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THE OBAMA SOLUTION |
What do you do if you are inheriting a $450 billion budget deficit? Immediately quadruple it, and then take credit for cutting that amount in half over the next 4 years. Very clever. Yes, Bush was still Pres while the $800 billion TARP bill was signed - but it was voted in by Democrats, and written by Obama's treasury secretary. They own the trilliion+ deficits. In fact, Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, the body responsible for spending, in January of 2007. How are they doing so far? |
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The Popularity of Reality
I had assumed a program named Survivor - on a deserted island - would have something to do with outdoor survival skills. Instead, I found myself watching a drama-filled popularity contest. Big network television had no desire to create a weekly competition dominated by backwoods rednecks, as one of them already exists, the NASCAR cup series. Instead, they fashioned a game filled with office drama, west coast backstabbing and east coast snobbery. It is a game less familiar to flyover country, but right on par with the Hollywood culture. Topping it all off was the twist on popularity. The weekly climax is not about the winning team or even the losing team. Rather, the template for all reality television programs would be singling out an individual loser each and every week. This person did not necessarily lose a race or score lowest on some sort of test. No, this person is singled out for simply being unpopular - different - unyielding to pure pressure. MORE |
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DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
Nanny State Propaganda |
Highest BAC Level in
Alcohol Related Fatalities |
% of all Traffic Deaths 1996 |
0 BAC |
75.1% |
.01 to .07 BAC |
4.1% |
.08 to .13 BAC |
5.2% |
.14 and over BAC |
15.6% |
| Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
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Truth: DUI arrests have become very lucrative for the states, but are they doing anything to solve the problem? Nearly all DUI deaths are caused by drivers with .12 and over BAC, yet we are targeting the .08 social drinker who is no statistical risk. Now groups are pushing for .05 BAC limits. Stop nanny-state liberalism in its tracks. |
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WHO PAID TAXES IN 2006 |
Percentiles
Adjusted Gross
Income |
Income
Required for
percentile rank |
Percentage
(of total bill)
they pay
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TOP 1% |
$388,806 |
39.89% |
TOP 5% |
$153,542 |
60.14% |
TOP 10% |
$108,904 |
70.79% |
TOP 25% |
$64,702 |
86.27% |
TOP 50% |
$31,987 |
97.01% |
Bottom 50% |
Under $31,987 |
2.99% |
Note: 32.6% of all tax returns are catagorized as 'non-paying returns' (They did not pay any income tax, but still recieved a tax 'return') |
Source: Internal Revenue Service |
Warning: Income tax has turned into a yearly redistribution of income. We are approaching the point of no return where the majority of Americans profit from income taxes. The majority can then vote themselves a yearly raise (funded by the top 25%) by simply voting for liberal democrats. |
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Bill Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign won over public opinion with one simple line; "It's the economy, stupid." The Berlin wall had come down in 1989, and the Soviet Union was no more. The Cold War was over . . .
Today we face a serious recession, not the short blip of 1991. Arguments revolve around income tax rates. Did the Bush tax cuts cause the recession? Did tax cuts increase federal revenues? Will allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire increase or decrease federal revenues? Are the rich paying enough? Are the rich paying too much? As the arguments persist, both political parties are ignoring the elephant in the room. It's the spending, stupid!
MORE (A drivebias original article)
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE |
During the 16th to 18th centuries in central Europe accusing unpopular outcasts with witchcraft was commonplace. Charges most commonly included destroying neighbor's crops and livestock via unusual weather events. Scientists who did not believe in black magic feared stepping forward to help the condemned - which could often lead to their own interrogation and prosecution. With  opposition handily silenced, the paranoid fanatics could easily convince the uneducated masses that witchcraft were responsible for all of the ills in their lives.
The 21st century brand of witch hunters have tried and convicted mankind for causing all damaging weather patterns. Again, it is the skeptics who are interrogated while the prosecution carries no burden of proof. Much more civilized today, there are no executions. Rather, undesired behaviors are unreasonably taxed in hopes to stop such activities and/or bankrupt the supplying corporation. One more gigantic 21st century difference exists - the information super-highway. Once opening their mind to all available science, even stark alarmists have quickly become a skeptic. MORE
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