My wife and II just learned that there is a movement afoot in the state of Texas to charge five cents on every drink container sold in our state. Of course once you finish the drink you can bring it back to the store for a refund of your nickel. Well how about schools, they use tons of water bottles, Gatorade and other drinks, how do they handle the increased cost, and the return of those drink containers to get the refund? Maybe we need to hire a drink management team in each school just to handle that burden.
How about the store where you bought your bottle of water? How many extra man hours will they need to process all the refunds and what do they do with the containers when they get them back? How much is this going to increase our grocery bills? I found out the hard way somebody else told me about this, and I found out that my county is one of the ones that has decided to support this TAX. Our politicians never think about the unintended consequences of their actions. They just see another revenue stream for their pet projects. This is another Lottery Scheme. Remember that the State Lottery was supposed to help pay for education, the money was to be set aside for schools. It wasn’t and it goes into the general fund where it is used to fund whatever the politicians can find to use it for.
I did not support the lottery because it was legalized gambling and a tax on our poorest citizens. Instead of buying a loaf of bread, buy a lottery ticket instead, you could be a millionaire. That is the state looking for your dollars to spend on their pet projects instead of on the education of our children. This boondoggle is even worse, the nickel gets collected by the store, then whatever is left over at the end of the week or month or whatever the time period is, the money goes to the state, never to be seen again. A VERY SNEAKY TAX. You are told how you are protecting the environment, when in reality you are lining the pockets of politicians so they can institute more boondoggles.
Here is another thing they don’t think about, people will be stopping their cars to pick up the bottles and cans discarded by those who don’t care. Those folks who throw their beer cans, and drink containers out on the side of the road will continue to do so. This is a safety hazard, people may by killed or injured by other drivers who aren’t looking out as well as they should. This is a real problem and needs to be stopped before it gets the kind of momentum it needs. Talk to your representatives and your county commissioners, don’t let this TAX become a part of our Texas landscape.
Filed under: Politics | Tags: Biden, chains, debt, deficits, Election, Mitt Romney, Senate
Interesting article today at CNS News. It seems our President expects the U. S. Taxpayer to force congress to raise taxes on some taxpayers, by re-electing him to office. Why can’t he do as Bill Clinton did, talk to the leadership and work out some real compromise instead of telling them it’s my way or the highway. He doesn’t really want to lead, he just wants to continue the vacations that he and his family have enjoyed at our expense. He has met with congressional leaders only twice since January 2012, and then only to tell them to do what he wants or he will let the country go over the fiscal cliff.
He takes credit for the sanctions against Iran, but it was congress that forced him to make those sanctions by passing them by huge majorities in both houses (veto proof). He claims to have created 5 million new jobs that is definitely not truth. Then he says that the Republicans want to destroy the country, when he is well on his way to doing just that. We truly cannot afford another 4 years of 1 trillion + deficits. We are in hock up to our eyeballs, and he wants to continue down this same road, spending more and more. 1.2 trillion on welfare alone in 2011. That is 47 million people on food stamps, of course 2,000 of them are already dead, at least one recipient of SSI lives in Vietnam. The Senate refuses to even discuss much less pass jobs bills from the Republican House. Harry Reid just tables them as soon as they reach his office, and the Senate has not passed a budget in 4 years. The only budget that Obama put out for them to pass, he got zero ZERO votes. Not even one Democrat would vote for that bill.
Folks, it is time to change the direction of our nation, we are headed not just for a fiscal cliff, but for a complete meltdown of our economy. In 4 more years we will be so deep in debt we will never climb out of that hole, our great great grandchildren will be paying the bill and their kids will probably still be paying it. Is that what you want? If so vote for Obama and his socialist view of the world, but if you want to return some sanity to our nation, vote for Romney for President and lets end this horror. While you are at it please vote for conservative Republicans in both the house and the Senate. We really need to reverse this terrible debacle that has been the Obama presidency. Besides, I am tired of Joe Biden and his telling y’all that the Republicans are aiming their guns at you, as he did in Las Vegas yesterday, and that the Republicans will put African American people back in chains. That horrified me when he said it and yet the Democratic party just loved it. Had it been a Republican saying it, he would have been ostracized, and rightly so. Please return sanity to the Presidency in November.
Filed under: Politics | Tags: Collusion, Crowley, interruptions, obama, Romney
I listened to the entire debate, I noticed that Gov. Romney was actually debating both Pres. Obama and the so-called moderator. She cut him off 28 times during the evening, only on 8 occasions did she tell the President that he was over his time, yet the President still had about 3 1/2 minutes more speaking time than did Gov. Romney. The most egregious part of the debate came at the last question. On Libya, when Pres. Obama said he referred to the actions on the very next day in the Rose Garden as Act of Terrorism. In reality he was referring to the previous acts of terrorism that had precipitated our nation going to war with Muslim extremists in Afghanistan and later in Iraq. When Gov. Romney stood to speak he mentioned that the Pres. had not called this an act of terrorism for 2 weeks.
At that point in time, Pres. Obama says loudly and clearly, get the transcript, which Ms. Crowley dutifully does. Now, my understanding of this process is that the candidates do not know what the questions are in advance, there is no conversation between them and the “moderator” and yet, Pres. Obama knew that Ms. Crowley had that transcript handy in front of her. That seems to me to say quite loudly that there was collusion between the so-called moderator and the President. Along with other indications, such as 28 interruptions of Gov. Romney and only 8 of the President, and of Ms. Crowley giving the President leads into his answers of Gov. Romney, the only possible explanation is that this was rigged from the beginning. That this question was a deliberate trap, and that Ms. Crowley cut off Gov. Romney to get this last question in, just so they could spring that trap.
I am amazed that no one noticed how convenient this was for the President. What do y’all think about this, collusion or just coincidence?
Jack Welch: I Was Right About That Strange Jobs Report – WSJ.com.
Filed under: Happening Now, Politics | Tags: legislation, Politicians, Presidential race, Taxes
VP Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan squared off yesterday in the one and only Vice-Presidential debate. It was interesting, but I thought that the way it was handled was stilted. I much preferred the more spirited debate structure, it was a real back and forth, of the Presidential debate. I thought I would go to Fact Check today to see what they had to say about the statements both men made. One that I found somewhat disturbing was the Fisker Automotive loan. The purpose of the loan was to push an electric car, and the money was to be spent in the US. So far so good, of course, not one vehicle was built-in this country, but, the money was spent on R&D, Advertising and other things all in this country. Ryan asked about the money in a way that suggested it was spent on cars being made in Finland, well according to financial statements from Fisker it was all spent here, however, the cars were not built here. What happens is that the funds given to the company were used here so that other funds could be freed up to build the vehicles in Finland. The total amount of funds so far paid to Fisker is $193 billion dollars, out of $595 billion authorized. They were supposed to begin actually building cars in Bidens state of Delaware in a closed down GM plant. That has not happened, and the government has cut off the funding to Fisker. So $193 billion taxpayer dollars gone down the Green Technology sinkhole, with nothing yet to show for it. Did the government fund workers in Finland, not directly, but I would say indirectly yes they did.
I also heard the Frank Luntz focus group last night complain that they didn’t hear any specifics from Ryan, yet he was very clear in saying that their 5 point plan was a starting point for discussions with both Republican and Democratic legislators to begin building legislation and budgets to move our country forward. cutting spending and lowering tax rates properly, while also cleaning up the tax code and getting rid of subsidies that corporations and individuals receive so that we could begin getting out of the mess we are in. Gov. Romney said basically the same thing in his debate with President Obama, yet, we still hear the cries of no specifics, give us specifics. I seem to remember that President Obama ran on Hope and Change, no specifics other than closing Gitmo (not done) and improving our relations in the world, (not done). He also said he would ban torture, that one he claims to have accomplished, he did ban waterboarding.
VP Biden also made the statement that Paul Ryan voted to fund two wars using the government credit card, of course he forgets that he voted for it too. These things always seem to get blown out of proportion, politicians do tend to exaggerate their claims and their good things, while trying to demonize their opponents. Of course one thing I found interesting was that VP Biden decided to double down on the claim that they, the Administration, did not receive any information on the need for increased security, nor did they receive information on the attack being a terrorist attack on the Consulate in Benghazi. Yet the hearings in Congress said that the State Department was following events on the ground in Benghazi by satellite with pictures and they knew that it was a terrorist attack immediately. They also knew that there were no demonstrations outside the consulate in real-time. So why did the Administration, including the Secretary of State continue for two weeks to make tha statements that it was all about the video. Is it true that State did not tell even Hillary Clinton the truth? PLEASE that begs to be refuted. There has been a terrible coverup in this murder of our personnel in Benghazi. The administration is culpable in the deaths of our personnel, they were asked for additional resources for security and they refused to deliver that help to the consulate. That is inexcusable.
So tell me, what do you think, has this latest debate changed your mind, do you think that one or the other of our candidates for office is better than the other, or do you want to hear more from President Obama and Gov. Romney?
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