Top Income tax bracket went from 35% to 39.6%
Top Income payroll tax went from 37.4% to 52.2%
Capital Gains tax went from 15% to 28%
Dividends tax went from 15% to 39.6%
Estate tax went from 0% to 55%
Remember this fact: These taxes were all passed only with Democrat votes and with the full support of Barack Obama.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Anonymous Facebook Comment About Obamacare from a Health Care Industry Insider
"I am in the industry. It is destroying families. I have
been helping people for the last 90 days. Not one person has benefited from it.
I see it everyday. If it is so wonderful why did they close the enrollments.
People can't get signed up now until next November or December.
People who have a private insurance now are paying way less than ACA. People who are uninsurable can't afford it. Why are there way more people willing to pay the penalty than get insured? Six million people have signed up. That is less than half the people who work in New York City each day."
Editor's comment: Also, how many of the six million sign-ups are people who lost their coverage because of Obamacare, and how many are the freeloaders who get free, subsidized, health care paid for by you and me?
People who have a private insurance now are paying way less than ACA. People who are uninsurable can't afford it. Why are there way more people willing to pay the penalty than get insured? Six million people have signed up. That is less than half the people who work in New York City each day."
Editor's comment: Also, how many of the six million sign-ups are people who lost their coverage because of Obamacare, and how many are the freeloaders who get free, subsidized, health care paid for by you and me?
Charles Koch: I'm Fighting to Restore a Free Society
Instead of welcoming free debate, collectivists engage in character assassination
Updated April 2, 2014 7:47 p.m. ET
I have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles
that enable people to improve their lives. It is those principles—the
principles of a free society—that have shaped my life, my family, our company
and America itself.
Unfortunately, the fundamental concepts of dignity, respect,
equality before the law and personal freedom are under attack by the nation's
own government. That's why, if we want to restore a free society and create
greater well-being and opportunity for all Americans, we have no choice but to
fight for those principles. I have been doing so for more than 50 years,
primarily through educational efforts. It was only in the past decade that I
realized the need to also engage in the political process.
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A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people
and what they value. In a truly free society, any business that disrespects its
customers will fail, and deserves to do so. The same should be true of any
government that disrespects its citizens. The central belief and fatal conceit
of the current administration is that you are incapable of running your own
life, but those in power are capable of running it for you. This is the essence
of big government and collectivism.
More than 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson warned that this could
happen. "The natural progress of things," Jefferson wrote, "is
for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." He knew that no
government could possibly run citizens' lives for the better. The more
government tries to control, the greater the disaster, as shown by the current
health-care debacle. Collectivists (those who stand for government control of
the means of production and how people live their lives) promise heaven but
deliver hell. For them, the promised end justifies the means.
Instead
of encouraging free and open debate, collectivists strive to discredit and
intimidate opponents. They engage in character assassination. (I should know,
as the almost daily target of their attacks.) This is the approach that Arthur
Schopenhauer described in the 19th century, that Saul Alinsky famously advocated in the 20th, and that
so many despots have infamously practiced. Such tactics are the antithesis of
what is required for a free society—and a telltale sign that the collectivists
do not have good answers.
Rather than try to understand my vision for a free society or
accurately report the facts about Koch Industries, our critics would have you
believe we're "un-American" and trying to "rig the system,"
that we're against "environmental protection" or eager to "end
workplace safety standards." These falsehoods remind me of the late Sen.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan's observation, "Everyone is entitled to his own
opinion, but not to his own facts." Here are some facts about my
philosophy and our company:
Koch companies employ 60,000 Americans, who make many thousands of
products that Americans want and need. According to government figures, our
employees and the 143,000 additional American jobs they support generate nearly
$11.7 billion in compensation and benefits. About one-third of our U.S.-based
employees are union members.
Koch employees have earned well over 700 awards for environmental,
health and safety excellence since 2009, many of them from the Environmental
Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. EPA
officials have commended us for our "commitment to a cleaner
environment" and called us "a model for other companies."
Our refineries have consistently ranked among the best in the
nation for low per-barrel emissions. In 2012, our Total Case Incident Rate (an
important safety measure) was 67% better than a Bureau of Labor Statistics
average for peer industries. Even so, we have never rested on our laurels. We
believe there is always room for innovation and improvement.
Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing
cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective
tariffs—even when we benefit from them. I believe that cronyism is nothing more
than welfare for the rich and powerful, and should be abolished.
Koch Industries was the only major producer in the ethanol
industry to argue for the demise of the ethanol tax credit in 2011. That
government handout (which cost taxpayers billions) needlessly drove up food and
fuel prices as well as other costs for consumers—many of whom were poor or
otherwise disadvantaged. Now the mandate needs to go, so that consumers and the
marketplace are the ones who decide the future of ethanol.
Instead of fostering a system that enables people to help
themselves, America is now saddled with a system that destroys value, raises
costs, hinders innovation and relegates millions of citizens to a life of poverty,
dependency and hopelessness. This is what happens when elected officials
believe that people's lives are better run by politicians and regulators than
by the people themselves. Those in power fail to see that more government means
less liberty, and liberty is the essence of what it means to be American. Love
of liberty is the American ideal.
If more businesses (and elected officials) were to embrace a
vision of creating real value for people in a principled way, our nation would
be far better off—not just today, but for generations to come. I'm dedicated to
fighting for that vision. I'm convinced most Americans believe it's worth
fighting for, too.
Mr.
Koch is chairman and CEO of Koch Industries.
Obamacare is a Huge Success
Why Obamacare is a Fantastic Success (for him)
By Wayne Allyn Root
There are 2 major political parties in America. I’m a member of the naïve, stupid, and cowardly one. I’m a Republican. How stupid is the GOP? They still don’t get it. I told them 5 years ago, 2 books ago, a national bestseller ago (“The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide”), and in hundreds of articles and commentaries, that Obamacare was never meant to help America, or heal the sick, or lower healthcare costs, or lower the debt, or expand the economy.
The GOP needs to stop calling Obamacare a “trainwreck.” That means it’s a mistake, or accident. That means it’s a gigantic flop, or failure. It’s NOT. This is a brilliant, cynical, and purposeful attempt to damage the U.S. economy, kill jobs, and bring down capitalism. It’s not a failure, it’s Obama’s grand success. It’s not a “trainwreck,” Obamacare is a suicide attack. He wants to hurt us, to bring us to our knees, to capitulate- so we agree under duress to accept and become dependent on his socialist big government.
Obama’s hero and mentor was Saul Alinsky- a radical Marxist intent on destroying capitalism. Alinksky’s stated advice was to call the other guy “a terrorist” to hide your own intensions. To scream that the other guy is “ruining America,” while you are the one actually plotting the destruction of America. To claim again and again…in every sentence of every speech…that you are “saving the middle class,” while you are busy wiping out the middle class.
The GOP is so stupid they can’t see it. There are no mistakes here. This is a planned purposeful attack. The tell-tale sign isn’t the disastrous start to Obamacare. Or the devastating effect the new taxes are having on the economy. Or the death of full-time jobs. Or the overwhelming debt. Or the dramatic increases in health insurance rates. Or the 50% of doctors now thinking of retiring- bringing on a healthcare crisis of unimaginable proportions. Forget all that.
The real sign that this is a purposeful attack upon capitalism is how many Obama administration members and Democratic Congressmen are openly calling Tea Party Republicans and anyone who wants to stop Obamacare “terrorists.” There’s the clue. Even the clueless GOP should be able to see that. They are calling the reasonable people…the patriots…the people who believe in the Constitution…the people who believe exactly what the Founding Fathers believed…the people who want to take power away from corrupt politicians who have put America $17 trillion in debt and still climbing… terrorists?
That’s because they are Saul Alinsky-ing the GOP. The people trying to purposely hurt America, capitalism and the middle class…are calling the patriots by a terrible name to fool, confuse and distract the public.
Obamacare is a raving, rollicking, fantastic success. Stop calling it a failure. Here is what it was created to do. It is succeeding on all counts.
#1) Obamacare was intended to bring about the Marxist dream- redistribution of wealth . Rich people, small business owners, and the working middle class are being robbed, so that the money can be redistributed to poor people. Some who have never had a job. (who vote Democrat). Think about it. If you’re rich or middle class, you now have to pay for your own healthcare costs (at much higher rates) AND 40 million other people’s costs too (through massive tax increases). So you’re stuck paying for both bills. You are left broke. Brilliant.
#2) Obamacare was intended to wipe out the middle class and make them dependent on government. Think about it. Even Obama’s IRS predicts that health insurance for a typical American family by 2016 will be $10,000 per year. But how would middle class Americans pay that bill and have anything left for food or housing or living? People that make $40K, or $50K, or $60K can’t possibly hope to spend $10K on health insurance without becoming homeless. Bingo. That’s how you make middle class people dependent on government. That’s how you make everyone addicted to government checks. Brilliant.
#3) As a bonus, Obamacare is intended to kill every decent paying job in the economy, creating only crummy part-time jobs. Why? Just to make sure the middle class is trapped, with no way out. Just to make sure no one has the $10,000 per year to pay for health insurance, thereby guaranteeing they become wards of the state. Brilliant.
#4) Obamacare is intended to bankrupt small business, and therefore starve donations to the GOP. Think about it. Do you know a small business owner? I know hundreds of them. Their rates are being doubled, tripled and quadrupled by Obamacare. Guess who writes 75% of the checks to Republican candidates and conservative causes? Small business. Even if a small business owner manages to survive, he or she certainly can’t write a big check to the GOP anymore. Money is the “mother’s milk” of politics. Without donations, a political party ceases to exist. Bingo. That’s the point of Obamacare. Obama is bankrupting his political opposition and drying up donations to the GOP. Brilliant.
#5) Obamacare is intended to make the IRS all-powerful. It adds thousands of new IRS agents. It puts the IRS in charge of overseeing 15% of the U.S. economy. The IRS has the right because of Obamacare to snoop into every aspect of your life, to go into your bank accounts, to fine you, to frighten you, to intimidate you. And Obama and his socialist cabal have access to your deepest medical secrets. That information is now in the hands of Obama and the IRS to blackmail GOP candidates into either not running, or supporting bigger government, or leaking the info and ruining your campaign. Or have you forgotten the IRS harassed, intimidated and persecuted critics of Obama and conservative groups? Now Obama hands the IRS even more power. Big Brother rules our lives. Brilliant.
#6) Obamacare is intended to unionize 15 million healthcare workers. That produces $15 billion in new union dues. That money goes to fund Democratic candidates and socialist causes- thereby guaranteeing Obama’s friends never lose another election, and Obama’s policies keep ruining capitalism and bankrupting business owners long after he’s out of office.
Message to the GOP: This isn’t a game. This isn’t tiddly-winks. This is a serious, purposeful attempt to highjack America and destroy capitalism. This isn’t a trainwreck. It’s purposeful suicide. It’s not failing, it’s working exactly according to plan. Obama knows what he’s doing. Stop apologizing and start fighting.
Oh and one more thing…Conservatives aren’t “terrorists.” We are patriots and saviors. We represent the Constitution and the Founding Fathers. We are the heroes and good guys. Unless you get all this through your thick skulls, America is lost… forever.
By Wayne Allyn Root
There are 2 major political parties in America. I’m a member of the naïve, stupid, and cowardly one. I’m a Republican. How stupid is the GOP? They still don’t get it. I told them 5 years ago, 2 books ago, a national bestseller ago (“The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide”), and in hundreds of articles and commentaries, that Obamacare was never meant to help America, or heal the sick, or lower healthcare costs, or lower the debt, or expand the economy.
The GOP needs to stop calling Obamacare a “trainwreck.” That means it’s a mistake, or accident. That means it’s a gigantic flop, or failure. It’s NOT. This is a brilliant, cynical, and purposeful attempt to damage the U.S. economy, kill jobs, and bring down capitalism. It’s not a failure, it’s Obama’s grand success. It’s not a “trainwreck,” Obamacare is a suicide attack. He wants to hurt us, to bring us to our knees, to capitulate- so we agree under duress to accept and become dependent on his socialist big government.
Obama’s hero and mentor was Saul Alinsky- a radical Marxist intent on destroying capitalism. Alinksky’s stated advice was to call the other guy “a terrorist” to hide your own intensions. To scream that the other guy is “ruining America,” while you are the one actually plotting the destruction of America. To claim again and again…in every sentence of every speech…that you are “saving the middle class,” while you are busy wiping out the middle class.
The GOP is so stupid they can’t see it. There are no mistakes here. This is a planned purposeful attack. The tell-tale sign isn’t the disastrous start to Obamacare. Or the devastating effect the new taxes are having on the economy. Or the death of full-time jobs. Or the overwhelming debt. Or the dramatic increases in health insurance rates. Or the 50% of doctors now thinking of retiring- bringing on a healthcare crisis of unimaginable proportions. Forget all that.
The real sign that this is a purposeful attack upon capitalism is how many Obama administration members and Democratic Congressmen are openly calling Tea Party Republicans and anyone who wants to stop Obamacare “terrorists.” There’s the clue. Even the clueless GOP should be able to see that. They are calling the reasonable people…the patriots…the people who believe in the Constitution…the people who believe exactly what the Founding Fathers believed…the people who want to take power away from corrupt politicians who have put America $17 trillion in debt and still climbing… terrorists?
That’s because they are Saul Alinsky-ing the GOP. The people trying to purposely hurt America, capitalism and the middle class…are calling the patriots by a terrible name to fool, confuse and distract the public.
Obamacare is a raving, rollicking, fantastic success. Stop calling it a failure. Here is what it was created to do. It is succeeding on all counts.
#1) Obamacare was intended to bring about the Marxist dream- redistribution of wealth . Rich people, small business owners, and the working middle class are being robbed, so that the money can be redistributed to poor people. Some who have never had a job. (who vote Democrat). Think about it. If you’re rich or middle class, you now have to pay for your own healthcare costs (at much higher rates) AND 40 million other people’s costs too (through massive tax increases). So you’re stuck paying for both bills. You are left broke. Brilliant.
#2) Obamacare was intended to wipe out the middle class and make them dependent on government. Think about it. Even Obama’s IRS predicts that health insurance for a typical American family by 2016 will be $10,000 per year. But how would middle class Americans pay that bill and have anything left for food or housing or living? People that make $40K, or $50K, or $60K can’t possibly hope to spend $10K on health insurance without becoming homeless. Bingo. That’s how you make middle class people dependent on government. That’s how you make everyone addicted to government checks. Brilliant.
#3) As a bonus, Obamacare is intended to kill every decent paying job in the economy, creating only crummy part-time jobs. Why? Just to make sure the middle class is trapped, with no way out. Just to make sure no one has the $10,000 per year to pay for health insurance, thereby guaranteeing they become wards of the state. Brilliant.
#4) Obamacare is intended to bankrupt small business, and therefore starve donations to the GOP. Think about it. Do you know a small business owner? I know hundreds of them. Their rates are being doubled, tripled and quadrupled by Obamacare. Guess who writes 75% of the checks to Republican candidates and conservative causes? Small business. Even if a small business owner manages to survive, he or she certainly can’t write a big check to the GOP anymore. Money is the “mother’s milk” of politics. Without donations, a political party ceases to exist. Bingo. That’s the point of Obamacare. Obama is bankrupting his political opposition and drying up donations to the GOP. Brilliant.
#5) Obamacare is intended to make the IRS all-powerful. It adds thousands of new IRS agents. It puts the IRS in charge of overseeing 15% of the U.S. economy. The IRS has the right because of Obamacare to snoop into every aspect of your life, to go into your bank accounts, to fine you, to frighten you, to intimidate you. And Obama and his socialist cabal have access to your deepest medical secrets. That information is now in the hands of Obama and the IRS to blackmail GOP candidates into either not running, or supporting bigger government, or leaking the info and ruining your campaign. Or have you forgotten the IRS harassed, intimidated and persecuted critics of Obama and conservative groups? Now Obama hands the IRS even more power. Big Brother rules our lives. Brilliant.
#6) Obamacare is intended to unionize 15 million healthcare workers. That produces $15 billion in new union dues. That money goes to fund Democratic candidates and socialist causes- thereby guaranteeing Obama’s friends never lose another election, and Obama’s policies keep ruining capitalism and bankrupting business owners long after he’s out of office.
Message to the GOP: This isn’t a game. This isn’t tiddly-winks. This is a serious, purposeful attempt to highjack America and destroy capitalism. This isn’t a trainwreck. It’s purposeful suicide. It’s not failing, it’s working exactly according to plan. Obama knows what he’s doing. Stop apologizing and start fighting.
Oh and one more thing…Conservatives aren’t “terrorists.” We are patriots and saviors. We represent the Constitution and the Founding Fathers. We are the heroes and good guys. Unless you get all this through your thick skulls, America is lost… forever.
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