Tag: taxation

Your tax dollars at work: $1.44 Million spent to study male prostitutes in Vietnam

Last year, we reported that congress had authorized $2.6 million to train Chinese hookers how to drink. Now we’re spending another $1.44 million to study male prostitutes in Vietnam.

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The world's largest, most expensive whore house likes to fund research into prostitutes

Last year, we reported that congress had authorized $2.6 million to train Chinese hookers how to drink. Now we’re spending another $1.44 million to study male prostitutes in Vietnam.

You ask, “Why congress would fund so many research projects on prostitutes?” And we’d answer, “Professional courtesy.”

CNS News reports the screwed up story:

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has so far awarded $1.44 million in federal funds to a project that, among other things, is estimating the size of the population and examining the “social milieu” of male prostitutes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

“In Study 1, formative ethnography will be used to describe the settings, venues, and overall social milieu in which male sex work is being situated,” says the NIH abstract for the grant. “In Study 2, we will conduct a Capture-Recapture Survey to estimate the size of the male sex worker population in each city.”

The grant project began in July 2008 and is scheduled to run through March 2012. In fiscal year 2008, the NIH awarded the project $534,201 in federal funds. In fiscal year 2009, the NIH awarded the project $465,974; and in fiscal year 2010, the NIH awarded the project $442,340. So far, a total of $1,442,515 in federal funds have been awarded to the project.

What are the odds that this research was funded while Larry Craig was still in office?

Source: CNSnews.com

Custard stand owner says, “Lower our taxes.” Joe Biden replies, “Don’t be a smart ass.”

The garrulous Veep ordered a custard and when he asked the how much he owed, the owner answered, “Nothing, just lower our taxes.” A few minutes laer, Biden sought out the manager and said, “If I say something nice, you don’t have to be a smartass.”

Joe Biden hit the campaign trail in Wisconsin Friday to campaign with Wisconsin Democrat Senator Russ Feingold. Between appearances, the duo stopped to sweeten their beaks at Kopp’s Frozen Custard in Glendale, Wisconsin.

The garrulous Veep ordered a custard and when he asked the how much he owed, the owner answered, “Nothing, just lower our taxes.”

The chastised Biden turned and walked away without saying a word. First time we’ve ever seen Biden speechless.

A few minutes laer, Biden sought out the manager and said, “If I say something nice, you don’t have to be a smartass.”

Should have stayed speechless, Joe.

Now Obama administration argues in court that individual mandate really is a tax

Oh, how times change. Now the Obama Administration is arguing in court that the healthcare individual mandate really is a tax.

In case you’ve tried to block the whole ObamaCare debate from your mind, this video clip shows President Obama sternly correcting George Stephanopolous when the ABC host called the individual mandate “a tax.”

Oh, how times change. Now the administration is arguing in court that it really is a tax.

Spectator.org has the mind-boggling story:

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Michael Savage’s most remarkably stupid caller ever

We’d normally expect The Savage One to bit this caller’s head off. But even he is so stunned by her stupidity that his reaction seems unusually muted. The best part is her ability to move so seamlessly from stupid comments on one topic to equally stupid comments on a completely unrelated topic.

We’d normally expect The Savage One to bit this caller’s head off. But even he is so stunned by her stupidity that his reaction seems unusually muted. The best part is her ability to move so seamlessly from stupid comments on one topic to equally stupid comments on a completely unrelated topic.

Regrettably, she actually mirrors the “thinking” of the far left on illegal immigration, racism and taxation.

Remember Obama’s vow not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 per year? Forget it.

Barack Obama promised the American people that he would never raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 per year and is now backing away from that promise faster than a French soldier from the front line.

The man who repeatedly promised the American people that he would never raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 per year is now backing away from that promise faster than a French soldier from the front line.

PolitiPage.com quotes White House Budget Director Peter Orszag as he revises Obama’s so-called vow:

This morning at a Manhattan breakfast sponsored by Thomson Reuters, White House Budget Director Peter Orszag threw that pledge out the window. Instead, he described Obama’s “read my lips, no new taxes” pledge as a “stance” and a “preference” that is subject to study by the president’s newly-formed bipartisan Commission on Fiscal Responsibility.

Ahhhh, yes. The Bipartisan Commission on Fiscal Responsbility. Or as it’s known around the Oval Office, the Bipartisan Creative Taxation Commission.

Source: PolitiPage.com

Pennsylvania warns its citizens: Big Brother knows where you live

So what does the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue do when it creates its “public relations” campaign to convince people to pay their taxes in this era of increasing distrust? They put together creepy, malevolent commercials that underscore every Orwellian stereotype you can imagine about state abuse of power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2un7emwP_0

Latest polls show that Americans no longer like – nor trust – their government.

The job approval rating for Congress, for instance, hovers down around the 20 percent level.

Trust in the government, following a rash of takeovers and bailouts, is also at new lows.

So what does the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue do when it creates its “public relations” campaign to convince people to pay their taxes in this era of increasing distrust?

They put together creepy, malevolent commercials that underscore every Orwellian stereotype you can imagine about state abuse of power. First there’s the satellite imagery and targeting. Then a non-human voice chimes in with threats of “we know where you live.”

If they just had the tag line, “Paying your taxes will set you free,” they’d have officially moved from public service announcement to fascist propaganda.

There’s always a chance they’re working on that now.

– Written by Sven Waring, DotPenn.com

Mike Pence can’t stop laughing when Democrats claim they cut taxes

Mike Pence (R-IN) couldn’t stop laughing when Democrats tried to claim they’ve cut taxes.

Mike Pence (R-IN) couldn’t stop laughing when Democrats tried to claim they’ve cut taxes.

“I just happened to wonder, Mr. Speaker, about the American people looking in this morning to hear Democrats saying they cut taxes more than any other congress in history. Let me see if we can do this. They passed a budget with record taxes and spending, add a trillion dollars to the national debt in the next 10 years, they passed a national energy tax called the cap and trade that will cause utility rates to go up…

And we just passed Obamacare with $600 billion of tax increases, (laughs) and they’re standing in front of the American people on the day before tax day, on the day before tens of millions of Americans are gonna take to the streets and say enough is enough and expect you to believe they been cutting taxes I think the American people know better … Let’s cut taxes across the board. Get government out of the way. This economy will come roaring back.”

Coming up next on “open mic night” at the comedy club: Democrats claim they’ve made us safer from terrorism.

H/T: Bluegrass Pundit

Good news! ObamaCare authorizes a new, extra tax to be withheld from your paycheck

Turns out a little known provision of ObamaCare has come to light. A brand new tax to be withheld from your paycheck. They call it voluntary, but the extra tax will be automatically withheld from your paycheck unless you opt out.

We don’t remember the congressional debate about long term care for the elderly, do you? We must have gone into the kitchen for a sandwich while that one was being discussed.

Turns out a little known provision of ObamaCare has come to light. A brand new tax to be withheld from your paycheck. They call it voluntary, but the extra tax will be automatically withheld from your paycheck unless you opt out.

And, if we’re not mistaken, this one also breaks Obama’s pledge not to raise taxes on anyone making under $250,000 per year.

Long-term care for the elderly. Just another of those surprising little provisions buried deep within ObamaCare.

H/T: IOwnTheWorld.com

Actor Craig T. Nelson is a wild-eyed revolutionary (think 1776)

In this clip, Craig T. Nelson appears on the Tonight Show and tells Jay Leno that he wouldn’t be all that opposed to a second American tax revolt. In fact, based on this clip, it sounds like he may be willing to lead it and the audience may be willing to follow.

Craig T. Nelson better watch his Ps and Qs or they’ll revoke the visa that allows him to work in Hollywood.

In this clip, he appears on the Tonight Show and tells Jay Leno that he wouldn’t be all that opposed to a second American tax revolt. In fact, based on this clip, it sounds like he may be willing to lead it and the audience may be willing to follow.

And while he’s on a roll, Max Baucus admits healthcare bill will break Obama’s tax pledge

Thursday was a big day for Montana Democrat Max Baucus. First he admitted that ObamaCare was really about redistribution of wealth. Now he admits that it will cause President Obama to break his tax pledge to the middle class.

Thursday was a big day for Montana Democrat Max Baucus. First he admitted that ObamaCare was really about redistribution of wealth. Now he admits that it will cause President Obama to break his tax pledge to the middle class:

“One other point that I think it’s very important to make,” Baucus said, “is that it is true that in certain cases, the taxes will go up for some Americans who might be making less than $200,000.”

What? Gasp! We are shocked. Shocked, we tell you. Who ever could have foreseen the day when Barack Obama would need to backtrack on one of his campaign promises.

Why, next thing you know, he’ll hire a tax cheat to run the Treasury Department.

Source: RealClearPolitics.com

Princess Pelosi says, “Let the little people pay taxes”

Taxes are, like, hard to understand, and stuff. It’s even worse when you’ve spent your entire political career creating new taxes and fees and tax categories and tax loopholes. Just ask Nancy Pelosi who has a hard time figuring out exactly what a tax on unearned income is. Pelosi was explaining a new tax that will help pay for Obamacare.

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Pelosi checks political winds before she decides to talk about capital gains taxes, whatever they are.

Taxes are, like, hard to understand, and stuff. It’s even worse when you’ve spent your entire political career creating new taxes and fees and tax categories and tax loopholes.

Just ask Nancy Pelosi who has a hard time figuring out exactly what a tax on unearned income is. Pelosi was explaining a new tax that will help pay for Obamacare.

When a reporter asked whether that meant there would be additional tax on capital gains, Pelosi responded the tax would hit all “unearned income, whatever category that is.”

The reporter dared to actually repeat the question again, “So, capital gains?”

And Pelosi retorted, “No, unearned income, whatever category that is.”

OK, by the way, Nancy, unearned income is, in part, defined as: Income from interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, and rents, other than such income which is derived in the ordinary course of a trade or business.

Sounds a lot like capital gains to us.

But what do we know? We don’t create taxes, we just pay ‘em.

Source: CNSnews.com

– Written by Sven Waring, DotPenn.com

How is the census bureau pounding money down a rat hole? Let us count the ways.

We never expect much from an government agency. In fact, when it comes to the Census Bureau, we’re just hoping it’s better at counting people than it is at counting money.

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We're 3000% sure the Census Bureau is pissing away your tax dollars

We never expect much from an government agency. In fact, when it comes to the Census Bureau, we’re just hoping it’s better at counting people than it is at counting money.

Fox News tells the tale of incomparable counting incompetence:

The U.S. Census is well into conducting its constitutionally mandated 2010 count but the exercise is already running over budget.

Taxpayers are footing the bill of $14.7 billion for 10 years of Census counting. That price tag supports 500 local offices and a peak staff of 1.4 million workers.

But some cost overruns have already plagued this Census, like when tens of thousands of workers fanned out between March and July of last year to verify addresses — a process known as “address canvassing.” The Census Bureau, federal auditors later found, ran 25 percent over budget for a total cost of $444 million.

“When I arrived in July, the findings of that overrun were just emerging,” Census Director Robert Groves said. “There was an underestimation of just the workload — how many houses we had to go to.”

Auditors also found the Census Bureau provided training to some 15,000 workers who either worked not at all or less than a single day — at a total cost of $5.5 million.

It was either that or 5.5 million workers at a cost of $15,000. The Census Bureau isn’t sure which.

Source: Fox News

President talks about middle class tax increases. And why he doesn’t go to church anymore.

President Obama says he is now “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making under $250,000 a year to help cut budget deficits, signaling a possible retreat from a campaign pledge.

After all those years listening to Reverend Wright’s inspirational sermons, President Obama is now agnostic. Which explains why he’s willing to break his campaign pledge and consider tax increases for the middle class. And, we assume, why he hasn’t chosen a new church in Washington, D.C.

The New York Daily News explains:

President Obama says he is now “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making under $250,000 a year to help cut budget deficits, signaling a possible retreat from a campaign pledge.

In an interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek on newsstands Friday, Obama said a presidential budget commission needs to look at all options for deficit reduction – including tax increases and cuts in spending on such programs as Social Security and Medicare.

“The whole point of it is to make sure that all ideas are on the table,” Obama said. “So what I want to do is to be completely agnostic, in terms of solutions.”
Obama repeatedly vowed during the 2008 campaign to spare households earning less than $250,000 a year from tax increases.

Please join us now in this heartfelt prayer:

Lord, we beseech thee. Please save us from eternal taxation.

Source: New York Daily News

When you’re done reading George Bush’s lips,
read Barack Obama’s

First, here’s George Bush’s infamous tax pledge. And now here’s Obama’s soon-to-be-infamous tax pledge.

First, here’s George Bush’s infamous tax pledge:

And now here’s Obama’s soon-to-be-infamous tax pledge:

Learned professor Barack H. Obama should study a little ancient history. A brief look back at the late 1980s would teach him what happens when a president breaks his pledge not to raise taxes.

Business Week reports Obama’s historic (but not unprecedented) misstep:

President Barack Obama said he is “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making less than $250,000 as part of a broad effort to rein in the budget deficit.

Obama, in a Feb. 9 Oval Office interview, said that a presidential commission on the budget needs to consider all options for reducing the deficit, including tax increases and cuts in spending on entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

“The whole point of it is to make sure that all ideas are on the table,” the president said in the interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, which will appear on newsstands Friday. “So what I want to do is to be completely agnostic, in terms of solutions.”

To ask a question that is asked more and more often these days, how’s that hope and change working out for you?

Source: Business Week

Jerks In Congress need a tax on the wealthy. That’s all they need.

Now the jerks in Congress say that in order to pay for health care, they need is a tax on the wealthy. And that’s all they need. Well, maybe they need a little more.

Congress prepares to Jerk everyone around
Congress prepares to Jerk everyone around

Remember Steve Martin’s movie The Jerk? Navin R. Johnson said all he needed was the ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair. And that’s all he needed.

Now the jerks in Congress say that in order to pay for health care, they need is a tax on the wealthy. And that’s all they need.

But don’t fear, the Democrats say. It’ll just be the rich people. That’s all they need.

Oh, and perhaps a tax on kinda rich people, depending on where you live.

“The bill is funded largely from a 5.4 percent tax on individuals making more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1 million, starting in 2011.”

So it’ll just be a tax on the wealthy. And the kinda wealthy. That’s all they need. Oh, and maybe small business owners.

“The tax would hit only 1.2 percent of taxpayers who claim business income on their returns, according to the estimates by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. But that percentage would grow as business owners’ nominal incomes rise with inflation.”

OK. So just the tax on the wealthy. And the kinda wealthy. And small business owners. That’s all they need. And…ummm… people who are trying to become wealthy and small businesses that want to become bigger.

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Obama won’t call mandatory insurance a tax, but that’s exactly what the bill calls it

President Obama hit ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday as part of his Talk Tour 2009. Host George Stephanopoulos actually had the nerve to challenge the President. He took the obvious position that a mandate forcing individuals to obtain health insurance coverage is a tax.

President Obama hit ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday as part of his Talk Tour 2009. Host George Stephanopoulos actually had the nerve to challenge the President. No, seriously, he did.

Stephanopoulos took the obvious position that a mandate forcing individuals to obtain health insurance coverage is a tax.

Stephanopoulos: That may be, but it’s still a tax increase.

Obama: No. That’s not true, George. The… ?for us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. What it’s saying is, is that we’re not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore than the fact that… right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase. People say to themselves, that is a fair way to make sure that if you hit my car, that I’m not covering all the costs.

Stephanopoulos: But it may be fair, it may be good public policy…

Obama: No, but… but, George, you… you can’t just make up that language and decide that that’s called a tax increase. Any…

Stephanopoulos: Here’s the…

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Now the President wants to tax sugar. Can salt and pepper be far behind?

The President told Men’s Health magazine that he thinks we should consider taxing soda and other sugary drinks as part of health care reform.

There is nothing this man won't tax. Absolutely nothing.
There is nothing this man won't tax. Absolutely nothing.

Apparently the Democrats have done extensive research and discovered that only the rich consume soft drinks.

That’s the only way to reconcile the fact that he promised no new taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 per year during the campaign, yet now favors taxing soft drinks and other sugary treats.

The President told Men’s Health magazine that he thinks we should consider taxing soda and other sugary drinks as part of health care reform.

“I actually think it’s an idea that we should be exploring,” Obama said “There’s no doubt that our kids drink way too much soda. And every study that’s been done about obesity shows that there is as high a correlation between increased soda consumption and obesity as just about anything else.”

The president noted that “obviously there is resistance on Capitol Hill to those kinds of sin taxes. Legislators from certain states that produce sugar or corn syrup are sensitive to anything that might reduce demand for those products.”

First he raised taxes on cigarettes to keep people from smoking. Then he raised taxes on soft drinks to keep people from consuming sugar.

While he’s at it, maybe he should raise taxes on thinking to keep people from figuring out what he’s doing.

Source: New York Daily News

Charlie Rangel gave money to Democrats on Ethics Committee. You know, the ones who are investigating him

Good ol’ Uncle Charlie Rangel, the New York Democrat who heads the committee that writes the tax laws, is under investigation for a wide range of tax violations. So naturally, he decided this would be a good time to make campaign contributions (wink, wink) to some of the other fine, upstanding gentlemen on the committee that’s investigating him.

Charlie Rangel indicates how many more members of Congress he intends to bribe
Charlie Rangel indicates how many more members of Congress he intends to bribe

Good ol’ Uncle Charlie Rangel, the New York Democrat who heads the committee that writes the tax laws, is under investigation for a wide range of tax violations.

So naturally, he decided this would be a good time to make campaign contributions (wink, wink) to some of the other fine, upstanding gentlemen on the committee that’s investigating him.

The beneficiaries of Rangel’s largesse include Kentucky Democrat Ben Chandler, North Carolina Democrat G.K. Butterfield, and Vermont Democrat Peter Welch.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Rangel’s been spreading the wealth around the House of Representatives at a furious pace, making donations to 119 different Congressmen since the ethics probe was launched last year.

Rangel, of course, remains nothing if not arrogant.

“I recognize that all of you have an obligation to ask questions knowing that there’s none of you smart enough to frame it in such a way that I’m going to respond,” Rangel told reporters.

Time for a perp walk here. Ankle cuffs, orange jump suit, the whole shebang.

Source: MoeLane.com

The guy who chairs the committee that writes tax laws is a lying, cheating swindler

Rep. Charles Rangel failed to report as much as $1.3 million in outside income — including up to $1 million for a Harlem building sale — on financial-disclosure forms he filed between 2002 and 2006, according to newly amended records.

Charlie Rangel, widely recognized as the lowest of all the lowlifes in Washington, DC
Charlie Rangel, widely recognized as the lowest of all the lowlifes in Washington, DC

Charlie Rangel may be a Congressman from New York, but he’s also the King of Chutzpah.

The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is being investigated for a wide range of ethical lapses (“lapses” is probably an inappropriate word because it implies that this latest incident is a temporary break in otherwise ethical behavior, but there is no evidence that Rangel has ever been ethical).

The New York Post reports the sordid details:

Rep. Charles Rangel failed to report as much as $1.3 million in outside income — including up to $1 million for a Harlem building sale — on financial-disclosure forms he filed between 2002 and 2006, according to newly amended records.

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Schwarzenegger tries to scam the voters again with flat tax proposal

Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger personifies the sad decline of the state of California
Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger personifies the sad decline of the state of California

California’s sad excuse for a governor has come out in favor of a flat tax. Hah!

As the LA Times reports: “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said today that he would like to see such ‘radical’ proposals come out of a commission now studying an overhaul of the state’s tax system. The governor told the editorial board of the Sacramento Bee that he hoped the commission would not be afraid to propose something like ‘a 15% straight tax.’”

“That’s the kind of radical, daring kind of a proposal that I want to see on the table so we can look at it and say, ‘Oh, let’s study this, maybe that is the way to go,’ ” Schwarzenegger said.

Don’t get us wrong. In theory, we love the flat tax concept: Everyone pays the same percentage of all income. Minimal or no deductions.

But here’s the problem with the Schwartzenegger’s scam. The current highest tax rate in California is 9.1% on taxable income over $91,000 (after all your deductions are considered), but under this bogus flat tax plan everyone would pay 15% with minimal or no deductions.

It’s going to be interesting to see how Schwartzenegger tries to convince the people of California that paying 15% with no deductions is better than paying 9.1% with deductions.

In the thoughts, if not the words of the Governor, “Keep your eye on the pea while I move these walnut shells around.”

Source: LA Times

Now they’re going to spend $117,000 to study party drugs in Brazil. Yes, Brazil.

Ecstasy. That's what it's called when the government pays you to study party drugs in Brazil.
Ecstasy. That's what it's called when the government pays you to study party drugs in Brazil.

First it was $400,000 to study gay drinking and sex habits in Argentina. Then it was $2.6 million to study the drinking habits of Chinese prostitutes. And now they’re going to spend $117,000 to study the use of “party drugs” in Brazil.

CSNnews.com reports that, “The National Institutes of Health is studying the use of ecstasy, LSD and other ‘party drugs’ in Porto Alegre, Brazil, with a $117,876 investment from taxpayers. According to an NIH summary of the grant, ‘The topic is interesting and the data will be useful to understand the emerging problem of club drugs and raves in Brazil.’

Looks like college professors have figured out how to get the government to fund their kinky foreign vacations.

So we’re thinking of studying the sex habits of middle-aged men in Bora Bora. We figure it should cost about a quarter mil. Anybody know where to get the application forms?

Source: CNSnews.com

President Obama praises overseas tax cheat Charlie Rangel for helping him close overseas tax loopholes

Charlie Rangel and Barack Obama. Two of the three taxing amigos.
Charlie Rangel and Barack Obama. Two of the three taxing amigos.

This story hits the trifecta. It has liberal hypocrisy, media bias and remarkable stupidity all rolled into one.

The liberal hypocrisy? After being introduced by tax cheat Timothy Geithner, President Obama heaped praise on Harlem congressman Charlie Rangel for helping him close overseas corporate tax loopholes.

The remarkable stupidity? Rangel is being investigated for his own overseas tax scam.

The media bias? Have you seen it on the evening news?

Here’s how the New York Post editorialized about it:

Rangel, of course, knows a thing or two about offshore tax shelters: He’d been operating one for years.

The congressman had to fork over nearly $11,000 in back taxes last year after The Post reported that he failed to disclose more than $75,000 in rental income on his Dominican Republic villa.

Plus, he’s under investigation by a House committee for allegedly helping a company preserve its offshore tax loophole — in exchange for a million-dollar gift to a school named in his honor.

Though perhaps that’s not exactly what Obama meant when he gushed that the problems with tax havens “have been highlighted” by Rangel, among others.

This is perfect. We have tax vampire Barack Obama proposing the legislation, tax cheat Charlie Rangel writing the legislation, tax cheat Timothy Geithner enforcing the legislation.

Source: New York Post

First Family on welfare: Obamas were paid $201,913 for not working in 2008

200 grand for not working. Where do we sign up?
200 grand for not working. Where do we sign up?

No president has ever understood the welfare system better than Barack Obama. Because somehow, our new President and his missus managed to bring home $201,913 for jobs they didn’t perform.

Lest we be accused of being inaccurate, let’s admit that President Obama did spend about 12 minutes doing the actual work of a United Sates Senator in 2008. He showed up to cast a vote or two when he was campaigning somewhere near Washington, DC. For that Herculean effort, he was paid $139,204.

But Michelle, well, that’s a different story. She took home $62,709 from the University of Chicago Hospitals. To repeat, she didn’t work a lick, but still took home $62,709. That’s not bad work if you can get it.

In fact, after she resigned her position, her job was eliminated. I’m sure Michelle would say it was eliminated because she couldn’t be replaced. But it’s much more likely that the job was eliminated because it wasn’t a real job in the first place.

So on one hand, these two got paid for work they didn’t do. And on the other hand, they see nothing wrong with increasing your taxes for the work you did do.

It all starts to make sense now.

Source: Associated Press via Sweetness And Light, Bluegrass Pundit

Tea Party coverage leads to surge in Fox ratings

April 15, 2009 (Tea Party Night) Cable News RatingsEveryone’s ratings were up on the night of the Tea Parties, but the ratings at Fox were in the stratosphere. They can’t even see MSNBC in their rear view mirror anymore.

The Comedy Network’s Daily Show and Colbert climbed into the top ten at the expense of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and CNN’S Larry King.

The ratings for Ed Schultz’ EdShow were so abysmal that MSNBC may rename it “Weekday at Bernie’s.” And all that talk about “teabagging” caused Anderson Cooper to suck. Or maybe we should have said his ratings sucked. Yeah, that’s what we should have said.

Source: Neilsen Media Research via Media Bistro

Top 8 tax protest songs of all time

Here are our favorite tax songs and tax protest songs, at least those with audio and video.

Love may have inspired more songs than any other subject, but the subject of taxes inspires tax songs that are just as heartfelt. Singers and songwriters seem to be just like the rest of us – you work hard, you do the best you can, and pow! The better you do, the deeper the IRS digs into your pocket.

Tax Protest!

Here are our favorite tax songs. Or at least our favorite ones with video or audio tracks. Continue reading “Top 8 tax protest songs of all time”

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