Greetings to our constituents, fellow Floridians, and all Americans, here we are for another weekly update. There is only one word that describes the past week: appalling.
It was appalling to hear the President of the United States truly threaten our nation’s senior citizens and Military Veterans/Retirees. Furthermore, the blatant lie that 80% of Americans want their taxes raised is beyond unconscionable.
I believe we are headed towards the ultimate ideological clash in America. There is a widening chasm which has developed between those who believe in principled fiscal policies and those desiring the socialist bureaucratic nanny-state. An unfortunate aspect to this is the complicity of a mainstream media which does not report facts, but rather ideological bias. This clash will determine the future and legacy of our Constitutional Republic.
I know who wins in the end, but it is going to be one heck of a fight.
This week the House GOP shall vote on a plan that will enable us to protect the full faith and credit of the United States but also tackle the long-term fiscal viability of our nation. The plan is summarized by the concept of “Cut, Cap, and Balance.” Our Congressional office issued a statement on Friday which explains the legislation, of which I am an original cosponsor - you can click here to view.
Neither I nor any other reasonable person wants to see the United States default on its debt interest payments and threaten a potential rise in our interest rates. I do not want to see my country devolve into the European situation played out in Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, or Spain (PIIGS). However, now is the time to get our fiscal house in order by implementing spending control measures which will begin to turn around our economic ship of state.
We must have equitable and immediate spending cuts to our non-defense discretionary spending. We must cap federal government spending as per the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), currently near 25%, down between 18-20% putting it in line with revenues. And lastly, we must have a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution which will force us to prioritize and operate within our means, similar to American households and many state governments.
As for President Barack Obama, he has no such plan. He has never had a plan, just words, just speeches. His Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 failed 0-97 in the United States Senate. Speaking of the Senate, it has been over 800 days since the Senate, under Democrat control, has passed a budget.
President Obama has added some $4.5 trillion to our national debt in less than three years. President Obama has produced record deficits, the negative difference between revenues and spending, of $1.42 trillion, $1.29 trillion, and an estimated $1.65 trillion for each year since taking office.
The unemployment rate under President Obama is a problem of epic proportions, national (9.2%), black community (16.2%), and among veterans (approx 12%). This comes from someone who told us his almost trillion-dollar stimulus would keep unemployment in America under 8%. As well, the almost $2 trillion Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been a disaster, and the worst is yet to come.
This has nothing to do with race (unfortunately my colleague from Texas, Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee believes so), and it has everything to do with an economic vision which is anathema to our free market/free enterprise system...an economic vision which has failed at every turn.
And all we hear from the President is talk about “shared sacrifice,” “tax the rich,” and “increase revenues by tax hikes.” It was just December 2010 that President Obama and the Democrats extended the Bush era tax rates for two years…now less than a year later they are FLIP-FLOPPING!
The problem is, there is no confidence and certainty in the fiscal vision emanating from Washington D.C. and hence revenues and receipts are down. We are not setting the conditions or creating an environment for economic and job growth. For all of you, that is what has to change, and that is where I am committed to seeing change and not the empty rhetorical doublespeak of 2008.
I suppose the President forgot that 47% of wage earning households in America do not pay federal income taxes.
In the area of foreign policy, the United States has officially recognized the Libyan rebels as the “legitimate” government of Libya. Now, I am just a simple fella from down South, but I recall a previous Democrat President recognizing a bunch of undefined ideological zealots called the Taliban…and we all see how that ended up!
The voices of the American people who want sound fiscal, taxation, and regulatory policy need to be heard this week. I am issuing a “call to action” – let the White House, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid hear how you feel. Are there REALLY 80% of Americans who want higher taxes?
I must confess, when I see anyone with an Obama 2012 bumper sticker, I recognize them as a threat to the gene pool.
Comments
I pull up beside them to see
I pull up beside them to see what a real loser looks like.
By looking into their
By looking into their mirrors? That's probably not a safe way to drive...
Obama Stickers
I have to admit I do the same thing. It fascinates me that after almost 3 years there are people who still have Obama bumper stickers on their cars. It is like having a sign that says "I'm Stupid." A number of them will step on the gas to keep from being seen.
They're stepping on the gas
They're stepping on the gas because people who pull up beside you in traffic and make a point of staring at you are creeps. They probably think you're some sort of a nut.
West is a "Know Nothing"
The Tea Partiers are distroying the nation.
There was a time when businesses and corporations would stand beside our national governmnet in hard times, now they just move jobs off shore and hide their profits from taxation and to Hell with America! How has this happened?
Now, it seems they completely ignore big business and Wall Street that lead us into this mess. Where would WalMart be without our public highways and streets that are paid for by taxes?
I say to Hell with them, TAX THE RICH"! They benefit the most from a stable governement, highways, infrastructure, and legal system.
tea party
Yea these crazy tea party people! They stand for our Constitutional form of government, less government, and reduced spending. Why would anybody want our government to stop spending and reduce the size of our government when we can "tax the rich"! That's all the libs want to do is "tax the rich" or tax those "evil" corporations. Remember, corporations do not pay tax - they collect tax and it's part of the cost of goods.
Even if our government were to tax the "rich" at 100% there still would not be enough money! And when is the last time that a poor man offered you a job?
We are all job creators
If poor people don't work, rich corporations don't make money! So it isn't just the rich people that are "job creators"! The working class people are also job creators! We KNOW that taxing the rich won't solve all our problems! But your solution to "broaden the base" is outright deranged! You could take everything from the bottom 50 percent of Americans and it still wouldn't add up to what you could get if you increased taxes on the rich. And by "take everything", I mean everything - house, car, refrigerator, dog, etc.
Obama's hypocrisy on the Debt
Oh, forgot to mention - anyone called Odumbo out on this?
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256288/senator-barack-obama-explain...
Seems he was singing a different and diametrically opposite tune 5 years ago.
We forgave Bush for giving up
We forgave Bush for giving up on Bin Laden. He realized that getting one man wasn't the best way to fight terrorism. Obama too has seen the error of his past ways. I think it is good that our leaders are able to learn from experience, instead of just latching on to an ideology for decades.
"Odumbo"?!? Wait, I thought
"Odumbo"?!? Wait, I thought he was one of dem book-learnin' elitists. Weird.
Obama/Debt/Budget
For those who cannot see that Obama is trying, along with his acolytes, to destroy this Republic, you are part of the problem. They need to get their ignorant heads out of abc, cbs, nbc, cnn and msnbc. Fox news and Glenn Beck are not the enemy of this country. Obama and the Democratic/Socialist/Progressive/Marxist (pick any) are domestic terrorists. Obama presents a forged COLB and all the koolaid drinkers think he's the messiah. This traitor has to go.
CC&B
Cut the crap and balance the approach to reducing the deficit with a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. 80% of the American people believe a tax increase must be part of the solution.
No, you've been listening to
No, you've been listening to Obamalama's propaganda. 80% of the population doesn't think a increase in tax. The Gallup Poll disagrees with what the liar-in-chief pulled out of .........thin air.
http://www.qando.net/?p=11078
Blatent lies and real truths
First 80% don't want their taxes raised. 80% want some combination of tax cuts repealed and spending cuts. Cut, cap and balance is a waste of time. 70+ ceilings have been increased without any riders and now all of a sudden the GOP got religion and say they want to save the economy by doing so. I call BS.
Second, those that actually believe it won't be a major issue if the debt ceiling isn't raised are showing they are on the dumb end of the gene pool. Only once in our history did we even miss to make a small debt payment and it cost the government and extra $6 million. Imagine if we don't pay the $500BB principal payment due in August. The debt ceiling needs to be raised to make payments on past debt, not just future debt. These are past approved obligations by both parties. To not raise the debt ceiling is as irresponsible as those that walked away from there homes or stopped paying the bank because they were irresponsible. If you are OK with the tax payers paying more for future debt go ahead and keep your head in the sand and watch how your 401k dwindles and those with variable rate loans have to pay more. Not to mention how new borrowing will cost so much more.
Also you are over inflating the debt since Obama took office as the government was still running on a budget put together by the former admin as well as it was over $10T before he took office. Perhaps math isn't your strong suit either.
Funny but if you ask the average American if they support the US Soldiers, you will get 99%+ to say yes. You ask the same question of those that don't actually serve in the military to pay 3% more to help support the war effort and fix the economy and how many do you think would say hell no. We have more than a spending problem here. Even the GOP approved budget passed this year would raise the debt $6 Trillion. How is that helpful?
Idiots like West and others are unpatriotic because they would rather see the US economy falter if that means a better chance to win in 2012.
As a registered Republican and former Army soldier I say for shame to all of you that hate the current admin just because it is democrat. If you are a real American, you support the commander and chief regardless of party. All politicians need to do what is right for the country and not a "party."
Blatant Lies indeed
Registered Republican, eh?
Are you actually saying that the responsible thing to do is keep digging the hole that future generations will have to dig themselves out of? And out of which orifice did you pull your 80% number?
First of all genius (not so much), tying the debt ceiling to default is complete crap. The government takes in over $200 billion a month in revenue, which is enough to service the debt and meet the obligations of social security, medicare, military pay and everything else that your favorite statists hold hostage for another fix of their money addiction. If the debt ceiling isn't raised, it just means that the government actually has to prioritize spending like every non-politician in the country. Any default or missed social security checks would only happen if your teleprompter dependent messiah chooses to do so.
Second, the Obama budget uses his fraudulent "Stimulus" as a baseline for all future spending. The thing you don't know or don't want to admit is that the Cut, Cap and Balance debt ceiling increase is exceeded by cuts, which your statist buddies won't even entertain. I don't know that you have a math problem, but I am willing to be you do have either a naivete or lying problem.
Third, what sacrifices did you make in the service for the people under your command? Would you have sacrificed your career for your soldiers, as Allen West did for his? I'm guessing not, since you probably didn't have a position of responsibility if you even served at all...
Blatant Lies Indeed
First of all, I am a real American so you can kiss off telling me I'm not because I'm not the blind fool you are supporting this lie in the White House.
Your post wanders all over the place but apparently you think that any restraint on the Marxists that are destroying this country in unpatriotic. So kiss off again.
We do not have a "revenue" problem, there is a river of the hard earned blood and sweat of "real" Americans flowing into DC. To the tune of $200 BILLION a month. No the problem are the MILLIONS in the effing wagon and the MILLIONS in useless and extremely well paid GOVERNMENT paper pushing "jobs"
The day is coming bud and it ain't gonna be pretty.
Obama 2012 Bumper Sticker
Not hard to find just look for the Prius or the Volkswagen bug with the flowers on the antenna. You will find the bumper sticker right next to the chicken tracks - oops the peace sign.
Alan West
West is the real threat to the gene pool.....of all of humanity. This guy is just plain nuts.
Red Country Propaganda
People it's not about the Democrats and it's not about the Republicans! It's about greed, wall street and big banks. If you really want to get a better understanding about why we are in this mess and how it will continue watch this, 8 sections. Inside Job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfTcAcGjcU
This is real people, if you watch this you may have a differnt perspective.
Cheers,
Phil
Offending Bamatrons
I passed one unthinking Obamatron on the road. She backed off about ten or twenty Prius lengths upon spotting my "Repeal Obama" bumper sticker on back.
Riiight.
We want people who make comments like "If you disagree with me, you're a threat to the gene pool" in positions of power.
This guy is a threat to sanity everywhere
Just like most other republicans, he acts on emotions and uses not one of the two brain cells competing for space in the batsh1t filled head he sports. We don't need people like this in power, they are nothing but a stupid distraction and the fill no purpose WHATSOEVER.
No purpose WHATSOEVER?
Gee. Where would you then be able to vent your mindless rage?
Go back to your sandbox. You can rejoin the adults when you have learned not to make ad hominem attacks.
Repubs act on Emotions??????
Repubs act on Emotions?????? Now that's a twist of the funny sort!! ROFLMAO !
Too much rage
First, this kind of hateful rhetoric is unnecessary.
Second, millionaires should pay higher taxes.
Third, democrats and supporters of Obama do not want a nanny state, they want a state that works for everyone regardless of how rich they are.
They want a state that
They want a state that discriminates against the rich. Who is "rich" is defined by the leftists. If they had thier way, people making over 30,000 would be "rich", therefore have less rights and taxed more. People would only be able to enter the middle class with leftist permission. The middle class is the bulwark against the leftist ideology, I'm not surprised they are attempting to tear it down however they can.
Hey, great way to manipulate
Hey, great way to manipulate the numbers, $30,000 defined are rich? By whom? the dems? Where did they ever say this? Typical rightist, make up numbers to support your biased views. What a tool!
Allen West and Hateful Rhetoric
Allen West, you should be ashamed! Don't you have any sense of how similar you sound to the hateful rhetoric of Adolf Hitler?
I am dissappointed to see how quickly you have become just another politiician who is quick to attack what he perceives as the enemy with vicious rhetoric and false statements. You're not in combat anymore. Stop attacking your fellow Americans!
As Hitler understood, it is easy to solidify one's political base behind words of fear, predjudice and hatred. This is also the behavior of a Joe McCarthy style politiican. Not the statesman you should be.
obama has not added to the
obama has not added to the debt. he has only carried on the bush policies (many of i wish he didn't). remember those wars he started? he has also pushed a plan with larger cuts to the deficit than the tea party influenced republicans. but of course they could not agree with him. all this fighting is pure bs. the debt ceiling has to do with money that congress has already allocated. now there is a push against this. by congress. by the people who sent this budget through. this is purely political and while some side show a sense of compromise, the other whines and hopes for political gain. not gain that affects most americans. gain that they hope will affect them. it is sad to watch this selfishness unfold.
Enjoy your (short) time in Congress
Mr. West, you routinely mistake aggression and conceit for courage and honor. You are a disgrace to the great State of Florida, and your district will soon toss you aside as an embarrassment as the military once did. Perhaps you can parlay your short stint in Congress into a low-rent local talk radio show. Being a cheap Rush Limbaugh knock-off would be much better suited to your small, mean character. I look forward to your concession speech.
Words
Words count, Allen West. Your words are lies that you are throwing out to red-state supporters like slop to pigs. 80% of Americans want a sensible resolution to our situation, and there is no reason in the world not to tax those who are living in the US free of charge and making (the top 1%) roughly $7 million per person per year. Why are you protecting these leeches? Who is paying you?
Assaulting the very right of liberals and progressives to live and have children -- making them into some kind of devil that must be exorcised from the country -- can only lead to Nazi violence against those you hate. It has happened several times already, liberals and progressives being murdered, and words like yours are responsible for inflaming your followers even more. If you have nothing constructive to say, sit down and shut up.
No, they don't. Gallup
No, they don't. Gallup disagrees with you and the liar who said this:
http://www.qando.net/?p=11078
Do any of you guys ever check the facts before repeating whatever this lose says?
The Clinton Administration
The Clinton Administration did NOT recognize the Taliban regime which came to power in October 1996.
The Taliban regime was then called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. It only gained diplomatic recognition from three countries: Pakistan as the first, followed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Typical for conservatives, you can't even get basic facts right.
As per "principled fiscal policies" we handed to the Bush Administration a fiscal surplus. You demented fools spent it on a needless war in Iraq and then cut taxes. The result was that you nearly tripled the national debt and then busted the economy. It is a mess that will take a decade or more to clean up.
As for the general tone of this error-filled rant, Mr. West believes that we "headed towards the ultimate ideological clash in America". Bring it on because frankly I've had enough of your insanity.
Obama and the Economy
Bush vs Obama on the Economy.
S&P 500 Index Jan 22, 2001: 1318.54 (day Bush took office)
S&P 500 Index Jan 21 2009: 849.64 (day Bush left office)
S&P 500 Today: 1326.73 (and yet Obama is "anti-business"?? Then why is market capitalization heading upward again?)
Bush's policies resulted in many 401Ks and IRA to drop terribly! People who worked their whole lives and saved for retirement were finiancially killed by Bush.
Employment:
Feb 2001 - 131,097,000 jobs
Jan 2009 - 131,555,000 jobs
Total jobs created during all of Bush's term - 458,000 (Not even half a million jobs)
Total jobs created in 2011 - 3.9 million! In the last 6 months alone, we have created 8 times as many jobs as Bush did in 8 years.
(Source - bls.gov)
The numbers speak for themselves. Obama is far, far better to the US economy than Bush was.
of course!
finally a voice of reason on this issue. these statistics are hard to argue with.
i am not a big obama supporter but he certainly is doing a better job than mccain would have, the job growth and market values increase are enough to show that. they are a result of obamas policy
You Sir....
Mr. West:
You, sir, are a disgrace to your country. Enjoy your single term in office.
Allen West
You're a certifiable nutcase, and conservatives are enemies of America.
You right-wingers and teabaggers hate our nation.
Republicans (like Florida's governor Scott) are deliberately trying to hurt the economy and hurt America in hopes that the president fails so you think you can win in 2012.
Conservatives are the very definition of traitors.
Democrat and Armed
I'm an Obama supporter and I contribute to his campaign and to Actblue to recall those Anti-American Republicans in Wisconsin. I also give to Planned parenthood and will give to Grayson in Florida should he decide to run in a new district.
Oh. I'm also a big proponent of the 2nd amendment and am armed.
So come and get me Teatards, come and get me.
It's a cherry-picking half
It's a cherry-picking half truth to say anything about 80% of Americans want their taxes raised.
The fact is: 80% want some combination of reductions in spending ... and ... repealing tax cuts (that went to the super wealthy) and closing tax loopholes and gimmicks.
Could you redneck, inbread hicks be more stupid?
I can't believe the amount of pig headed ignorance you slack jawed yokels display. It seems like most of you haven't evolved past knuckle dragging troglodyte.
You racist, freedom hating, Constitution twisting hicks are literally terrorists. Much worse and insidious than the Taliban or AlQueda. You are traitors against America and should be treated as such. If America spent as much money hunting terrorists like you instead of injecting ourselves into wars half way across the world we'd be in great shape now. You all deserve to be lined up and shot like the criminals and traitors you are. America is built on the premise of freedom, liberty and equality however, You despise these ideals. Your back woods mentality and your willful ignorance speaks volumes more than your petty words and actions. You and your ilk should be hunted down and hung by the gallows in every city square. So others who are just as misguided and stupid as you can see exactly where your kind of thinking leads. DEATH.
Death to American conservative, "christian" Dominionists! You are the Nazi party of our time, draped in the flag and a cross, Your fascist agenda is flat out based in the desire to perpetrate evil against America. You've sold your citizenship to corporations for the almighty dollar. You should no longer be considered citizens of this great nation. You should be considered domestic terrorists and either made an example of or exiled to some third world country but I doubt they would harbor such a bunch of ignorant, willfully stupid, dangerous, inbred, traitors. Red is the color of blood.. may the streets of America run with yours. America and it's citizens will be better off.
Liberals
Spoken like a true "Non-violent” open minded liberal with typical hate in every breath and word he says. Political violence in this county is usually perpetuated by a person with a liberal mind set. If you cannot accept that just look at the political motivated assignation attempts from JFK forward and then re-read what you just wrote. When a black or woman or any other minority gets off the leftist “Plantation” the hate and vileness that spews forth from the left is beyond the imagination of most normal people.
Always with death
Wow, you neocons really do like setting up killing as the real way froward. Implied in the title of "At this Point, Anyone with an Obama 2012 Bumper Sticker is a Threat to the Gene Pool," is the un-written "so they don't deserve to live." For a group that is apparently supposed to be pro life, you certainly throw around death threats with aplomb.
Good grief.
In the immortal words of Sgt. Hulka, "Lighten up, Francis."
By the way...
...did you happen to read the comment from the peace-loving Liberal just above you, the one who wishes for the streets to run with the blood of Conservatives?
Of course you didn't.
Been my experience that
Been my experience that bullies are usually pussys. This asshat was thrown out of the military for shooting near the ear of a captive. Now he tries to bully a woman. If this joker's parents thought they were raising a man, they failed. Just another puffed-up pussy.
West wasn't "kicked" out of
West wasn't "kicked" out of anything. After he shot the gun into the sand close to the terrorists head (to get info to save his men who were heading into an ambush, he went to his commanding officers to tell them what he'd done. No coward there! He was fined. the cowards are those that are so afraid of this man they have to make up lies so that other liars such as yourself repeat the slander without looking up the facts past some liberal website.
He was not "court martialed" or as you say "kicked out". He was fined $5,000 and voluntarily retired with full benefits.
What you are promoting is PURE POLITICS! based upon lies that so many of you liberals are awash in. Where are you brains?
Here's the real story:http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=169229
And, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_%28politician%29
"At his hearing, West pointed out that there were no further ambushes against American forces in Taji until he was relieved of his leadership post on October 4.[6] After West's retirement, he received more than 2,000 letters and e-mails offering him moral support.[11] Furthermore, a letter supporting West was signed by 95 members of Congress and sent to the Secretary of the Army.[11]"
Apologies accepted.
The gene pool's fine, Adolph. It doesn't need your help
But have fun with your Tea Party Master Race anyway.
West gene pool comment
Hey West, you're a threat to the freaking gene pool! Such cheapjack BS from you is why there's been no positive movement in this country for the last 2 and a half years. You and the rest of the GOP instead of finding common ground and fixing the problems of this country have done nothing but yell NO and bitch and whine! Do something! Have a plan, or if not, some real candidates for 2012 instead of the collection of backwoods, mouth breathing, cousin marrying redneck morons!
"I must confess, when I see
"I must confess, when I see anyone with an Obama 2012 bumper sticker, I recognize them as a threat to the gene pool."
Mr. West, do you think Captain America would endorse your views?
Just remember the world is watching!
As a concerned neighbor to the north I often shake my head at the antics of you folks to the south. I ran across this quote years ago and it comes to mind a lot these days - especially in election periods... "You Americans...you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder..." Witness this farce of a government that you put together in such a way that, although at the onset it looked like a huge stride forward in tolerance and a desire for peace and diplomacy, served only to highlight the deeply troubling thread of hatred and intolerance and inability to work together because of partisan bickering. One of your own writers, Starhawk, (who I deeply respect and admire) once wrote "you can only pick up the beer cans in your own path'. You folks are so tied up in your 'dominant power' persona and meddling in world affairs that you neglect to deal with your own internal wounds of human rights violations and dirty industry which is destroying the very planet we live on. I have long observed that this western civilization is on the brink of collapse and you are the crest of the wave. I don't know if the collapse will result in complete worldwide anarchy (although it sometimes looks like a distinct possibility), but I do know that unless there is a groundswell of grassroots "let's stop infighting and start thinking and acting responsibly" your wish to be the dominant power may well come true in a brutal implosion of the entire human race, with America in the first wave of lemming-like hurtling over the cliff.
Shortly after nine eleven, a professor from Massachusetts said crucial events like that had caused Americans to act with true honour, spirit and integrity but he didn't think it would be so in this case as you were too immersed in your national culture of greed and 'us first'. Too bad he was right.
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