TAKING BACK MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE

Here's what WE THE PEOPLE need:

1) Every ten years, we need to NOT pay taxes. The law should be changed so if your social security number has the same last digit as the year, you pay NO TAXES. No income, sales, property tax, etc.... Talk about stimulating YOUR economy.

2) A new form 1040 ALLOCATE needs to added. The first year, you get to decide where 5% of you taxes dollars gets spent. This will increase by 5% until it reach 50%. So you get to decide where half of your tax dollars get spent. Ditto for State and Local taxes.

3) Local government should receive the lion's share and Federal government should receive the least. Why are we sending more to Washington, DC?

4) We are not TAXPAYERS, we are slaves. They are TAX TAKERS.

WAKE UP AMERICA AND SMELL THE HYPOCRISY!

545 PEOPLE vs. 300,000,000 By Charlie Reese

545 PEOPLE vs. 300,000,000
By Charlie Reese

Orlando Sentinel

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash.

The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party.

She and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red .

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

TRANSPARENCY

TRANSPARENCY.

Every government contract and bid should be available for the public to view BEFORE any money is spent. There would be plenty of citizens who would love to review these documents and point out ways to save money.

For example, if a contractor is charging $1.00 for a receptacle then someone could point out you can buy them cheaper at Lowes or Home Depot.

Another benefit this would have is that it would level the playing field. It would be very hard for the Good Ole Boys to award contracts to their buddies.

BIG BROTHER WANTS TO REDUCE FOREX LEVERAGE

Retail Forex
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Rule to
Establish a Leverage Limitation for Retail Forex
Comment Period Expires: February 20, 2009

Executive Summary
FINRA is requesting comment on a proposed rule prohibiting any member firm from permitting a customer to: (1) initiate any forex position with a leverage ratio of greater than 1.5 to 1; and (2) withdraw money from an open forex position that would cause the leverage ratio for such position to be greater than 1.5 to 1.

The text of proposed FINRA Rule 2380 (Leverage Limitation for Retail Forex) is set forth in Attachment A.

Questions concerning this Notice should be directed to:

 Gary Goldsholle, Vice President and Associate General Counsel,
Office of General Counsel (OGC), at (202) 728-8104; or
 Matthew E. Vitek, Counsel, OGC, at (202) 728-8156.

Action Requested

FINRA encourages all interested parties to comment on the proposal.
Comments must be received by February 20, 2009.


Email comments to pubcom@finra.org

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Full text attached.


EVERYONE MUST SEND AN EMAIL AND TELL BIG BROTHER TO BUTT OUT!!

THE ONLY SOLUTION

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. …

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."


READ THIS PART AGAIN:


That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. …

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."


THAT IS THE ONLY SOLUTION.

Lee Iacocca's view of America

Lee Iacocca's view of America

Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from it's
death throes? He has a new book, and here are some excerpts.
Lee Iacocca Says:

'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening?
>Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got
a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff,
we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after
a hurricane much less build a hybrid car.
But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when
The politicians say, 'Stay the course'

Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America , not the
damned 'Titanic'. I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'

You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe
I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country
anymore.

The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in
handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody
seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom -poms' instead of
asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the ' America ' my parents
and yours traveled across the ocean for.
I've had enough. How about you?

I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not
outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have.
The Biggest 'C' is Crisis !

Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's
easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send
someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself.
It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.

On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in
our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A Hell
of a Mess .So here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no
plan for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit
in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia ,
while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs.
Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy
policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle
class is being squeezed every which way These are times that cry out for
leadership.

But when you look around, you've got to ask:
'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative
communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence,
and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get
the point.

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making
us
take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We've spent
billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how
to do is
react to things that have already happened.

Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina.
Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the
hurricane, or
demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial
hours after the storm.

Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen
again.
Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan.
Figure out what you're going to do the next time.

Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can
restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there
could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car
companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to
do about it?

Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the
debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem.
The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at
our country and milking the middle class dry.

I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your
asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked
and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity.
What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on Fox News will call
them a name? Give me a break.
Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?

Had Enough?
Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to
light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope I believe in America . In
my lifetime I've had the privilege of living through some of America's
greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises: the
'GreatDepression', 'World War II', the 'Korean War', the 'Kennedy
Assassination', the'Vietnam War', the 1970s oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years
culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's this:
'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody
else to take action.
Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our
children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in
this book. It's a call to 'Action' for people who, like me, believe in America
It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the
crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had 'enough.'

Make a 'real contribution' by sending this to everyone you know and care
about......our future is at stake!

IT'S CONGRESS' FAULT, DAMN IT!!

A fellow named Charlie Reese wrote this. He was a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel
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Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, The Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congresspersons, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 300 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress.

In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority.

They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.

I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.

No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.

The president can only propose a budget.

He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.

Who is the speaker of the House?

She is the leader of the majority party.

She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want.

If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility.

I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.

When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.

If the Marines are in IRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ.

There are no unsolvable government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.

Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses - provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Here's the problem

"Here's the problem: Based on current law, nearly 25 million people will be ensnared by the alternative minimum tax for 2007, up from only four million last year. That's because temporarily higher exemption levels from the alternative minimum tax, or AMT, expired at the end of 2006."

"Getting rid of the tax altogether would be even more expensive: more than $1 trillion over the next decade, by various estimates. Budget experts doubt that Democrats can do it without reneging on their promise to reduce the budget deficit or winning an agreement from Republicans to raise taxes elsewhere."

The REAL PROBLEM is the government aka the POWERS THAT TAX(PTT)is too big!

WE THE PEOPLE get taxed when we make money AND we get taxed when we spend money. Talk about double taxation!

WAKE UP AMERICA AND SMELL THE HYPOCRISY.

Old Words Pass the Test of Time

"people willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both"

Good piece, some perspective. This whole mess is getting way out of hand. What's wrong with following the rules to be allowed to live here? Is that a bad thing? I don't understand...


Let's say I break into your house

A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in ages!!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.

Her point:


Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.

Certain people are angry thatthe US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discoverme in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-workingand honest(except for when I broke into your house).

According to the protesters:

You are Required to let me stay in your house
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
You are Required to Educate my kids
You are Required to Provide other benefits to me & to my family
(my husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket yourhouse carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you havea nicer house than I do, and I'm justtrying to better myself. I'm a hard-workingand honest, person, except for well,you know, I did break into your house.

And what a deal it is for me!!!

I live in your house, contributing only afraction of the cost of my keep, andthere is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold,uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.

Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you to learn MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is? Only in America if you agree, pass it on (in English). Share it if you see the value of it.

If not blow it off.........along with your future Social Security funds, and a lot of other things.

Just a pound a month is all that I ask.

Just lose one pound a month that is all I ask you to do.

It won't kill you to do that. It won't really affect your schedule.

In one year, you will weigh 12 pounds less.

Think of the alternative.

If you had started this 5 years ago, you would weigh 60 pounds less!

If you had started this 10 years ago, you would weigh 120 pounds less!

Some of you would look pretty good if you were 60 to 120 lighter.

I was in Guangzhou, China population 14,000,000 for 2 weeks and rarely saw a fat person.

I saw more fat people at the NASCAR race in Phoenix, AZ the other week than I saw in China!!

Check out the following article...


"A Chicken McNugget is corn upon corn upon corn, beginning with corn-fed chicken all the way through the obscure food additives and the corn starch that holds it together."
- Michael Pollan
A Diet Solution Based on Evolution
By Loren Cordain, Ph.D.
The scientific community almost unanimously agrees that the diseases and disorders that plague Western civilization - obesity, cardiovascular disease, and Type II diabetes - are related to our diets ... and that they are avoidable. But nutritional experts are in complete disagreement over which type of diet is best for prevention and treatment.
The U.S. government recommends between 6 and 11 servings of cereal grains daily, 2 to 3 servings of dairy foods, and the limited consumption of fats and sweets.
Other nutritional authorities, such as Dr. Dean Ornish, encourage us to lower dietary fat to less than 10 percent of calories and to eat plenty of whole grains and legumes. Noted alternative health physician Dr. Andrew Weil agrees with Ornish's advice on whole grains and legumes, but takes issue with his fat recommendation, saying it is too low and deficient in omega-3 fatty acids (the kind found in fatty fish like salmon).
Still other nutrition gurus, such as Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the private non-profit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, caution us to eliminate all animal products from our diets, including meat, eggs, dairy, and fish. In stark contrast, Dr. Atkins told us to reduce our carbohydrate content to less than 100 grams a day and to eat all the fatty, salty meats and cheeses we desire.
Is there any way to make sense of all this? What is the optimal diet for improving health, losing weight, and reducing the risk of chronic illness?
The answer can be found by looking at the way our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate. These same foods - or their modern-day equivalents - are the ones that should serve as a starting point for our optimal nutrition.
Stone-Agers Living in the Space Age
Although we live in a world of vast cities and complex technologies, each of us has a Stone Age genetic makeup. DNA studies from diverse ethnic groups around the world confirm that the present-day human genome is virtually identical to that of humans living 40,000 years ago.
Beginning some 10,000 years ago, people left behind the hunting and gathering way of life and began to sow and harvest the genetic forerunners of today's wheat and barley. Shortly thereafter, these early farmers domesticated farm animals. Five thousand years later, the so-called Agricultural Revolution had spread from the Middle East to Northern Europe and beyond.
But there has been very little time, evolutionarily speaking, for our bodies to adapt to this new way of eating. Although 10,000 years sounds historically remote, it is evolutionarily quite recent. Only 500 human generations have come and gone since agriculture began.
Cheeseburgers vs. Barbecued Buffalo
Cereal grains currently provide 50 percent of the protein consumed on this planet. Yet wild versions of this modern-day staple were rarely, if ever, consumed by hunter-gatherers. Dairy products weren't part of humankind's original fare, either. (It's pretty difficult to catch a wild mammal, let alone milk one.) And except for rare treats of honey, refined sugars weren't on the Stone Age menu. Nor were fatty meats, salt, yeast-containing foods, or legumes.
Obviously, the highly processed foods that now dominate the American diet weren't part of the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) meal plan. Hunter-gatherers probably wouldn't have recognized pizza, chips, French fries, ice cream, soda, and the like as food at all.
Lean game and fish were their staple foods. Consequently, the Paleolithic diet was much higher in protein than the typical U.S. diet. Because game is so lean on a calorie-by-calorie basis, it contains about 2.5 times as much protein per serving as domestic meats. For instance, a 100-calorie serving of America's favorite meat - hamburger - contains a paltry 7.8 grams of protein. Compare that with 19.9 grams in an identical 100-calorie serving of roasted buffalo. Game is also healthier. It contains two to three times more cholesterol-lowering polyunsaturated fats and almost five times more omega-3 fatty acids than meat from grain-fed domestic livestock.
The carbohydrate content in the average hunter-gatherer diet was extremely low. More important, it was made up almost entirely of wild fruits and vegetables. Their total fat content was similar to or slightly higher than current U.S. figures, and consisted of healthful, cholesterol-lowering monounsaturated fats, which comprised about 50 percent of total fats consumed. In contrast, the typical U.S. diet has less cholesterol-lowering mono- and polyunsaturated fats, more artery-clogging saturated fats and trans-fats, and seven to 10 times less heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids than in hunter-gatherer diets.
The key to the optimal human diet lies in the evolutionary wisdom of our hunter-gatherer past. The best high-protein options are fish (particularly fatty northern fish such as salmon, halibut, mackerel, and herring), shellfish, grass-fed beef and pork, free-range chicken and turkey, rabbit, and any kind of game, either bought or hunted. (The gastronomically adventurous can find buffalo, ostrich, emu, kangaroo, and venison at many upscale supermarkets and health food stores.)
The Missing Link Between Diet and Disease
In the 1950s, when scientists were first unraveling the link between heart disease and diet, they found that saturated fat raised blood cholesterol levels and increased the risk for coronary heart disease. Dietary sources of saturated fat, such as fatty domestic meat, were deemed unhealthful, and rightly so. Unfortunately, the message the public and many nutrition professionals got was that all meat was unhealthful and promoted heart disease and cancer.
But it turns out that high amounts of animal protein are quite healthful for the human species. It's the saturated fat that can accompany protein that causes problems. The grains fed to many domesticated animals turn healthful lean protein with a proper balance of good fats into a nutritional nightmare that promotes disease.
Consumption of lean meat actually lowers blood cholesterol levels and thereby reduces the risk of coronary heart disease. Consumption of lean animal protein elevates HDL cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) while reducing triglycerides, LDL cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol), and total cholesterol. In contrast, low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets tend to elevate triglycerides and lower HDL cholesterol. High-carbohydrate diets also raise small dense LDL cholesterol - one of the most potent predictors for atherosclerosis and heart disease.
Studies have also indicated that elevated dietary protein reduces the risk of stroke and hypertension and helps boost survival time for women with breast cancer. And a high-protein diet improves or normalizes insulin metabolism in Type II diabetics. In other words, lean animal protein is good for us and saturated fat is not.
Putting It All Together
The Paleo Diet is the unique diet to which our species is genetically adapted. This program of eating was not designed by diet doctors, faddists, or nutritionists, but by evolution and natural selection. It is based upon extensive scientific research examining the types and quantities of foods our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate.
With readily available modern foods, the Paleo Diet mimics the types of foods every single person on the planet ate prior to the Agricultural Revolution (a mere 500 generations ago). These foods (fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats and seafood) are high in the beneficial nutrients (soluble fiber, antioxidant vitamins, phytochemicals, omega-3 and monounsaturated fats, and low-glycemic carbohydrates) that promote good health. And they are low in the nutrients (refined sugars and grains, saturated and trans-fats, salt, and high-glycemic carbohydrates) that frequently cause weight gain, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and numerous other health problems.
You might consider it heretical to believe that lean meat is healthful while whole grains and dairy products are not necessarily so. But the basis for this conclusion comes from overwhelming evolutionary evidence that is increasingly being substantiated by human, animal, and tissue studies.
We all remain hunter-gatherers, displaced in time, yet still genetically adapted to a diet dominated by lean meats and fresh fruits and veggies.[Ed. Note: Dr. Loren Cordain is on the faculty of the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University. During the past two decades, he has researched the effects of diet on human health and has specifically examined links between modern diets and disease. He is the author of numerous scientific articles, and has published three popular books, The Paleo Diet, The Paleo Diet for Athletes, and The Dietary Cure for Acne.]

The whole truth when it comes to property taxes

The whole truth when it comes to property taxes...

The problem of rising property taxes being caused by an increase in assessed value is a myth. The reason property taxes rise is because the taxing districts keep increasing their budgets.

Simple math shows the real culprit:

PROPERTY TAX RATE is the BUDGET divided by the TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF THE TAX DISRICT.

Your property tax is your PROPERTY'S ASSESSED VALUE multiplied by the PROPERTY TAX RATE.

If all is fair and equal, all of the properties in your tax district get the same increase in ASSESSED VALUE, so the real reason your property taxes go up is because the PROPERTY TAX RATE increases!

The funny/sad thing is with all the building going on, that adds more property to the property tax roles, our rates should be decreasing but they are not because local taxing districts keep raising their budgets (think salaries, benefits, waste, etc.).

What can be done? Attend your local tax district's budget meetings, get a copy of the budget and tell them what you think.

Since when...

Since when...

... does the winner of a war rebuild the country of the loser?

In the "good old days", the victor would OWN the country!

Think what the USA would own!

WAKE UP AMERICA AND SMELL THE HYPOCRISY!

Fahrenheit 9/11

Just got back from watching Fahrenheit 9/11.
 
What is the reason the citizens of this country have NOT started a revolution?
 
That's why the Second Amendment is there... SO WE CAN REVOLT!
 
Speaking for myself, I am pretty well off and don't want to give up my cushy life.  
Then again with about one third of the people working for some form of government and one third of the people dependent on some form of government assistance, that only leaves one third.  I guess THE POWERS THAT TAX (PTT) outwitted us.
 
But just know, if the government's foot were to press down hard enough, and hit close to home, I would strike back!
 
WAKE UP AMERICA AND SMELL THE HYPOCRISY.

HOW TO SOLVE THE ILLEGAL ALIEN PROBLEM

HOW TO SOLVE THE ILLEGAL ALIEN PROBLEM.

It is simple.

Make every legal American a deputy and place a bounty on illegals.

If an American catches an illegal alien pay them anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 of what it costs the Border Patrol to apprehend an illegal.

The closer to the border you catch the illegal alien the more money you make. Catching an illegal within 10 miles of the border should net a bonus! This would benefit the property owners near the border who have had their property destroyed by illegals.

Of course, police would be eligible too! So a routine traffic stop just might earn them some extra spending money.

I would wager the problem with illegal crossings just about ceases the minute the policy is put into place.

Wake Up America and Smell The Hypocrisy

July 4th? Freedom from what? Taxes? I don't think so!

The revolution is long overdue.

Ever see THE MATRIX?

"These people will fight to the death defending the system that enslaves them"

Sound familiar?

America, Love It or Leave It?

No, I say, real love is fighting to make it better.

Spare the bomb and spoil the country.