It’s not the wealthier half, either. The top levels of income pay a tax rate much higher than the lower levels despite the fact the upper levels are less likely to use the services the taxes fund. “One of the most worrying trends in the Index is the coinciding growth in the non-taxpaying public,” wrote [...]
22. February 2012
Remember this the next time some lefty bitches about the Koch Brothers giving a few millions dollars to promote the free market. From The New Yorker: Worse, from the Democrats’ perspective, is the strong likelihood that George Soros will sit this election out. Over the past thirty years, no benefactor has contributed more to the [...]
22. February 2012
Charming. “Mostafa’s ultimate goal was the annihilation of Israel,” Fatemeh Bolouri Kashani told FNA on Tuesday. Bolouri Kashani also underlined that her spouse loved any resistance figure in his life who was willing to fight the Zionist regime and supported the rights of the oppressed Palestinian nation. Iran’s 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan Behdast, a chemistry [...]
22. February 2012
At more than one gas station, too. TAMPA (CBS Tampa) — Talk about pain at the pump! Some Florida drivers are spending nearly $6 a gallon to fill up their gas tanks. According to GasBuddy.com, motorists are shelling out $5.89 for a gallon of regular gas at a Shell station in Lake Buena Vista, topping [...]
22. February 2012
He’s now resorting to joining Occupy Wall Street. The man is daft. “I am going to lower rates across the board for all Americans by 20%. And in order to limit any impact on the deficit, because I do not want to add to the deficit, and also in order to make sure we continue [...]
22. February 2012
I know that has me rushing to live in Milwaukee. I can’t imagine why they’re on the brink of becoming the Detroit of Wisconsin (the mayor’s own example). City of Milwaukee officials say the provision in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal to lift the residency requirement for 5,400 teachers would be devastating to the city. [...]
21. February 2012
The narrative for years was that Mark Felt became “Deep Throat” in order to nobly protect the office of the president from its corrupt incumbent. That he was acting in the interests of the nation, Constitution, and apple pie. Then, in 2005, the story changed somewhat. Bob Woodward, one of the two original investigative reporters [...]
21. February 2012
The United Nations inspection team for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was denied access to a key Iranian nuclear facility where it’s suspected “suspicious nuclear activities” are carried out, the UN has confirmed. The UN atomic agency has said that its team visiting Iran was denied access to the Parchin military site where it [...]
21. February 2012
He’s gone from spin to flat-out lying. The only reason we got any decision before the 2012 election was because Republicans pushed the issue. Obama wanted it pushed off until next year at the earliest, and preferably (for him) never. When Republicans forced Obama to make a decision, he decided against Keystone XL. Why? Because [...]
21. February 2012
An officer nominated for admiralty by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta once deliberately shot down a friendly plane and was repudiated by the Navy for the action, the Washington Times has learned. The Times reports Captain Timothy Dorsey nearly killed two American aviators during the incident and was banned by the Navy from flying the branch’s [...]
22. February 2012
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