January 2012
43 posts
“Our tax code layers taxation of dividends and capital gains on top of a top...”
– TaxProf Blog: Mitt Romney’s True Tax Rate: 44.75%
(via jeffmiller)
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“We’re not going to do repeal. You’re not going to repeal Obamacare… It’s not a total repeal… You will not repeal the act in its entirety, but you will see major changes, particularly if there is a Republican president… You can’t whole-cloth throw it out. But you can substantially change what’s been done.”
- Romney advisor Norm Coleman
Trickle-down Government
“The President’s grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars. In fact, it works the other way: a government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class, and those who hope to join it.
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“‘Innovation is what America has always been about,’ so let’s pass...”
– Stephen Green
(via nomosshere)
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“You can call this class warfare all you want,” but I’m going to tax the bejeebus...”
– Stephen Green
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“ObamaCare is privatization! War is Peace! Slavery is Freedom! Drunkenness is...”
– Stephen Green
Oil Boom in North Dakota is Having a Major Impact
Rents in Williston currently range from $2,000 for a one-bedroom apartment to $3,400 for a three-bedroom apartment. Williams County allows three campers per farmstead, the farmers almost all have three campers on their property and are charging $800 per camper per month for rent. The Walmart in Williston no longer stocks shelves, they bring out pallets of merchandise at night, and set them in the...
Taxi Nazis
An Aspen judge sentenced a 76-year old man to jail for 15 days for operating an unlicensed taxi service. The senior citizen said he does not operate a taxi for profit but merely enjoys giving friends and service-industry workers a ride home late at night. The money he collects pays for gas and upkeep on his vehicle.
Sullivan doesn’t hold a state license to operate a cab, and drivers ...
“Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer for the...”
– Frederic Bastiat
The Good: Iran Will Give Drone Back To Obama – The... →
talkstraight:
For the American government, the crash of the RQ-170 drone in Iran was an embarrassment. For the Iranian government, it was a propaganda victory.
And for at least one company, according to state radio, it could be a windfall.
An Iranian firm, seeking to capitalize on the frenzy that followed the crash of the drone — and American calls to have it returned — is now producing...
“Like the corrupt media, Colbert believes he’s the only multi-millionaire who...”
– Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Stephen Colbert and the Mainstream Media Want to Be the Only Millionaires Backed By Corporate Money Who Enjoy Unlimited Political Speech (via conservatarian)
Second ATF Gun-Running Program Under Investigation... →
talkstraight:
In the late summer of 2010, the ATF agent leading the failed Fast and Furious gun-smuggling operation in Arizona flew to Mexico City to help coordinate cross-border investigations of U.S. weapons used by Mexican drug cartels.
Hope A. MacAllister wanted access to police and military vaults for American weapons recovered by Mexican authorities in raids and at crime scenes. She...
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do...”
– Mark Twain (via primal-libertarian)
isetfiretotherain0:
Obama Regime Fining Firms For Not Using Special... →
talkstraight:
When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law.
But there was none to be had. Outside a handful of laboratories and workshops, the ingredient, cellulosic biofuel, does not exist.
In 2012, the oil...
One Chart Says It All (Almost)
barticles:
Dan Mitchell:
Chile used to be the poorest of the three countries and now it is comparatively rich. Argentina has enjoyed a bit of growth. Venezuela, by contrast, used to be the richest of the three nations but has stagnated and now is in last place. …
Chile has reduced the burden of government a lot in the past three decades, Argentina has reduced the burden of government a...
In New Hampshire all you have to do is give a... →
DNC Chair Blames Tea Party for Tucson Shooting →
thegayrepublican:
Why does this NOT surprise me? She and the Democratic party are so damn desperate to get Obama re-elected. It’s a shame. So pathetic.
“I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company...”
– Mitt Romney, with a very good idea that would help people, being instead turned into an anti-business smear by leftists (via cynicusprime)
“The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one...”
– F. A. Hayek
crythias:
“What’s the difference between an isolationist and noninterventionist?”
The first says, “leave me alone.” The second says, “I’ll leave you alone.”
Libertarian: A Moral Distinction →
We don’t play the favoritism game, unless it’s simply favoring liberty over force. And that’s the ultimate difference. Libertarians place a higher priority on individual liberty and personal responsibility than we place on government power. Neither conservatives nor liberals can make that claim. For them, it’s power over principle.
It’s that prioritizing between liberty and obedience to...
“Capitalists seek to discover what people want and then produce it as efficiently...”
– Walter Williams
“When a government is telling you that welfare is good for the country, you get...”
– Kevin Jackson
“Any other Republican candidate or a reelected Obama will keep lying to Americans...”
– former head of the CIA’s “Bin Laden Unit”, Michael Scheuer in CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief Endorses Rep. Ron Paul (via davereed)
“Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I’ve laid out how I’ll...”
– Transcript - Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech - Text - NYTimes.com
It’s funny to look back and see what candidate Obama promised.
(via jeffmiller)
“Change means a tax code that doesn’t reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the...”
– Transcript - Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech - Text - NYTimes.com
I’m glad we fixed the tax code. We didn’t? Well, at least he tried. He didn’t? Oh, well.
(via jeffmiller)
“President Bush’s claimed power to be able to go to war without a formal...”
– Ron Paul, answering “Which executive powers, if any, claimed and exercised by the Bush and/or Obama administrations were unconstitutional in your view? Were there any such powers that were simply a bad idea?” (via ducksqueak)
“Stupid people are ruining America.”
– Herman Cain
(When you’re right, you’re right)
December 2011
88 posts
