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    A young woman was about to finish her first year of
    college. Like so many others her age, she considered
    herself to be a liberal Democrat, and among other
    liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes
    to support more government programs, in other
    words, redistribution of wealth.

    She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather
    staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed.
    Based on the lectures that she had participated in,
    and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that
    her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish
    desire to keep w hat he thought should be his.

    One day she was challenging her father on his
    opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need
    for more government programs. The self-professed
    objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be
    the truth and she indicated so to her father. He
    responded by asking how she was doing in school.

    Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she
    had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough
    to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very
    difficult course load and was constantly studying,
    which left her no time to go out and party like other
    people she knew. She didn't even have time for a
    boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends
    because she spent all her time studying.

    Her father listened and then asked, "How is your
    friend Audrey doing ?"

    She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she
    takes are easy classes, she never studies, and barely
    has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus;
    college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all
    the parties, and lots of times doesn't even show up
    for classes because she's too hung over."

    Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go
    to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off
    your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a
    2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and
    certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of
    GPA."

    The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's
    suggestion, angrily fired back, "That's a crazy idea.
    how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for
    my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of
    hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward
    her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"


    The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently,
    " Welcome to the Republican party."

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Subject: What's Wrong with Obama?



    A Shrink Asks: What's Wrong with Obama?


    By Robin of Berkeley

    So what is the matter with Obama? Conservatives have been asking this
    question for some time. I've written a number of articles trying to
    solve the mystery.


    Even some liberals are starting to wonder. James Carville railed about
    Obama's blasé attitude after the catastrophic oil spill. The New York
    Times' Maureen Dowd revamped Obama's "Yes We Can" motto into "Will We
    Ever?"




    The liberal women of the TV show "The View" have expressed sympathy
    for Michelle Obama's living with a man so out of touch . Peggy Noonan,
    hardly a vehement Obama foe, recently pronounced him disconnected .




    Obama's odd mannerisms intrigue a psychotherapist like me. He also
    presents a serious diagnostic challenge.




    For one, Obama's teleprompter and the men behind the Blackberry keep
    him well-scripted. We know so little about the facts of his life.




    But it's more than just a lack of information. Obama himself is a
    strange bird. He doesn't fit easily into any diagnostic category.




    Many people attribute Obama's oddness to his narcissism. True, Obama
    has a gargantuan ego, and he is notoriously thin-skinned.




    Yet a personality disorder like narcissism does not explain Obama's
    strangeness: his giggling while being asked about the economy; his
    continuing a shout-out rather than announcing the Ft. Hood shootings;
    or his vacations, golfing, partying and fundraising during the
    calamitous oil spill.




    Take also Obama's declaring on the "Today Show" that he wants to know
    whose ass to kick . Consummate narcissists would never stoop to this
    vulgar display of adolescent machismo.




    Obama is flat when passion is needed; he's aggressive when savvy is
    required. What's most worrisome is that Obama doesn't even realize
    that his behavior is inappropriate.




    So if it's not just simple narcissism, what is wrong with Obama? Since
    I've never evaluated him, I can't say for sure. But I can hazard some
    educated guesses.




    If I saw a client as disconnected as him, the first thing I would
    wonder: Is something wrong with his brain? And I'd consider the
    following theoretical diagnostic possibilities.




    -- Physical problems : There are a multitude of physiological
    conditions that can cause people to act strangely. For instance: head
    injuries, endocrine disturbances, epilepsy, and toxic chemical
    exposure.




    It makes me wonder: Did Obama ever have a head injury? His stepfather
    in Indonesia was purportedly an alcoholic abuser. Was Obama subject to
    any physical abuse?




    -- Drugs and alcohol : Damage to the brain from drugs and alcohol can
    also cause significant cognitive impairments. Obama once said that
    there were 57 states -- and didn't correct himself. Memory problems
    can be caused by both illicit and prescription drug use.




    Obama admits to a history of drug use in his youth. Did his usage
    cause some damage? Does Obama still use?




    -- Asperger's Syndrome : Also known as high-functioning autism,
    Asperger's causes deficits in social skills. A person with Asperger's
    can't read social cues. Consequently, he can be insensitive and
    hurtful without even knowing it.




    Could Obama have Asperger's? He might have some mild traits, but
    certainly not the full-blown disorder. In contrast to Obama, those
    with Asperger's get fixated on some behavior, like programming
    computers. Obama lacks this kind of passion and zeal.




    --Mental Illnes s: Obama's family tree is replete with the unbalanced.
    His maternal great-grandmother committed suicide. His grandfather,
    Stanley Dunham, was particularly unhinged: He was expelled from high
    school for punching his principal; named his daughter Stanley because
    he wanted a boy; and exposed young Barry to not just drunken trash
    talk, but unrestricted visits with alleged pedophile Frank Marshall
    Davis (who might or might not be Obama's biological father). Barack
    Sr. was an abusive, alcoholic bigamist.


    Since mental illness runs in the family, does Obama have any signs?
    Yes and no. No, he is not a schizophrenic babbling about Martians. But
    there are red flags for some other conditions.




    While Obama doesn't appear to hallucinate, he seems to have delusions.
    His believing he has a Messiah-like special gift smacks of grandiose
    delusions. His externalizing all blame to conservatives, George W.
    Bush, or the "racist" bogeyman hints at persecutory delusions.




    Along with a delusional disorder, Obama may fit for a mild psychotic
    disorder called schizotypal disorder . It may explain some of Obama's
    oddness.




    People with schizotypal disorder hold bizarre beliefs, are suspicious
    and paranoid, and have inappropriate and constricted affect. They have
    few close friends and are socially awkward. A schizotypal is someone
    like your strange cousin Becky who is addicted to astrology, believes
    she is psychic, and is the oddball at social gatherings.




    Schizotypal Disorder does ring some bells vis-à-vis Obama. One way the
    diagnosis doesn't fit, however, is that schizotypals are generally
    harmless, odd ducks. Not so with Obama.




    -- Trauma: My gut tells me that Obama was seriously traumatized in
    childhood. His mother disregarded his basic needs, dragged him all
    over the place, and ultimately abandoned him.




    But I think there may be something even more insidious in his family
    background. While I can't prove it, the degree of Obama's disconnect
    reminds me of my sexually abused clients.




    With serious sexual abuse, the brain chemistry may change. The child
    dissociates -- that is, disconnects from his being -- in order to
    cope. Many adult survivors still dissociate, from occasional trances
    to the most extreme cases of multiple personality disorder.




    Apparently, young Barry was left in the care of Communist Frank
    Marshall Davis, who admitted to molesting a 13-year-old girl. As a
    teenager, Obama wrote a disturbing poem , "Pop," that evoked images of
    sexual abuse -- for instance, describing dual amber stains on both his
    and "Pop's" shorts.




    Would trauma explain Obama's disconnect? In many ways, yes. A damaged
    and unattached child may develop a "false self." To compensate for the
    enormous deficits in identity and attachment, the child invents his
    own personality. For Obama, it may have been as a special, gifted
    person.




    Let's return now to my original question: What is wrong with Obama? My
    guess is a great deal. The answer is complex and likely includes some
    combination of the above.




    Along with the brain issues are personality disorders: narcissism,
    paranoia, passive-aggressiveness. There's even the possibility of the
    most destructive character defect of all, an antisocial personality .
    Untreated abuse can foster antisocial traits, especially among boys.




    If my assessment is accurate, what does this mean?




    It means that liberals need to wake up and spit out the Kool-Aid...and
    that conservatives should put aside differences, band together, and
    elect as many Republicans as possible.




    Because Obama will not change. He will not learn from his mistakes. He
    will not grow and mature from on-the-job experience. In fact, over
    time, Obama will likely become a more ferocious version of who he is
    today.




    Why? Because this is a damaged person. Obama's fate was sealed years
    ago growing up in his strange and poisonous family. Later on, his
    empty vessel was filled with the hateful bile of men like Rev. Wright
    and Bill Ayers.




    Obama will not evolve; he will not rise to the occasion; he will not
    become the man he was meant to be. This is for one reason and one
    reason alone:


    He is not capable of it.

    Obama is dangerous. Not because of his political views. He's dangerous
    because he's unstable. No nation or organization can risk having such
    an individual as its chief executive. However, Obama is being propped
    up by another corrupt, unstable political organization---the
    democrats. We can no longer afford nor tolerate either in a position
    of power.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Way to lump every person that is a democrat in with the corrupt ones.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Should you want to verify this, go to http://www.thomas.gov/, enter "HR 3590" in
    the search box and look for "CRS Summaries." This is what you'll find.



    Title IX Revenue Provisions—Subtitle A: Revenue Offset "(Sec. 9002)
    Requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate
    cost of applicable employer-sponsored group health coverage that is excludable
    from the employee's gross income (excluding the value of contributions to flexible
    spending arrangements)."



    Starting in 2011—next year—the W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be

    increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are provided.

    It doesn't matter if you're retired. Your gross income WILL go up by the amount

    of insurance your employer paid for. So you’ll be required to pay taxes on a larger

    sum of money that you actually received. Take the tax form you just finished for

    2009 and see what $15,000.00 or $20,000.00 additional gross income does to

    your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many it puts you into a

    much higher bracket. This is how the government is going to buy insurance for

    fifteen (15) percent that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases,

    but it's not really a "tax increase" as such, it a redefinition of your taxable income.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by The WH View Post
    Way to lump every person that is a democrat in with the corrupt ones.
    You mean kind of like ALL republicans are warmongers and tea party supporters?

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Looks like we should start calling American Citizens ''Chinese Finger Cuffs''

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Exactly silver and black, exactly.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by The WH View Post
    Exactly silver and black, exactly.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by silver & black View Post
    Should you want to verify this, go to http://www.thomas.gov/, enter "HR 3590" in
    the search box and look for "CRS Summaries." This is what you'll find.



    Title IX Revenue Provisions—Subtitle A: Revenue Offset "(Sec. 9002)
    Requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate
    cost of applicable employer-sponsored group health coverage that is excludable
    from the employee's gross income (excluding the value of contributions to flexible
    spending arrangements)."



    Starting in 2011—next year—the W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be

    increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are provided.

    It doesn't matter if you're retired. Your gross income WILL go up by the amount

    of insurance your employer paid for. So you’ll be required to pay taxes on a larger

    sum of money that you actually received. Take the tax form you just finished for

    2009 and see what $15,000.00 or $20,000.00 additional gross income does to

    your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many it puts you into a

    much higher bracket. This is how the government is going to buy insurance for

    fifteen (15) percent that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases,

    but it's not really a "tax increase" as such, it a redefinition of your taxable income.
    It just keeps getting better and better.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Because Obama will not change. He will not learn from his mistakes. He
    will not grow and mature from on-the-job experience. In fact, over
    time, Obama will likely become a more ferocious version of who he is
    today.
    I think this is already coming to pass.


    Obama is dangerous. Not because of his political views. He's dangerous
    because he's unstable. No nation or organization can risk having such
    an individual as its chief executive
    . However, Obama is being propped
    up by another corrupt, unstable political organization---the
    democrats. We can no longer afford nor tolerate either in a position
    of power.
    Couldn't have said it better myself.


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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Better start praying you still have a job. The employer might decide to downsize to make up for the huge cost of insurance they're forced to provide.


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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Obama's Stimulus Visit Results in Lost Payday for Construction Workers

    Published June 18, 2010

    President Obama went to the groundbreaking of a road project in Columbus, Ohio, Friday to show that his massive stimulus package is still churning out jobs -- a "good news" story that was anything but for some construction workers who were trying to figure out how to make up for the payday they lost due to the president's visit.

    The workers were told not to report to their construction project at a nearby hospital Friday, because the Secret Service was shutting it down for security reasons. They also were told that they would not get paid for the forced day off.

    "We always do our very best to balance the needs of security with the needs and requirements of the venues we're securing," Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said in a written statement of FoxNews.com. "Any interruption in activity that we request is not done arbitrarily and only if absolutely necessary."

    "The bosses told us we weren't working because the president is coming, and we are wondering why," construction worker George Harrison told WBNS-10TV. "That's $200 we are missing out on. Everybody needs to eat, right?"

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...ction-workers/


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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by Wallace108 View Post
    Obama's Stimulus Visit Results in Lost Payday for Construction Workers

    Published June 18, 2010

    President Obama went to the groundbreaking of a road project in Columbus, Ohio, Friday to show that his massive stimulus package is still churning out jobs -- a "good news" story that was anything but for some construction workers who were trying to figure out how to make up for the payday they lost due to the president's visit.

    The workers were told not to report to their construction project at a nearby hospital Friday, because the Secret Service was shutting it down for security reasons. They also were told that they would not get paid for the forced day off.

    "We always do our very best to balance the needs of security with the needs and requirements of the venues we're securing," Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said in a written statement of FoxNews.com. "Any interruption in activity that we request is not done arbitrarily and only if absolutely necessary."

    "The bosses told us we weren't working because the president is coming, and we are wondering why," construction worker George Harrison told WBNS-10TV. "That's $200 we are missing out on. Everybody needs to eat, right?"

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...ction-workers/

    I'm sure that's the first time that has ever happened to anyone.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by The WH View Post
    I'm sure that's the first time that has ever happened to anyone.
    And?

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by The WH View Post
    I'm sure that's the first time that has ever happened to anyone.
    So that makes it OK?

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    No it doesn't make it ok. It sucks. They should be paid. But the spin on that article is spun to make it seem like Obama did it just to fuck the working class, and he's the only president that the SS has shut a place down for.

    It's mountains out of mole hills.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    It's only mole hills when you aren't the one losing $200.00 in pay... especially in this economy, but I understand what you're saying.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by silver & black View Post
    It's only mole hills when you aren't the one losing $200.00 in pay... especially in this economy, but I understand what you're saying.
    Trust, I'd be pissed to.

    Here's the thing though, and this is only speaking of Fox News. Say Obama said to the owner/foreman whatever that they should pay the construction workers for that day. THEN Fox would make an article about how Obama is asking a privately owned company to pay their workers for not working. If Obama paid them the 200 out of Gov't money, he would be using american tax dollars to pay people to not work.

    It's lose lose.

    and that would happen for any president who wasn't in the good graces of a media outlet. I'm not saying it's just Big Bad Fox picking on little meak Barry. It's sensationalist media doing what it does best, stirring the pot.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by The WH View Post
    Trust, I'd be pissed to.

    Here's the thing though, and this is only speaking of Fox News. Say Obama said to the owner/foreman whatever that they should pay the construction workers for that day. THEN Fox would make an article about how Obama is asking a privately owned company to pay their workers for not working. If Obama paid them the 200 out of Gov't money, he would be using american tax dollars to pay people to not work.
    It's lose lose.

    and that would happen for any president who wasn't in the good graces of a media outlet. I'm not saying it's just Big Bad Fox picking on little meak Barry. It's sensationalist media doing what it does best, stirring the pot.
    Agreed. Even though it may rub a few people the wrong way, I would rather see tax payer money used to compensate those workers for their loss of a day's pay. It isn't, and shouldn't be the responsibility of the co. they work for to foot that bill.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by The WH View Post
    Trust, I'd be pissed to.

    Here's the thing though, and this is only speaking of Fox News. Say Obama said to the owner/foreman whatever that they should pay the construction workers for that day. THEN Fox would make an article about how Obama is asking a privately owned company to pay their workers for not working. If Obama paid them the 200 out of Gov't money, he would be using american tax dollars to pay people to not work.

    It's lose lose.

    and that would happen for any president who wasn't in the good graces of a media outlet. I'm not saying it's just Big Bad Fox picking on little meak Barry. It's sensationalist media doing what it does best, stirring the pot.
    Point well-taken, WH.

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    CANCER - YOU PICKED THE WRONG BITCH!!!

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Quote Originally Posted by HometownGal View Post
    I bet it's a perfect fit.

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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    Democrats not even bothering to pass a Budget this year. Which is basically their effing job with a majority in Congress....

    too worried about the November elections I guess.

    Democrats abrogating “most basic responsibility of governing” by refusing to pass a budget (Rep. John Boehner)
    By Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) - 06/22/10 04:52 PM ET



    Democrats once called passing a budget “the most basic responsibility of governing,” intoning that “if you can’t budget, you can’t govern.” Yet House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced today that Washington Democrats are cancelling the budget this year, making it the first time in the modern era that the House has not passed a budget. That is the ideology of Washington Democrats: just keep spending taxpayers’ money - with no plan, no discipline, and no accountability.

    Democratic leaders argue that our nation’s $1.5 trillion deficit this year – and trillion dollar deficits for as far as the eye can see – make it too hard to pass a budget this year. But every American family knows what Washington Democrats can’t seem to grasp: in tough times it’s more important - not less - to have a budget, to set priorities, and to live within your means.

    In February, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) and I sent a letter to President Obama, inviting him to use his authority under the Budget Act of 1974 to force Congress to consider spending cuts immediately, and pledging to support him should he choose to do so. We renewed our request in a meeting with President Obama at the White House on February 9, but never heard back from the White House. Whip Cantor and I sent a follow-up letter on May 4. Again, that request fell on deaf ears, even though since 1974, presidents from both parties have used this authority to submit 1,178 rescissions totaling $76 billion.

    This year alone, Washington will spend a record $3.6 trillion. That’s $31,000 per household, or one out of every four dollars made in America. But instead of cutting spending to create jobs, out-of-touch Democrats are doubling-down. In fact, since last year, the President has signed into law $1.8 trillion in new government spending and $670 billion in new job-killing tax increases, which has exploded the deficit and pushed the national debt over the $13 trillion mark, a number which will hit nearly $20 trillion by 2015.

    More than 100 economists have told us a fiscally-responsible budget will help create jobs, and the American people know they’re right. House Republicans have offered better solutions to cut spending now, and impose real spending caps in the future. We know that higher taxes, higher deficits, and more debt are not the answer. That’s why the Majority Leader is dead wrong about the future of this country, and what we need to do - right now - to make sure the American dream is alive and well for our kids and grandkids.



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    Re: The Official Bash/Make Fun of Democrats/Obama Thread!

    The UK, in partnership with the EU, is putting a new budget into play as of TODAY which exercises austerity and starts cutting spending. It also has a VAT increase, but their economy is vastly different than ours, and I think that's a necessity for them.

    The US response is to simply say "uh-uh....too tough. No budget this year".

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    Another one for the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" file ...

    Inmates Get Homebuyer Tax Credits: Gov't Report

    Nearly 1,300 prison inmates wrongly received more than $9 million in tax credits for homebuyers despite being locked up when they claimed they bought a home, a government investigator reported Wednesday.

    The investigator said 241 of the inmates were serving life sentences.

    In all, more than 14,100 taxpayers wrongly received at least $26.7 million in tax credits that were meant to boost the nation's slumping housing markets, said the report by J. Russell George, the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration.

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/37870056

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wallace108 View Post
    Another one for the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" file ...

    Inmates Get Homebuyer Tax Credits: Gov't Report

    Nearly 1,300 prison inmates wrongly received more than $9 million in tax credits for homebuyers despite being locked up when they claimed they bought a home, a government investigator reported Wednesday.

    The investigator said 241 of the inmates were serving life sentences.

    In all, more than 14,100 taxpayers wrongly received at least $26.7 million in tax credits that were meant to boost the nation's slumping housing markets, said the report by J. Russell George, the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration.

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/37870056
    And just think, the IRS will be in charge of your heath care.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mach1 View Post
    And just think, the IRS will be in charge of your heath care.
    What could possibly go wrong?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mach1 View Post
    And just think, the IRS will be in charge of your heath care.
    I am actually a legitimate recipient of the first-time homebuyer's tax credit. I filed in early February and finally got my refund on June 11, 4+ months after I initially filed my return and 3 days after I called the IRS about my refund and was told (after being put on hold for 20 minutes) that I would need to wait at least another 6-8 weeks for it. Yeah, I can't wait for them to essentially be in charge of administering the healthcare system in this country.

    On a side note, I'd like to know how the hell someone who's in jail can produce a valid HUD-1 form? It was required documentation to get the homebuyer's credit. Never mind - after all, this is the same agency that told me 3 days before I got my refund that I'd have to wait at least 6-8 more weeks for it, so efficiency is not exactly their strong suit.

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    WAYNE ALLYN ROOT
    Barack Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within.
    Barack Obama is my college classmate (Columbia University, class of '83). As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Obama is following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University. They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands. Add up the clues below. Taken individually they're alarming. Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival ... and can be counted on to always vote for bigger government. Why not? They have no responsibility to pay for it.
    -- Universal health care. The health care bill had very little to do with health care. It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions). Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt. What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government. Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?
    -- Cap and trade. Like health care legislation having nothing to do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government control of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors. Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants. They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power. The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama "spread the wealth around."
    -- Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who's asking for a 51st state? Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers. But this has been Obama's plan all along. His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.
    -- Legalize 12 million illegal immigrants. Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America. But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government. Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually Social Security.
    -- Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions -- including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country. It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues. It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions). A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues). All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America. The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful. The ends justify the means.
    -- Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators. Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama). Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.
    With the acts outlined above, Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.
    Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Obama using the Cloward and Piven Plan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fansince'76 View Post
    I am actually a legitimate recipient of the first-time homebuyer's tax credit. I filed in early February and finally got my refund on June 11, 4+ months after I initially filed my return and 3 days after I called the IRS about my refund and was told (after being put on hold for 20 minutes) that I would need to wait at least another 6-8 weeks for it. Yeah, I can't wait for them to essentially be in charge of administering the healthcare system in this country.

    On a side note, I'd like to know how the hell someone who's in jail can produce a valid HUD-1 form? It was required documentation to get the homebuyer's credit. Never mind - after all, this is the same agency that told me 3 days before I got my refund that I'd have to wait at least 6-8 more weeks for it, so efficiency is not exactly their strong suit.
    Um well, they probably decided to hand them out themselves. We got a refund check this year for a credit they said we had, surprise. That was after paying out the ass in what we owed.


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