The only problem is that he is so “serious” about them that he is considering tax increases on the middle class in order to “rein in the budget deficit,” according to BusinessWeek.
Obama, in a Feb. 9 Oval Office interview, said that a presidential commission on the budget needs to consider all options for reducing [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Obama getting serious about budget deficits
Posted: 11th February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in General Politics1
White House spokesman Gibbs mocks Palin
Posted: 10th February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in General PoliticsSo according to Breitbart, yesterday White House spokesman Robert Gibbs mocked Palin and her writing-on-hand-during-speech incident.
Palin has been widely mocked for apparently writing a list of political aspirations on her hand during a convention of “Tea Party” activists at the weekend — a move that fitted with a media narrative that she [...]
Shoppers buying luxury items during recession
Posted: 8th February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in General PoliticsThey must be following the government’s lead of spending an ass-load of money while not having any!
From the Financial Times -
More prosperous American shoppers seem to be defying continuing high unemployment levels and economic uncertainty to renew their spending on luxuries such as jewelry, fashion and cosmetics.
That is the picture emerging from [...]
NC town restricts gun purchases after storm
Posted: 8th February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in 2nd AmendmentAccording to WXII12, the town of King, NC passed a number of restrictions after a recent snow storm, including curfews, alcohol restrictions, and a “ban on the sale or purchase of any type of firearm, ammunition, explosive or any possession of such items off a person’s own premises.”
As I’ve written about before, this was [...]
“Fear-mongering” about ObamaCare was true?
Posted: 4th February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in General PoliticsThroughout the lengthy discussions in America about the health care plan that Obama wanted passed, much of the opposition to the plan was labeled “fear-mongering” by the Obama administration. People were noting that the plan may force you to change doctors, to change your insurance plan even if you are happy with it, etc. and [...]
IRS buying shotguns!
Posted: 3rd February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in General PoliticsTags: photoblog
Wait, they never mentioned this part in the Taxman song!
The IRS is apparently in the market for 60 Remington 870 shotguns! Pay up everyone!
“The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to purchase sixty Remington Model 870 Police RAMAC #24587 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for the Criminal Investigation Division. The Remington parkerized shotguns, with [...]
Tebow ad according to Sally Jenkins at the Washington Post
Posted: 2nd February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in AbortionTags: photoblog
You can read her article at the Washington Post.
Basically she discusses the fact that it is ridiculous that someone who is alive for the sole reason that their mother chose not to have an abortion in the face of danger decided to be appreciative of that, supportive of the pro-life choice, and suggests that other [...]
Shocking: Obama on the road to increasing taxes
Posted: 2nd February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in General PoliticsReuters is reporting what we already knew – Obama is set to increase taxes. He will do this by not renewing the Bush tax cuts which are set to expire at the end of this year.
In true class warfare style, Obama has only mentioned that he will be raising the evil rich peoples’ taxes, and [...]
Record budget deficit forthcoming
Posted: 1st February 2010 by Scott @ The Right of a Nation in General PoliticsReuters is reporting that “the White House will predict a record budget deficit in the current fiscal year and more big shortfalls for the next decade in its upcoming budget proposal.”
Apparently it is predicted that there will be a record $1.6 TRILLION deficit for this fiscal year, with the deficits lowering some after [...]
I saw this over at Moonbattery -
It’s Obama as the Beatles’ Taxman.
Let me tell you how it will be;
There’s one for you, nineteen for me.
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don’t take it all.
‘Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.
If you drive a car – I’ll [...]