Thirteen firms receiving billions of dollars in federal bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a key lawmaker said Thursday. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, chairman of a House subcommittee overseeing the federal bailout, said two firms owe more than $100 million apiece. Read More
This makes me mad! Receiving billions of dollars of tax payers money and they owe back taxes that they didn’t pay! Looks like the Tea Party will have more people join in the protest April 15. If this makes you mad then check out Tea Party HQ on my side bar.
Categories: Tea Party · politics
Tagged: Barack Obama, conservatives, economy, family, federal taxes, Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Palin
Attorney General Eric Holder said some detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may end up being released in the U.S. as the Obama administration works with foreign allies to resettle some of the prisoners.
Holder, in a briefing with reporters, said administration officials are still reviewing individual cases of the approximately 250 detainees to determine which will be put on trial and which may be released to comply with plans to close the detention facility by next year. Read More
Set another chair at the table Americans you maybe having company!
Categories: politics
Tagged: Barack Obama, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Hamas, Jeremiah Wright, muslims, Nancy Pelosi, Obama administration
March 19, 2009 · Comments Off
Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.
The Obama administration this past week diverted some $2 million from the pilot training program to hire more supervisory staff, who will engage in field inspections of pilots.
This looks like completely unnecessary harassment of the pilots. The 12,000 Federal Flight Deck Officers, the pilots who have been approved to carry guns, are reported to have the best behavior of any federal law enforcement agency. Read More
Tell me sportsmen, hunters and other gun owners, did Obama lie to you? Time to stand up for our rights don’t you think? Maybe need to check out Tax Day Tea Party
HQ
There are millions of gun owners and it sure would make a larger group supporting our rights if all would come together and stand up together!
LINKS:
(1) All of the people should be executed with piano wire around their neck
Categories: Tea Party · politics
Tagged: Airline pilots, Airlines, anti-gun, Barack Obama, federal law enforcement, Gun Owners, public safety
March 19, 2009 · Comments Off
UPDATE 01 APRIL
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge up in smoke
One of President Barack Obama’s campaign pledges on taxes went up in puffs of smoke Wednesday.
The largest increase in tobacco taxes took effect despite Obama’s promise not to raise taxes of any kind on families earning under $250,000 or individuals under $200,000.
This is one tax that disproportionately affects the poor, who are more likely to smoke than the rich.
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The federal tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase by 61 cents on April 1, raising the tax to $1 per pack. The federal hike comes on the heels of a $1 increase in the state cigarette tax passed last year by the Legislature on Beacon Hill in a move designed to raise an additional $175 million in revenue to help fund health-care reform.
The average cost of a pack of cigarettes rose to $5. 41 after the dollar increase in the state but will now surpass $6, with some smokers paying more than $7 a pack in cities such as Boston. Read More
There are an estimated 47.2 million adults smokers in The United States! Let me ask you smokers, are you happy with paying more for a pack of cigarettes if the answer is no then you need to check out Tax Day Tea Party HQ
We need to stand up and fight for our rights!
LINKS:
(1) Cigarette Tax Increase In Georgia Is Criminal
HB 39 is being read and voted upon by the Georgia General Assembly. It is sponsored by Ron Stephens, Tony Sellier, Pat Gardner, Cecily Hill, Burke Day, and Mary Oliver.
(2) Smokers Feeling The Pinch As OBAMA’s Tobacco Tax Takes Effect, +62 Cents Per Pack
(3) Once again people…Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em! (The Tobacco Tax Increase) A Liberal State of Mind pt. 6: Attack of the Republican blogs
Categories: Tea Party · politics
Tagged: Barack Obama, cigarette tax, conservatives, family, Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Palin, Smokers
