• Home
  • Our Founding Principles
  • Fun Stuff
  • Send Comment
  • About
  • Cooking is Fun!
  • Sengewalt Family Portal
  • Dottie’s 60th Seneca Celebration

Restore Liberty

~ Return to our Founding Principles

Restore Liberty

Tag Archives: Harry Reid

The Roots of Decay

24 Monday Sep 2012

Posted by Mike Sengewalt in Commentary

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

culture, debt, decay, defecit, Democrat Party, FDR, Harry Reid, Obama

This is why we are deep in debt, our entitlement programs are bankrupt, our schools are failing and our culture is decaying.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

Chutzpah

17 Friday Aug 2012

Posted by Mike Sengewalt in Commentary

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

chutzpah, Harry Reid, Mitt, Mitt Romney, tax returns

Talk about Democrat chutzpah. Harry Reid has not produced one tax return in his 30 plus year career. And Obama has hidden just about everything in his past (or made stuff up as in his books) and refuses to comply with document requests in Congressional investigations.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

The Corrupt Media

07 Tuesday Aug 2012

Posted by Mike Sengewalt in Commentary

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

corrupt, Harry Reid, lie, main stream media, Mitt Romney, nancy Pelosi, Obama, press, tax returns

It would not be possible for the Democrat leader of the US Senate, Harry Reid, to make bold and unsubstantiated accusations about a Presidential candidate without the willing cooperation of the mainstream press. Not only has he repeated the false allegation that Mitt Romney has not paid his taxes but now the Democrat minority leader in the House Nancy Pelosi is touting those allegations as “the truth”. There is no doubt that if Mitt Romney ever failed to pay his taxes the IRS would be all over him. For the press to let this go on shows the level of corruption in the main stream media outlets today.

This is no more than a desperate attempt by the Obama campaign to have something to use against Romney. Since Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have no integrity they prove to be useful pawns to do the President’s dirty work. They really don’t have to find anything; they will just create a lie about it and repeat it over and over again. When the press runs interference for you the truth is a victim left far behind.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

Barry & Harry, we need your help

06 Monday Aug 2012

Posted by Mike Sengewalt in Commentary

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

fair share, Gold medal, Harry Reid, Obama, Olympics, tax, you didn't build that

There are several bills being introduced that would eliminate the tax on medal winners in the Olympics. Americans who medal at the games are paid $25,000 for a gold medal victory, $15,000 for a silver win and $10,000 for a bronze finish. The bonuses are paid by the U.S. Olympic Committee. This can result in tax bills of nearly $9,000 for each gold medal, $5,400 for each silver and $3,500 for each bronze.

Harry, we need you to stop this non-sense. Kill these bills just as you have killed budget bills for three years.  President Obama, remind Americans that we all must pay our fair share. These selfish athletes have the belief that their hard work and sacrifice lead them to winning a medal. They forget all the help they received along the way. Perhaps we should even take the medals and put them on display in Washington for all to enjoy and to remind us that without the government there would be no medals.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

Cynical Battle over Bush Tax Cuts Extension

25 Wednesday Jul 2012

Posted by Mike Sengewalt in Commentary

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Bush tax cuts, Democrat Party, George Bush, Harry Reid, middle class, Mitch McConnel, Obama, recession, rich, Senate, tax rates

Today the Senate will vote on extending the Bush tax cuts. The Democrats will present a cherry picking bill that would let the cuts on the so-called wealthy expire. They do this is spite of the fact that Obama, in a rare moment of truth, said that the last thing we need to do in a recession is to raise taxes. The Democrats know that they will not get 60 votes and it will fail. This is what is called a safe vote, the Democrats can vote on it for their constituents knowing that it will fail. It is a very cynical part of daily politics. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, is making it interesting because he may allow a vote to take place with a simple majority rather than requiring 60 votes to pass. This will put some Democrat Senators in tight races in a position of raising taxes on farmers and small businesses. The Republicans will also present a bill to extend most or all of the cuts and will fail as well.

This is ridiculous. These cuts go back to 2001. They have been used as a political weapon by both parties for years. The vast majority of both Democrats and Republicans know that letting the cuts on the “upper income levels” expire will have a devastating effect on the economy. Even if they are extended businesses will not have the confidence that they will stick to really start investing their capital. These cuts should be made permanent until a fundamental re-write of the tax code is made. In the long run we need a much simpler tax system with permanently low rates to sustain a good environment for a strong economy.

Below, see a list of the most well-known tax increases that could occur on January 1, 2013. These are several others that will expire as well.

Tax Rates: 

  • The 10% tax bracket will expire, reverting to 15%
  • The 25% tax rate would rise to 28%
  • The 28% rate would rise to 31%
  • The 33% rate would rise to 36%
  • The 35% rate would rise to 39.6%

Marriage Penalty Provisions:

  • The standard deduction for married couples will fall, no longer double what it is for single filers;
  • The ceiling of the 15% bracket for married couples will fall; no longer double what it is for single filers

Other Provisions:

  • The child tax credit will fall from $1,000 to $500
  • The tax rate on long-term capital gains earned by middle and upper-income people would rise from 15% to 20%
  • The tax rate on qualified dividends earned by middle and upper-income people would rise from 15% to ordinary wage tax rates
  • The PEP (personal exemptions phase-outs) and Pease provisions (overall limitation on itemized deductions) would be restored, rescinding from high-income people the value of some exemptions and deductions.
  • Dependent care credit — increase of dollar limit on creditable expenses from $2,400 to $3,000 ($4,800 to $6,000 for two or more children), increase of applicable credit percentage from 30 to 35 percent, increase of beginning point of phase-out range from $10,000 to $15,000.
  • Education IRAs (Coverdell education savings accounts) — increase of maximum annual contribution from $500 to $2,000, expansion of definition of qualified education expenses, increase in the size of the phase-out range for married filers to double that of unmarried filers, provision of special needs beneficiary rules, contributions by corporations and other entities, and contributions until April 15th, permitted.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

Timely Advice

"Senator, my belief is we have to stay focused on a military that is so lethal that on the battle field it will be the enemy's longest day & worst day when they run into that force," - General James "Mad-Dog" Mattis

“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” — H.L. Menken

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."

Thomas Jefferson

"The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife."

Teddy Roosevelt

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.
John Marshall, McCullough v. Maryland, 1819

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Ronald Reagan

Recent Posts

  • The Constitution is Preserved
  • The Silence of Libertarians & the ACLU is Deafening
  • The Other Well Kept Secret
  • Let’s Remember and Celebrate our Independence Day.
  • The Shadow Party

Twitter Log

Error: Please make sure the Twitter account is public.

Archives

  • February 2020
  • February 2018
  • November 2017
  • July 2017
  • April 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • September 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • December 2014
  • September 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • December 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • August 2011

My Favorite Links

  • Home
  • Tribute to Your Freedom
  • Drudge Report
  • Walter Williams
  • Thomas Sowell
  • Ann Coulter
  • Mike Adams
  • Michelle Malkin
  • Weekly Standard
  • Cal Thomas
  • National Review
  • Real Clear Politics
  • Media Research Center
  • Debt Clock

Blogs I Follow

  • Sengewalt Family Portal
  • Attila Ovari
  • High Heels and Handguns
  • Hiking Photography
  • divadoll123
  • American Bulwark
  • twitchy.com
  • asdfasdfafsdasdfasdasdf.wordpress.com/
  • Canadian Hiking Photography
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • THE ARC
  • Jessica Chasmar
  • A Patriotic Nurse
  • Belle Grove Plantation Bed and Breakfast
  • what's the formula?
  • the living notebook
  • Acoloredgirl's Blog
  • Kemberlee's Blog
  • Conservative Colloquium
  • Restore Liberty

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

Sengewalt Family Portal

Attila Ovari

High Heels and Handguns

This princess is armed- The prince can't always be there to rescue you

Hiking Photography

divadoll123

Absolutely, positively, and unequivocally NOT an Obamamama!

American Bulwark

A house divided against itself cannot stand - Lincoln

twitchy.com

Who Said What

asdfasdfafsdasdfasdasdf.wordpress.com/

Canadian Hiking Photography

Fuzzy Logic

Just another blogger blogging

THE ARC

Articulate Ruminations Of A Conservative

Jessica Chasmar

Culture on the rocks with a splash of snark

A Patriotic Nurse

Belle Grove Plantation Bed and Breakfast

Birthplace of James Madison and Southern Plantation

what's the formula?

Nurturing awesomeness: from the parents of celebrities, heroes, trailblazers and leaders

the living notebook

creativity : art : philosophy : productivity : writing

Acoloredgirl's Blog

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Kemberlee's Blog

My little page for my little thoughts

Conservative Colloquium

An Intellectual Forum for All Things Conservative

Restore Liberty

Return to our Founding Principles

Cancel
%d bloggers like this: