You make a very good point here Walter, in our current day and age it seems to me that politics has become more of a sporting event than what it is meant to do. People to often choose there team (political party) and no matter what they do or say people vote along with them just because that is the team they chose to root for. People need to open there eyes and see that just because a candidate is on your "team" does not mean that they have your best interest at hand.
Politics has always been bitter and divisive. It would be great if we could stick to the issues and keep personal attacks out of it. I considered myself an independent voter until 2004, and for local politics I still do. On the national level it's not possible. You really have only two choices. One party is working for the good of the people as a whole. The other party has become a silly spectacle desperate for power at any cost. Sad but true.
Trooper T--read the newspaper listen to the
real news. Quit hiding your head in the ground.
Those people are selling us ( The United States)out to the highest bidder.
They want us to be like all third world countries. If you like -FREEDOM-
give us a break.
If you are an informed voter, this puts politicians at a disadvantage. If you do a little work,and not be lazy about it,the people that run for office will basically have to tell you the truth,at least most of the time.You should know their voting record on taxes,and control of your personal freedom.
Remember,when a new politician is elected they feel they must have something to say or come up with a worthless law,such as this mandate that everyone will buy the type of health ins. that those people in Washington will tell us to buy.Personally I do not think it is any of their business what I buy.Just think , if you do not buy what they tell you,our Imperial Federalist Government intend to put the most feared part of the gov-- The I.R.S.--on you.If you do not conform you will be fined ,levies put on your property,and jail or both. If you try to get out of it even if you are broke and do not have the money. It makes no difference to them.The fines will be less than the premiums you will be told to pay for your type of ins. This has been set up this way, hoping you pay the fine and not the premium. The gov. will spend this money on buying more votes,and you still will not be covered by ins. If you studied the bill this would be known to you.
The Obama health bill puts all of your personal information in a super computer-- checking account--savings account--investment accounts--your 401 account--personal wealth,and holdings,you have accumulated all of your life,makes no matter what it is , if it has value it will go in the computer.You think you will be getting something for nothing,It ain't so.If you owe the gov. a balance on a medical procedure,and do not pay your bill in a timely fashion,the gov. just reaches in and takes money out of these accounts without notifying you till after the fact.Then if you need a sum of money to buy something you want, the money may not be there,and guess what will happen to your check or credit card.
The people that wish Obama and Democrats stay in office are probably a part of the 47% of the households that pay no Federal tax, and part of the 60% of households that get assistance from the gov. for one reason or another.The Democrats have been working for years and years to get as many people off of the tax list and put them on the receiving list,which is almost a majority now. This gives them a group of people that will always keep them in power, no matter what they do.People that have this type of small minded thoughts will jump through hoops and crawl to keep the scraps the Democrats will throw at them,to stay in power.
This bill, if it is not overturned will break us in the long run, and we will be another Greece. The people in the gov. have made sweetheart deals with the unions in Greece,kinda like the ones Obama has made in this country with the same type of unions and some states that will not have to pay like everyone else. People will be rioting in the streets when the gov. runs out of money, and there is no one to pay all of the cost. Study Greece,look at their situation and you will get a good look at our future to come in a few years.How can you want to pay premiums on health care and not receive any benefits until 2014. The money collected will go to the national debt of about 20 trillion dollars, and not your health care. Be sure you know who you are putting in office,because it may be another disaster like the change you can believe in hoo-dooed a lot of uninformed voters who are changing their minds,but just a little late studying facts,not ten second sound bites and taking it for the gospel that has lead us to this point of bad decision making. The gov.wants to take care of you from cradle to grave and you jump and do what they say,not what they as individuals do and have. By the way,your leaders in Washington are now making plans to loan the European Union,a trillion dollars to prop it up for they are broke to. We are just printing money with nothing to back it up. We do not have the money to loan.We are in debt we won't pay off for many generations to come, if then. (California is on the list to get tax money to pay them out of bankruptcy also) This ups our debt a bunch.
Know who and what you vote for.
I agree. This person hasn't a clue what it's like for most of the folks in the US. With unemployment sill at 10% and with wages flatlined for the last 10 years he still blames the individual for the being uninformed. Heck folks are just trying to survive.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. (Wikipedia)
The FDA is led by a Commissioner of Food and Drugs, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Wikipedia)
Nicotine is an addictive drug. It causes changes in the brain that make people want to use it more and more. In addition, addictive drugs cause unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. The good feelings that result when an addictive drug is present — and the bad feelings when it's absent — make breaking any addiction very difficult. Nicotine addiction has historically been one of the hardest addictions to break. (American Heart Association)
Federal tax increases cigarette tax from 39 cents a pack to $1.01, and applies to all tobacco products. (USA Today)
Nicotine content in cigarettes has slowly increased over the years, and one study found that there was an average increase of 1.6% per year between the years of 1998 and 2005. This was found for all major market categories of cigarettes. (Wikipedia)
Could the government be considered a drug cartel?
They use a governmental organization that allows a private company to increase levels of nicotine in their products increasing the addiction by the people. Then government levies a huge tax on the product.
Government uses the excuse that higher taxes encourage people to stop smoking. If that were true, why wouldn’t the government just ban the use of nicotine through the governmental organization (FDA or USFDA)?
Because they allow the citizens to become addicted to a drug (nicotine) which is (more addictive than cocaine or heroin) knowing they cannot easily stop because of the addictive power of the drug and then collect huge tax revenues.
That would be similar to ordinary street drug dealers increasing the cost of street drugs using the excuse that they are attempting to get people addicted to street drugs to stop using the drug!
The federal government collects about 45 Million per day on tobacco tax alone.
Georgia and every other state is following the federal goverment. For example - Georgia went from 0.12 to 0.37 cents per pack.
I know that non smokers are not fond of smokers but wrong is wrong. What will be next on government's agenda?
Good point. Like a person can buy an item in a store or on the internet but if they are caught with it, it is contraband. Why allow the sale in the first place?
#4.1&4.1.1
You bet your a$$ I call myself informed. If you did not have a one tract mind you would be informed on how harmful this man in the White House really is. I must remember you are probably in the 47% that is getting tax-payer money that you did not earn, but is being taken away from someone else that first had to earn the money so the gov can use force, take it away, and give it to people that are too lazy to stand on their own two feet.
As for the 10% unemployment, when Obama came to power he inherited a 6% unemployment. He also said that if you pass my stimulus bill, unemployment will not go above 8%. He lied. You people gave him a pass.
The wages for the last 10 years have not been flat. It got down to a little over 4%. If you stayed at a flat line salary for the last 10 yrs. this tells me a lot about you. Not very bright.
If people are just trying to get by, I guess this means you, Then get off of your keister, research what a person stands for,read the constitution, understand the Bill of Rights, and if the people do not politic on it, kick their Hines out of office and find someone that will go by it or put them in the streets where they belong. Thats how you get by, and every one prospers.
Do not listen to a 10 second sound bite and take it to be the gospel. Get off your, just gettin by posterior, and research to the truth of their platform. Look at their past voting record. Then you will be informed also.
#6 Trooper T
You really sound like a shining jewel. The socialist trying to take over our country wishes they had a million just like you---Which way did he go George-and how high do you want me to jump. You crawl for the scraps they are throwing at you. That sounds about like your comment.
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real news. Quit hiding your head in the ground.
Those people are selling us ( The United States)out to the highest bidder.
They want us to be like all third world countries. If you like -FREEDOM-
give us a break.
Remember,when a new politician is elected they feel they must have something to say or come up with a worthless law,such as this mandate that everyone will buy the type of health ins. that those people in Washington will tell us to buy.Personally I do not think it is any of their business what I buy.Just think , if you do not buy what they tell you,our Imperial Federalist Government intend to put the most feared part of the gov-- The I.R.S.--on you.If you do not conform you will be fined ,levies put on your property,and jail or both. If you try to get out of it even if you are broke and do not have the money. It makes no difference to them.The fines will be less than the premiums you will be told to pay for your type of ins. This has been set up this way, hoping you pay the fine and not the premium. The gov. will spend this money on buying more votes,and you still will not be covered by ins. If you studied the bill this would be known to you.
The Obama health bill puts all of your personal information in a super computer-- checking account--savings account--investment accounts--your 401 account--personal wealth,and holdings,you have accumulated all of your life,makes no matter what it is , if it has value it will go in the computer.You think you will be getting something for nothing,It ain't so.If you owe the gov. a balance on a medical procedure,and do not pay your bill in a timely fashion,the gov. just reaches in and takes money out of these accounts without notifying you till after the fact.Then if you need a sum of money to buy something you want, the money may not be there,and guess what will happen to your check or credit card.
The people that wish Obama and Democrats stay in office are probably a part of the 47% of the households that pay no Federal tax, and part of the 60% of households that get assistance from the gov. for one reason or another.The Democrats have been working for years and years to get as many people off of the tax list and put them on the receiving list,which is almost a majority now. This gives them a group of people that will always keep them in power, no matter what they do.People that have this type of small minded thoughts will jump through hoops and crawl to keep the scraps the Democrats will throw at them,to stay in power.
This bill, if it is not overturned will break us in the long run, and we will be another Greece. The people in the gov. have made sweetheart deals with the unions in Greece,kinda like the ones Obama has made in this country with the same type of unions and some states that will not have to pay like everyone else. People will be rioting in the streets when the gov. runs out of money, and there is no one to pay all of the cost. Study Greece,look at their situation and you will get a good look at our future to come in a few years.How can you want to pay premiums on health care and not receive any benefits until 2014. The money collected will go to the national debt of about 20 trillion dollars, and not your health care. Be sure you know who you are putting in office,because it may be another disaster like the change you can believe in hoo-dooed a lot of uninformed voters who are changing their minds,but just a little late studying facts,not ten second sound bites and taking it for the gospel that has lead us to this point of bad decision making. The gov.wants to take care of you from cradle to grave and you jump and do what they say,not what they as individuals do and have. By the way,your leaders in Washington are now making plans to loan the European Union,a trillion dollars to prop it up for they are broke to. We are just printing money with nothing to back it up. We do not have the money to loan.We are in debt we won't pay off for many generations to come, if then. (California is on the list to get tax money to pay them out of bankruptcy also) This ups our debt a bunch.
Know who and what you vote for.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. (Wikipedia)
The FDA is led by a Commissioner of Food and Drugs, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Wikipedia)
Nicotine is an addictive drug. It causes changes in the brain that make people want to use it more and more. In addition, addictive drugs cause unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. The good feelings that result when an addictive drug is present — and the bad feelings when it's absent — make breaking any addiction very difficult. Nicotine addiction has historically been one of the hardest addictions to break. (American Heart Association)
Federal tax increases cigarette tax from 39 cents a pack to $1.01, and applies to all tobacco products. (USA Today)
Nicotine content in cigarettes has slowly increased over the years, and one study found that there was an average increase of 1.6% per year between the years of 1998 and 2005. This was found for all major market categories of cigarettes. (Wikipedia)
Could the government be considered a drug cartel?
They use a governmental organization that allows a private company to increase levels of nicotine in their products increasing the addiction by the people. Then government levies a huge tax on the product.
Government uses the excuse that higher taxes encourage people to stop smoking. If that were true, why wouldn’t the government just ban the use of nicotine through the governmental organization (FDA or USFDA)?
Because they allow the citizens to become addicted to a drug (nicotine) which is (more addictive than cocaine or heroin) knowing they cannot easily stop because of the addictive power of the drug and then collect huge tax revenues.
That would be similar to ordinary street drug dealers increasing the cost of street drugs using the excuse that they are attempting to get people addicted to street drugs to stop using the drug!
The federal government collects about 45 Million per day on tobacco tax alone.
Georgia and every other state is following the federal goverment. For example - Georgia went from 0.12 to 0.37 cents per pack.
I know that non smokers are not fond of smokers but wrong is wrong. What will be next on government's agenda?
You bet your a$$ I call myself informed. If you did not have a one tract mind you would be informed on how harmful this man in the White House really is. I must remember you are probably in the 47% that is getting tax-payer money that you did not earn, but is being taken away from someone else that first had to earn the money so the gov can use force, take it away, and give it to people that are too lazy to stand on their own two feet.
As for the 10% unemployment, when Obama came to power he inherited a 6% unemployment. He also said that if you pass my stimulus bill, unemployment will not go above 8%. He lied. You people gave him a pass.
The wages for the last 10 years have not been flat. It got down to a little over 4%. If you stayed at a flat line salary for the last 10 yrs. this tells me a lot about you. Not very bright.
If people are just trying to get by, I guess this means you, Then get off of your keister, research what a person stands for,read the constitution, understand the Bill of Rights, and if the people do not politic on it, kick their Hines out of office and find someone that will go by it or put them in the streets where they belong. Thats how you get by, and every one prospers.
Do not listen to a 10 second sound bite and take it to be the gospel. Get off your, just gettin by posterior, and research to the truth of their platform. Look at their past voting record. Then you will be informed also.
You really sound like a shining jewel. The socialist trying to take over our country wishes they had a million just like you---Which way did he go George-and how high do you want me to jump. You crawl for the scraps they are throwing at you. That sounds about like your comment.