Veteran Expositions

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You know, it’s a shame when our Federal Government totally ignores Illegal Invaders coming into our country, and a State has to take a stand. I am very glad to see it happen and now, as of today, I have heard of 13 other states considering similar legislation.
Every Veteran and Every active duty military person should support Arizona! Why?? If you have to ask that question then you don’t understand that WE veterans put our lives on the line to keep illegal invaders OUT of our country.
Why did we do that? Out of love for our Country and our way of life and our families. Isn’t that good enough? Very obviously it’s not to Our “Commander in Chief” and all the idiots who slammed the legislation without even reading it. What’s with that? These are the same people that don’t give a s*** about the lives being lost by our military NOR for the lives they are ruining in our country.
If I had my way, EVERY government employee, from the President to the newest military private to the newest Civil Servant, that feels we should not protect ourselves from illegal invaders, would be fired. They do NOT deserve to work in our country. Then they should all be stripped of their citizenship and, if they want to stay here, they would have to prove they are worthy.

Wow, I can go on, but, I have to find a job that some Illegal Invader has taken from me.

What do you think?

Here are 13 changes in the massive overhaul that could impact your tax bill, for better or worse.

The new health care reform law is chock-full of new taxes and tax increases that will affect many individuals and businesses, but it will be years before most of these hikes take a bite out of your — or your company’s — wallet. The law also has tax breaks to help both individuals and small businesses pay for insurance.

1. A new 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services on services provided after June 30, 2010.

2. The new law gives small firms tax credits as incentives to provide coverage, starting this tax year. Employers with 10 or fewer workers and average annual wages of less than $25,000 can receive a credit of up to 35% of their health premium costs each year through 2013. The credit is phased out for firms larger than that and disappears completely if a company has more than 25 employees or average annual wages of $50,000 or more. Beginning in 2014, small firms that sign up with one of the health exchanges to be created can receive a credit of up to 50% of their costs.

3. A requirement that businesses include the value of the health care benefits they provide to employees on W-2s, beginning with W-2s for 2011.

4. Elimination of a deduction employers now take for providing Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage to their retirees to the extent that the federal government subsidizes the coverage. This will not take effect until 2013.

5. Doubling the penalty for nonqualified distributions from health savings accounts, to 20%, beginning in 2011.

6. A limit on the amount that employees can contribute to health care flexible spending accounts to $2,500 a year, but the cap won’t take effect until 2013.

7. A ban on using funds from flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements or health savings accounts for the cost of over-the-counter medications, starting in 2011.

8. Starting in 2013, a 0.9% Medicare surtax will apply to wages in excess of $200,000 for single taxpayers and over $250,000 for married couples. Also, for the first time ever, a Medicare tax will apply to investment income of high earners. The 3.8% levy will hit the lesser of (1) their unearned income or (2) the amount by which their adjusted gross income exceeds the $200,000 or $250,000 threshold amounts. The new law defines unearned income as interest, dividends, capital gains, annuities, royalties, and rents. Tax-exempt interest won’t be included, nor will income from retirement accounts.

9. A hike in the 7.5% floor on itemized deductions for medical expenses to 10%, beginning in 2013. But taxpayers age 65 and over are exempt from the cutback through 2016.

10. A new 40% excise tax, beginning in 2018, on high-cost health plans, levied on the portion that exceeds $10,200 for individuals and $27,500 for families.

11. A new tax on individuals who don’t obtain adequate health coverage by 2014. The tax is be phased in over three years, starting at the greater of $95, or 1% of income, in 2014, and rising to the greater of $695, or 2.5% of income, in 2016.

12. Providing a refundable tax credit, once the individual mandate takes effect in 2014, to help low-income folks purchase coverage. To be eligible, a person’s household income must be between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty level, generally around $11,000 to $44,000 for singles and $22,000 to $88,000 for families.

13. A nondeductible fee charged to businesses with 50 or more employees if the firms fail to offer adequate coverage. The fee will equal $2,000 times the number of employees, though it won’t count the first 30 workers in that calculation

I challenge the IRS or whomever to come after me!

I was totally shocked today when I heard that the President opened some areas for oil drilling. It’s about time! With all of the foreign countries drilling and taking our oil we have to get there quickly to try to become self sufficient regarding power.

Now, let’s see what happens. Would it surprise me if after the November elections the President reverses himself? No.

But for now, 1 point to the President.

On March 25th I posed the question about the Trickle Down Affect of the Health Care mess in the health care category.

It didn’t take long, now that businesses can “see” the law, for the trend began.

Between the 25th and 26th a few large companies came out and said the bill will hurt them and will hit them pretty hard. AT&T, Verizon, Caterpillar, Deere, Valero Energy, AK Steel and 3M said “said a tax provision in the new health care law will make it far more expensive to provide prescription drug coverage to their retired employees. Now, both retirees and current employees of those companies are wondering whether the new law could mean reduced or canceled benefits for them in the future.”

The list continues to grow. On Wednesday the 31st Boeing pretty much said the same thing.

You don’t even have to think very hard to realize that the American People are going to take a hit. AT&T and Verizon are going to have to pass along, to US, increases in our rates. You watch – it will happen! Valero Energy provides us with gasoline for our cars. Oh, no! Gas prices will have to increase. Prices for food will follow as the trucking companies get hit with increased fuel costs. And oil is used in many of the products we use all the time.

Look around the room you are in right now. What is in that room that 3M has made? Whatever it is will probably cost more soon. And airplanes is Boeing so I guess the airlines will raise prices to pay for the planes.

This year our fuel oil, for heat and hot water, cost about $2.79 a gallon. The smallest delivery size we can get is 100 gallons which equals $279.00. I can only wonder what it will cost next winter. $3.79 a gallon? $4.50 a gallon?

My fellow veterans, get on the stick and start getting on the people who put this into law and get on the people that can reverse it. NOW! (No more reunions because of the costs???)

I was worried before and even more now. We are about to be screwed!

And that’s my view.

On March 25th I posed the question about the Trickle Down Affect of the Health Care mess.

It didn’t take long, now that businesses can “see” the law, for the trend began.

Between the 25th and 26th a few large companies came out and said the bill will hurt them and will hit them pretty hard. AT&T, Verizon, Caterpillar, Deere, Valero Energy, AK Steel and 3M said “a tax provision in the new health care law will make it far more expensive to provide prescription drug coverage to their retired employees. Now, both retirees and current employees of those companies are wondering whether the new law could mean reduced or canceled benefits for them in the future.”

The list continues to grow. On Wednesday the 31st Boeing pretty much said the same thing.

You don’t even have to think very hard to realize that the American People are going to take a hit. AT&T and Verizon are going to have to pass along, to US, increases in our rates. You watch – it will happen! Valero Energy provides us with gasoline for our cars. Oh, no! Gas prices will have to increase. Prices for food will follow as the trucking companies get hit with increased fuel costs. And oil is used in many of the products we use all the time.

Look around the room you are in right now. What is in that room that 3M has made? Whatever it is will probably cost more soon. And airplanes is Boeing so I guess the airlines will raise prices to pay for the planes.

This year our fuel oil, for heat and hot water, cost about $2.79 a gallon. The smallest delivery size we can get is 100 gallons which equals $279.00. I can only wonder what it will cost next winter. $3.79 a gallon? $4.50 a gallon?

My fellow veterans and my fellow Americans, get on the stick and start getting on the people who put this into law and get on the people that can reverse it. NOW! (No more reunions because of the costs???)

I was worried before and even more now.

Opinions are welcome!

Ah, the GOP. I wonder if they are listening to the people as much as they proclaim. Have you seen their site? Their headline is “Fire Pelosi”! Why doesn’t it say “Reclaim America for The People”?

Maybe they have the wrong people doing the job of planning for the elections in 2010. If they have the right people then were is the Platform for ALL of the seats, nation wide, they want to take over?

In my opinion they should scrap the mentality of firing people and let US, the People, decide who to fire? In all of the polls I have watched over the last six months or so the AMERICAN PEOPLE want some constructive legislation and the AMERICAN PEOPLE want to be heard.

This morning (March 25, 2010) I sent the following email to the GOP.

“Hello,
FIRE PELOSI is NOT what we want to hear. That is stupid, dumb and tells me you are not listening to the American People.

If you ARE THE PARTY that listens TO THE PEOPLE you would at least send me an email that you have read this.“

Read that list.
If they drill for oil, instead of giving it away and buying from the countries that don’t like us, it does a couple of things. It creates some jobs and it helps reduce the deficit.
Repeal the Health Care mess saves money for small businesses thus letting them hire people which is job creation. More Americans working and less unemployed saves us money and cuts the deficit.
NO AMNESTY – hmmm, let’s see – more jobs for Americans – less money being spent for Illegal Invader healthcare – less crime.

Here are a couple of ideas that are not on the list simply because I was so made at their stupidity I forgot to add them.
1 – Stop the drug companies from advertising drugs that do more harm than good. Let your doctor tell you what you need, not some commercial.
2 – Make our NATIONAL language ENGLISH!
3 – Stop importing workers from foreign countries and give the jobs to AMERICANS. An over whelming majority of these jobs are high tech and high paying.
4 – Make companies that want to do business in the United States hire Americans. STOP the outsourcing of American’s jobs like Technical Support and customer service.

When you read this I want to hear your ideas for saving money and increasing jobs.

And that’s my view.

Chevron-Led Team Discovers Billions of Barrels in Gulf of Mexico’s Deep Water
The Jack No. 2 test well lies about 175 miles off the Louisiana coast and is half-owned by Chevron. The other half is split between Devon Energy and Statoil.
By Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 6, 2006

An oil discovery by Chevron Corp. has bolstered prospects that petroleum companies will be able to tap giant reserves that lie far beneath the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Check out the entire article here.

Seems there is more oil around here to add jobs, bolster the economy and improve our security.

3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota and Montana’s Bakken Formation—25 Times More Than 1995 Estimate—
Released: 4/10/2008 2:25:36 PM by the USGS (United States Geological Survey)

There is an email flying around talking about Trillions of barrels of oil in the north part of our country. Upon some investigation the actual amount is only (only?) 3-4.3 billion barrels.

Perhaps some of that could help get away from Foreign Oil usage AND produce some long term jobs and make our country’s more secure.

Here is the USGS page.

A few days ago the President announced he wants a bipartisan meeting to discuss healthcare among other topics. I don’t know!? He claims it will be to discuss openly and hear all sides and hear different suggestions, plans etc.

After he made that announcement he said the healthcare bill, that most of us don’t want and are wary of, will be the starting point. That sure does not seem very open.

Take all of the 2,700 pages of that bill and all of the copies and you can probably burn them all and heat a lot of homes for a day or so. Put it to good use!

Start that whole process over again and do the entire things in pieces that make sense and would accomplish what everyone (?) wants without spending any money. How?

1 – Start with opening up competition in the insurance industry by dropping the restrictions for crossing state borders. Put that into law, and ONLY THAT, and watch costs. They will probably drop much the same way that auto insurance dropped.

2 – Eliminate ALL coverage for ILLEGAL INVADERS of our country. These people are draining the resources of healthcare providers all over the country. Gee, I do believe that would save some money.

3 – Stop Drug company Television ads. – You must have seen some of these ads. They offer you a drug to stop one thing but the side effects can kill you. Say what? These are dangerous. No TV ads, medicine prices drop and medicine will be more available to more people.

3 –Cap on malpractice awards. Some of the awards are justified but maybe the amounts are not. If this is capped the insurance the doctors have to purchase (passing that on to patients) will cost less thereby reducing doctor costs – help more people.

4 –Reduce fraud in Medicare & Medicaid saving money. I have read and heard of huge payments being made for people that passed away fifteen or more years ago. I am pretty sure those people are not using the services. The last time I looked, October 2009, Medicare fraud is costing $60,000,000,000.00 per year. Medicaid dollars are kept by individual states but the numbers I have seen are staggering. Reduce this and guess what – MONEY SAVED and more people covered!

5 – Make English our National language. Now at first glance people think “what has that have to do with reducing costs for healthcare?”.
A reasonable question. When was the last time you read instructions for medications in 2, 3, 4, 5 languages. It seems to me that it costs something to translate and print all that stuff. Another thing, my blood pressure would not rise when trying to find the English part of the triple fold out paper with print so small (because of all the languages?) because it would all be English.

You know, read these again and think about each one. Some side affects might even be JOB CREATION!

THAT IS WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN AT THE SUMMIT!!

And that’s my view.