Every Representative who voted YES on adjournment refused to stop tax hikes

Tax Hike! Reduction In Income Coming to Your Paycheck in January - Courtesy of Nancy Pelosi " Roll Call of Dem Voting No
Every single person working in the United States, regardless of income level, will be bringing home less in their paychecks this January as Federal Taxes Increase this January. Both the House and the Senate, by voice vote, passed a motion to take a break in order to return to their home districts and States to campaign for re-election - it is what was not taken up for a vote in either chamber of the Congress that will impact every single Taxpayer - the Bush Tax Cuts. Cutting through...

Hand the Taxpayer a Receipt
The left half of the blogosphere is getting pretty excited by this idea of the Third Way's to provide an itemized receipt for what your Tax Dollars are spent on: There seems to be an unspoken assumption that opposition to Spending rests on misperception of what the money is spent on; Americans tell pollsters they want to Cut Spending, but it turns out that what they really want Cut is the imaginary fortune they think we spend on foreign aid. But of course, it seems to me that this could just as...

Tax debate should bypass old German theory
The expiry of Bush-era Tax Cuts at year end, as originally legislated, could knock back the already anemic U.S. recovery. Deficit hawks reckon that’s an acceptable risk, saying America just can’t afford to extend them. But that viewpoint assumes some belief in Wagner’s Law, which posits ever-higher public Spending — a bit of dogma in need of debunking. If Congress can’t agree to extend the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts on labor and investment income, real GDP growth in...

Japan hikes ciggies tax, now $5 a pack
AP Japan has imposed a record 40 per cent Tax hike on Cigarettes, effectively raising the price on most brands by a third, to curb smoking. The hike, which lifted the price of the popular Mild Seven brand to Y410 ($A5) per pack, will raise Y63.1 Billion ($A782 million) over the first year, the finance ministry said on Friday. But the primary goal is to encourage smokers to quit, officials at the health and finance ministries said. Japan Tobacco, the world's third-largest tobacco maker, said...

Etheridge Casts Deciding Vote for Higher Taxes
, every American Income Tax payer faces a Tax Increase. Millions of small businesses also face a Tax Increase and anyone who dies will have to pay a death Tax of up to 55%. All these Tax Increases are baked in the cake. They are on the books. Here’s the bottom line — according to independent number crunchers at the Tax Foundation , these Tax Increases will cost $1477 per Middle Class family in our district. In the Middle of a Recession. When families are struggling. You might think...

Japan imposes record 40 percent tax hike on cigarettes to encourage people to quit smoking
Tokyo — Japan imposed a record 40 percent Tax hike on Cigarettes in a bid to curb the nation's Smoking rate — the highest among major industrialized nations. The hike, effective from Friday, will raise the price of Japan's most popular brand, Mild Seven, by a third to 410 yen ($4.93) a pack, bringing it closer to prices in the U.S. In the weeks leading up to the Tax Increase, smokers across the country stocked up on Cigarettes, some buying cartons by the armful. "The aim is to...

Take this job and shove it
The Washington Post reports that citizens are not backing down in their own backyards: Obama stood patiently as one woman described, at length, her fears that the U.S. Health-care system will soon resemble that of Great Britain. Next, a man spent several minutes describing the way his Small Business works — and his unhappiness with the prospects of a Tax hike. When the man veered off into his thoughts on Chinese currency, Obama interrupted. “Okay, we’re going way afield...

Taxed $25 billion more, but it's not enough
By Frank Keegan Taxpayers gave up almost $25 Billion more to state and municipal governments in the year ending June 30 than they did for the same period only three years ago. And the total taken is more than $143 Billion -49 percent -greater than if governments had limited Tax Increases to the Inflation rate since 2000.

Al Junhke's Spin
Earlier this week, I criticized the MPR-Humphrey Institute poll because its findings didn’t match with well-documented information. Earlier this evening, Rep. Al Junhke posted this tweet: Wow…I learned tonight on Almanac from the GOP’ers on the couch, if polls don’t support your Candidate, they are bad. Who knew? Rep. Junhke, I didn’t complain when other polls showed Sen. Dayton leading, with the exception of the Minnesota Poll/Humphrey Institute poll. I’ve...

California budget deal 'agreed'
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers have struck a Budget deal aimed at bridging the State's $19.1bn (12.1bn) Deficit, Mr Schwarzenegger says. The agreement came as the State entered the fourth month of its Fiscal Year without a Spending plan. Lawmakers could vote on the deal on Thursday, said Democrat Darrel Steinberg, who heads the Senate. Mr Schwarzenegger had declared a Fiscal State of Emergency in July. Continue reading the main story Related stories Mr...

Boehner: U.S. House is in a 'State of Emergency'
Friday, October 01, 2010 By Chris Neefus House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio addresses the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) Washington (CNSNews.com) House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that the House of Representatives is in a State of Emergency due to rules that discourage debate and foster Corruption. In a policy Speech at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., Boehner...

Obama hails departing Rahm Emanuel, the #$&@)* tough guy who chokes up anyway (SFW)
Rahm Emanuel, the savyy, rough-talking top aide to President Obama , left his White House job today to return to what every Windy City pol regards as the Big Leagues, the nation's No. 3 city where he'll seek to become head of the long-dominant Democratic machine that he once served as a go-fer. He must register his candidacy by Nov. 22. Obama gave his longtime political friend a send-off full of bounteous praise (see full text and video below), and what sounded like a mayoral...

What Are Superdelegates?
With a close Democratic race for the presidential nominee, the role of delegates and super delegates could become increasingly more important leading up to the Democratic National Convention in August. Former Democratic Strategist David Sirota and political legal analyst Stanley Brand explain why superdelegates are important. Copyright © 2008 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MICHEL MARTIN, host:...

Republican-Haters For The GOP
Tom Jensen identifies the key electoral bloc: Republicans in Congress are incredibly unpopular. And many of the party's Senate nominees across the country are too. Yet the party is still headed for a big Election year. The reason? About 20% of the country is unhappy with both sides- and they're leaning strongly toward the GOP. Our last National Poll found that 19% of voters both disapproved of Barack Obama's job performance and disapproved of the Republicans in Congress. Those folks are...

Conservatism gone wrong: A WSJ fairy tale
As The New Republic's Jonathan Chait explained back in June, the right has been constructing a narrative in which the failures of President Bush are attributed to a lack of adherence to "real" Conservatism, which by definition can never fail politically or substantively. In an editorial today, the Wall Street Journal tries the same approach to explaining away the defeat of the GOP Congress on Tuesday. First, the WSJ claims "Big Government Conservatism" is a losing proposition and voters...

Stimulus Comes In With Little or No Fraud, On Time, Under Budget
Though I will continue to criticize those who use Creative Accounting to claim that TARP “worked,” I cannot say the same for the Stimulus package. You can legitimately claim that the Stimulus was too small - it was, and we’re facing the political consequences of that to this very day. What you cannot claim is that the Stimulus didn’t succeed in its (too limited) aims - to create or save millions of Jobs, and to lay down long-term investments for the...

The other tax increases
Related Articles This week, Congress adjourned until after the election, but not without a serious debate about maintaining current Tax Rates. As you may know, if Congress fails to act, the nation will see a $3.8 Trillion Tax Increase on January 1, 2011. Many in Congress are concerned that the uncertainty about where Tax levels will end up is causing businesses to hold off on investment and job growth. When Democratic leaders announced that the House would adjourn without considering Tax...

US House Whip-Up, Fri 10/1/10: Hoyer reverses, now supports extending ALL Bush tax cuts
Posted by Clyde Middleton on Oct 1 2010 Filed under News & Opinion , Politics . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry HOLY Hoyer!!!! In quite a stunning reversal, last evening Leader Hoyer broke with President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and well himself and announced that Democrats now support extending the current Tax Rates for ALL Americans. As ABC News reports , Leader I was against them...

Campaign Watchdog: Tax claims about Ben Chandler 'mostly false'
The facts: Americans for Tax Reform, a Washington Non-profit led by former corporate Lobbyist and Republican Party Activist Grover Norquist , has booked more than $170,000 worth of air time to attack Chandler, who stands for re-election Nov. 2 against Republican lawyer Andy Barr of Lexington. In its current ad, the group tells Central Kentuckians that Chandler voted over and over again to raise your taxes. It cites five House votes from 2007 and 2008 as evidence. Voting to raise taxes...

Kudos to GRRL
The Great River Regional Library should be applauded for digitizing part of their library system . It’s only fair that they get praised after I criticized them when the DFL brought its Misery Tour to St. Cloud in February, 2009. At the time, here’s what I wrote about them: The low point of the Testimony was the Great River Regional Librarys representative, quite possibly given by Kirsty Smith, told the legislators that they should raise taxes so that GRRL could continue...

'105 Democratic Lawmakers Reject Any Social Security Reform'
. . . at least unless “reform” consists entirely of Tax Increases . Says Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio): “We strongly believe that cuts to Social Security benefits must not be part of any recommendations or policymaking. We believe that Social Security should never be privatized and that the Retirement Age should never be raised.” Senator Bernie Sanders (Socialist, Vermont) offers the familiar argument against means-testing: “It makes a good sound bite to say that,...

Horner's Troubles Beginning
If there’s anything that will get a politician in trouble, it’s lying. Based on MPR’s reporting , it’s safe to consider Tom Horner in deep trouble: Officials at the Minnesota Department of Revenue are saying Independence Party Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Horner has not submitted his Budget plan for review, but that Horner’s campaign contacted them to see if the Tax plan would work. At the most recent debate last week, Horner said he submitted his Budget plan for a...

MA 2010 Election Update " Roll Call of Dems who Voted to Stay in Session to avoid Tax Increase in 2011 " Not One Mass. Rep. on the List!
MA 2010 Election Update - Roll Call of Dems who Voted to Stay in Session to avoid Tax Increase in 2011 - Not One Mass. Rep. on the List! skip to main |

Dems Skip Town To Campaign, Leaving Americans To Worry About Looming Tax Increases
The New York Times writes today, Congress on Thursday adopted a stopgap spending measure to finance the government through Dec. 3 as lawmakers dashed for an earlier-than-expected exodus from Washington and headed home to focus on the Midterm Elections. . . . The last day of the brief September session was as notable for what did not get done as for what did. Neither chamber voted on the expiring Bush-era Tax Cuts as Democrats skipped a politically treacherous debate and Republicans...

The Seattle Times: Politics: A bare-knuckles politician hulks over Senate race here
Washington — The most powerful U.S. senators run on a high-octane mix of fear and IOUs — they cause the former and collect the latter. For 38 Years, few have been as fearsome or held as many chits as Ted Stevens, the irascible Republican from Alaska. But four days before Christmas, when he tried to cash in those IOUs to approve Oil Drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Stevens found himself stymied by a freshman senator from a Democratic State: Maria Cantwell. The...