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Apparently the powers that be in Washington have been dreaming up new ways to extract money from people.  With all the talk about the VAT, it’s no surprise to me that we are now going to have a new “sneeze tax” on Kleenex and related products.  It seems that the hygiene companies have been “deemed” to important to fail and as such, the government is taking over bits and pieces of these companies; Kimberly-Clark being the first.

My sources tell me that an extra tax will be levied on each package of Kleenex (and like products).  The tax will be progressive so as the box increases, the tax will as well.  Opponents say that the new tax is unfair to colder, northern states as the sneezes per capita are much greater in these states than warmer, southern states.  The bill tries to address this problem by tacking a surtax on those states that have warmer climates.  Details on how these boundaries will be decided is still unknown but analysts are saying that a panel made up of representatives of each state as well as White House appointed members will be created shortly after the bill is passed.

Other opponents of this surtax, or “Nasal-Gate” as it is being called, say that increasing taxes, on top of the already increasing taxes, will result in higher prices for all consumer goods.  Some have even said that this new tax may stifle our freedom to sneeze.

I spoke with a Congressman about this, he wished to remain anonymous but said, “We fooled the American people into thinking Healthcare was going to be free.  No one thought it would pass but when it did, we all looked at each other and said ‘How are we going to pay for this’?  We also know that it is mathematically impossible to pay for Healthcare by just taxing the rich so we needed a way to innocuously tax everyone.  We already increased taxes on cigarettes, gas, alcohol, so we needed something else.  I thought, everyone sneezes, everyone buys Kleenex, why not tax that?”

Whatever the outcome for this new legislation, one thing is for sure; Obamacare certainly isn’t free and we are all going to be paying for it in one way or another for years and years and years to come.

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Ok everyone.  Listen up.  I am hearing over and over again that this new Bill is going to put a lot of people to work.  I TOTALLY agree.  The government is good at creating work but there is a HUGE difference between creating work and creating jobs.

Let me explain.  We keep hearing about all these new roads, bridges, buildings, etc that are going to be built.  That’s great if you are a construction worker.  It’s great if you land that particular contract.  But it is all WORK.  It doesn’t create a long term job for you.  It’s a tactical move not a strategic one.  What happens when all the government sponsored roads and bridges are built?  Well, those people that WERE working are no longer needed.  Is this the plan?  Really?

The only way to create long term jobs is through growth.  When companies are growing, they hire employees; plain and simple.  Building roads will create work that needs to be done.  Helping companies grow will create jobs.  That is the difference between Job Creation and Work Creation.  The government is great at creating work but not so good at creating jobs.  This stimulus package focuses on creating work, not jobs.

Just listen to all the supporters of the stimulus package.  They all talk about putting people to work.  They use very specific language.  The Republican opposition says they are not going to back anything that doesn’t create jobs.  Again, very specific language.  I think there is a need for both but this Bill is loaded with short term, tactical work creation.  We need jobs.

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Here is yet another piece of legislation that we can all get behind right?  Well, maybe not.  It’s called the Employee Free Choice Act.  Now while I agree with many of the “ideas” behind it, the execution of it is totally off base.

First, some of the marketing is very misleading.  For instance, on their site they say that “American workers want to form unions” and then goes on to say that 60 million workers want to form unions.  That’s all good and dandy, too bad there are about 140 million workers in the US.  So a minority of workers want to unionize so we NEED unions now?

Unions are “key” to turning the economy around?  Really?  Last I checked unions were a big reason why American car companies are failing.  They force the company out of competitiveness.

All of the reasons behind, the real problem that I see is that voting to unionize would no longer be based on secret ballots.  Why on God’s earth would you want this?  Well, the only reasonable explanation I have is to give the union supporters the ability to intimidate those who do not want to unionize.  Why else would you do this?  Please, someone explain this to me.

So here we go again, change for the sake of change; good or bad.  You all voted for change so enjoy it.

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So I’ve been reading how the Obama Administration wants to put oversight of the Census into the hands of Rahm Emanuel…or better yet…the White House.  This might not seem very significant but the implications could be.

The Census plays a part in determining a number of government policy.  It’s used for the Electoral College.  It’s also used to figure out allocation of federal funds.  You can see how having a partisan run the Census is a bad thing.  At a minimum the out of power party should ALWAYS have the ability to observe the process to make sure that the numbers are artificially being stacked in favor of the party in power.  Well it seems like this is going to end.

So here is another example of change.  So all of you that voted for the sake of change…here you go.  Change for the sake of change; good or bad.  I guess it doesn’t matter because it’s change.

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So I have been trying to go through the full text Stimulus Bill line by line to pull out the dollars and what they are for.  It is 778 pages long and you need a Batman decoder ring for many of the items to even figure out where and what the money is going to.  This Bill is totally out of control and anyone voting for it should be ashamed.  Anyway I got about 10 pages into this and saw that it was going to take forever to go through the entire Bill.  So here are some of the items I documented before I quit.

At the bottom are links I found to the Bill and a document that line items the money from the Bill.

This is a bad bill people.  I hope all of you that voted for these idiots are by now wondering if you did the right thing…at a minimum.  You loaded up the House, Senate, and White House with Democrats.  Everyone warned you.  Now it’s time to pay.  Not only are you going to pay but your kids, your kids kids, your kids kids kids, and so on are going to be paying.  An you thought the Republican deficit was bad…

This shouldn’t be about Democrats or Republicans.  It should be about doing the right thing for the American people.  Unfortunately the American people are a side note in this Bill.  This Bill is about paying off special interest groups and their constituents.  See for yourself.

One final note, every Senate Republican is against this and about 11 or so Senate Democrats.

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

200M - for necessary replacement, modernization, or upgrades of laboratories or other facilities to improve workplace safety and mission-area efficiencies as deemed appropriate by the Secretary:

22.5M - for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and activities funded under this title

COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC SERVICE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

50M - for competitive grants

FARM SERVICE AGENCY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

400M - farm ownership loans

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

275M - Watershed Rehabilitation Program

80M - Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

100M - to carry out a grant program for National School Lunch Program equipment assistance

500M - of which $380,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be allocated as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or participation exceed budget estimates, and of which $120,000,000 shall be for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided, That up to one percent of the funding provided for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) may be reserved by the Secretary for Federal administrative activities in support of those purposes.

PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN THE FAR EAST DURING WORLD WAR II.

198M - to be paid to these people

Here is the full text Bill - http://michellemalkin.cachefly.net/michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/amdth1.pdf

Here are the line items from the Bill - http://senateconservatives.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/nelson-collins-stimulus-final1.pdf

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So ACORN may get a part of the 4 Billion dollars set aside for “neighborhood stimulus”.  Are you serious?  Boy, this is change we can really stand behind.  Call your Senators and tell them this isn’t where you want YOUR money spent.

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

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I see Dick Morris a lot on Fox News.  He seems pretty put together and is critical of all politicians.  This is a great post about the no-change “Change” that Obama is planning.  Let this be a lesson to all of you…again.  Politicians are politicians.  Their nature is NOT to change.  So voting for someone because of some mystical belief in “change” is foolish.  That’s why you focus on the issues.

You all were suckered into believing this con artist.  You’ve made your bed, now it’s time to sleep in it.

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