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Bloggers In Philly Need Business License

Aug 23, 2010 Political

Philadelphia has sent letters to bloggers telling them they need a $300 business license to continue blogging. This is not for all bloggers, just those who showed some sort of income from their blogs. Most folks who reported income (from ads and such) reported only a fraction of the $300 amount the city wants from them.

Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few years she says she’s made about $50. To [Marilyn] Bess, her website is a hobby. To the city of Philadelphia, it’s a potential moneymaker, and the city wants its cut.

In May, the city sent Bess a letter demanding that she pay $300, the price of a business privilege license. Washington Examiner

Looks like the city decided to get in on the action by looking at people who earned a few dollars from blogging and honestly reported it on their taxes. The city looked at the income and thought, “gee, we can scam these people out of money by forcing them to get a $300 license.” What a great way for the city to get more money without having to provide a service or actually do anything to get the money. Then again, that describes government to a tee.

All Philly is doing is ensuring it will get less money. Smart people will pull the ads from their websites and stop making money from their blogs. Then, they don’t need the license and the city will not get any revenue from taxes on reported ad income.

Look for this to come to other cities (particularly those run by Democrats) because government (particularly Democrats) loves to screw people out of their money.

For those who make a moderate amount of money blogging there might be a better way to screw Philly over in this. If these people pay for a license they will be considered a business. Then they can write off all kinds of business expenses like hosting fees and their home office space. There are calculations involved but since Philly said blogging was a business any time spent blogging would be used to calculate the percentage of time a study is used as part of the business. The bloggers could also deduct the depreciation of the equipment used for blogging.

If this is planned very carefully bloggers with a business license could write off lots and lots of money, certainly more than the $300 license fee. Then Philly would get less money than it anticipated and the reduction would be legal and made possible by the greed of the city.

It does not get any better than when you can screw the same government that tried to screw you.

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Never surrender, never submit.

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Tags: bloggers, business license, Democrats, philadelphia, taxes

Democratic Mayors Want Your Money

Nov 15, 2008 Political

…Or What’s In Your Wallet?

Democratic Mayors of three American Cities want part of the 700 billion dollar bailout money. Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, Shirley Franklin of Atlanta and Phil Gordon of Phoenix, ALL DEMOCRATS (a fact not reported in the story) have requested a portion of the taxpayer provided bailout money in order to help their failing cities. These Democrats have run their cities into the ground and now they want people from all over the country to save them. They have raised taxes to no avail (how many times have they been warned about raising taxes in a tough economy) and they have declared they will cut services. I don’t care what they do, they should NOT get one cent of federal taxpayer money.

These Mayors are leaders of cities that rely on their own tax structures and those of the state in which they reside. It is not the duty of taxpayers from all over this country to bailout cities that are not being run properly or efficiently. These cities are responsible for their own budgets and if they are unable to make ends meet then they need to cut their vast social programs and overinflated payrolls.

Perhaps places like Philadelphia can put their welfare recipients and others getting public assistance on alert. Let them know that they will be responsible for doing some of the work in the community in exchange for the benefits they receive. Make them shovel snow at schools and public buildings. Make them cut grass and pick up trash. Make them do the things that others are paid to do and get rid of that part of the payroll. How about we make people get jobs and get them off welfare so they won’t be standing in front of polling places with night sticks?

Maybe these Mayors can round up all the illegals and put them to work on chain gangs cleaning roads and painting buildings. The trash needs to be collected and the city has services that can be provided by those who “just want to work.” Once they have paid their debt for being here illegally we can ship them home and reduce the burden that ALL illegals cause on our economy.

Yes, illegals cost us billions of dollars and cities with Democrats generally allow illegals to live there and receive taxpayer money (though in fairness, Phoenix probably does better at control than others). Illegals suck the life out of our economy but these Democratic leaders continue to allow that problem to exist and they even make it easier for illegals to show up with their hands out.

The cities asking for help are run by Democrats. Tax and spend Democrats who have taxed people to death, spent all the money, and then decided that since they have tapped out the productive people in their cities it is time to go after the fruits of the labor of people from across the nation.

There is no way that American taxpayers should have bailed out Wall Street and there is no way that American taxpayers should baliout cities in other states. Let Pennsylvania bailout Philly, Georgia bailout Atlanta and Arizona can take care of Phoenix. The cities belong to them so let them deal with it.

I am tired of people walking around with their hands out expecting the American taxpayer, by way of government, to hand over money to cure their economic woes. These problems were created by their inability to manage money and finances and their fiscal irresponsibility. These problems are a result of Socialism where those making money are taxed to pay for those who are not. These are the kinds of things that happen when people (and cities) are not held accountable for their failures.

The answer to these cities is NO. You can’t have any money so go figure out how to cut expenses and live within a budget just like the rest of us are supposed to do.

To the people of those cities, elect some true conservatives and let them get your city back on track. Liberals will promise you the world and that they will tax some rich bogey man to get the money. In the end, you end up without while the politicians live high on the hog.

If the people you elected are panhandling from the federal government (and by extension your fellow citizens in other states) then you have the wrong people leading you.

Article:
Breitbart

Tags: atlanta, begging, deficit, philadelphia, phoenix, tax and spend, taxes

Obama Nazis And Voter Fraud

Nov 4, 2008 Political

In a repeat of 2004 the Republican poll workers have been thrown out of precincts in the so called City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. In 2004 this happened and a judge ruled that it was not allowed. Looks like the Obama supporters in Philly have as little regard for the rule of law as their Dear Leader.

The liberal apologists who said that fraudulent voter registrations submitted by ACORN had no bearing on the election because, they claim, a fraudulent registration does not turn into a fraudulent vote. Without Republican election judges to oversee this process the Nazis in Philly will be able to stuff the ballot box (figuratively speaking) with the votes of Mickey Mouse and any other cartoon character (who are all more intelligent than the people of Philly) they want. In 2004 the machines in Philly registered 2000 votes for John Kerry before the polls were open and no one went to jail. Barack Obama paid nearly a million dollars for this kind of fraud but we will not see action on it. Let a cop car park near a polling place in Florida and Jesse Jackson is screaming racism and disenfranchisement.

The people in Philly are the kinds of animals who should not be allowed to vote and if I were the judge I would not count any vote cast during the time that a Republican judge was not present and I would not allow people to vote again. If they can’t follow the rules then they can’t play the game. These kinds of animals are the reason that the politicians in Philly refuse to allow people to carry guns. They need the animal Nazis in order to stay in power.

Obama told them to get in our faces and that is what is happening. He is counting on these kinds of Chicago tactics in order to win and the animals in Philly are more than happy to oblige for the man who will pay for their gas and their homes.

Perhaps federal SWAT teams should be deployed to those precincts to ensure the vote is conducted fairly. Then, of course, the cries of intimidation and racism would be heard. Screw them and their Dear Leader.

I wonder what we would hear if it happened to Democratic judges where these people vote?

Get out and vote so we can keep these brown shirted Nazis from taking over the country. Fortunately, I live and vote in a place where there is respect for the rule of law and consideration for people no matter how they vote.

I also live where most people legally own guns and know how to use them. Not a lot of crime and certainly not a lot of jackbooted thugs trying to influence elections.

Now I am a little sad that the people of Philly did not burn the place to the ground after their team won the World Series. Can you imagine how these animals will act if Obama loses?

UPDATE: Added the video from Fox. Black Panthers (one wielding a nightstick) blocking the doors and intimidating voters. Claim they are tired of white supremacy and a black man is going to win this election NO MATTER WHAT.

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Tags: nazi, Obama, philadelphia, thugs, voter fraud