Is Obama going to propose a new national sales tax? You’re probably thinking, “People would not like that.” But people didn’t like Obama’s health care plan, but he shoved it down our throats saying, “Stop struggling! You’ll learn to like it.”
The fact is, the government is running out of money and eventually they’ll need to get more. Since liberals are running the government, they’re not going to say the obvious answer of, “The government is big and stupid; let’s let it starve to death.” Instead, Obama will probably say, “I know who has money we can take: People. Let’s take more money from people.”
This is why we need to make sure the Republicans get majorities in November because then anytime Obama has some new idea, the Republicans will be like, “We don’t care about your ideas; actually, we’re trying to undo all your previous ideas.” And Obama will be like, “Can’t we wastefully spend money on something?” And Republicans will be like, “The only thing we’ll approve spending money on is using dinosaurs’ DNA to resurrect them and then put rocket launchers on them.” And Obama will be like, “Dinosaurs and rocket launchers are scary!” And the Republicans will be like, “Your ears are too big!” And then Obama will run off crying.
That’s how government should work.
…but way in the back waving his hands wildly will be Lindsay Graham, screaming “I’m not with those evil Republicans – I’m all for destroying the country. Let’s start by making all the illegals that are bankrupting the system legal democrat voters.”
They should teach this form of government in social studies classes.
Thought experiment for the day:
If the Federal tax rates (income and/or VAT) were 100%, that is – totally confiscatory, would THAT bring an end to deficit spending? You might want to ask your Congress-folks about that…
There was a dog tick on my toilet seat cover last night. This is irrelevant to any conversation, but I found it interesting. I compare this tick to Obama. It waits on high grass with two legs outstretched and clings to any passerby, before using the passerby as a ticket to satisfying its own needs.
I don’t know how to compare this to the American economy being built on a pile of debt.
What if Joe Wilson had said “Your ears are too big” instead of “You lie”. Would he still have to apologize? I’d give him a pass on that one, too.
The GOP’s promise to Obama should be: For every enemy country you nuke, we’ll let you propose one benign piece of legislation with an impressive-sounding name that you can make a big deal out of signing. Like, let him change the name of a hospital and call it a “Health Care Reform” act.
Dinoaurs with rocket launchers? Now that’s idea that puts the awesome in awesomer! You think dinosaurs would be extinct if Obamasaurus Rex had given them rocket launchers instead of government run healthcare? They would have blasted that asteroid to dust faster than you can say Obama big ears are home to millions of dog ticks!
I’ll keep saying it; the only thing that truly matters to Obama is the institution of irreversible change.
Ya know, the finding of a clue presumes that one is actually looking for a clue. There will be no clue finding attempted by a leader of such dizzyingly stellar intellect.
VAT (Value Added Tax) was covered in depth this morning on my local talk radio station – conservative talk radio of course. Here is how it works for those who dont know: Everything is taxed at multiple stages. Our example is Steve Jobs iPad. Yuck. The materials that it is made of such as plastic, copper, aluminum, scilicon, capacitors, ect. are all taxed when the parts manufacturers buy the raw materials to make each INDIVIDUAL PART for Steve Jobs’ iPad. Then, when Apple decides to buy those parts to asseble into Steve Jobs’ iPad, they are taxed on the parts AGAIN. THEN when you decide you need an oversized iphone that has zero peripheral options and helps you fit in at the java shop – you buy Steve Jobs’ iPad, YOU are taxed AGAIN for buying it. This tax is piled on top of all the other taxes that already exist BTW. I have to admit, I did not know the specifics of VAT until this morning, but thats it in a nutshell. Each manufacturing stage for a product is taxed, taxed taxed. Who gets screwed in the end? We do. Barry O is gonna push this one pretty hard too, cause we would be cool like Europe if we had VAT around here. So you can count on almost all items, (even food) to increase in price exponentially if this is imposed. Campaign promise of taxes not being raised broken??? YES AGAIN!!! Remember in November my friends. Time for the clowns to leave the circus.
As I recall from the economics that I took back in the Pleistocene Age, a VAT and an equivalent national sales tax would raise roughly the same aggregate funds, and they would have roughly the same effect on the economy. I believe that if you work the math, this has to be true (instead of taxing the parts, you tax the whole).
The joy of a VAT is that the consumer doesn’t notice the tax in the way that is true for a national sales tax (which gets added on at the register). Also, VAT sounds nicer and more modern.
One reason why it is so popular in Europe (millions sold in Europe!) is that it requires massive new bureaucracies — both for tax collection agencies and for private business that must track and pay the tax.
@ #4 Marko: I think it might be worse to discover that the tick had been hanging out in your underwear before you put them on. You can ask me how I know, but it wasn’t pleasant.
VAT tax combined with income tax = slavery. We will be working to support the government.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…we already pay all kinds of hidden taxes and fees on just about everything we buy. I call them “coward’s taxes”. The VAT will be another “coward’s tax” because we won’t see it.
I don’t think it is a good idea to put the government in charge of dinosaur DNA. Some bureaucrat will just decide that birds are actually dinosaurs. Then they will deliver these little tiny chicks that aren’t even dyed colors like they used to do at Easter or, for the other kind of chicks, on the day before Prom night.
But you would need a big VAT to dye all the chicks.
If O’vomit would leave Washington right now and take every blessed lib, rhino, lobbyist, socialist moron with him, I’d pay a VAT of about 1%. It would be worth it to get these deranged, degenerate, dysfunctional, dimwits away from any power or authority. Once they’re gone maybe we can find some public servants who understand the meaning of the word serve and have more commonsense then a neutron, which of course the current crop of cretans can’t possibly claim in any way shape or form.
One, two, three, four…
Hrmm!
One, two, (one, two, three, four!)
Let me tell you how it will be;
There’s one for you, nineteen for me.
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don’t take it all.
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
(if you drive a car, car;) – I’ll tax the street;
(if you try to sit, sit;) – I’ll tax your seat;
(if you get too cold, cold;) – I’ll tax the heat;
(if you take a walk, walk;) – I’ll tax your feet.
Taxman!
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
Don’t ask me what I want it for, (ah-ah, Mister Wilson)
If you don’t want to pay some more. (ah-ah, Mmister Heath)
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
Now my advice for those who die, (taxman)
Declare the pennies on your eyes. (taxman)
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
And you’re working for no one but me.
(Seems this song is just as appropriate today as it was back then. Oh, and for #12….who do you think you’re working to support now?)
Republicans should right now state by state start passing laws that require business to show prices before and after taxes on every item. Pass or not on the first try then Conservatives can run in every state exposing liberals for hiding taxes.
@ #17…Yes, a very good idea. That would include ALL taxes from raw goods to finished product. Then we could see how much stuff REALLY costs.
#17 — I believe that is what they do in Canada with the GST, which replaced a more hidden manufacturers tax. The result is that it is pretty much impossible to raise the rate.increased since
I live in London these days and one thing I have noticed in the last few months is that more businesses are showing the VATas an item on a reciept. I do not know if this is something that some business have to do (such as pubs, where the value added was done so at the place of business) or if this is an attempt by businesses to show the effect of the VAT to their customers.
I am not entirely opposed to a VAT, so long as it is transparent and built into larger business and individual tax reform. But we will get a VAT on top of the current income tax structure, not in replacement of it.
Thanks – Mr G. (from that hilarious Australian TV show?) and Room 237
We Americans need more advice and input from our few Western friends. We are in the controlled skid towards socialism you guys are already crashed and wrecked. Maybe just maybe together we can keep stop the crash here.