Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.
“What we have seen is a substantial change in mentality among the overseas community in the past two years,” said Jackie Bugnion, director of American Citizens Abroad, an advocacy group based in Geneva. “Before, no one would dare mention to other Americans that they were even thinking of renouncing their U.S. nationality. Now, it is an openly discussed issue.”
Does the City of Chicago’s nearly three-decade old ban on handgun ownership violate Second Amendment? The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide.
This is a tell-tale quote:
Mayor Richard M. Daley wants the ban to remain in place. He says local officials need flexibility to decide how best to protect their communities.
“We have the right for health and safety to pass reasonable laws dealing with the protection and health of the people of the city of Chicago,” Daley said.
Spokane County residents may want to avoid backyard sunbathing in April.
That’s when county Assessor Ralph Baker wants to take a series of high-resolution, low-altitude aerial photographs that promise to make goose pimples visible around the globe.
At least, the photos would show new swimming pools, cabanas, decks and workshops.
Most are familiar with those commercials on television promoting prescription drugs that supposedly offer relief from a variety of ailments, if one would only pressure one’s doctor to obtain them. They have become a source of great entertainment and amusement to some, the kicker coming at the end of each commercial when the FDA-approved medication’s obligatory litany of warnings and dangerous side effects is recited: “Tell your doctor if….” and “Side effects may include…..” Some of the warnings are mild like diarrhea and constipation, some list serious effects like cancer or tuberculosis, and others admit that sometimes even death can result.
The program, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, attempts to stimulate the country’s economy by increasing federal spending and cutting taxes, at a total cost to the government of $862 billion.
The above paragraph in the article mentioned here shows the typical government line of thinking.
Government gets it’s revenue through taxing us. If government thinks it needs to spend more to “help” us out, how can it truly cut taxes? It can’t. You’ll be paying for this, as well as generations to come.
It never ceases to amaze me that people will actually cheer not only the expansion of government, but the seizure of income, and the mindless tax the rich scams. Oregonians are doing just that with their ballot initiatives 66 and 67 to tax heavily any individual making over $125,000 and businesses a minimum of $30,000 per year. The tax measures were passed in the legislature late last year and so heavily opposed that a referendum was called for yesterday in an attempt to overturn these excessive tax measures. Sadly, both measures were upheld in the vote yesterday.
In an economic recession when not only government revenues are down but individual income is diminished, we have individuals who follow the self-destructive French Revolution tactic of attacking the rich. Just as in the French Revolution, the gallows become hungry when the so-called rich become short in supply.
I suppose I shouldn’t be too hard on the Oregonians because just as the people here in North Carolina, they heard the siren song or “for the children” and the even more alluring call of “for the schools.” These two hypnotizing melodies seem to make even the most logical and fiscally responsible individual blather nonsensically about pie in the sky pipe dreams and pull out their wallet to give up even more of their hard earned income.
The sad part of the entire Oregon pyramid scheme is that ultimately the cost will be borne by the population at large through price increases, the loss of jobs, and a decline in the general economy. Why do Americans have such backward thinking when it comes to government and taxes. Perhaps we should look to the example of some other nations who reduced their taxes during this recession.
Taking more money out of the general economy and giving it to politicians has never made things better.
Senator “Don’t Call me Ma’am” Boxer or should that be Senator “I’m heavily invested in businesses that stands to gain from any Cap and Trade legislation” Boxer. Either way, the Senator has once again shown her hideous and corrupt underside by trying to shoot the messenger and ignoring the urgent message. Yes, the stealing of email is criminal and I won’t try to justify that act; however, the more criminal acts are the deceptions taking place about global warming… er… climate change. Boxer, Obama, and a host of others refuse to look at the obvious tampering and manipulation of data to support anthropogenic global warming. When researchers throw away raw data and claim the manipulated or “value added” data is sufficient to prove their research, we have a serious breach in scientific method that any freshman chemistry student knows. Boxer is a danger to the American people and needs to be ejected from office at the earliest possible time. Maybe she’ll be reelected, maybe she won’t. One thing is for sure: the global warming scam is quickly unraveling. Based on my unadjusted opinion, Al “manbearpig” Gore and all his mindless dupes won’t be able to pull it back together again.
Like so many past journalists who have walked the thin line between criminality and reporting, perhaps we owe a little thanks to the hackers who revealed this information. Ultimately, I do think they should be tried and if convicted sentenced to five years of searching for more fraudulent hoaxers and criminal politicians. That would be a real community service!