Democrats Want To Increase Fuel Taxes
Jan 8, 2015 Commentary, Political
Democrats have always wanted to increase fuel taxes (and any other taxes for that matter). All they know how to do is raise taxes and spend, spend, spend. Many Republicans are no better in that they might not want to raise taxes but they keep spending.
In any event, recent conditions in the oil market have led to a drastic drop in gas prices. This means that people are not spending a month’s pay to fill their vehicles but it also means Democrats see an opportunity.
You see, they want to raise the tax on fuel. I guess they figure now that people have become accustomed to paying high prices a rise in taxes would only bring them back to their original level of pain while raking in tons of money for the feds.
In other words, you can’t spend the money you save on gas because government needs more money. Now that you have a little more; cough it up.
What happens when fuel prices go back up? The tax damn sure will not go away and we will be paying even more.
The government gets two and a half or three times more for a gallon of gas than the companies who bring it to market (on average the oil company makes about 8 cents a gallon in profit). They already rob you and then they use the money for unconstitutional or unnecessary spending instead of for the roads and bridges.
Tell them to keep their hands out of our pockets and leave us alone.
UPDATE: Republicans seem to want to get in on the action as well. They will betray us before it is over.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: Democrats, gas tax, hard working americans, lies, tax and spend
Not So Sweet, Another Tax
Aug 4, 2014 Political
Democrats love to do three things more than anything. They love to lie, they love to tax and they love to spend. In fact, Democrats never met a tax they didn’t hike. Then they lie about the tax and spend the money taken in. Representative Rosa DeLauro DEMOCRAT of Connecticut introduced a bill to tax sugary drinks by the teaspoon. Yes, that is right, by the teaspoon. She wants to charge a one cent tax per teaspoon of sugar or high fructose corn syrup or any caloric sweetener.
[note]Democrats love to do many other things but these three are their favorites.[/note]
That would add about 16 cents to a 20 ounce bottle of calorically sweetened soda.
As usual, the reason for the tax is to save us from ourselves. You see, DeLauro wants to discourage people from drinking sugary drinks so they can improve their health because obesity, diabetes and a number of other problems caused by over consumption of sugar cost a lot of money.
She claims the money raised will be dedicated to research for these health problems but we all know that government does not honor the idea of money being dedicated for something. They will spend it on something else and then demand we pay more to fund what they stole. Think about the Social Security Trust Fund. If they had left the money alone there would be plenty for Social Security. They spent it and now they want more from us to cover their malfeasance. A number of dedicated funds meet the same fate and it will be no different if she gets her way.
In any event, this is not her concern. It is not the concern of anyone in Congress. What we do with our bodies is our business, right? I mean that is what they tell us about a woman’s body with regard to abortion. It is her body she can do what she wants with it.
[note]Big difference though, abortion kills an unborn child while consumption of too much sugar hurts only one person. I wonder how DeLauro feels about a pregnant woman who wants to consume sugary drinks…[/note]
So, if people want to drink sugary beverages that is their business.
What business is it of hers or anyone else’s for that matter?
Hmm, there is that thing called Obamacare. If government controls your health care it controls you and all that you do. The obese and diabetics among us are a drain on a fiscally unsound health care scheme.
So like gun control, which is not about guns but about control, this tax is designed to control behavior. If you thought you were free to do what you wanted then think again.
Maybe we should have a tax on the number of bills a member of Congress proposes and an additional tax on every word in the bill. It would have to be paid for by the member introducing the legislation and shared among cosponsors.
The money could be used to send them to classes on the Constitution, our history and the true meaning of freedom.
Better yet, it could be dedicated to removing them from office in the next election.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: Democrats, lies, sugar tax, tax and spend
Martin O’Moron: Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Apr 4, 2012 Political
The famous line from Forrest Gump appropriately fits Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley. Not long into his first term he decided that there needed to be a special session of the legislature to increase revenue which is liberal talk for raising taxes. One of the things raised (among a number of taxes) was the state’s sales tax. It increased 20% from 5 cents to 6 cents.
O’Moron told us that the tax increases were needed to close a budget gap, one created by Democrats who spend too much.
Imagine the surprise of the Democrats when the expected revenue did not materialize. They just could not figure out why the tax increases did not generate what they thought they would.
Maryland is a small state and borders other states with either lower sales tax or NO sales tax. Why not just drive to Delaware to make purchases?
The Transportation fund in Maryland is depleted because politicians raided it and used the money for things that were not transportation related. Now that the fund is full of IOUs they need to build it back up to repair roads. O’Moron wants to raise the sales tax another cent to pay for these transportation needs. Keep in mind that the taxpayers in this state funded the transportation fund in the first place. It is not our fault the politicians spent the money but we are the ones they turn to with their hat in hand and hands in our pockets.
This sales tax increase is a last ditch effort to increase taxes. O’Moron wanted to increase the gas tax AND apply the state sales tax to it (as if gas is not costly enough) but that was rejected so now it is on to increasing the sales tax.
The cynic in me thinks that this was the plan all along. O’Moron wanted the gas tax and if it had passed he would have been happy to rape us for the money but I think he knew it would never pass and this increase in the sales tax was his default position. To the uninformed it will look “no so bad” compared to a huge increase on gas. I mean, it is only a cent…
Regardless of what the process is the reality is that Marylanders are taxed enough, or should I say more than enough. Our problem is that we spend too much. Period.
We need to cut spending and cut taxes to increase the revenue to the state. It works every time it is tried.
But O’Moron is a tax and spend Democrat as are his Democrats in Annapolis. Plus, O’Moron has national ambitions. He wants to be president someday and if he ever accomplishes that he will be no better than the current occupant of the White House.
O’Moron is working on his national Dem creds so he will appeal to liberals across the country. He needs to be seen as a left wing lunatic with increased taxes, abortion on demand, illegals on the dole, and gay marriage under his belt so he will be part of the “in crowd” in the Democrat national scene.
It matters not to him that an increase in taxes will hurt the little people he and his party claim to protect (those with money will shop in other states). It matters not that his plans will result in lower revenue just as it did the last time.
All he cares about is positioning himself for the national scene.
We are taxed enough already Marty so how about you man up and cut the spending?
Jackass.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: gas taxes, increases, lies, martin o'malley, sales tax, tax and spend, taxes, transportation fund
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
Democrats Believe In Politics Before Country
Oct 11, 2008 Political
The Democrats in DC are already planning on an Obama win and they will waste no time in spending taxpayer money. Instead of wating until Obama takes office, Speaker Pelosi indicated that she would call the House back into session after the election to pass legislation that might be political suicide should they attempt to pass if prior to the November 4th election.
The legislation includes spending another 150 BILLION dollars on an economic stimulus package. Read this as another income redistribution scheme just like the last one where very few people who actually pay taxes received money back. A large part of the money went to people who pay little or no taxes while those who pay the country’s bills received little or no money.
This 150 BILLION dollars is money the country would have to borrow and is on top of the more than 700 BILLION dollars Congress allocated to pay for the misdeeds on Wall Street. Obama has been in discussions with Pelosi with regard to this and is “monitoring the situation.”
Additionally, Obama has expressed interest in providing states with 25 BILLION dollars to make ends meet (and you know every state will have a hand out amounting to one and a quarter TRILLION dollars). The One also wants to allocate 25 BILLION dollars for roads, bridges and other infrastructure and 65 BILLION in tax rebates. The 65 BILLION dollars would be paid out from a windfall tax on oil company profits.
The One will not even be president and Congress will be spending money that we do not have and they will be stifling the oil companies by overly taxing their profits. Income redistribution amounts to Socialism and the Democrats will not even wait until their president is in charge before they take us further down that road.
Many of these spending measures were thwarted when Pelosi was unable to add them to the bailout bill which was heavily laden with pork.
If these things were urgent then Pelosi would recall Congress before the elections but she knows that Americans are not happy about all the money spent bailing out Wall Street and that even more spending could be disastrous for vulnerable Democrats (those in more conservative districts) therefore she will wait until after the election because by then it will be too late for voters to take their anger out at the polls.
This is nothing more than cowardice. If the items are that important then she should be able to sell them to the public and not have to worry about backlash at the polls. Instead she will wait until her Democrats are protected from an election and then do what she wants, public be damned.
This should be a warning to all Americans. Do not vote for the incumbents. Do not put Obama in office. If these people are so willing to spend our money this recklessly before their president gets in office think about how they will spend when they do not have to worry about a presidential veto.
Get rid of all of them.
Source:
My Way News
Tags: cowardice, Obama, Pelosi, tax and spend