A news story in the final days of the 2008 Presidential election, Obama called those who had the audacity to criticize his "spread the wealth" comment as "selfish."
I find Obama's comment to be absolutely ironic.
* Does he not know that America's capitalist economic system is based upon "enlightened self-interest?"
Enlightened self-interest is the gasoline that the U.S. economy runs on - without it the market would cease to exist.
With views like this, it is scary to think Obama will soon have control over the levers of intervention in the economy.
* Does he not know that Americans work awfully hard for their money, it is there's and they are free to use it as they see fit.
So President-Elect Obama the real selfishness, is the selfishness of you and fellow Democrats who expect Americans to constantly pay more and more in federal taxes to fund a ever-increasing big government.
Now Obama wants to "wait" to give taxpayers the tax cut he promised them on the campaign trail.
Sounds like more selfishness to me.
Friday, November 14, 2008
The Hidden 3rd Option
Here is the break-down of the Madison debate over the hotel tax.
The City of Madison has a 9% hotel tax that is expected to bring in about $8.77 million in revenue this year.
Economic Development, Small Businesses, Monona Terrace & the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau
20% of the hotel tax (about $1.76 million) is earmarked for "destination marketing" or marketing conducted by the designed Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau to attract visitors to Madison.
$5.1 million is set aside for supporting the operation of the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Another $690,000 is put in a "rainy day" reserve.
In an effort to generate more visitors and business for Madison, small businesses in Madison, the Monona Terrace and the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau want the percentage earmarked for destination marketing to be increased to 35%.
Mayor Dave & City of Madison
A little less than another 20% goes to the city of Madison (about $1.2 million) to offset operating expenses in the city's budget.
But Madison's Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has a bunch of "big idea liberal projects" burning a hole in his pocket - so he wants to increase the percentage of the hotel tax earmarked for the city by $500,000 to $1 million a year.
The Hidden 3rd Option
I want to throw out a hidden 3rd option - Increase tourism in Madison by reducing the hotel tax, which will reduce the cost for visitors, which will allow more people to visit Madison and give them more discretionary money to spend while in town.
I find it ironic that "big government liberal Mayor Dave" is pushing his proposal under the guise of "property tax relief" yet he isn't cutting a check to Madison property tax payers.
Rather instead, the hotel tax money is being used to pay for the cost of Mayor Dave's big government ideas.
Visitors to Madison worked hard to earn their money, instead of using the hotel tax to fund Mayor Dave's big government ideas, let visitors keep more of their money and I bet you'll see most of them will spend it locally as they walk through the stores on State Street.
The City of Madison has a 9% hotel tax that is expected to bring in about $8.77 million in revenue this year.
Economic Development, Small Businesses, Monona Terrace & the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau
20% of the hotel tax (about $1.76 million) is earmarked for "destination marketing" or marketing conducted by the designed Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau to attract visitors to Madison.
$5.1 million is set aside for supporting the operation of the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Another $690,000 is put in a "rainy day" reserve.
In an effort to generate more visitors and business for Madison, small businesses in Madison, the Monona Terrace and the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau want the percentage earmarked for destination marketing to be increased to 35%.
Mayor Dave & City of Madison
A little less than another 20% goes to the city of Madison (about $1.2 million) to offset operating expenses in the city's budget.
But Madison's Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has a bunch of "big idea liberal projects" burning a hole in his pocket - so he wants to increase the percentage of the hotel tax earmarked for the city by $500,000 to $1 million a year.
The Hidden 3rd Option
I want to throw out a hidden 3rd option - Increase tourism in Madison by reducing the hotel tax, which will reduce the cost for visitors, which will allow more people to visit Madison and give them more discretionary money to spend while in town.
I find it ironic that "big government liberal Mayor Dave" is pushing his proposal under the guise of "property tax relief" yet he isn't cutting a check to Madison property tax payers.
Rather instead, the hotel tax money is being used to pay for the cost of Mayor Dave's big government ideas.
Visitors to Madison worked hard to earn their money, instead of using the hotel tax to fund Mayor Dave's big government ideas, let visitors keep more of their money and I bet you'll see most of them will spend it locally as they walk through the stores on State Street.
Oh Kathleen when will you see the light?
The Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk continues to spend millions of dollars a year to buy up swampland and old farm fields (under the guise of reducing urban sprawl).
While Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney struggles in a nationwide manhunt for a dangerous and deadly killer due to limited financial resources.
In the next election, let's put it to a vote - put the decision in the hands of Dane County voters.
What would you use those millions of dollars annually in tax dollars for?
Option A.) Buying more swampland.
Option B.) Protecting innocent citizens from dangerous and deadly individuals.
I think the answer is clear.
While Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney struggles in a nationwide manhunt for a dangerous and deadly killer due to limited financial resources.
In the next election, let's put it to a vote - put the decision in the hands of Dane County voters.
What would you use those millions of dollars annually in tax dollars for?
Option A.) Buying more swampland.
Option B.) Protecting innocent citizens from dangerous and deadly individuals.
I think the answer is clear.
Capital Times' Swiftboating of Paul Ryan
Wisconsin has one of its' own in the running for the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives.
But instead of being proud, the communist-manifesto Capital Times newspaper has decided to swiftboat Paul Ryan's bid for the position.
Marx's newspaper criticizes him for his free-trade policies, calling them "backward and destructive economic approaches espoused by the Wall Street Journal and most of his (Republican) caucus colleagues."
The paper went on to mock him for having a plan to keep companies for outsourcing jobs overseas.
Apparently, the Capital Times hasn't figured out that the best recipe for outsourcing jobs abroad - are the policies the paper has been promoting for the past century: high taxes, excessive government regulation and intervention in the economy.
Paul Ryan has a plan to reform corporate tax rates and provide incentives for companies to keep jobs domestically - so I fail to see what the Capital Times has a problem with? Keeping companies and jobs in America? Most likely they just can't admit that their policies push companies to outsource jobs abroad.
But instead of being proud, the communist-manifesto Capital Times newspaper has decided to swiftboat Paul Ryan's bid for the position.
Marx's newspaper criticizes him for his free-trade policies, calling them "backward and destructive economic approaches espoused by the Wall Street Journal and most of his (Republican) caucus colleagues."
The paper went on to mock him for having a plan to keep companies for outsourcing jobs overseas.
Apparently, the Capital Times hasn't figured out that the best recipe for outsourcing jobs abroad - are the policies the paper has been promoting for the past century: high taxes, excessive government regulation and intervention in the economy.
Paul Ryan has a plan to reform corporate tax rates and provide incentives for companies to keep jobs domestically - so I fail to see what the Capital Times has a problem with? Keeping companies and jobs in America? Most likely they just can't admit that their policies push companies to outsource jobs abroad.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Katy Bar the Door
Pro-Life values are under severe attack at both the national and state level.
National
At the national level, last week, voters elected "the most radical pro-abortion politician ever to serve in the United States Senate or to run for president."
Last year, Obama told Planned Parenthood that on his first day in office as the President he intends to sign the Freedom of Choice Act which would throw out all state laws on parental notification and any other limitations of abortion on demand.
This week, news reports surfaced that Obama plans to sign executive orders that would:
* Overturn the Bush ban on federal funding for groups that perform abortions abroad (aka the Mexico City policy).
* Overturn the Bush ban on new federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
* Overturn the Bush ban on federal funding of abortions and abortion counseling domestically.
Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, Democrats are now in control of the Governor's office and both houses of the legislature.
Of course, at the top of the Democrats list is a repeal WI's abortion law.
Funny, I don't remember the Democrats talking about repealing WI's abortion law when they were on the campaign trail looking to get re-elected.
Why didn't they you ask? Because WI Democrats realize that if they did - they wouldn't get re-elected.
So Democrats talk about bread-and-butter issues on the campaign trail in the hopes of getting elected - but once in office, they push through their liberal, pro-abortion social agenda.
National
At the national level, last week, voters elected "the most radical pro-abortion politician ever to serve in the United States Senate or to run for president."
Last year, Obama told Planned Parenthood that on his first day in office as the President he intends to sign the Freedom of Choice Act which would throw out all state laws on parental notification and any other limitations of abortion on demand.
This week, news reports surfaced that Obama plans to sign executive orders that would:
* Overturn the Bush ban on federal funding for groups that perform abortions abroad (aka the Mexico City policy).
* Overturn the Bush ban on new federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
* Overturn the Bush ban on federal funding of abortions and abortion counseling domestically.
Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, Democrats are now in control of the Governor's office and both houses of the legislature.
Of course, at the top of the Democrats list is a repeal WI's abortion law.
Funny, I don't remember the Democrats talking about repealing WI's abortion law when they were on the campaign trail looking to get re-elected.
Why didn't they you ask? Because WI Democrats realize that if they did - they wouldn't get re-elected.
So Democrats talk about bread-and-butter issues on the campaign trail in the hopes of getting elected - but once in office, they push through their liberal, pro-abortion social agenda.
How to get away with 3 murders in WI
In 1985, a guy walks into a Church in Onalaska (near La Crosse) and shoots the priest and two others because he doesn't like that females were allowed to do the Scripture readings.
He is found innocent by reason of mental illness, spends some time in the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison and wants to be released into the public.
Now the District 4 Court of Appeals has ordered his release - which will occur - if the case isn't appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
So to summarize for those at home:
* We have a person who intentionally killed 3 innocent victims,
* He was found innocent of the charges in a WI court of law,
* He has never spent a day in prison for his crimes
* He now wants to be released into society again - because the state can't prove he's a threat to society.
Let us count the ways the criminal justice system has let WI citizens down in this situation:
1.) The original prosecutor wasn't able to get the 3 murder convictions to stick.
2.) The jury bought the insanity defense and pronounced him innocent of the charges.
3.) When asking for his release, state lawyers failed to prove that he would present a danger to the public.
Yeah, he killed 3 people - but he's no danger to the public.
4.) The District 4 Court of Appeals has ordered his release.
Now that the district courts find him mentally capable, he should stand trial for the intentional murder of 3 people.
Is it too much to ask that the judicial system keep this thrice deadly criminal away from endangering the public yet again?
If he is released, decides not to take his medication again and kills again - does he get off again by reason of mental insanity again?
How many innocent WI citizens have to die before this person is put away for life?
It is time for the judicial system to place the interests of the law-abiding WI citizens far above those who would intentionally kill 3 innocent victims.
He is found innocent by reason of mental illness, spends some time in the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison and wants to be released into the public.
Now the District 4 Court of Appeals has ordered his release - which will occur - if the case isn't appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
So to summarize for those at home:
* We have a person who intentionally killed 3 innocent victims,
* He was found innocent of the charges in a WI court of law,
* He has never spent a day in prison for his crimes
* He now wants to be released into society again - because the state can't prove he's a threat to society.
Let us count the ways the criminal justice system has let WI citizens down in this situation:
1.) The original prosecutor wasn't able to get the 3 murder convictions to stick.
2.) The jury bought the insanity defense and pronounced him innocent of the charges.
3.) When asking for his release, state lawyers failed to prove that he would present a danger to the public.
Yeah, he killed 3 people - but he's no danger to the public.
4.) The District 4 Court of Appeals has ordered his release.
Now that the district courts find him mentally capable, he should stand trial for the intentional murder of 3 people.
Is it too much to ask that the judicial system keep this thrice deadly criminal away from endangering the public yet again?
If he is released, decides not to take his medication again and kills again - does he get off again by reason of mental insanity again?
How many innocent WI citizens have to die before this person is put away for life?
It is time for the judicial system to place the interests of the law-abiding WI citizens far above those who would intentionally kill 3 innocent victims.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Well at least he's honest
U.S. Democratic Representative Barney Frank (Massachusetts) recently told CNBC that there are "a lot of very rich people out there that we can tax to recover the money" to pay for Obama's expensive campaign promises during the economic recession.
Ahhhhh, the true Democratic game-plan is revealed (prior to the election) - not surprisingly, it entails increasing your taxes to pay for their campaign promises to interest groups.
Democrats know that if they were honest and said up-front they plan to raise your taxes - they would never get elected.
So therefore, today, many Democrats masquerade as "fiscal conservatives" in order to get (re-)elected. But in reality, they are nothing more than wolves in sheep's clothing.
So while I vehemently disagree with Rep Frank's plan to raise taxes - I give him credit and points for at least being honest and up-front about his tax raising intentions.
By being honest and up-front, taxpayers can make an informed decision as to what tax plan they find best for American, and which candidate they plan to vote for.
Ahhhhh, the true Democratic game-plan is revealed (prior to the election) - not surprisingly, it entails increasing your taxes to pay for their campaign promises to interest groups.
Democrats know that if they were honest and said up-front they plan to raise your taxes - they would never get elected.
So therefore, today, many Democrats masquerade as "fiscal conservatives" in order to get (re-)elected. But in reality, they are nothing more than wolves in sheep's clothing.
So while I vehemently disagree with Rep Frank's plan to raise taxes - I give him credit and points for at least being honest and up-front about his tax raising intentions.
By being honest and up-front, taxpayers can make an informed decision as to what tax plan they find best for American, and which candidate they plan to vote for.
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Obama recently remarked that America has a "fundamental belief" that "I am my brother's keeper."
Yet, Obama's tax returns from 2000 - 2007 find that he only gave 1% to charity between 2000-2004. When he was gearing up for a Presidential run, he raised the amount they gave to charity to 5% in 2005 and 6% in 2006.
Also, while they live in an expensive home, he makes a comfortable living (at the taxpayers expense) and his wife makes a nice $300K salary as a VP a Chicago hospital - he has relatives living in slums both in the U.S. and abroad.
So Obama isn't willing to give his own money to be his brother's keeper.
But he is more than willing to use your money to be his brother's keeper.
Yet, Obama's tax returns from 2000 - 2007 find that he only gave 1% to charity between 2000-2004. When he was gearing up for a Presidential run, he raised the amount they gave to charity to 5% in 2005 and 6% in 2006.
Also, while they live in an expensive home, he makes a comfortable living (at the taxpayers expense) and his wife makes a nice $300K salary as a VP a Chicago hospital - he has relatives living in slums both in the U.S. and abroad.
So Obama isn't willing to give his own money to be his brother's keeper.
But he is more than willing to use your money to be his brother's keeper.
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