Just so everyone understands where the starting point for any economic discussion begins and ends, tax rates have little to do with taxes paid. They only have a bearing on the taxes that the electorate realizes that they pay. The real taxation of the country is in direct correlation to what the government spends, period, dot, end of story. We all remember that Barack Obama famously stated as a candidate in 2008, “Let me be clear, for 95% of American Families, you will not see one penny of increase in any of the taxes you pay.” He then promptly levied a record burden on all of us, and then claimed that the evil rich sneakily shifted that burden somehow onto the down trodden.
Governing by dictatorial decree does not work. It works even less in a free society than it does for the dictatorial societies. Just ask Louie the XVI or Idi Amin Dada how it worked for their nations. One of the problems with our elite class of politicians who have decided to rule over us by executive fiat is that they have not a single clue as to what the heck they are doing. I don’t really mind that arrogant imbecile who will tell me relentlessly how much smarter than me he is. I only mind him when he has the authority to inflict his arrogant stupidity upon me in the form of economy killing decrees, which he may honestly believe will be to my benefit. One of the genius statements invariably made after each of these periods when the Democrat’s policies lead to unnecessary economic hardship is this, “don’t judge us by our results, our hearts were in the right place.”
Last night on MSNBC, Chris, “Tingles,” Matthews whined that many American businesses were hoarding cash, and not performing their purpose, which in his mind is solely to hire more workers, and that this is purposeful so as to have the economy tank in concert with the 2012 Presidential Election. Where does one start with this idiotic conspiracy theory? How about here, yes, American businesses are reluctant to invest their cash. It is in the reason that I disagree with Tingles. If it were your cash, would you put it at risk right now? Businesses, just like you, had to work for that capital. With the environment that exists for those people today, I don’t blame them. They do not know what their tax burden will be in 6 months, let alone in a few years. What they do know is that the President of the United States is traveling the globe telling anyone who will listen that business people are evil turds who stole their wealth off of the backs of the people whom they employ. They also know that if their businesses somehow succeed, despite the weight of the current bonanza of overbearing regulation, the government plans on taking every penny past a certain level of approved profit.
Next point, someone may wish to tell Tingles and the Zero that a business’ function is not to hire people. A business is there to make a living for its owners. Hiring people is a function of that end. Businesses make a profit by providing a needed or wanted product or service for the community as a whole, and many times employment of others is a consequence of that, but the business community owes nothing to the community beyond providing those goods or services for which it would be paid. Having Barack Obama and Chris Matthews announce yet again that Barack Obama decreed in January of 2009 that all businesses should begin hiring will still not cause that to happen.
What would create jobs would be to provide an environment where businesses could operate without the government placing itself in the way of success. some regulations are necessary, in order to provide a level playing field as far a preventing fraud and promoting transparency. When the government tells farmers that milk spills present the same dangers to a community as purposefully poisoning a water way, or that Americans are too stupid to buy the light bulbs that are better for them, that is waaaaaaaaaaay too far.
If you owned a business and it were your money at stake, what would you do? Our country does not need 4 more years of a man who has never successfully run so much as a lemon aid stand to tell us what will get economic activity going again. We need a man who actually has some semblance of an understanding of economic reality. Mitt Romney is not enough of a free marketeer for my taste, but he is one hell of an improvement over the Clown currently in charge.
Cross Posted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.
Rodan addendum: Romney’s calling out Obama on his out of touch statement about the private sector forced Obama to change his tune. The Pharaoh admits the economy is not good.
With Republicans seizing upon remarks he made earlier in the day that “the private sector is doing fine” – arguing that they show a president out of touch with an ailing economy — President Obama sought to clarify his remarks Friday afternoon.
“It’s absolutely clear the economy is not doing fine,” the president said while sitting alongside Philippines President Benigno Aquino in the Oval Office.
Romney forced Obama to do what no incumbent should ever do. Obama’s admission that the economy is not good has destroyed his case for re-election. All Romney has to do is run ads with Obama’s own words. Game set match and a win for Mitt Romney.
Obama knows nothing about private enterprise.
His only experience was a two year stint at a
public advocacy law firm, where he met the
lovely Moochelle.
He referred to that time as “behind enemy lines.”
RIX wrote:
Yes, and he knows so much about the law that he and Michelle were both disbarred… In Chicago no less.
@ doriangrey:
What kind of a crook would you have to be to get yourself disbarred in Chicago?
Flyovercountry wrote:
That what has come to be our lord and master fit to lecture and fundamentally change our country and culture.
@ doriangrey:
@ Flyovercountry:\
Um…a Filthy Communist Bastard?
We did forget that if we spend more govt money ( on hiring more teachers, policamn and firemen) then the economy will be right as rain. All it takes to fix things is more govt spending.
@ doriangrey:
Isn’t it interesting that the media never talks about
that?
@ MikeA:
People have had it with public unions.
When they demand raises & pension protection
it is at the expense of their neighbors.
That guy isn’t getting raises & has raided his 401K
Flyovercountry wrote:
I doubt that both had been disbarred. I remember this rumor since 2008 and it came out it was only a false rumor.
@ Guggi:
They were not disbarred but gave up their licenses BEFORE they could be disbarred. I used to have a link to it but you can find it out there.
Don’t blame him -- he heard it on the alphabet networks and went with it.
It seems pretty obvious that most Americans have convinced themselves that Obama is extremely intelligent. Which means that they think Obama is purposely destroying the economy or he is simply implementing a master political/economic philosophy. However it is far more likely that Obama is really quite stupid. His extraordinary lack of knowledge is glaringly obvious. His gaffes are telling. Exposing rudimentary gaps in pronunciation, context, geography, and scientific knowledge or economic facts. He appears not to read newspapers, histories, intelligence reports, or finance. This ignorance is compounded by his rote and repetitious use of left wing talking points. always couched in exactly the same language. Fair share, Congress must pass the “Jobs bill”, Bush, “folks”, etc. No matter what the question or venue. Then there is his obsession with golf, eating, celebrity, waving at the camera when with other world leaders, bragging, and obsessive use of “I”.
In other words, he shows every indication of Obama being an ill-educated imbecile, well over his head, pretending to be smart.
BTW, here is an interesting story.
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-chinese-kleptrocracy-works-2012-6
MikeA wrote:
They gave up their licenses because they were in the process of being disbarred, and in the legal community it is a difference without distinction.
McCain’s heroes…
Report: UK ambassador to Libya in attacked convoy
doriangrey wrote:
It’s the exact same thing as pleading no lo contendre in court. Disbarment is a legal process under which the State yanks your license. Upon receiving notification that the State Bar Association is holding hearings on your license many lawyers who know that they are about to be disbarred voluntarily surrender their licenses because it allows them to make the fictional assertion that they were not disbarred.
The straight forward fact is, that they were disbarred and the entire legal community knows it. This fiction is maintained solely for the purpose of not having to put on ones resume that they were disbarred.
Kimberlin now claiming HE has been SWATted.
Liah.
@ doriangrey:
Michell was ordered by the court to place her law
license “Volunatily Inactive”
Barry’s deal is similar.
They were avoiding formal disbarment.
m wrote:
Kimberlin is in seriously deep do-do… there is no way he can back out of it.
@ m:
Maybe he was in retaliation. When you play with fire, you get burned.
m wrote:
We called it here at Blogmocracy.
RIX wrote:
Exactly, and like I said, in the legal community it is a difference without distinction. Their ability to claim they were not disbarred is purely a technical detail and every single lawyer in the country knows it.
@ RIX:
However I have not seen evidence of the actual charges or complaint leveled against Michelle. As for Obama, it is my understanding that he simply went inactive.
@ Rodan:
Nope. Our side doesn’t usually think more bad makes things good.
Rodan wrote:
I seriously doubt it, Kimberlin’s M.O. is to prevaricate and assert that exactly the things he is guilty were done to him by those responsible for bringing his misdeeds to light. Until Kinmerlin can provide certified unaltered non forged official police documentation proving he was SWAT’ed, he wasn’t, and even if he can provide that documentation, it doesn’t mean that he didn’t have one of his cohorts SWAT him on purpose for propaganda value.
@ doriangrey:
If he was swatted it would probably be a false flag.
m wrote:
Well not all on our side think that. I have no qualms using the Left’s evil tactics against them. If I think that way, there are others on the Right that won’t hesitate to use Leftist tactics. In this case, Kimberlin either made it up or a false flag. But there’s always a chance someone could have done it to make him taste his own medicine.
real anti-jewish right here.
vote dem…
pat wrote:
The story goes that Michelle surrendered her license
due to financial misconduct.
BHO surrendered his because he lied on his application.
Is it true? I can’t find anything to controvert
the stories.
What is clear is that neither one holds a law license.
MikeA wrote:
What were they accused of ?
the end times are nigh.
Pirates move into first-place tie with Cincinnati Reds in NL Central Division
coldwarrior wrote:
I’m pretty sure that the Biblical prophesy predicts the
End of Days when the Cubs win the World Series.
I take comfort in that, because that means that we’re safe.
@ coldwarrior:
Dogs and cats living together…
@ Rodan:
That’s why I put the qualifyer… “usually”. But anyone that would do that hurts the cause so I hope they wouldn’t be so hard headed.
@ m:
Agreed because Kimberlin will be made the martyr and IF a Righty did this to him, there will be guilt by association.
RIX wrote:
no, the cubs winning means the end of existence for the universe, the pirates in first place is the beginning of the end times.
@ coldwarrior:
That guy is nasty. I believe he’s an Ex Black Panther or had some links to them. I have followed his career for years and he’s one of those who think Whites were created by the Devil.
@ Guggi:
Here is another issue that just got ignored.
Michelle was assigned as Barck’s mentor at the
law firm and was superior to him.
They started dating there.
In the broad definition of sexual harassment that is
utilized it was sexual harassment.
I would bet you that if these two were Republicans
this would be discusseed in the media
@ coldwarrior:
Now I get it. But both are still pretty disturbing.
@ coldwarrior:
For years I have wanted to see a Pittsburgh/Cleveland World Series. Perhaps my master plan is taking shape after all.
RIX wrote:
But this too doesn’t explain for what reason he/she was in the process to be disbarred. I’ve never seen any specific facts about this claim.
pat wrote:
What records of Obama’s have you ever seen. The Obama’s were both lawyers, they have had every legal document regarding them sealed by the courts and every charge against them reduced and then expunged.
I can provide evidence of that process.
First, he is a World Net Daily article (I know, it’s world net Daily) which has a screen capture of ARDC (Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee for the State of Illinois) of the status of Michelle Obama’s law license.
Here is the information contained in that screen capture, but from an entirely different and unrelated website.
Just like WND, Liberty News Online
provides a direct link to ARDC referencing their page on Michelle Obama.
Here is where those link now go.
And here is the new ARDC link to the official disposition of Michelle Obama’s law license.
You will note that the original ARDC page stated.
While the new page states,
In other words, Michelle has had er record expunged and sealed. She was stripped of her license for Malpractice fraud.
@ doriangrey:
Doh…. Looks like I crashed the Blogmocracy server by posting that illegal information…
@ coldwarrior:
He’s Black Panther.
pat wrote:
When you apply the imbecile theory things make more sense.
@ MikeA:
Ah, the magical black hole of taxpayer dollars…
@ Mr Caps:
He is a mooslim, everything they need to know ended 700AD, why should he learn how to pronounce the tough works like “corps.” Just because he is an idjit, don’t forget he is the enemies idjit, he can still destroy the country and that is his plan.
@ rgranger:
I meant “Republic!”