Rick Santorum is a person that does not know or care about truth. Although he is one I can no longer watch- what I have seen of him shows he tells terrible lies about health care and about health care issues and use in other countries. He has no truth in him and when cornered his campaign replies, "Rick just says what he thinks in his heart." and even that "it may not be true, but he says what is in his heart." Number one- that sound like an evil heart. Number two- he is doing it for political gain (telling stories), thus his politics are that of lies and not truth. We have had enough lies/liars in Washington.
He has also shows that he will not believe in his own policies- that we need honesty in Washington; that the thing the Tea Party was named for, no taxation without representation only matters when he says it matters. For instance, he says in order for Puerto Rico to become a state, they must follow all federal laws such as English being primary language??? (Not a law that I know of) and yet he as well as other entrenched Washington politicians deny the right to vote, the right to representation to Washington D.C. Yet citizens of Washington D.C. pay all the same federal taxes the rest of the country does. It would be interesting to see how he and his fellow congressmen would all cry foul (like a bunch of spoiled children) if their own states-the places they live off and on- could not vote. Of course it would severely impact the hold the Republican party has in Washington as Washington D.C. is largely Democrats... hmmmm...
Again I say, Santorum has no honor! His lies are never cleared up by him as he hides behind his supporters and campaign staff to cover with the "he speaks from his heart" excuse. Yet if so- if he has this magnificent heart-why does he refuse to give other Americans rights that he himself would never do without, even when they have done more for that right than he has.
One of the claims he has made or built his campaign on is that charity should be handled by individuals and churches as he states is in the bible.... that Americans can take care of their poor and needy without government programs. Yet when an investigation is done, he himself pays a mere 1% to charity! Yet he has more and makes more than the multitudes of Americans that contribute more like 10% or more. Romney was found to contribute a little more than 13% to charity and Obama (without making any issue or looking for acclaim-again as IS stated in the bible) contributes 14%. Yep- Obama pays the highest percentage to charity! Bet that surprised a lot of "good" Christians.
We need truth and honor! Romney is an honorable man, but he is totally out of touch with average Americans. Santorum is not trustworthy at all... and comes across lacking facts and information that should be well known to a presidential candidate. We cannot let a man of no honor such as Santorum run our country!
For those of you that think Obama is also such a man, I point out that he has tried to cross the aisle with special meetings, by giving many concessions to the Republicans, and by being yet another Democrat president who is actually CUTTING the deficit! Our country has become stronger while spending less under his administration.
Yes, President Clinton, although not morally right, also cut the deficit significantly, improved world wide relations, and left with a huge surplus! Interesting is the fact that 8 of the 12 people who impeached him were no more moral than he was. Remember the one who had to admit that he had an affair with an intern, and fathered a child with her? Yet he claimed it was a "youthful indiscretion"--- but he was actually two years OLDER than Clinton at the time. This is not to show I approve of Clinton's morals, but to show that only one side of a coin is looked at by people who cannot let a Democratic President be shown to have done all the good that he did.
Clinton took a deficit that had tripled in the prior 12 years of Republican Presidents and cut it so that he actually handed off a surplus. Our nation is close to failing because of the huge deficit given us by a Republican President that like his dad was plagued by large bank and savings and loan scandals, that took us to war after war, and bought votes by giving Chinese money to his wealthy supporters. He left 7 trillion dollars debt, tried to sale American ports to other countries (countries that houses highjackers and privateers), and sold plus/minus 40% of our country to China.
Under Clinton our soldiers, without war, wounded Bin Laded and came within 50 years of killing him before they had to break off to rescue some of their own. Obama, without the need of mass destruction, had Bin Laden killed. Gain showing the difference is Clinton and Obama thought of helping America rather than that extreme large waste by the Republicans. Do not get me wrong, every military person sent over should have received the medal of honor- it is only the Republicans and their waste of tax money to help very wealthy companies and friends that was wrong.
Curing the State of the Union Address it was said that Obama had cut the 7 trillion deficit to 5 trillion. Yet the Republican response to that was that he was not bringing it down fast enough. Ironically, in that same Republican response, Mitch Daniels actually acknowledged that Obama was not at fault for the huge deficit, that he inherited it when he took office.
At 62 years old and only two times not voting for a Republican president, I must state that is may not be coming down fast enough, but only TWO DEMOCRATIC presidents have brought it down and have NOT caused a huge increase.
I do not want to be Chinese and that is why I see only good in provided,needed U.S. services and not told (for I am sure there is waste even now under Obama) that we need to wast more of what we have for only the 1% or even 5% - people that really do not represent true Americans. Yes, Republicans and those that have great but false stars in their eyes are only looking down on true Americans.
My words, my thoughts, and my hopes.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Poor DO Pay Taxes - Charity? g
This new lie that the poor pay no taxes is just another Republican stunt. Our country has a high regressive tax system.... to show you what I mean, in the 1990's report on regressive taxes Utah had a sales tax of 8.25%. Both the poor and the wealthy have to pay that, and other regressive taxes such as school, housing, and such.
Let us just focus on the sales tax. A poor family, with both parents working, that we complain are not raising their children to our standards (true but is most often because both are working and the cannot afford a nanny), earning $30,000.00 (or less) cannot put anything away for savings as they must survive, will pay $2475.00 on sales tax alone. A wealthy family-such as Mitt Romney- spends 5 times as much (that he pays sales tax on than the poorer family), in order to live his luxury lifestyle. Still he is not by far in the ultra-wealthy 68 million dollars a year/bonus people. Mr. Romeny, although very, very rich and out of touch with 99% of America, is still at the "bottom" of the wealthy. The amount on Romney's money, even cut in half, is roughly 2/10ths of a percent of their income if you round it up from the .00183, while the poor family with both working, end up paying roughly 1% rounded up from .0825. (Remember when President Bush was bragging that "only in America can a person work 3 jobs" in response to the poor saying many held 2-3 jobs just to survive)
Yes, the poor end up paying 5x more of their income on sales tax than the wealthy. The same applies for all regressive taxes... even though everyone is taxed at the same rate, the impact on their income is significantly different. The poor do indeed pay taxes!
On another note- in Romney gives 13-14% of his income to charity. President Obama gives 14% of his income to charity (Obama has far less money than Romney). Then Rick Santorum, who states the poor and needy should be taken care of through individual charity and church charity, only pays 1-2% to charity citing he cannot afford to pay more due to family circumstances. I know of many, many wonderful people who make far, far less than Santorum, with as much or more personal circumstances to bear financially, that year after year after year pay 10% in tithing and more in other donations.
Let us just focus on the sales tax. A poor family, with both parents working, that we complain are not raising their children to our standards (true but is most often because both are working and the cannot afford a nanny), earning $30,000.00 (or less) cannot put anything away for savings as they must survive, will pay $2475.00 on sales tax alone. A wealthy family-such as Mitt Romney- spends 5 times as much (that he pays sales tax on than the poorer family), in order to live his luxury lifestyle. Still he is not by far in the ultra-wealthy 68 million dollars a year/bonus people. Mr. Romeny, although very, very rich and out of touch with 99% of America, is still at the "bottom" of the wealthy. The amount on Romney's money, even cut in half, is roughly 2/10ths of a percent of their income if you round it up from the .00183, while the poor family with both working, end up paying roughly 1% rounded up from .0825. (Remember when President Bush was bragging that "only in America can a person work 3 jobs" in response to the poor saying many held 2-3 jobs just to survive)
Yes, the poor end up paying 5x more of their income on sales tax than the wealthy. The same applies for all regressive taxes... even though everyone is taxed at the same rate, the impact on their income is significantly different. The poor do indeed pay taxes!
On another note- in Romney gives 13-14% of his income to charity. President Obama gives 14% of his income to charity (Obama has far less money than Romney). Then Rick Santorum, who states the poor and needy should be taken care of through individual charity and church charity, only pays 1-2% to charity citing he cannot afford to pay more due to family circumstances. I know of many, many wonderful people who make far, far less than Santorum, with as much or more personal circumstances to bear financially, that year after year after year pay 10% in tithing and more in other donations.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Health Care and Heath Care Reform and Corruption
Since Health Care Reform was passed (labeled Obamacare by the Republicans)- the only aim of Republicans has been to repeal it even though it passed several times by at least 59% of the vote of the Senate. The Senate has through the years made itself the whole government of the land and it is NOT a democracy that we hold dear, it is corrupt men and women that look only to their pocketbooks and what "illegal" contributions they can get for their re-elections. American laws do not even apply to them. Republicans want Health Care Reform repealed because it costs them their "get free health care" campaign funds.
Health care in the Bush year grew is cost by many triple digit inflation years and loss of basic coverage that they (Ins. companies) pay greatly to NOT give to those who pay for it and who need it.
The stomach turning fact remains that insurance companies use up to 60% of our premiums to pay for their head personnel. What they do not like, now that their lies and fear tactics legally failed is that the Obama Health Care, that was down graded much before voted through, states that only 20% or the money they get from premiums can go to personnel and other costs instead of the 60%. They are still lobbying Congress, in other words bribing them, to get extensions so that they do not need to stop paying 60% "by having a grace period that allows them to pay 40% - 50% instead of 20%: to top employees rather than pay for care.
These men are in my way of thinking subhumans that whether in Congress or in Health Care wish money for themselves over life and care of people who pay for that coverage.
Many who keep saying that Obama has made it so that they cannot offer charity to their fellow men- have forgotten that they would not be where they are or even in some cases alive without government help that they themselves received.
It would be great if churches that do so much could do what is needed for all. However, it remains that this is not yet here. An answer anymore is getting honest people to run for and change the extremely corrupt, by health care and other issues, congress. God Help Us. And even though for my voting life that began with Nixon to now, I have voted for Republican presidents because of social issues, not economic issues, (except for the two Bush presidents), the fact remains that only President Clinton (a Democrat) and President Obama (a Democrat)have cut the budget while Republicans say and promise they will but never do.
Stop the corruption, lies, fear tactics, and destruction of America by not voting for the lies, fear, and corruption that the Republicans think they can rule us with. All America needs help- not just the rich and powerful. All people who have been voted in and actually helped us have been closer to average income-far less than the $200,000 some wealthy say they need just to feed the families of 3. Those that need help now and those that have pushed back in their minds the fact that they too also needed at a time this same help- think and not forget.
Health care in the Bush year grew is cost by many triple digit inflation years and loss of basic coverage that they (Ins. companies) pay greatly to NOT give to those who pay for it and who need it.
The stomach turning fact remains that insurance companies use up to 60% of our premiums to pay for their head personnel. What they do not like, now that their lies and fear tactics legally failed is that the Obama Health Care, that was down graded much before voted through, states that only 20% or the money they get from premiums can go to personnel and other costs instead of the 60%. They are still lobbying Congress, in other words bribing them, to get extensions so that they do not need to stop paying 60% "by having a grace period that allows them to pay 40% - 50% instead of 20%: to top employees rather than pay for care.
These men are in my way of thinking subhumans that whether in Congress or in Health Care wish money for themselves over life and care of people who pay for that coverage.
Many who keep saying that Obama has made it so that they cannot offer charity to their fellow men- have forgotten that they would not be where they are or even in some cases alive without government help that they themselves received.
It would be great if churches that do so much could do what is needed for all. However, it remains that this is not yet here. An answer anymore is getting honest people to run for and change the extremely corrupt, by health care and other issues, congress. God Help Us. And even though for my voting life that began with Nixon to now, I have voted for Republican presidents because of social issues, not economic issues, (except for the two Bush presidents), the fact remains that only President Clinton (a Democrat) and President Obama (a Democrat)have cut the budget while Republicans say and promise they will but never do.
Stop the corruption, lies, fear tactics, and destruction of America by not voting for the lies, fear, and corruption that the Republicans think they can rule us with. All America needs help- not just the rich and powerful. All people who have been voted in and actually helped us have been closer to average income-far less than the $200,000 some wealthy say they need just to feed the families of 3. Those that need help now and those that have pushed back in their minds the fact that they too also needed at a time this same help- think and not forget.
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