own choices, liberty prevails. We stand not for the vagaries of partisan politics; but, rather we unite together across party lines for protection of our unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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by LukeAmerica2020 on August 4, 2009

(Caution: this post has copious literary allusions to George Orwell’s “1984″.)

Up before dawn this pleasant summer morn, my casual daily stroll across the Web in search of delightful news for blog content seemed somehow to be just another glorious day of fatuous bliss. In these serene Orwellian days when change is actually much more of the same, hope is actually despair, and transparency is actually opacity, headlines are rife with eager potential for more thought crimes against the Ministry of Truth and the Big Brother Administration.

In my earnest quest to reach the elusive Room 101 or at least a secluded joycamp, all the usual questions pervaded my impure mind. Where is John Galt? What would Winston Smith do? Why IS the constitution bad?

Then, without warning, just over the horizon I glimpsed the fringes of new strife. Soon I could hear the call to arms. Coming directly toward me at the speed of broadband was … what … could it be true … unfolding on Battlefield Internet a new struggle for freedom was beginning … the War of the Watchdogs.

First blood was drawn by a gallant General, known to patriots as the inimitable Glenn Beck. Saul Alinsky’s arrant knaves speak of him only as the “Faux News Clown”.

On July 31st at 10:31 am, he called upon his 10 million radio and Web followers to be constitutional watchdogs. In effect, he challenged us to resist the destiny of free range human livestock. He boldly asked that we, we who love freedom, become actively vigilant and to report as patriotic keyboard warriors directly to him any violations of the constitution that we discovered.

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by DavidO on July 19, 2009

What government first seeks to control, it taxes.

South Carolinians worked 94 days to meet their tax burden. If we use a five-day workweek, South Carolinians worked 18 weeks 4 days to pay for taxes. And this is down slightly because of the stimulus checks. In a 52-week year, you spent 36%, over a third, of your time working to pay for taxes.

If we consider paying for the deficit (not the national debt) of nearly $1,500,000,000,000.00 – one TRILLION, five hundred BILLION dollars - the days worked would rise to 140 days, or 28 weeks, and 54% of your labor.

Americans understand the need for taxes. Reasonable people know services provided by government must be paid for.

The majority of Americans, but not all, have a deeply ingrained sense of fairness. They are willing to do their fair share and resist when they feel their sense of fairness has been violated. We are witnessing such resistance today. Feelings of helplessness and frustration are stirring in this country.

Americans are feeling most of their elected officials are not looking out for them. Congresses approval rating is according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll, 6/12-6/15/09 is at 29%.

If 71% of Americans either disapprove (57%) or are unsure (14%), why have we not changed the politicians there?

What many people do not realize is taxation and the use of force to collect taxes are among the tools politicians use to coerce us into behaviors they favor.

Consider: Government wants us to drive less, or buy the cars they think we should be driving. Solution: Raise gasoline taxes. There is talk gas will go to at least $5.00 per gallon and the $5.00 level will be maintained by taxes, regardless of the actual cost of gasoline.

Consider: Government wants us go into their health insurance plan. Solution: Tax the health benefits you may be getting from an employer. This is being considered as part of health care reform.

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by LukeAmerica2020 on July 5, 2009

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U.S. Senator Jim Demint (R-SC) is travelling across his home state this holiday weekend on a tour bus promoting his new book, Saving Freedom, and visiting Tea Party rallies. He stopped in our Barnes & Noble here in Myrtle Beach for a scheduled book signing Friday night.

Our rally here is on July 11th and his schedule will have him elsewhere. While in town though, our own GeekGirl2u arranged with his folks for him to speak with our Tea Party organizers after the event (she’s spoken with them a few times in the past two weeks).

Our group consists of over two dozen active volunteers, but only a handful of us made it this July 3rd for the book signing. (BTW, we formed a non-profit corporation a few weeks ago so that we can accept donations to fund our activities.) Frankly, we are quite grateful that he took 30 minutes from his very busy schedule to chat with us privately. Before this session, we were impressed with his voting record and his solutions to stop the slide into socialism. Afterward … and we talked about it for nearly two hours … we are convinced that this down-to-earth U.S. Senator is a national leader in the fight to take back our country.

There were a couple of moments when his sense of humor had us laughing. Irv, a 78-year-old Navy veteran, said, “Sir, I have a confession.” The Senator quipped, “Haven’t we had enough of those lately?” Irv then explained that he was a war veteran and has now been called a “right-wing extremist” by the current administration. Mr. Demint shook his hand and thanked him for his service to our country.

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by LukeAmerica2020 on June 29, 2009

On ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos (Sunday; 2009-06-28), White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won’t rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike.

“The president had said in the past that he doesn’t believe taxing health care benefits at any level is necessarily the best way to go here. He still believes that,” Axelrod told me on This Week, “But there are a number of formulations and we’ll wait and see. The important thing at this point is to keep the process moving, to keep people at the table, to the keep the discussions going. We’ve gotten a long way down the road and we want to finish that journey.”

I pressed Axelrod on whether Obama will draw a line in the sand and veto any bill that funds health care reform with tax hikes for people making under $250,000 a year — despite a pledge Barack Obama made during the 2008 presidential campaign not to raise taxes on the poor and middle-class.

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   ABC News - story
   ABC News - transcript
   Washington Post - story recap

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by LukeAmerica2020 on June 25, 2009

Arizona is now close to becoming the first state to outlaw climate change legislation. The state Senate voted Monday, 19-10 to approve a bill banning the Department of Environmental Quality from enacting or enforcing measures with language pertaining to climate change. The bill is now awaiting House approval.

The bill will likely pass and be signed into law thanks to a switch in power. Formerly, Janet Napolitano (D) was governor of the state, but she left to join Barack Obama’s Cabinet. Napolitano was replaced by Jan Brewer (R), who has not indicated a strong desire to support AGW theorists.

References:
   DailyTech - story
   AzStarNet.com - story

by LukeAmerica2020 on June 19, 2009

President Obama has said that “Cap & Trade” will cause electricity prices to skyrocket. Do you have an extra $1,500 a year to spend on energy? It’s also expected to increase costs indirectly across the board for each American household on every good or service purchased that uses energy by another $1,500 per year.

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by LukeAmerica2020 on June 8, 2009

On the floor of the House on Wednesday (2009-06-03), Representative Paul Broun (R-GA) explains the enormous costs that Americans will have to bare under the ‘Cap and Trade’ bill.

This video is from the RepPaulBroun YouTube channel.

 

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by LukeAmerica2020 on June 5, 2009

On Wednesday, 2009-06-05, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D - OH) questioned Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke for about 11 minutes. As she grilled him regarding the lack of transparency regarding the financial rescues for these bankers (being arranged by the Fed), she stated that “very privileged and powerful bankers have hurt our country deeply.”

This video is from the CSPANJUNKIEdotORG YouTube channel.

 

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by LukeAmerica2020 on June 1, 2009

You may well recall the frequently reported campaign promise by Barack Obama that “under his presidency no one with an income under $250,000 would see a tax increase”. His resolute promise to the American people may soon be tested.

There is a growing buzz in our nation’s capital to implement a Value Added Tax (VAT) of as much as 25% on all goods purchased and services rendered. Created in 1954 by French economist Maurice Lauré, then director of the French tax authority, a VAT is actually an indirect tax.

This Value Added Tax is one of the most efficient systems for taking revenue from citizens ever contrived. It is used in 130 countries around the globe, mostly in socialist countries … so that average citizens bare the burden of enormous government expansion and ever-increasing government handouts. The VAT is essentially a sales tax, except that it’s charged at each stage in the development of a product instead of at the moment when the product is sold.

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