The locals are the last to know about their quaility of life. The SMART train will absolutely destroy the north coast except for some business. Just think what’s next. If the liberals control the house the constitution could done away with and abandoned. Obama because the world needs his leadership will be voted in for another term. They are already signed petitons to list Catholics asa hate group. There will be no spending limits until the wealth producing companies stop. Alone with the UN global initative which is how Bill Clintion(who making $40K a year in 1988 as Governor of Arkawherever) is worth hundreds of millions of dollars with the help of failed SOS who travels allot). It’s how the spoiled brat Al Gore took the climate change fiasco got $550 million from US to start an electric car country in Finland and sells a obscure TV station to known foreign antagonists of America for $100M. I wonder if OBama knew about this. Within 10 years Obama will be worth $100M.

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The whole idea is to crash us.

Crash the old, usher in the New World Order.

Globalism.

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The solution is obvious. No tax breaks for the rich. And everyone should pay their fair share. The ONLY way EVERYONE can pay their “fair share” is with a flat tax. You make $10,000 you pay $1,000 (10%). You make $100,000 you pay $10,000. Simple. No more massive “loopholes”. No more IRS funded WELFARE via EITC (that’s the earned income tax credit, the refundable credit that millions claim and receive a refund greater than what they paid in…do some research on it). With the flat tax you encourage people to succeed and earn more. This is in sharp contrast to the punishment of the current progressive tax system where you pay a higher rate as you earn more money.

I know the response from the left…a flat tax means the “rich” will pay less than they do now and the “poor” will pay more. That’s not FAIR. Well, how is it FAIR that the rich pay the vast majority of the taxes and benefit very little from the social services they pay for? How is it FAIR that almost half the country pay ZERO while getting endless handouts from the ever expanding welfare state we’ve become?

Fair is equality, right? Since people in different industries earn different income. And people in different states doing the same work earn different incomes because of the cost of living, you can’t have people pay the same dollar amount. BUT, if everyone paid the same exact rate on every dollar earned, how can someone say it isn’t ‘fair’? Everyone pays the same. You benefit from working hard and earning more. No more deceitful political rhetoric about “millionaires and billionaires” not paying “their fair share”. No more last minute bills passed on weekends that give tax breaks to politically connected groups like Hollywood (read through the “fix” that was just passed and see for yourself).

I’ve offered a solution that addresses the issue of “fairness”. What a concept. Unfortunately the weasels in office would rather keep half the country dependent on handouts rather than encourage them to better themselves (give a man a fish and you control them).

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I was hoping the Republicans would rightfully be blamed for the mess, the voters would then have their say at their being ignored by the Republicans and voted in a progressive CONGRESS in 2014. I was so looking forward to that.

From my perspective, Obama gave in again and has lost much of his good poker hand to the party that is destroying the middleclasses’ health and welfare.

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What a bunch of lemmings the people are. How much deficit reduction was included in this deal. N-O-N-E! Ho hum, what’s $15 trillion anyway? Especially when the REAL deficit, not the one the all powerful Big Government claims, is upwards of $50-65 trillion.

You see, government accounting is different than GAAP accounting. GAAP accounting is what the government requires businesses to use when they report their quarterly financial statements. The financials are required to be audited by independent accounting firms, at a massive cost. That cost is passed on to the consumer by the companies. The government doesn’t require that they follow the same rules. They don’t have to report the unfunded liabilities they are on the hook for. How do you think CA is able to ignore the $500 BILLION unfunded pension liability? They don’t report it because the rules THEY make say they don’t. The Feds are the same.

At least we were saved by Big Government from this cliff. Too bad the cities, states and country has already driven off a bigger one, one that they’re hiding from the Sheeple.

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And the voters have spoken…
“Never mind the tsunami, FIX THIS ANNOYING LEAK!”

“And forget about going to Home Depot to buy new pipes, my wealthy neighbor has perfectly good pipes in his house that he doesn’t even use!
TAKE THOSE!”

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Think about it…the “revenue” the Democrats want is $160 billion OVER 10 YEARS. The Republicans are only willing to agree on $80 billion OVER 10 YEARS. The freaking deficit is $1.5 TRILLION PER YEAR!!! This is a couple arguing about generating $1,600 vs $800 while they blow $15,000 more than they earn. The national debt would be $150,000. How does the $1,600 or $800 change anything???

Yet the mathematically challenged voters don’t understand the facts. Neither deal will do anything to reduce the $15+ TRILLION deficit. Neither deal will do anything. What will happen is BOTH sides will walk away with something that they can lie to their voters about so they get re-elected.

The media loves this because it is more doom and gloom they can put in the headlines. The endless doom of guns added to the “fiscal cliff” and the media is in a frenzy. Toss in a few articles on where Obama spent Christmas, him joking and laughing as the country is held hostage to the decision of Congress on the ‘cliff’. Oh I hope they come to our rescue! Oh please Big Government save us from the disaster YOU created!!!

As the days pass, the gullible voter hangs in the balance. Who will Big Government decide is the “rich” and thus not entitled to what they earn? Those who make $245,000 are entitled to keep more of their money than those who make $250,000? Yeah, makes sense. Someone else deserves the money I earn more than I do. Makes perfect sense. Why should I make any effort to earn more money? In my small business I’ve avoided hiring employees because of the taxes, Obamacare and the absurd regulations forced upon us by the most corrupt, inept Legislature in the country.

The CA voters decided the government deserves more of our hard earned money when we spend it (Prop 30), after they took the highest percentage in the country when WE earned it. Then, they spend 50% more than they take from us. Luckily next election we’ll get to vote for them to take even more.

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http://www.pewstates.org/research/data-visualizations/the-impact-of-the-fiscal-cliff-on-the-states-sequestration-85899435504

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