So why exactly would he be carrying pizzas?

So by not being present on that megaflop, the conservatives have a victory. The current trajectory is that across the board cuts will be required, now if we can only prevent the Congress passing massive changes to that course. That is the best possible outcome at this time.

Now I understand that the military is one big target that the Libs want left in the path of the cuts, but I do not think their suicidal tenancies will be strong enough to have them vote against at least partially exempting the military.

I heard today that the “pundits” predict that there will be an attempt by the then lame duck Congress to try to make this all go away after next November’s election. But then, the makeup of Congress then will be no different than it is now, however those who lose their seats may lose all sanity and vote to boost taxes and spending.

In common is that they aim to replace the current disaster of a US tax code. That is good – badly needed!

They also have a real problem – unless they include a constitutional amendment to abolish and prohibit the current tax schemes and all other taxes in all guises (fees, fines, levees, etc). Without that we would see not only the new tax(es) but the old tases and more new taxes down the line.

You have a fairly recent example of this in Connecticut. They voted to allow an income tax because property taxes were too high. Well, now they have the income tax and their property taxes are high again.

Another example – on the other side is New Hampshire. Their constitution mandates all taxes be at the same rate for all – a flat tax – no matter what is being taxed. The pro income taxers cannot bring themselves to back a flat income tax that would tax the top 1% at the same rate as the bottom 1% and the wording in the constitution prohibits a blanket exemption for some taxpayers but not all. So they have no income tax. They also are an attractive place for people – like airline pilots and the military – who can choose what state to live in based on the taxation of their income.

Occupy Wall Street starts their screed list of demands with a $20 an hour minimum wage. Skip to #3 – guaranteed full employment regardless of actual employment.

A little math – $20 an hour = $40k, 205 million “residents” between 15 – 65. That is $8.2 trillion.

Now for #2 – universal healthcare – that – without any account for inflation – at least $5k per * 300+ million $1.5 trillion

#4 free college for all – 34 million “college age” “residents” -* average cost of college (forgetting any inflation) $35k $1.2 trillion

#6 another trillion dollar “infrastructure” program – “shovel ready”? $1 trillion

#7 a trillion to restore the forests, and destroy all the nuclear power plants. $1 trillion

# 8 – a new 14th amendment? WTF?

#9 open the borders to all people who might want to become residents – and – back in #1 impose tarrifs on all imported goods – hell now I got to go back and add another billion people to the minimum wage figure, another billion people to the college cost equation and then factor in the hyperinflation effects of the the fossil fuel (that was #5) and the nukes plus the tarrifs (have any of these wacks heard of Smoot Hawley?) and the dollar is then worth less than the Chinese Yuan.

Under their scheme the USA will have a population about the same as India, we will all be freezing in the dark eating what we can scratch out of the 20 square feet of ground we will be allocated, employed in sweatshops making worthless trinkets to be exported to China or somewhere.

Oh, but we must not forget #11 – eliminate all debt (also called Capital) every one who has a house will owe no mortgage. All college loans will go away, all debt – gone That of course means bankruptcy for all pension plans that are invested in government bonds or mortgage backed securities or bank stocks or utility stocks (remember – all existing power plants will be shut down).

So under their plan everyone will be equal – dirt poor working for slave wages with no heat or light no pensions social security checks that will be worth less than the stamp used to send it.

Yes indeed Utopia!

Seems their country saw a rash of kidnappings during their current civil war – they made a deal with the devils, and they granted unconditional pardons and cash payments to the evil doers. But that “brought about a short period of reprieve, but has not been successful in quelling the targeted violence in mostly impoverished the region.”

As for the USA policy- not long ago they paid a “ransom”or so called “blood Money” for the release of a CIA contractor in Pakistan. I am sure that there are numerous instances of the US government paying off to effect the release of US citizens – for instance where did the money come from recently to pay the “bail” for the two American hikers kidnapped by Iran. It certainly was not “bail” since it will not be returned because the hikers will not be going back to stand trial. It was a payoff to a thug government.

With that one exception everything the post office traditionally did – the Internet now does. And, when the framers wrote the postal service into the Constitution I sincerely doubt that they meant it should be delivering boxes of stuff in direct competition with private enterprise – which does it better to boot.

For things that have to be in printed form and have to be delivered – private enterprise does it better. Fed Ex will get it there so will UPS most businesses do not trust the postal service to get their stuff there on time and intact.

I think that the post office should go the way of the pony express, a nostalgic bit of American History. Turn some of the remaining ornate post offices into museums and move on.

Man opens fire at Brooklyn parade, toll rises to 46 shot since Saturday morning

But under Bloomberg’s repressive anti gun administration how can this happen? Well it is clear that when guns are outlawed – only outlaws have guns. Unless any of the victims were a;so criminals, they wold have had to defend themselves with their cell phone and dialing 911.

Guiliani cut the crime rate and erased the idea that NYC was the murder capital of the world. It seems under Bloomberg we are seeing a stark reversal.

Rep. Maxine Waters Calls For A Trillion-Dollar Jobs Program

CBO: Jobs Created and Saved By Stimulus Cost At Minimum An Average of $228,055 Each

Based CBO numbers a new Trillion dollar plan would create less than 4400. Of course she did say Trillion or more – so maybe she wants to create maybe 8,000 or so. That is more jobs than Obama created – and at such reasonable cost – just a trillion or two. I mean at one number per second – it would only take 32,000 years  to count to a trillion. How can that much money count when you cannot possibly count it?

Obamacare has already destroyed jobs at employers who could add employees but that would take them across the 50 employee threshold and into more costly regulation.. We have the potential for more jobs in the energy sector drilling for oil and gas but the Obama administration is strangling that sector with added regulations from the EPA , Interior and other departments.

We have his labor department touting “made in America” (by union employees) buying cars made in Canada , We have Obama himself taking a foolish bus trip (how many minutes did he actually spend on the bus?) with Canadian made buses. We have the government building a massive super computing center to handle highly classified data for the military using almost exclusively Chinese equipment because US governemnt policies have driven all such manufacturing off shore.

I have no doubt that whatever “plan” Obama presents to improve employment it will do little to increase private sector employment – but it will probably increase government employment.

This should backfire – I say should. It should generate a myriad of petitions from citizens wanting Congress to do things like Impeach Obama, repeal Obamacare, fire the Czars that Obama installed without legislative approval, etc.

However, since the White House will be filtering the site – I suspect that the only petitions generated will be those that advance his agenda

And since his website requires identification of the signers so that those that offend Obama’s minions can be investigated by the IRS or Homeland security or Secret Service.

‘Don’t Always Believe What You Hear’

Of course he doesn’t expect us to notice. What we should not believe is when we hear him say there won’t be more regulations.

The key phrase is “illegal immigrants who have not committed crimes” …

These people who illegally immigrated to the USA are being deported as criminals because they broke at least one law, they are here illegally – that is a crime. You can try all day until these protesters are exhausted from screaming – illegal aliens are still criminals.

I do not know why Obama has decided to enforce this law in this admittedly meager manner while he blatantly refuses to enforce other laws, but it is at least encouraging he will enforce and obey some law somewhere.

And of course the entourage – how many thousands of people are we financing – one way or another to have the crowds of Obama supporters at each stop. Or are those just flash mob things between thuggery outings?

Heck just the cost of transporting the teleprompter would support a couple un-employed families for a couple years.

Other than at some bus armorer – where are the non-government jobs?

About 40% of their budget goes to welfare and social security. So they will raise taxes on the job creators, cut GDP, lose more jobs, make more people dependent on the welfare system.

I think austere would be cutting the pay of every government worker, closing all non essential (and make a very tight definition of essential) services and offices. Cut completely most agencies that regulate business. Oh, and assuming Berlusconi travels in  government aircraft, sell it along with half the government owned autos and helicopters and airplanes.

Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without!

When stories of how bad it was during the “Second Great Depression” are told I doubt they will involve “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”. I mean really, there are really people who have to decide whether to eat of keep their wireless data plan!

Fraud!

In the article about the S&P downgrade they say the government has been borowing to “finance its government operations, including two wars and an expensive social safety net for retirees.”

Excuse me but – no – they have never borrowed to pay Social Security, they have borrowed to conceal the theft of funds from Social Security. They have borrowed to keep alive the giant Ponzi scheme that is Social Security. If the GOP had had any backbone ten years ago and forced a restructuring of Social Security then there would not be a need to borrow to conceal the fraud, the taxpayers who have paid into Social Security would now own that money and have control of the funds – and Obama and his corrupt cohorts would have to borrow money to pay for the bloated government – which of course is what they are really doing now – but would not have the option of blaming retirees.

I do believe impeachment might be prudent at this time, if ever there was a high crime or misdemeanor using the threat of cutting off Social Security payments in order to increase the debt limit and destroy the credit of the USA has to qualify.