Category Archives: Economy

About that next paycheck

Who will be hardest hit by new tax bill

Top Tweets @ #WhyIsMyPaycheckLessThisWeek

  • Because Obama is a pathological liar.
  • Because the only math 0bama knows is division.
  • Because Obama’s AutoPen made it so while he partied in Hawaii.
  • Because Obama loves to penalize the makers and redistribute to the takers.
  • Because you fell for the idea that there really was a “war on women” rather than the real war on your paycheck.
  • Because you fell for the “don’t worry, the rich guy is going to pick up the tab” line
  • Because the new definition of millionaires and billionaires are those with full time jobs.
  • Because a flock of sheeple voted for a moron TWICE.
  • Because you were a useful idiot. Now you’re just an idiot.
  • Because you were too stupid to know who you were voting for.
  • Because you are not on welfare or in prison, you racist conservative.
  • Because all those union donations and fraudulent votes require millions in kickbacks.
  • Because you thought more about your American Idol vote than your Presidential vote.
  • Because as it turns out, being stupid and uninformed does come with a cost other than a free phone.
  • So Obama can afford Big Bird and Planned Parenthood.
  • So unemployed welfare mamas could have money to buy fake nails.
  • Because Obama Phones and birth control are more important than reducing the debt.
  • Guess what? Welfare checks didn’t shrink!!! Thanks Obama!!!

UPDATE: This is amusing! Big Labor tried to get their mandatory union fees financed foot into the tweet convo above, but misspelled the hashtag and posted it all to the wrong place! LOL

http://twitchy.com/2013/01/05/ha-big-labor-tries-to-hijack-whyismypaychecklessthisweek-gets-hashtag-wrong/

 

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Obama lied. Let me go look for my surprised face.

We give 'em a choice

Last Monday, President Obama said that right-to-work laws mean “the right to work for less money.”

This is the exact opposite of the truth:

  • RTWS Right-To-Work States vs. FUS Forced-Unionization States
  • PAY: RTWS increased by 12% vs. FUS increased by 3% (2001 thru 2011)
  • EMPLOYMENT: RTWS expanded 2.4% vs. FUS declined 3.4% (2001 thru 2011)
  • JOB GROWTH: RTWS responsible for 72% of all growth across the U.S. (June 2009 through September 2012)
  • POPULATION: RTWS increased by 15.3% vs. FUS increased by 5.9% (2000 to 2010)
  • (Non-government) UNION MEMBERSHIP: RTWS declined by 9.2% vs. FUS declined by 9.5% (2000 to 2010)

Freeloading is a lie:

RTW allows workers the right to work in a unionized shop without paying union dues. However, this hardly constitutes “freeloading” since bargaining for contracts occupies a tiny percentage of what unions spend their dues money for. For example, Michigan Education Association spent only 11% of its budget on contract negotiating. The rest went for things a lot of union workers resent, like the bloated salaries union managers pay themselves and the Democrat-biased political activities that violate the political preferences of a huge number of those who are forced to contribute. (Todd Palin’s union dues were spent on slandering his wife’s Vice Presidential campaign!)

Source:

Obama’s Big Michigan Right-To-Work Lie: Lower Wages – Dec 11, 2012

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/121112-636665-right-to-work-means-better-wages.htm

H/t Bob for subject line.

BOB ADDS: 

Chrissy, are any of these surprised faces yours? I found them in the back room.

Oh, and here’s another one that Grunt loaned me a while back when I’d misplaced my own:

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What’s wrong with Socialism? What isn’t?

Tweeted by Jenn ‏@sowhatrusaying:

“Only a liberal would be stupid enough to believe a man who spends $4,000,000 on a vacation actually gives a damn about the middle class.”

Capitalism vs Socialism for Dummies

Ben Stein on ObamaCare

Churchill on Socialism

Common sense

Milton Friedman shows why he is unsurpassed in modern times in defending liberty. He cheerfully decapitates liberal ideas about government-controlled economy, over a wide range of examples.

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1979 (1/5) [10:34]

Among points discussed: Should the people in this company bail out failed companies? Should the government regulate things like car emissions? What’s the best way to do it? “What bothers you about Ralph Nader?” “I think he’s wrong.”

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1979 (2/5) [10:18]

Why government safety regulations make cars less safe.

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1979 (3/5) [9:28]

History lessons that squash liberal lies.

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1979 (4/5) [9:58]

Oooh, how horrible it is that successful businesses succeed. Or so says Phil.

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1979 (5/5) [6:51]

How minimum wage damages job market.

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Thursday Open Thread

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A GRUDGE

Posted by Pistol Pete

History tells us that after there was no more of the known world left to conquer,Alexander the Great wept.It is not beyond reason to think Obastard likewise felt something of a tinge (someone bereft of compassion has no capacity for sorrow or tears) when he came to the reality that he could no longer do the only thing in life he was ever any good at…campaigning. He will spend the next four years preening for an adoring mob and exacting revenge on the people of this country who are everything he is not: hard-working,honest,independent, spirit-filled families that endure what comes and attach no blame for their circumstance.They raise their children in the ideal that nothing of worth ever comes easy or without effort.

In all likelihood we will,indeed,careen over the “fiscal cliff” because that’s precisely what he wants.He doubled down on his demand for tax increases and now has $1.6 trillion as a target.He knows the republicans would be committing political suicide by surrendering to this magnitude of fiscal thievery and,of course,the resultant maelstrom will be blamed entirely on the GOP by his loyal bootlickers in the media. There will be multitudes of illegal,immoral, unconstitutional acts perpetrated by the left and the bastard’s overt duplicity will ,of course,be ignored or dismissed out of hand.

The regime knew of Gen. Petraeus’ trysts for some time and held it over his head like the sword of Damocles.He foolishly thought if he gave in to their extortion they would cover for him.He served his country with honor,but he doesn’t know shit about liberals.He is testifying today behind closed doors and will ‘revise’ his remarks about the Benghazi murders being a protest.I know there are several gold-digging bimbos involved,but I don’t care enough to get into the details.All I know  is that the administration allowed the affair to go on and jeopardize national security.

The Palestinian killers were elated that Brother Hussein will be around for the next few years so they can go forward with their plans to attack Israel with impunity.America will stand by and watch.Israel knows it too,and unlike what we’re stuck with,they have a leader who really does love his country and is willing to kill those who would destroy her.Would that we had a leader with an iota of the stuff Mr. Netanyahu is made of.Unfortunately we’re stuck with what we got.

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Sharing some tweets from Nov 10

Jerome Hudson ‏@JeromeEHudson – Um..WTF?? RT @DRUDGE_REPORT: Clinton won’t testify before Congress on Bengazi due to schedule… http://drudge.tw/UuK2O4

Angela Nelson ‏@angelaisms – @JeromeEHudson Yeah, she’s totally washing her hair that day. @DRUDGE_REPORT

Elisha ^B^ ‏@ElishaNEWS – For @SpeakerBoehner to kiss the Democrat ring as he quickly has, tells me Democrats also have something on him.

Lee Stranahan ‏@Stranahan – I’d like a world where Harry Reid and John Boehner are both co-managing a Denny’s in Butte.

Teri Christoph ‏@TeriChristoph – If you truly believe business owners are cutting back just to screw their employees, you deserve what’s coming your way.

Whitney Pitcher ‏@whitneypitcher – RT @UberFacts: When it comes to economic freedom, the U.S. is ranked as the 10th most free country – Falling 5 spaces since 2008.

Carolina Zuluaga ‏@carohleenuhh – The idea that minorities and women need help from the government to survive is both inaccurate and offensive.You’re no hero for thinking it.

Obama is a traitor ‏@lembas_n_coffee – I’m so incredibly disgusted by envy masquerading as compassion. Charity is when YOU help the poor, not demand that others do so.

H/t Angelaisms

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Filed under Armed Forces, Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats, Economy, Hillary Clinton, John Boehner, U.S. Congress, Unemployment

MY LIST OF RESENTMENTS

Posted by Pistol Pete

I had every intention of making this my last post.I was as heartbroken as any of you after the catastrophe of this week.I’d planned to divorce myself from politics and turn my computer into a solitaire game-playing machine.I was heartened by some of the comments that have been posted here the last two days and realized you don’t lose until you give up.You people have helped me through some extremely difficult times in my life and giving up would turn me into what I despise the most.It may be awhile until the sense of loss diminishes and the mourning period ends.Until then I’ve come up with an extensive list of things I resent.Consider this an open thread if you want to add anything you resent.

I RESENT

Being forced to see his vile countenance everywhere,smiling that chesire cat smile and lying openly,knowing half the populace will either believe him or don’t care and those who do care can’t do anything about it.He knows the press will never call him on it.

Him bellowing about bringing the parties together to work for the American people.I am fluent in Obamaspeak so loosely translated it means:I won again,you can’t do dick to stop me and you white motherfuckers can kiss my entire black ass.

His  porcine broodsow  issuing edicts on what wholly inedible foodstuffs our schools  must feed our children while she stuffs anything not moving in her cavernous maw.

Being regaled with her taxpayer-funded junkets around the world and the media swooning over how beautiful a camel can look in designer clothes.

Mia Love lost her bid for the House.

Allen West was redistricted out of his seat with the help of some voting chicanery.

That odiferous turd Alan Grayson is back.

Mourdock lost his Senate bid not so much because he said something sophomoric,but Dickless Lugar wanted payback for being primaried out.

Akin lost to a corrupt bitch in Missouri not so much because he stepped on his penis,but the GOP and Rove cut and ran leaving him to fend for himself against a filthy pig with abundant rescources.

Harry the Toad is trying to eliminate the filibuster so he can play the Keeper of the Realm.

The state of Israel is on its own since Barry would ask for a UN resolution of condemnation if Iran launched a nuclear attack.He has promised aid to Israel and we all know what his word is worth.He got 68% of the Jewish vote.

Hundreds of thousands of overseas military ballots arrived a day too late to be counted.They would have swung enough swing states to make Romney the president.

Three million white voters stayed home.The vote total McCain got in 2008 would have beaten Obama,who got two million less votes than he got in his first election.Maybe some were just tired of the mushy moderates we’ve had to swallow since 1988.Ron Paul voters are also suspect.

Our gallant military will be sliced to pieces by a CIC who openly despises them.

Veterans who have earned their benefits will be shown the back of Barry’s hand.

That gutless milksop John Boehner has already surrendered,telling Obastard he’s open to raising taxes in exchange for imaginary spending cuts everybody knows will never happen.

Tingles expressing his gratitude that Hurricane Sandy killed scores of people and destroyed millions of lives so his living god could look presidential and bipartisan thanks to governor Krispy Kreme.He can now spend the next four years cleaning his messiah’s sphincter with his tongue.

The day will come when we look back on when gas was $4.00 and refer to them as the good old days.

We were pushed over the cliff and into the abyss by dead-enders who have surrendered their dignity and self-respect in exchange for a life of Nanny Government giving them a lot of free stuff and making their decisions for them.They don’t give a damn about the deficit, taxes(they don’t pay any), unemployment(who wants to work?), health insurance(they get theirs free), or anybody that actually has skin in the game.

With our 2014 tax returns we will get a form to fill out listing any medical conditions you have,what medications you take and the name and contact information of your insurance carrier.If,like me,you have no insurance, you will pay a hefty fine and be placed in a government program.

The GOP-e is in the process of eliminating or marginalizing the Tea Party class of 2010 so they can go back to having circle jerk parties with the democrat buddies they split the taxpayer and lobbyist pies with.

My grandchildren may never have a good-paying full-time job or know what it’s like to be self-sufficient.

There will be another Republican president one day,but I may not live long enough to see it.I just wish I could see the country I love returned to a modicum of its former greatness before I lay my burden down for the last time.

If you have anymore feel free to post.I’ll be back sometime.

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KEEP PRAYING!

On the final full day of campaigning in the 2012 race for the White House, President Obama gave speech in Madison, Wisconsin that included this:

“We tried our ideas. They worked. The economy grew. We created jobs. Deficits went down.”

Seriously? Does ANYONE with two brain cells to rub together NOT SEE the $6 TRILLION in additional national debt and the worst unemployment and slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression?

Of course not. Rush Limbaugh said about this,

“Nobody in this country thinks right now the economy’s working. That’s not why Obama’s supporters support him. … They support him:

  • A. because he’s a Democrat;
  • B. because he’s a liberal;
  • C. because they hate conservatives;
  • D. because they hate Republicans;
  • E. because they think everybody else owes them the something.

But they don’t support Obama because they think his stuff is working.”

I’ve been following polls for a long time. Every so often, I come across one that shows about 3/4 of Americans on one side and about 1/4 on the other. E.g., belief in God, love for America, respect for the military, support for abortion without limits. I’ve seen polls that break down like this on each of these issues.

IMHO, that 1/4 represents Obama’s true supporters. They’re not enough to win him a second term if we have a HONEST election.

PLEASE KEEP PRAYING! We’ve got the hearts and minds and votes of We the People on our side; we need those votes counted as they were cast.

Source:

Obama scorched as ‘delusional’ on final day

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Brilliant MUST SEE Video About Conservativism!

I’ve got goosebumps. Seriously. Please watch and share!

CONSERVATISM IS CALLING [7:38]

This video was not paid for by anyone. It was made by a citizen with a computer and the courage of his convictions.

If the folks you talk to are still thinking Democrats care more about the poor, show them this video and ask one simple question:

“If the government goes bankrupt, how will the people who depend on government checks survive?”

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Filed under Barack Obama, Economy, Elections, Government Waste, Liberty, National Debt, Ronald Reagan, Talk Radio, Taxes, Thomas Sowell, Unemployment

Govt debt cannot fix the economy

Barack Obama faces voters with the highest unemployment rate of any incumbent since Franklin Roosevelt.

Source:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/11/october-unemployment-jumps-to-7-9-making-obama-worst-jobs-president-since-great-depression/

H/t Pistol Pete’s Grudge Report @

https://polination.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/the-friday-grudge-51/

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