tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post7458316322048542817..comments2024-01-26T03:26:54.060-05:00Comments on O-pinion: Obama vs. Romney 3 - the gradesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-66308850171850532742013-02-11T02:27:19.699-05:002013-02-11T02:27:19.699-05:00I was able to spend a short time looking at some o...I was able to spend a short time looking at some of the information from Governor Romney's 2010 tax return, along with some tentative and preliminary 2011 items. As I will be colloquiumizing, so to speak, while this story is bright and fresh today, I am writing up my main preliminary reactions in advance and will post them when the story has gone public. <a href="http://www.njtaxpreparation.net/" rel="nofollow">Matawan income Tax Preparation</a><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988824537426226265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-4454630304394652792012-10-31T11:58:52.907-04:002012-10-31T11:58:52.907-04:00Editorial Board, please allow me to help you get t...Editorial Board, please allow me to help you get to a decision. A tie is not a decision. <br /><br />Debates have value, but are devalued when one debater changes prior positions quicker than a chameleon can change its appearance. This was Romney during the debates. For his efforts, his reward should be a scarlet letter L. <br /><br />Barack Obama deserves a second term as President because he did an outstanding job in stabilizing this country when it was on the blink of collapse due to mismanagement by Republicans. <br /><br />He made progress despite GOP obstruction motivated supposedly by an obsessive desire for them to regain the White House in 2012. <br /><br />Well as fair-minded Americans we cannot support bad behavior by Republicans during the last four years at the expense of working class Americans. That which is rewarded, gets repeated. <br /><br />Therefore after reviewing the record, our resounding opinion is that President Obama should be reelected!One Discernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16146865587326230661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-9629330676483844492012-10-23T21:50:49.986-04:002012-10-23T21:50:49.986-04:00J,
You misread my post entirely. I know the Tea ...J,<br /><br />You misread my post entirely. I know the Tea Party started under Bush, with Ron Paul's moneybomb in December 2007.<br /><br />The Libertarians "haven't gotten their message out" because of a blackout by the liberal media that faux conservatives' bumper stickers claim they don't believe. Why do you let the liberal media pick your candidates for you? If Americans voted their conscience, Johnson would win easily.Garth Vaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575150785051894691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-79309050072328922162012-10-23T16:37:53.645-04:002012-10-23T16:37:53.645-04:00Free President Bush
For the last thee plus years ...Free President Bush<br /><br />For the last thee plus years he has been held by Obama and The Democrats. He has served his time and now he needs to be released.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/FreePresidentBushEttolrahchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291283028895857071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-57119811383825499572012-10-23T15:59:53.074-04:002012-10-23T15:59:53.074-04:00Garth Vader said, "I don't recall any con...Garth Vader said, "I don't recall any conservative during GWB's second term saying that the govt was spending too little."<br /><br />If that's the case, you weren't really around any true conservatives. The rise of the Tea Party is about the fiscal irresponsibility of both Bush and Obama (the merits of the Tea Party is another debate entirely, but they were just as disgusted with Bush's spending as they are with Obama's). <br /><br />Gary Johnson has plenty of good ideas, but I can't throw away my vote on him. If the Libertarians are serious about changing the game, they need to get a candidate out front as soon as this election is over and work harder to get their message out. They can't wait until 18 months before a national election like Dems and Repubs can.<br /><br />I was disgusted with both parties in '92 and gave Perrot my protest vote. The stakes are too high for a protest vote this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-58450515717800236972012-10-23T15:41:23.251-04:002012-10-23T15:41:23.251-04:00Ettolrahc,
Agreed that it's a spending proble...Ettolrahc,<br /><br />Agreed that it's a spending problem. So why doesn't Romney's plan cut any spending at all until FY2017? When all we need to do to balance the budget under existing revenues is to roll back spending to FY2006 levels as Gary Johnson is advocating. I don't recall any conservative during GWB's second term saying that the govt was spending too little.<br /><br />Voting for Romney = voting for bigger government, more deficits, more debt, more wars, more invasions of privacy, more bailouts, more QE, more inflation. NO CHANGE from Obama. NONE.Garth Vaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575150785051894691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-24265994040081086332012-10-23T15:19:35.389-04:002012-10-23T15:19:35.389-04:00J, One of the best ways to explain that soaking ri...J, One of the best ways to explain that soaking rich will not work is this video of just what we could do if we took every thing, and I mean everything from individuals and businesses, converted it to cash and then would find we could not operate the government for a year. It is a spending problem folks, a spending problem. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=661pi6K-8WQEttolrahchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291283028895857071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-75967528345508673312012-10-23T15:08:26.556-04:002012-10-23T15:08:26.556-04:00There is so little to analyze from the debate that...There is so little to analyze from the debate that I'm going to hijack the comments and change the subject - to the CO's endorsement of Obama. <br /><br />The CO endorsing Obama is about as surprising as being told that the sun will rise in the East tomorrow morning and that the Panthers are struggling. This paper moves further left seemingly every day, despite the efforts of reasonable people like Peter St. Onge. So no big deal in the endorsement. But part of the reasoning I do want to debate.<br /><br />Once again, the CO perfectly parrotted the Democrat Party talking point that Romney has not given specifics on how he is going to pay for the 20% across the board tax cut he proposes. Once again, as I have done dozens of times in CO blog comment sections, I will explain this simple logic that has escaped those of a liberal ideology.<br /><br />To adopt the line of reasoning that every dollar lost in a tax cut must be paid back in some other part of the tax code, you must assume that taxes and wealth are a zero-sum game, that the amount of wealth in existence is finite, and thus by extension, the amount of tax revenue available to the government is finite. You have to assume that there is a certain amount of wealth in existence, a set amount that cannot be increased or decreased. Every dollar I earn is a dollar taken away from someone else. If you accept this line of reasoning, you then accept that since the amount of wealth is finite, and thus tax revenue is finite, and you believe that every tax dollar someone doesn't pay has to be paid by someone else.<br /><br />This, however, is not how the world works. There is no limit to the amount of wealth the people of the world can make. If the amount of wealth can be increased, so can tax revenue. So how do you increase wealth? You reduce the rate at which the people are taxed. Let's say I own a small business and report my business income on my personal tax return, and my income is about $240,000. If my business grew to the point that my income was $400,000, the workload would probably be too much and I would need to hire someone. But if my tax rate skyrockets once my income exceeds $250,000, I'm going to stop trying to grow my business and try to continue doing just enough business to keep my income around $240,000 so I don't get hit by the punishment of higher tax rates. But if you say, not only will your tax rate not increase at $250k, but your tax rate on all your income is going to be lowered, then I'm free to keep growing my business. Perhaps I double my business and have to hire someone to help, maybe 2 people. Now the government gets tax revenue from me, as well as tax revenue from my new employees. So that is how LOWER TAX RATES FOR EVERYONE INCREASES TAX REVENUE.<br /><br />Who said this? "The best way to raise revenue in the long run is to lower tax rates now." That was John F. Kennedy, on December 14, 1962. If a dedicated liberal like JFK can figure out that lowering tax rates leads to more tax revenue, why can't liberals in 2012 figure it out?<br /><br />One other question, then I'll shut up. The President says the economy won't recover by giving rich people and corporations any tax breaks, and that the economy must be built from "the middle out." In other words, he thinks higher taxes on rich people will lead to more people getting jobs. So the question becomes: When was the last time a poor person gave you a job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-81131131522568858962012-10-23T12:53:04.905-04:002012-10-23T12:53:04.905-04:00The Observer's editorial board cares deeply ab...The Observer's editorial board cares deeply about Charlotte and the Carolinas, and has a problem with public officials who have forgotten that they report to citizens<br /><br />So Observer why then are your Editorial People not just as upset with the fact you do not represent the Conservative side of the Charlotte Population? Ettolrahchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291283028895857071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-39134165907150086532012-10-23T12:36:02.217-04:002012-10-23T12:36:02.217-04:00This was NOT 'the final debate'. The fina...This was NOT 'the final debate'. The final debate is TONIGHT on C-SPAN with Larry King moderating. Featured candidates include Gary Johnson and Jill Stein. Johnson is running a national campaign and offers a true alternative to the Obamney monstrosity.Garth Vaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575150785051894691noreply@blogger.com