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A Rant Worth Reading

September 26, 2018October 26, 2011 Steve MacDonald

Liberals see success as a problem – if people are able to live their own lives without the guidance of aspiring liberal fascists, the entire premise of liberalism is fatally undercut. So success is the target, …

REAlly! This is hysterical – American socialists can’t believe what a former USSR citizen thinks of socialism!

September 26, 2018October 25, 2011 Skip

This shows the difference between someone who actually lived in a socialistic system and has seen its terrifying results, versus Americans / useful idiots at Occupy Wall Street who haven’t but think its better than sliced bread, have more anticipation for it than a 5 year old waiting for Christmas, and know that babies don’t … Read more

Herman Cain’s latest campaign ad – looking to help?

September 26, 2018October 25, 2011 Skip

Herman is looking for volunteers (even Politically Incorrect ones!): And I know just the person to contact if you are looking to assist Herman defeat Obama: Jack Kimball 2012 NH For Cain Co-Chair Email: JackForCain2012@gmail.com

More English vocabulary redefinitions from Progressive-in-Chief Obama

September 26, 2018October 25, 2011 Skip

UPDATE: I got a call from a loyal ‘Grok reader saying that my math was wrong (" I’m willing to pay $500 extra") saying that it should have been $5,500. My caller was right, but when I pointed out that those words were Obama’s, there was a stunned silence for a couple of moments.

Yes, ObamaMath, not GrokMath.

Update II: Apparently, a number of people have caught it, as The Corner has a post on it as well ("With math skills like this, no wonder the federal deficit is $1.3 Trillion"). Perhaps, this Hahvad trained Constitutional lecturer needs to visit Education Secretary Arni Duncan and get him some learnin’?

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"For Patriots willingly gave and continue to give up their lives for their families, neighbors and Country, and never had or have to be Asked. "

The Washington Examiner has this snippet from Obama’s recent trip to Las Vegas to act like the House in taking $$ from the rubes (hey, didn’t he once say that we shouldn’t go to Vegas using tax money??)(emphasis Washington Examiner):

But last week, we had a separate vote on a part of the jobs bill that would put 400,000 teachers, firefighters and police officers back on the job, paid for by asking people who make more than $1 million to pay one-half of 1 percent in additional taxes. For somebody making $1.1 million a year, that’s an extra $500. Five hundred bucks. And with that, we could have saved 400,000 jobs.

Most people making more than $1 million, if you talk to them, they’ll say, I’m willing to pay $500 extra to help the country. They’re patriots. They believe we’re all in this thing together. But all the Republicans in the Senate said no. (emphasis added)

That triggered four thoughts: Ask, Patriots, We could have saved 400,000 jobs, They believe we’re all in this together

"Ask"

Ask: Say something in order to obtain an answer or some information

You have to love politicians when they say that they are "asking" for folks to do something, do more of it, or give something. Especially when the operative word really is demand or require and it is codified into law or regulation. There is no voluntary "asking" going on here. Asking something of someone else means you will get one of three answers: yes, maybe, or no. Two of which, by definition, results in a "do nothing" outcome.

When Obama is saying that he is asking, he has no intention of allowing a voluntary reaction and has already gamed the outcome. In fact, he really wants no answer at all – it is the Progressive way of redefining the language of saying "I’m taking this from you – and you have no voluntary action in this at all. But I’ll make you look bad first (after all, that is the Community Organizer way)". Just think of what happens when your answer is "no" to his asking?

"Patriots"

The Garbage Police

September 26, 2018October 25, 2011 Rick Olson

“Law, without force, is impotent.” —Blaise Pascal

The City of Manchester, in its infinite wisdom, seeks to enact an anti-scavenging ordinance prohibiting the scavenging of recyclable items from curbside bins. Under the new measure, violators would be slapped with a fine.

If this ordinance is enacted, the homeless and ‘ner-do wells’ who scavenge cans bottles and other such recyclable matter, perhaps to supplement their kids’ grocery bill, would be levied such fine. And/or the bums who cull bins, that they might purchase that jug of wine, would also be assessed a fine. Now, does anybody think the resource-challenged among us will pay? Picture Manchester Police officers writing the tickets…address? “Shopping cart under the bridge,” all while rolling their eyes muttering, “yeah…right…enforce that ordinance…” Just feel the wind swirling off of the fenders of patrol cars speeding up and down Lake Ave in search of the law-breaking scavenger. After all, our Police Offiers have little better to do, right?

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Stonyfield CEO In Line For Another Pile of Taxpayer Cash?

September 26, 2018October 25, 2011 Steve MacDonald

>The question should not be if Stonyfield Dairy CEO and prolific Democrat donor Gary Hirshberg gets another pile of taxpayer cash, it should be “how much is he going to get?” But whatever do I mean?

The University of New Hampshire has just been approved to receive a Department of Agriculture grant totaling $2.86 million dollars to “enhance the year-round capacity of northeast organic dairy producers to produce high quality component-enriched organic milk.”

Hirshberg is almost always on the receiving end of taxpayer funded public largesse. In August of 2010 he was awarded $100,000.00 by Democrat Governor John Lynch and the State of New Hampshire as part of a job training program.

Not long after Stonyfield was fingered by Senator Tom Coburn over the matter of a $700,000.00 Federal grant to the University of New Hampshire to study the environmental impact of organic dairy farms on the environment. Who do you think just happens to have an organic Dairy Farm? An organic dairy farm run by the Hirshberg’s but majority owned by Dannon /Group Danone, one of the largest food companies on the face of planet earth.

How big is Danone?

MAGGIE “THE MARXIST” HASSAN IS RUNNING

September 26, 2018October 25, 2011 Rick Olson

“Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin, and you will be asked in return to never mind the angels, tell me who controls the production of pins.” —Joan Didion

Defeated Democratic state Senator Maggie Hassan made it official today that she will be running for governor in 2012. In her usual hokum, Hassan touted the typical big government solution to prop up the economy. As reported in the Union Leader, Maggie the Marxist, “stressed the need to create jobs by “investing” in education and job training programs and by fostering a business climate that attracts innovative small businesses and new technologies.” Translation: “investing” equals big-government spending and solutions…equals heavy taxation to raise such revenues. Such notions were brought with her as a carpet-bagging “massplant” to the Granite State.

The Union Leader reported that “Maggie the Marxist” pledged to be a fiscally responsible governor who would veto any sales or income tax and commit herself to a balanced state budget.“ This is laughable given her extensive record as a State Senator. My fellow Blogger Steve MacDonald absolutely nailed it on back October 5^th when he wrote:

Hassan is a left wing, government first, spend then tax Democrat who wants socialized medicine, supports abortion from conception to birth (also here), and was more than willing to trample on opponents with the “Sullivan/Hassan Hates Speech (the left can’t control) amendment.” (also here, and here, …) She is also willing to lie about her opponents to get re-elected.

So, LRGHealthcare, with an expensive build program, now is crying poor mouth?

September 26, 2018October 25, 2011 Skip

In today’s Laconia Sun (P 8) was this paid ad – snippet here and entire ad after the jump:

LRGHealthcare: PUBLIC NOTICE

LRGHealthcare Closes Primary Care Offices to Medicaid Patients

No later than mid November, the following LRGHealthcare primary care offices will be closed to new and existing patients with Medicaid as their primary coverage…The plan, recently approved by the Board of Trustees, responds to unprecedented financial challenges faced by the organization and other hospitals and healthcare institutions across the state.

…LRGHealthcare has sustained several years of reductions in Medicaid payments, which have resulted in an annual reduction of $4 million….

Recent budget actions by the NH State Legislature further compromise the well-being of healthcare organizations in New Hampshire. We are saddened to have to take this action but, regrettably, have no choice. We intend to assist all patients in making a smooth transition of their records.

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Now, what they DIDN’T mention, in recent years, was all of the buying of surrounding or affiliated physician practices, buying (ok, "merging" with) Franklin Hospital, buying the Laconia Clinic, and using the CON Board to bring the the fledgling OPA ‘runaways’ to their knees financially (who had fled to Gilford to set up a competing day surgery practice). And their failure (big time failure) in trying to run an adult day care for dementia patients. And just spent $2.6 million knocking down and rebuilding a Meredith facility. Trust me, they have spent big bucks on facilities and non-competitive activities. Think Borg ("You will be assimilated") only with a stethoscope. While Medicaid does not cover costs (I will give them that), this is seeming to be a "Washington Monument" moment (which might be better be explained by "Budget cuts? Layoff fire, police, and teachers first – that’ll teach’em").

In fact, they’ve spent plenty in making sure that their marketplace is swept clean of any competition, as I believe this is payback for what happened at a recent Belknap County Republican meeting when (video to follow) NH Rep. Ken Wyler came to speak about the budget. Of COURSE, I asked about the CON Board, then Nancy LeRoy complained (as she is a member of the LRGH Board) about payments, and Ken (with the question from Elaine Swinford) talked about some of the "money swashing around".

But ask yourself – BRAND spanking new facilities, worthy (as it says in the Laconia Sun picture) of Boston?

10 Golden Rules of Effective Taxation

September 26, 2018October 24, 2011 Skip

Obama on "effective" taxation:

GIBSON: All right. You have, however, said you would favor an increase in the capital gains tax. As a matter of fact, you said on CNBC, and I quote, "I certainly would not go above what existed under Bill Clinton," which was 28 percent. It’s now 15 percent. That’s almost a doubling, if you went to 28 percent.

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GIBSON: And in each instance, when the rate dropped, revenues from the tax increased; the government took in more money. And in the 1980s, when the tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down.

So why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected?

OBAMA: Well, Charlie, what I’ve said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.

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GIBSON: But history shows that when you drop the capital gains tax, the revenues go up.

Fairness? A very subjective judgement – another Hope and Change, which is not something on which to base public policy revenues. This is when things go off the rails – when tax policies enforce ideologies instead of their main purpose – to fund the essential functions of government. I’d rather go with something much more objective. To the rescue- Art Laffer on Effective Taxation (Rich States, Poor States, 4th edition, ALEC.ORG):

1. When you tax something more you get less of it, and when you tax something less you get more of it.

2. Individuals work and produce goods and services to earn money for present or future consumption.

3. Taxes create a wedge between the cost of working and the rewards from working.

4. An increase in tax rates will not lead to a dollar-for-dollar increase in tax revenues, and a reduction in tax rates that encourages production will lead to less than a dollar-for-dollar reduction in tax revenues.

5. If tax rates become too high, they may lead to a reduction in tax receipts. The relationship between tax rates and tax receipts has been described by the Laffer Curve.

Yeah, this is about right

September 26, 2018October 24, 2011 Skip

(H/T: International Liberty)

Listen to what Ron Paul has to say….

September 26, 2018October 24, 2011

Here he is on Meet the Press yesterday. Query: How much of what Dr. Paul says do you disagree with?

#OccupyJupiter

September 26, 2018October 24, 2011 Steve MacDonald

Maybe 1%er Richard Branson will load up all the #OWS protesters into the first Virgin Galactic space vehicle–and take half of Hollywood (also 1%ers) on a trip to right this universal wrong?