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No, we don't think that. We think that people coming into this country in droves illegally, and who are helped by their government in doing so, are invaders. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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3. People think Hispanics are foreign invsders to the USA. No, we don't think that. We think that people coming into this country in droves illegally, and who are helped by their government in doing so, are invaders. The most important thing regarding the issue of immigration is that they are changing the socio-political culture of the U.S. in their refusal to assimilate and large numbers, with high birth rates, and are having a detrimental impact upon politics which can ruin this country. If massive amounts of Swiss or more conservative Englishmen pouring over our borders, we would not be having he same problems or as many problems. The illegality is of secondary or even tertiary importance. It's who these people are and how much their children mirror them (which is especially important since we have birthright citizenship. It's also not about race, as much as some people try to paint it that way. It's about culture, plain and simple. |
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Florida is not California. We will not go down without a fight.
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Sounds like the settlers from Commiefornia repopulating Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas . . . screw up your location bad enough to move, then re-start the process somewhere where it isn't screwed up View Quote It's like one of those parasite life cycles where the adult makes the environment too toxic or uncomfortable for their young so they leave to find a new host. |
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Ummmm... Puerto Rico is an American Territory and they are American Citizens. Are you suffering from water in the head or something? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How many of them coming into the country are doing it legally... I'm going to guess not very many. This is the goal of the left, to bring in only people they know who will vote for Democrats. This country will be under Communism in 10 years. Puerto Rico is an American Territory and they are American Citizens. Are you suffering from water in the head or something? Yes I know that. I'm just looking at what happened between South America and Mexico. Opened their borders to illegals to flood the U.S. I wouldn't put it past Puerto Rico to do the same. The Obama administration doesn't require anyone to prove citizenship. That's why I said I wonder how many of them are coming into this country legally. How many are flooding into puerto Rico and coming into the United States. |
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keep thinking that the crises in these other countries is an accident or due to their own ineptitude. The DNC has been working for decades to buy elections with foreigners, and they aren't above bankrupting foreign states in order to do it. The ends justify the means.
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How many of them coming into the country are doing it legally... I'm going to guess not very many. This is the goal of the left, to bring in only people they know who will vote for Democrats. This country will be under Communism in 10 years. View Quote Well since PRs are US Citizens, literally all of them are legal. |
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Quoted: Yes I know that. I'm just looking at what happened between South America and Mexico. Opened their borders to illegals to flood the U.S. I wouldn't put it past Puerto Rico to do the same. The Obama administration doesn't require anyone to prove citizenship. That's why I said I wonder how many of them are coming into this country legally. How many are flooding into puerto Rico and coming into the United States. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: How many of them coming into the country are doing it legally... I'm going to guess not very many. This is the goal of the left, to bring in only people they know who will vote for Democrats. This country will be under Communism in 10 years. Puerto Rico is an American Territory and they are American Citizens. Are you suffering from water in the head or something? Yes I know that. I'm just looking at what happened between South America and Mexico. Opened their borders to illegals to flood the U.S. I wouldn't put it past Puerto Rico to do the same. The Obama administration doesn't require anyone to prove citizenship. That's why I said I wonder how many of them are coming into this country legally. How many are flooding into puerto Rico and coming into the United States. South Americans for the most part don't look Boricua, sound Boricua, and they sure as hell will stand out in Puerto Rico. |
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I hope so, because I'm not seeing a way forward to victory for a GOP Presidential candidate without winning Florida. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Florida is not California. We will not go down without a fight. I hope so, because I'm not seeing a way forward to victory for a GOP Presidential candidate without winning Florida. I would say a lot won't bother to register to vote by next November. |
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Quoted: keep thinking that the crises in these other countries is an accident or due to their own ineptitude. The DNC has been working for decades to buy elections with foreigners, and they aren't above bankrupting foreign states in order to do it. The ends justify the means. View Quote |
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No, PR is America... should have been a Stste. Never has the Boricua population ever wantes to be independent. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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We should have let PR become their own country a long time ago. I thought they had numerous referendums and always chose independence. aka status quo. |
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Quoted: I thought they had numerous referendums and always chose independence. aka status quo. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: We should have let PR become their own country a long time ago. I thought they had numerous referendums and always chose independence. aka status quo. Statehood won a huge majority in the last referendum. They're tried of having being taxed and having no say in Federal matters. |
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I would say a lot won't bother to register to vote by next November. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Florida is not California. We will not go down without a fight. I hope so, because I'm not seeing a way forward to victory for a GOP Presidential candidate without winning Florida. I would say a lot won't bother to register to vote by next November. Even without an influx of Democrat voting Puerto Ricans, I'm worried about the GOP taking Florida in '16. I have to wonder if some of the support Jeb is seeing is based on the belief that he can deliver Florida. |
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California takes Colorado
Mexico and California take Texas New York and Puerto Rico take FL Game…..set……match. Not saying give up but demographics are pretty much a cast iron motherfucker. Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Blacks and misc FSA folks pretty much all reliably pull the D, election after election. |
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Sounds like the settlers from Commiefornia repopulating Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas . . . screw up your location bad enough to move, then re-start the process somewhere where it isn't screwed up View Quote Do you even math bro? If tens of millions of Californians were leaving California ... one the place would be fucking empty ten times over by now and it ain't, and only 55% of Californians are liberal so only slightly more than half of the people arriving in your state after doing their time in California would actually be liberal. If liberals actually like a liberal utopia why would they leave one and move into a conservative area? Sort of like conservatives leaving Texas in droves right? We're fucking doomed. |
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California takes Colorado Mexico and California take Texas New York and Puerto Rico take FL Game…..set……match. Not saying give up but demographics are pretty much a cast iron motherfucker. Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Blacks and misc FSA folks pretty much all reliably pull the D, election after election. View Quote Stop worrying about Texas. By the time we go blue, everyone else will be voting red because it will stand for the Communist party. Spend your time and energy worrying about actual swing states for the foreseeable future like FL, OH, VA (maybe), NC, etc. |
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Let me know when the shooting starts. Until then I'm sharpening my hatchet......
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Quoted: We were not founded as a democracy, and while we have devolved into one, we should not be one. The principle of majoritarianism, and the egalitarian ideas underlying modern democracy, are simply wrong. The majority's will is not sacrosanct, and should never be treated as such, especially in an age where the franchise is universal. The majority rarely supports liberty (it is almost always the minority, often select minorities/aristocracy/nobility, which has defended and advanced the cause of liberty, whether for advantageous reasons or on principle). It often acts in error, a fact magnified when the masses constitute the bulk of the electorate. Not only that, but the principle of majority rule means that everyone else is effectively shut out of the political process, which is unacceptable. Democracy, in general, has a bad track record; the only major exception seems to be Switzerland, but even that country had and still has checks on true majority rule of the populace (some of which resemble, in impact, the electoral college here). We are also supposed to be a federal country composed of sovereign states in a voluntary federal union, and national majority rule directly undermines this, whether we are speaking of the executive or of the legislature. Federalism, of course, aside from respecting the sovereignty of the several States, is also an extension of the principle of subsidiarity, which is an essential concept for the sake of good, liberal, and small government. If you support liberty, small government, and good government, and if you respect the sovereignty of the States, I challenge you to show me how majoritarianism and the democracy it entails in governmental form are conducive to and not destructive of these ends. Political theory and history would seem to run against you, there. Of course, if you don't believe in such things, your position becomes slightly more understandable, but it is certainly not commendable nor is it the sort that anyone should follow, and I would challenge you to defend your lack of belief in such things. The Presidency is, as designed, an elective monarchy sans regal titles. The President is meant to be someone sufficiently acceptable to the members of the Union, to include populous and non-populous States, and thus able to exercise power with the sort of consensus monarchs tend to have, and who is not beholden to any one particular group or interest, whether it is the majority of the people, the States, or some other group or entity. Furthermore, he is meant to be able to check the people when they err in the legislature, which does mean going against their will (and likewise with regard to the States via the Senators they used to choose themselves). The electoral college is an excellent means, when used as designed, to accomplish this end, and it is a standard feature of elective monarchies, such as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Holy Roman Empire. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: When need to have elections determined by the popular vote with runoffs until one candidate gets >50% of the total vote. The electoral college needs to just die already. The electoral college needs to be reformed to restore it to its proper function. Eliminating it can only make things worse. Why the heck would you think the popular vote is a good idea? Because that's what democracy is? If the majority want something they should get it unless it involves violating the constitutional rights of a minority. The US is probably the only modern democratic country to use an archaic system like the electoral college. Most developed nations now use the popular vote with runoffs. Anyway, what IS the proper function of the electoral college other than to suppress the will of the people? We were not founded as a democracy, and while we have devolved into one, we should not be one. The principle of majoritarianism, and the egalitarian ideas underlying modern democracy, are simply wrong. The majority's will is not sacrosanct, and should never be treated as such, especially in an age where the franchise is universal. The majority rarely supports liberty (it is almost always the minority, often select minorities/aristocracy/nobility, which has defended and advanced the cause of liberty, whether for advantageous reasons or on principle). It often acts in error, a fact magnified when the masses constitute the bulk of the electorate. Not only that, but the principle of majority rule means that everyone else is effectively shut out of the political process, which is unacceptable. Democracy, in general, has a bad track record; the only major exception seems to be Switzerland, but even that country had and still has checks on true majority rule of the populace (some of which resemble, in impact, the electoral college here). We are also supposed to be a federal country composed of sovereign states in a voluntary federal union, and national majority rule directly undermines this, whether we are speaking of the executive or of the legislature. Federalism, of course, aside from respecting the sovereignty of the several States, is also an extension of the principle of subsidiarity, which is an essential concept for the sake of good, liberal, and small government. If you support liberty, small government, and good government, and if you respect the sovereignty of the States, I challenge you to show me how majoritarianism and the democracy it entails in governmental form are conducive to and not destructive of these ends. Political theory and history would seem to run against you, there. Of course, if you don't believe in such things, your position becomes slightly more understandable, but it is certainly not commendable nor is it the sort that anyone should follow, and I would challenge you to defend your lack of belief in such things. The Presidency is, as designed, an elective monarchy sans regal titles. The President is meant to be someone sufficiently acceptable to the members of the Union, to include populous and non-populous States, and thus able to exercise power with the sort of consensus monarchs tend to have, and who is not beholden to any one particular group or interest, whether it is the majority of the people, the States, or some other group or entity. Furthermore, he is meant to be able to check the people when they err in the legislature, which does mean going against their will (and likewise with regard to the States via the Senators they used to choose themselves). The electoral college is an excellent means, when used as designed, to accomplish this end, and it is a standard feature of elective monarchies, such as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Holy Roman Empire. "The America of my time line is a laboratory example of what can happen to democracies, what has eventually happened to all perfect democracies throughout all histories. A perfect democracy, a ‘warm body’ democracy in which every adult may vote and all votes count equally, has no internal feedback for self-correction. It depends solely on the wisdom and self-restraint of citizens… which is opposed by the folly and lack of self-restraint of other citizens. What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it… which for the majority translates as ‘Bread and Circuses.’ ‘Bread and Circuses’ is the cancer of democracy, the fatal disease for which there is no cure. Democracy often works beautifully at first. But once a state extends the franchise to every warm body, be he producer or parasite, that day marks the beginning of the end of the state. For when the plebs discover that they can vote themselves bread and circuses without limit and that the productive members of the body politic cannot stop them, they will do so, until the state bleeds to death, or in its weakened condition the state succumbs to an invader—the barbarians enter Rome.” - Robert Heinlein |
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As you can see here, if you live in a state such as Wyoming your vote has roughly 5x the electoral college impact of the vote from somebody in California. In order to be a fair system California would need MANY more electoral votes to have an equivalent population to electoral vote ratio. There's absolutely no rational reason why an individual in wyoming should have a bigger impact in an election than an individual in a populous state. Isn't one of the ideals behind our nation the saying that "all men are created equal"? http://makehoustongreat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/states-and-there-electoral-votes.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Because it's fair? Fair? By whose definition? Define "fair" for me please. Quoted:I guess fairness isn't really a word in politics, but from an ethical standpoint our system is currently a joke. Fair is a word that does not belong in the lexicon of anyone over the age of 10. Fair is a word that means so many different things to EVERYBODY that it has no real meaning. What is fair for you is different than what I think is fair for me and that goes for everybody. Quoted:Maybe you can give an example of why we SHOULDN'T let the popular vote decide the presidency. So you make an assertion (We should go to popular vote to elect the President) and when pressed for an argument you ask me to defned your position? That's not how this works. What reasons do you have for us to go to a direct/popular vote for our elections? If "fair" is all you have then please define "fair" for me so I can understand what you mean when you use the word. As you can see here, if you live in a state such as Wyoming your vote has roughly 5x the electoral college impact of the vote from somebody in California. In order to be a fair system California would need MANY more electoral votes to have an equivalent population to electoral vote ratio. There's absolutely no rational reason why an individual in wyoming should have a bigger impact in an election than an individual in a populous state. Isn't one of the ideals behind our nation the saying that "all men are created equal"? http://makehoustongreat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/states-and-there-electoral-votes.jpg It is EXACTLY as intended. This was a check to balance the impact of highly populated states completely usurping the interests of less populated states. |
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Hedge funds tell Puerto Rico: lay off teachers and close schools to pay us back
Víctor Suárez, chief of staff to Puerto Rico’s governor Alejandro García Padilla, said: "The simple fact remains that extreme austerity [alone] is not a viable solution for an economy already on its knees.” "They are proposing teacher layoffs, cuts in higher education and health benefits, as well as increased taxes. These proposals have been a disaster for Latin America and would be so for Puerto Rico. Sure, Puerto Rico could pay its debt, but at what cost? We are literally cutting off our own limbs just to stay afloat. "The Puerto Rican government has already closed down almost 100 schools this year and reconfigured 500 more, as well has having closed down 60 the year prior. I am not sure what else they are expecting. If they expect us to lay off teachers or cut their already-low salaries, they are out of their minds. Puerto Rico Unable to Meet Aug. 1 Payment Deadline The Puerto Rico Public Finance Corporation – a subsidiary of the U.S. territory's Government Development Bank – doesn't have enough cash to give its bondholders tens of millions of dollars by Saturday's deadline, Victor Suarez, the Puerto Rican governor's chief of staff, told reporters in San Juan on Monday, according to CNBC and Reuters. Suarez said Puerto Rico will do "everything that is possible" for the development bank's debt to be repaid. Puerto Rico is staring down more than $70 billion in outstanding debt, several times what Detroit's was when the city filed for bankruptcy back in 2013. But unlike Detroit and Stockton, California – two debt-ridden cities that successfully filed for Chapter 9bankruptcy protections – Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory. As such, it's not afforded the same legal benefits extended to other American jurisdictions. Puerto Rico's municipal bonds are afforded what's calledtriple tax exemption, essentially making them immune to income taxes. Their popularity attracted investors from all over the U.S. as the island territory accrued massive amounts of debt. But the 2006 expiration of a separate tax credit that helped bring factories – and jobs – from the mainland struck a huge blow to Puerto Rico's economy. Manufacturing plants shuttered their doors and employment opportunities dried up. People began to leave the island in search of new jobs, and those that remained were left with a smaller pool of options. Drought means more water rationing in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's months-long drought has led to the expansion of water rationing to several municipalities on the east end of the island, state-owned utility AAA said Monday. The continuing drop in the level of river water has left no alternative but to launch a period of rationing Monday in the municipalities of Rio Grande, Luquillo and Loiza, the AAA said in a statement. At present more than a third of Puerto Rico's 3.7 million inhabitants are affected by a rationing plan that began in May and in some cases lasts 24 out of every 48 hours, and elsewhere for as long as two out of every three days. |
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Most PRs immigrating to Fl from NY lean left. Most immigrants from the island are conservative.
When they find out democrats won't allow them to work more than 29 hours a week they won't vote (D). When they hear democrats believe they are really stupid they won't vote D. When they hear democrats fine them for not providing /buying federal gov mandated health insurance, abortions and birth control to all employees in traditional male trade/professions they won't vote D. When they find out democrat mandated health insurance is worthless marxist shit they won't vote D. When they look at democrat individual /business tax burdens and fines democrats refuse to repeal they won't vote D. Yeah, We Lied to The "Stupid" American People to Get It Passed Full List of Obama Tax Hikes 1. A 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco: On February 4, 2009, just sixteen days into his Administration, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco, a hike of 61 cents per pack. The median income of smokers is just over $36,000 per year. 2. Obamacare Individual Mandate Excise Tax (takes effect in Jan 2014): Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance – as defined by Obama-appointed HHS bureaucrats -- must pay an income surtax according to the higher of the following: 1 Adult 2 Adults 3+ Adults 2014 1% AGI/$95 1% AGI/$190 1% AGI/$285 2015 2% AGI/$325 2% AGI/$650 2% AGI/$975 2016 + 2.5% AGI/$695 2.5% AGI/$1390 2.5% AGI/$2085 The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that six million American families will be liable for the tax, and as Americans for Tax Reform has pointed out, 100 percent of Americans filing a tax return (140 million filers) will be forced to submit paperwork to the IRS showing they had “qualifying” health insurance for every month of the tax year. Bill: PPACA; Page: 317-337) 3. Obamacare Employer Mandate Tax (takes effect Jan. 2014): If an employer does not offer health coverage, and at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit, the employer must pay an additional non-deductible tax of $2000 for all full-time employees. Applies to all employers with 50 or more employees. If any employee actually receives coverage through the exchange, the penalty on the employer for that employee rises to $3000. If the employer requires a waiting period to enroll in coverage of 30-60 days, there is a $400 tax per employee ($600 if the period is 60 days or longer). Bill: PPACA; Page: 345-346 Combined score of individual and employer mandate tax penalty: $65 billion/10 years 4. Obamacare Surtax on Investment Income (Tax hike of $123 billion/takes effect Jan. 2013): Creation of a new, 3.8 percent surtax on investment income earned in households making at least $250,000 ($200,000 single). This would result in the following top tax rates on investment income: Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 87-93 Capital Gains Dividends Other* 2011-2012 15% 15% 35% 2013+ (current law) 23.8% 43.4% 43.4% 2013+ (Obama budget) 23.8% 23.8% 43.4% *Other unearned income includes (for surtax purposes) gross income from interest, annuities, royalties, net rents, and passive income in partnerships and Subchapter-S corporations. It does not include municipal bond interest or life insurance proceeds, since those do not add to gross income. It does not include active trade or business income, fair market value sales of ownership in pass-through entities, or distributions from retirement plans. The 3.8% surtax does not apply to non-resident aliens. 5. Obamacare Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (Tax hike of $32 bil/takes effect Jan. 2018): Starting in 2018, new 40 percent excise tax on “Cadillac” health insurance plans ($10,200 single/$27,500 family). Higher threshold ($11,500 single/$29,450 family) for early retirees and high-risk professions. CPI +1 percentage point indexed. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,941-1,956 6. Obamacare Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax (Tax hike of $86.8 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013): Current law and changes: First $200,000 ($250,000 Married) Employer/Employee All Remaining Wages Employer/Employee Current Law 1.45%/1.45% 2.9% self-employed 1.45%/1.45% 2.9% self-employed Obamacare Tax Hike 1.45%/1.45% 2.9% self-employed 1.45%/2.35% 3.8% self-employed Bill: PPACA, Reconciliation Act; Page: 2000-2003; 87-93 7. Obamacare Medicine Cabinet Tax (Tax hike of $5 bil/took effect Jan. 2011): Americans are no longer able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin). Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,957-1,959 8. Obamacare HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike (Tax hike of $1.4 bil/took effect Jan. 2011): Increases additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,959 9. Obamacare Flexible Spending Account Cap – aka “Special Needs Kids Tax” (Tax hike of $13 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013): Imposes cap on FSAs of $2500 (currently unlimited). Indexed to inflation after 2013. There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are thousands of families with special needs children in the United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education. Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,388-2,389 10. Obamacare Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers (Tax hike of $20 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013): Medical device manufacturers 409,000 people in 12,000 plants across the country. This law imposes a new 2.3 percent excise tax on total sales, even if the respective company does not earn a profit. Exempts items retailing for <$100. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,980-1,986 11. Obamacare "Haircut" for Medical Itemized Deduction from 7.5% to 10% of AGI (Tax hike of $15.2 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013): Currently, those facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction for medical expenses to the extent that those expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI). The new provision imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI. Waived for 65+ taxpayers in 2013-2016 only. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,994-1,995 12. Obamacare Tax on Indoor Tanning Services (Tax hike of $2.7 billion/took effect July 2010): New 10 percent excise tax on Americans using indoor tanning salons. Making matters worse: According to a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report, the Obama IRS didn’t bother to issue compliance guidelines until three quarterly filing deadlines had passed: “By the time [IRS] notices were issued, tanning excise tax returns had been due for three quarters." Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,397-2,399 13. Obamacare elimination of tax deduction for employer-provided retirement Rx drug coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D (Tax hike of $4.5 bil/takes effect Jan. 2013) Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,994 14. Obamacare Blue Cross/Blue Shield Tax Hike (Tax hike of $0.4 bil/took effect Jan. 1 2010): The special tax deduction in current law for Blue Cross/Blue Shield companies would only be allowed if 85 percent or more of premium revenues are spent on clinical services. Bill: PPACA; Page: 2,004 15. Obamacare Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals (Min$/took effect immediately): $50,000 per hospital if they fail to meet new "community health assessment needs," "financial assistance," and "billing and collection" rules set by Obama-appointed HHS bureaucrats. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,961-1,971 16. Obamacare Tax on Innovator Drug Companies (Tax hike of $22.2 bil/took effect Jan. 2010): $2.3 billion annual tax on the industry imposed relative to share of sales made that year. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,971-1,980 17. Obamacare Tax on Health Insurers (Tax hike of $60.1 bil/takes effect Jan. 2014): Annual tax on the industry imposed relative to health insurance premiums collected that year. Phases in gradually until 2018. Fully-imposed on firms with $50 million in profits. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,986-1,993 18. Obamacare $500,000 Annual Executive Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives (Tax hike of $0.6 bil/takes effect Jan 2013). Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,995-2,000 19. Obamacare Employer Reporting of Insurance on W-2 ($min/takes effect Jan. 2012): Preamble to taxing health benefits on individual tax returns. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,957 20. Obamacare “Black liquor” tax hike (Tax hike of $23.6 billion/took effect immediately). This is a tax increase on a type of bio-fuel. Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 105 21. Obamacare Codification of the “economic substance doctrine” (Tax hike of $4.5 billion/took effect immediately). This provision allows the IRS to disallow completely-legal tax deductions and other legal tax-minimizing plans just because the IRS deems that the action lacks “substance” and is merely intended to reduce taxes owed. Bill: Reconciliation Act; Page: 108-113 Restoring the 40-Hour Work Week to Help Americans Hit Hardest by ObamaCare |
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Hell no. The President should not be popularly elected in the first place (even though the perversion of the EC election is such that it is tantamount to the same). It also tends to mitigate, to some degree, the influence of the major population-centres. The popular vote would not actually help the cause. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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That's why we need to dump the electoral college and go straight up popular vote. You have all the trash in NYC dictating what way the rest of the state will go. It's bullshit. Let every vote count. Hell no. The President should not be popularly elected in the first place (even though the perversion of the EC election is such that it is tantamount to the same). It also tends to mitigate, to some degree, the influence of the major population-centres. The popular vote would not actually help the cause. Yep. The Founders were correctly terrified of Athenian-style Democracy. They knew that once we transitioned from a Republic into a Democracy, our slide into Oligarchy and eventually Autocracy would be speed up. |
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Wasn't it said if the left takes Texas or Florida it is all over for anything truly right of center on a national level.
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That's why we need to dump the electoral college and go straight up popular vote. You have all the trash in NYC dictating what way the rest of the state will go. It's bullshit. Let every vote count. NO! +1 Presidential popular vote has been a public opinion goal of Democrats for a long time. No surprise seeing it suggested here all the time. |
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No, we don't think that. We think that people coming into this country in droves illegally, and who are helped by their government in doing so, are invaders. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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3. People think Hispanics are foreign invsders to the USA. No, we don't think that. We think that people coming into this country in droves illegally, and who are helped by their government in doing so, are invaders. Well...you also thought that Puerto Ricans were illegal immigrants lol |
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3. People think Hispanics are foreign invsders to the USA. No, we don't think that. We think that people coming into this country in droves illegally, and who are helped by their government in doing so, are invaders. Well...you also thought that Puerto Ricans were illegal immigrants lol I love that he provided direct evidence in support of the claim he's trying to argue against. |
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That's why we need to dump the electoral college and go straight up popular vote. You have all the trash in NYC dictating what way the rest of the state will go. It's bullshit. Let every vote count. Republicans have only won the popular vote once out of the last six presidential elections. +1. The electoral college favors rural (Red) states. |
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The Status Quo was always to be an American Territory. Independence never had a any support. Only retarded asshats supported the idea of being an independent country. Much like the asshats in Texas, Alaska, and Hawaii. Statehood won a huge majority in the last referendum. They're tried of having being taxed and having no say in Federal matters. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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We should have let PR become their own country a long time ago. I thought they had numerous referendums and always chose independence. aka status quo. Statehood won a huge majority in the last referendum. They're tried of having being taxed and having no say in Federal matters. Count me as a secessionist asshat. It's the only realistic hope for retaining any semblance of what the United States was before it goes full Turd World Banana Republic. That's just how it is. |
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The most important thing regarding the issue of immigration is that they are changing the socio-political culture of the U.S. in their refusal to assimilate and large numbers, with high birth rates, and are having a detrimental impact upon politics which can ruin this country. If massive amounts of Swiss or more conservative Englishmen pouring over our borders, we would not be having he same problems or as many problems. The illegality is of secondary or even tertiary importance. It's who these people are and how much their children mirror them (which is especially important since we have birthright citizenship. It's also not about race, as much as some people try to paint it that way. It's about culture, plain and simple. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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3. People think Hispanics are foreign invsders to the USA. No, we don't think that. We think that people coming into this country in droves illegally, and who are helped by their government in doing so, are invaders. The most important thing regarding the issue of immigration is that they are changing the socio-political culture of the U.S. in their refusal to assimilate and large numbers, with high birth rates, and are having a detrimental impact upon politics which can ruin this country. If massive amounts of Swiss or more conservative Englishmen pouring over our borders, we would not be having he same problems or as many problems. The illegality is of secondary or even tertiary importance. It's who these people are and how much their children mirror them (which is especially important since we have birthright citizenship. It's also not about race, as much as some people try to paint it that way. It's about culture, plain and simple. Ted Kennedy was one of the biggest assholes in politics EVAR. |
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Never is a very long time. Texas was voting for Democrat governors less than 20 years ago.
The GOP will modify itself to get those votes. The US will not become a one-party state. |
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