What’s interesting is cigarette taxation. If you buy a carton of cigarettes in most places you pay a state tax, a federal tax and then when you pay for the whole thing (the price of which includes both the state and the SCHIP tax), you pay a sales tax. You’re being taxed on taxes!

I wonder if this will give them ideas about other stuff.

Imagine some kind of ‘Green Tax’ on a vehicle. The tax would raise the total sticker price of the vehicle, thus increasing the total sales tax!

Brilliant!

Let’s just kill all rich people and take their stuff. There’s more of us than there is of them.

Duh.

Akzed on July 7, 2009 at 2:23 PM

It would be more efficient, but logistically we can only do it once.

a capella on July 7, 2009 at 2:27 PM

Of course, the fact that many “rich” people own beltfeds might give one pause before invading their homes. Even the AIG Union Thugs were not going to bite on that.

Let me give you an example. One man I admire is Michael Dillion. Hell of a guy, though I ave never met him, I admire him as a man. Owns a big ranch, several companies dealing with various aspects of helicopters and machine guns and rapid fire cannons. Big 2nd Amendment guy. A bus load of “Protesters” invading Dillion’s place to rape and pillage would last about 3 seconds. In addition, he would probably video record the whole thing, purchase airtime on every single network and show Obama’s union thugs being splashed into hamburger just for kicks while every single NRA member/gun owner would help him out. Those of us who lived through Waco remember and feel we should have done more to protect those people, but the Media and Reno were controlling the message, or maybe people were not ready or were unwilling to believe. But you start applying a Kristallnacht strategy to the wealthy and you truly will have a civil war.

My apologies if anyone already said this.

Well, Iceland has hot springs and volcanoes so this southerner would take a shot. How do we make Iceland an offer?
From NPR:

“Morning Edition, December 3, 2007 · Representatives from the world’s nations are starting to gather in Bali, Indonesia, for two weeks of meetings on climate change. They want to decide how to tackle the problem of rising greenhouse gases after the Kyoto agreement expires. One part of the solution will be to get more energy from sources that don’t fill the air with carbon dioxide.

In Iceland, that means tapping into the Earth’s own heat. This North Atlantic island is cold and frosted with glaciers, but it owes its existence to hot rock. Volcanoes continually build and reshape the landscape, and those hot rocks make an ideal energy source — one that’s much cleaner and less expensive than burning fossil fuels.”
http://www.npr.org/templates/storystory.php?storyId=16780339

And then from another set of leftist twits at BBC:

“Carbon dioxide is probably the most important of the greenhouse gases as it accounts for the largest proportion of the ‘trace gases’ and is currently responsible for 60% of the ‘enhanced greenhouse effect’. It is thought that it’s been in the atmosphere for over 4 billion of the Earth’s 4.6 billion year geological history and in much larger proportions (up to 80%) than today.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/evidence/carbon_dioxide.shtml

So reading these reports, I’ve learned that volcanoes account for 60% of greenhouse gases but THAT gas is much cleaner than…

I think my mind maybe beginning to fail.

The new American dream …… to someday make $249,000 a year.

fogw on July 7, 2009 at 2:27 PM

+100 and so true. I’m always threatening to go part time and lose any chance at becoming a partner in my firm if Obama raises my taxes any higher than they already are. The Dems policies discourage, rather than encourage, people to succeed. It’s not that I’m greedy, it’s just that I would rather give my money to causes that I believe in, not causes that are being shoved down my throat by the left.

Ok so cigarette taxes went UP
Taxes on Alchahol went UP

1.5 Trillion Dollars was “borrowed” from Americans to fund the Porkulous….

So wouldn’t that mean that WE no longer OWE taxes because the public has basically loaned the government the next 3 generations worth of taxes?

Esentually each citizen has “comitted” $500,000 to current spending. Or loaned the government money based on future projection of income.

With all the plans Odumbo has he will be borrowing MORE thus increasing his DEBT to the citizen/creditor.

So HOW is it mathmatically possible to LOAN someone money and be IN DEBT to them at the same time?

I guess NONE of owe anything anymore since it’s already be taken in advance…… RIGHT!!

The EPA will take care of any progress in farming. I’m kind of interested to see how the regulations change after Obama gets agriculture nationalized.

a capella on July 7, 2009 at 2:53 PM

It is going to happen, no doubt. BHO is practically bed buddies with Chavez. Chavez has taken over the control of what the farmers can produce and dictates at what prices the can sell it at, even when it is below the cost of producing it, so that he can keep the lower classes that support him happy. It is just another form of governmental redistribution of wealth. BHO is taking notes and it is just a matter of time until he acts. The question is; will it be a Chavez style take over or collectives that his mentors favored.

It would take armed revolt and overthrow of the government, or complete financial collapse of the government and overthrow of it, to undo this program if it passes.

It MUST BE DEFEATED BEFORE IT GETS INTO LAW.

PastorJon on July 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM

It would take armed revolt and overthrow of the government

OK

1. National healthcare

2. Carbon emissions

3. Stimulus

4. Bailout

5. Budget deficit

6. Tarp II

7. Anything else I forgot about.

“You are going to need alot more dynamite there Butch.”

Trolls long for the days when they could beat up on Bush with copy and paste lies from the DNC.

NoDonkey on July 7, 2009 at 4:47 PM

LOL!!

So I say … soak ‘em if they got it!

Just kidding – but not really.

I was channelling getalife, but ran out of steam there near the end. Blew it.

Please, the trolls are as demoralized as I have ever seen them.

Anyone seen signs of Shipely?

Trolls long for the days when they could beat up on Bush with copy and paste lies from the DNC.

Now that’s an idea! Keep me posted, I’ll chip in.

Oh well, what do small business owners need money for anyway? I mean, other than capital expenditures, business expansion and job creation, what use do they have for their own money?

These traitors in DC are determined to insure that the economy grind its way to an absolute break down.

Never waste a good crisis, even if you have to create it yourself.