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Muslim Endorsements for Washington’s Primary Elections: Tax, Tax, Tax!

12:35 pm, August 6th, 2010 on Politics, Taxes

Yay for More Taxes!

Having multiple email addresses provides the benefit of signing up for various email lists anonymously.

So, a recent email from a Muslim email list, sent out by the self-proclaimed spokesman for everybody, Jeff Siddiqui, contains the list of his endorsements for the Muslim “community”:

List of candidates and issues to vote for
a.. US Senate Too many candidate for now. Patty Murray has avoided meeting with Muslims ever since 9-11 (I would like to know which Muslim groups she has met with…I doubt if there are any). Until we have a meeting with the different candidates, vote for Dino Rossi.
b.. US Representative District 1 Would prefer Jay Inslee, but he does has not stood up to protect Muslims in spite of the many opportunities he has had; maybe after we have had an chance to meet him and speak with him, we will review but for now, vote for Matthew Burke.
c.. US Representative District 7 vote for Jim McDermott. He is certainly the BEST candidate of all.
d.. US Representative District 8 vote for Susan DelBene. DO NOT VOTE for Reichert who supported everything against Muslims, that he could find.
e.. US Representative District 8 vote for Adam Smith. He is a decent enough fellow even if he does not (yet) have the courage to support equal rights for Muslims.
Levies and initiatives:
a.. Initiative Measure 1053 Vote “NO!” This will place all tax decisions in the hands of the Republican Party and so far, they have not shown themselves to be concerned about the poor.
b.. Initiative Measure 1098 Vote “YES!!!” This will move the tax burdens according to income, it will relieve the poor and remove the regressive sales taxes. It may also REDUCE B&O taxes.
c.. Initiative Measure 1100 Vote “YES” This will get the state OUT of the business of selling alcohol.
d.. Initiative Measure 1105 Vote “YES” This may help raise taxes on sales of alcohol.
e.. Initiative Measure 1107 Vote “NOOOO!!!” Why should we remove sales tax on junk food like candy and soft drinks?
f.. Referendum 52 Vote “YES” This will help raise funds for energy projects in schools by continuing the existing sales taxes on bottled water…good all the way around!
g.. House Joint Resolution 4220 Vote “YES” This will permit judges to refuse bail for people accused of crimes that could end in life sentences.

Snohomish County:
a.. State Senator Dist 21 Paull Shin is fairly harmless, we may as well vote for him…not sure if the Republican candidates are any good.
b.. State Representative Dist 1 Position 2 Vote for Lius Moscuso His heart is in the right place for civil rights
c.. State Supreme Court Position 1 Vote for Stan Rambaugh DO NOT VOTE for Johnson, he is very conservative and is unlikely to help minorities.
d.. School Levies Support them (vote ‘YES’), our schools need all the support we can give them.
King County:
a.. District Court N-E Electoral District Judge Position 7 Vote for Ketu Shah He is a Great person and will help keep justice in America.

No wonder Republicans don’t like Muslims. If people like Jeff Siddiqui were to decide policy for us, we’d be taxed to death and taxed even after that.

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Recently Elected GOP Governor of VA Wants to Raise Taxes

4:19 pm, May 10th, 2010 on GOP, Politics, Taxes, Tea Party

No Taxes: Ha!

So, Bob McDonnell, the recently elected governor of Virginia, is trying to impose a stealth tax by establishing tolls on the I-95.

Isn’t this guy a big, big, big, big darling of the Tea Party?!

And, didn’t he almost pledge to cut taxes and not raise them once elected?

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NH: No Longer A Land of “Live Free or Die”

12:27 pm, December 16th, 2009 on New Hampshire, Taxes

NH is now dominated by tax-obsessed Democrats who have been looking for sneaky ways to raise taxes on the citizens of the state. The latest move expands the dividends tax to income from LLCs and partnerships, in effect, a personal income tax. Specifically, LLCs with non-transferrrable shares will be required this newly expanded tax.

The biggest problem with this change is that is was made without any public hearing on the matter, or public input whatsoever. Public input, of course, would have scuppered the plans, as clearly shown by some of the comments made to the article…

D. Delorey of Francestown writes:

This will have election consequences. Raising taxes retroactively on small businesses in a recession will be the fuel for next election’s engine of change. My new bumper sticker is: “CHANGE IT BACK”.

Jill of Bedford writes:

Our dental practice which employs 30 people is now being hit with a new $45,000 tax. They are calling the income that my husband and I earn (and pay income tax on) a ‘profit’. We already pay a Business enterprise tax. If we lose our appeal we will lay off 2 employees out of 12. This is really happening all over the state. The 2 employees will end up on government assistance.
Welcome to taxachusett

Kris MacNeil of Concord writes:

NEVER should lawmakers pass a tax (or regulation or law for that matter) without a public hearing to enable the folks in the trenches to testify about the ramifications, and unforeseen consequences of said tax/regulation/law. Law makers and the state agencies who are supposed to be working WITH their citizens and licensees are not experts in the day-to-day operations of their lives and careers. The really sad thing is, that as our small businesses fail, there is no one tracking what happens to employers, who DON’T hit your unemployment rosters and re-training efforts. That is a whole class of folks that are not hitting your “lists” of folks hurt by the economy and poor decisions reached by uncaring/uninformed law makers and state agencies. Without public hearings, those folks are completely lost in the shuffle and never part of awareness or future evidence for issues that may arise in the future.

Hopefully, John Lynch will finally lose some of his public appeal and his astronomic approval ratings.

Taxes

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Probing Tax Evaders

7:02 pm, August 19th, 2009 on Taxes

If the US and British tax regimes were simpler, with lower taxes, fewer brackets, and lesser paperwork and bureaucracy, we’d have far fewer tax evaders than we do now.

But, alas, who’s to explain the efficiency and efficacy of this model to the liberals who run our countries.

It’s a lot more glamorous to attack individuals who are simply trying to save some money, money that they worked hard to earn, their own money, money they don’t want to give away to the government to fund more hare-brained spending schemes.

They claim that tax evaders are criminals. No. The government that taxes us to death, even literally, is criminal.

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Another of Obama’s Hidden Taxes

10:01 pm, August 13th, 2009 on Economy, Taxes, White House

President Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on us in some way or the other.

His latest proposal to impose new fees on banks and mortgage companies, supposedly to finance more bureaucratic oversight, will surely be passed on to us consumers in the form of new and/or higher fees and charges.

A banking industry lobbyist claims:

We think that it’s outrageous to disproportionately and unevenly impose the cost of new regulation on the top banks… The largest banks … should not be forced by the government to . . . pay the larger share of the funding costs of the [consumer financial protection agency] and regulatory oversight.

It’s not as if the banks will absorb even a single dollar of Obama’s new fees. As it is banks are increasing their fees on us consumers. With more federal charges, they will have now a valid excuse to jack ‘em up further. Of course, corporate clients will see some charges increased, but the bulk of the money will come from us, as has always happened.

We already have the FDIC, FEC, SEC, Treasury Dept. and dozens of other government agencies who provide some sort of regulatory control over the banking industry. A cheaper proposal to increase oversight, if you were so inclined, would be to expand the responsibility of one of these agencies, cut costs and streamline the whole process.

Another bureaucratic federal agency solves nothing. It just adds another tax on our plate.

Obama

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WA Ranks Near The Top For The Most Taxes Among the States

8:46 pm, July 22nd, 2009 on Taxes, Washington State

According to a recent Policy Highlighter of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, following are the rankings for Washington state on the tax front among all the states: Read on »

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Why do Dems Hate the Rich?

1:17 pm, July 14th, 2009 on Economy, Taxes

A 5.4 percent “surtax” on millionaires is being pondered by the House to fuel the Dems’ uncontrolled spending.

This will be in addition to increased taxes on individuals earning more than $280,000 and couples earning more than 350,000.

As Barone put it a few months back, all these tax hikes will only…

threaten to depress the animal spirits that we depend on for economic recovery…

by throttling an easy source of economic growth: investments by rich Americans inside the USA.

Anyone remember Jimmy Carter? Barack Obama might be playing with fire if he doesn’t pay heed to preventing these Carter-esque policies from being implemented.

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Would you pay for a license to watch TV?

12:46 am, June 11th, 2009 on Europe, Media, Taxes

The people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pay £142.50, approximately $232 US, annually to their socialist government to be able to watch TV inside their living rooms, TVs that they bought and paid for with their own money, hopefully, even if they only watch cable TV, for which they are paying the usual subscription charges. Amazing!

So, the BBC is my bible, as you can tell from the frequency that it is quoted on this site. And, I was reading an editorial blog post about changes to the BBC website, which removes the old system of selecting your version of the BBC site. You used to be able to select between the international and UK versions, much like what CNN still allows. The news was the same but the order of importance given to the different topics varied in the two versions. Read on »

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More taxes in WA – Obama giveth, state taketh

6:18 am, April 18th, 2009 on Taxes, Washington State

Washington already has one of the highest state sales tax rates in the US, at 6.5%, a little behind New Jersey and California. Total averages with local taxes are at 8.5% already, behind only TN and LA. King county in WA sits pretty at 9%. King County recently increased its sales tax by .5% to 9.5%.

And, that’s only for the next 6 months, at which point the Council will decide whether to increase it further. Read on »

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