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Taxing Dividends
The Costco board of directors will borrow $3.5 billion so that the company can pay a significant dividend to shareholders in December, rather than next year, before the looming tax increase on dividend income. This isn’t unusual in itself because corporations need to … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged big government, current events, liberals, tax rates, taxation
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Klein Whine
Among the liberal propagandists who write for publications such as the Washington Post, Slate, and others, Ezra Klein has a soft spot in his heart for an Orwellian approach to language (i.e., distorting the meaning of words). And he’s not above … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged current events, ezra klein, fiscal cliff, liberals, politics, tax rates, tax reform, taxation
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Kiss Mammograms Good-Bye
Well, now that the election is over, the authoritarians (a/k/a liberals) can turn their full attention back to healthcare and resume the task of placing 315 million Americans under the thumb of the central government. Liberals are often seen as wanting to turn America into Europe, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged big government, current events, healthcare, liberals, ObamaCare, price controls
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Raising The Retirement Age
One very reasonable suggestion to help reduce the eventual Social Security shortfall is to raise the retirement age by a year or two. But watch out, liberal propagandists are at work challenging this simple idea, as seen in the latest article on the topic … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged current events, ezra klein, liberals, politics, retirement age, social security
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Redress Of Grievances
So we’ve all heard how citizens in a number of states are now petitioning the federal government to peacefully secede from the Union, and several states have reached the 25,000 signature threshold that is supposed to generate a response from the Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged big government, current events, Dana Milbank, divided nation, federalist papers, liberal mind, liberals, political divide, secession
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O Brave New World
Well, here we have the propagandist Ezra Klein singing a paean to Obama, liberalism, and the changes wrought by liberalism over the last few years. But all the wondrous changes cited by Klein show nothing more than that America is becoming Europe. “O brave new world, That has … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged current events, ezra klein, liberal mind, liberalism, liberals
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A Divided Nation
Two days after the election, a couple of talking heads on one television network lamented the political divide in America today, and both of the heads were at a total loss for an answer to the problem. Well, the answer my friend is not blowin’ in … Continue reading
Taking Responsibility
Resigning his position as CIA Director because of an extra-marital affair, David Petraeus show us what taking responsibility means. Liberals and especially Hillary Clinton should take note and use Petraeus’s experience as a, dare I say, “teachable moment.” Petraeus showed that taking … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics
Tagged Benghazi, current events, David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton, liberals, taking responsibility
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Defying The Authoritarians
Let’s see, the liberals are looking to put 315 million citizens under the thumb of the federal government for just about everything, including healthcare, which is a decidedly local activity (most people go to hospitals and doctors located near their … Continue reading
Posted in People, Politics
Tagged big government, current events, freedom fighters, liberals
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Big Government Mandate
Obama won just over 50% of the popular vote and sure enough, Jonathan Cohn, one of TNR’s chief propagandists, is claiming that Obama won a mandate. Before expanding on his claim, however, Cohn goes on a detour summarizing some of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged big government, current events, Jonathan Cohn, liberal mind, liberals, mandate, presidential election
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