And there might be a new tax on soda and other sugary drinks blamed for contributing to obesity. A tax of 3 cents per 12-ounce drink would raise about $50 billion over 10 years, according to congressional estimates. Diet drinks, however, wouldn't be taxed.
The idea behind the proposed increases is to tax lifestyle choices that contribute to rising medical costs.
Fuck you. Stop forcing companies to insure morons & then pay for them. Stop legislating my life w\ your already corrupt tax system. Fuck you. I'll brew my own beer & distill my own liquor.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Indeed. It would be much more accurate to state that liberal ideals regarding universal health care and access for everyone to the most expensive and cutting edge medical proceedures are the primary cause of rising medical costs.
Bread and circuses are so last century. The new paradigm is medical care and broadband access.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Thursday was supposed to be the highlight of the year for more than 100 kindergarteners from Stafford County, Va. They got up early and took a chartered bus to the White House for a school field trip. But when they arrived, all the 5-year-olds got was a lesson in disappointment.
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A group of young students didn't get to tour the White House, and they say it's because of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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The buses from Conway Elementary arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a little later than planned, and they were locked out.
"We were going to the White House, but we couldn’t get in so I felt sad," 5-year-old Cameron Stine said.
Parents say they were just 10 minutes late for their scheduled tour. School officials say White House staff said they needed to get ready for the president's event with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, so they couldn't come in.
Kind of a dick move, but whatever. Got to have lunch with those millionaires.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
If it came down to meeting the tour of annoying kids & meeting the Super Bowl champs, I'd pick the same option.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
If it came down to meeting the tour of annoying kids & meeting the Super Bowl champs, I'd pick the same option.
I don't really blame Obama here. I blame his staff. Obama doesn't set the schedule for these things.
As for the taxes on beer, booze, pop, etc. to pay for health care for all. Fuck you Obama and all the Democrats.
I am sick of paying for the lowest common denominator in this country. I have no problem funding a person or family who has hit hard times medically or needs funds for a bit until they're employed. However, constantly paying for generations of families to never enter the workforce is horseshit.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
10 minutes late, then "go fuck yourselves." Leader of the free world can't juggle his schedule by 10 minutes... pity. Another bad PR move by whoever is in charge, there. Said it before, I'll say it again: It's Amateur Hour in the White House.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
True, Obama didn't start the fire, but he is definitely throwing all of the gasoline in the world on it.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
If it came down to meeting the tour of annoying kids & meeting the Super Bowl champs, I'd pick the same option.
I don't really blame Obama here. I blame his staff. Obama doesn't set the schedule for these things.
As for the taxes on beer, booze, pop, etc. to pay for health care for all. Fuck you Obama and all the Democrats.
I am sick of paying for the lowest common denominator in this country. I have no problem funding a person or family who has hit hard times medically or needs funds for a bit until they're employed. However, constantly paying for generations of families to never enter the workforce is horseshit.
Yes Obama invented this tactic just like gore invented the internet. Let's get real and blame the person's\ parties responsible for the last 30 years. Or just the last 8 years for a start
Vince wrote:I'm not even sure what's being bitched about at this point.
Mine is the fact that Obama did not create taxes on beer, booze or pop. Blame the responsible parties and most of that would be at each State's level. I can not think of any Federal taxes on these things but I am sure there are some
First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists. For the first time, we will reach contacts not only by registered lobbyists but also by unregistered ones, as well as anyone else exerting influence on the process. We concluded this was necessary under the unique circumstances of the stimulus program.
Not sure. The wording of these things can be confusing. But it looks like no one is allowed to bitch.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists. For the first time, we will reach contacts not only by registered lobbyists but also by unregistered ones, as well as anyone else exerting influence on the process. We concluded this was necessary under the unique circumstances of the stimulus program.
Not sure. The wording of these things can be confusing. But it looks like no one is allowed to bitch.
The "restriction" appears to say that ...
required all oral communications between federally registered lobbyists and government officials concerning Recovery Act policy to be disclosed on the Internet; barred registered lobbyists from having oral communications with government officials about specific Recovery Act projects or applications and instead required those communications to be in writing; and also required those written communications to be posted on the Internet.
He's expanding the circumstances which require disclosure of docs on the 'net ... I think. He also appears to be forcing more things to get put down in writing.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
It's basically a list of things Obama lied about in order to get elexcted, but each thing is explained with nuance.
Overall, however, Obama has been praised for his flexibility, not condemned for his flip-flops. One reason, pollsters say, is that he seems such a contrast to the still-unpopular Bush, who was the opposite--stubborn and set in his ways. "When presented with a tough problem where a change of course was called for, Bush just dug in. He felt that it was weakness to change his mind," says a senior Democratic strategist. He cites Bush's positions to limit stem cell research, oppose legislation expanding healthcare for children, enact partial privatization of Social Security, and pursue the Iraq war. In contrast, he says, "Obama is willing to change course if he feels it's needed. The American people will still support him if he is not seen as doing it for political reasons."
Also, get ready for everyone to pay many dimes in new taxes.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I've said since he got nominated that on the issues he is either a lying sack of shit, or he was in for some serious reality checks if he actually got the job. Now he is flip flopping on... every? campaign promise, and it gets spun as "gee, what a swell guy." Not like that Bush, with all those policies we hated but Obama is not getting rid of so now we love it. What are you, racist?
Fuck that. He's a lying sack of shit, or incompetent.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
