http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/spreadthewealth/ en-us Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:53:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013928/posts Kim Jong Un building 'mini world' with replica Big Ben and Eiffel Tower Chubby tyrant Kim Jong Un is building a “miniature world” in North Korea – with a replica of London's Big Ben at its heart. The dictator is set to open the theme park in capital Pyongyang – and has included the iconic clock tower. The new attraction, which opens this year, will also boast a copy of Paris’ Eiffel Tower. The secretive state famously doesn’t allow its citizens to leave the country – so it appears Jong Un has decided to bring the world to his people.... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013928/posts#comment Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3001492/posts Indian tribes seek federal bailout money for casinos A native-American tribe struggling to keep its Foxwoods Resort Casino in the red is now turning to the U.S. government for a helping hand. The Associated Press reports that the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has already received more than $4.5 million in grants from the Department of Health and Human Services and from the Interior Department in the last five years. But now members are facing tough times with its casino — which used to be a billion-dollar empire — and are looking at the government for more grants, AP says. Critics... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3001492/posts#comment Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:04:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983681/posts • Tendai Biti made the announcement at press conference declaring: 'Last week when we paid civil servants there was $217 in government coffers' • However he today contradicted his claims by saying the following day $30m was paid into government accounts • Result is culmination of years of ruinous economic policy by Zimbabwe's despotic President Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe's finance minister has taken a hard look at the cash strapped country's bank accounts - and discovered it only has £138 and 34 pence left. Tendai Biti made the announcement at press conference yesterday declaring: 'Last week when we paid civil servants... Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983681/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:59:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975931/posts With the fiscal cliff deal and many Obamacare taxes taking effect, Americans will be slammed with an estimated $264 billion in new taxes this year alone—making 2013 memorable for delivering one of the largest one-year tax increases in American history. The math breakdown of the new taxes is simple: Key parts of the Bush tax cuts will expire as a result of the new fiscal cliff legislation, hitting American taxpayers with a tax bill of about $39.5 billion each year for the next decade. … Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi issued a projection that the tax burden will cut GDP... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975931/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2013 04:44:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975775/posts Here we go again folks, the Obama lies continue to flow.  Remember when he said this?  “I can make a firm pledge.  Under my plan no family making under $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase.  Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains, not any of your taxes.”  Really.  Then how is it that this week when people got their payroll checks they were a little thinner than they were in 2012?  I’m not talking about the “evil rich”, but the average everyday worker.  With the expiration of the payroll tax cut,... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975775/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2013 18:52:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975557/posts Sometimes, watching a Democrat learn something is wonderful, like seeing the family dog finally sit and stay at your command. With President Obama back in office and his life-saving “fiscal cliff” bill jammed through Congress, the new year has brought a surprising turn of events for his sycophantic supporters. “What happened that my Social Security withholding’s in my paycheck just went up?” a poster wrote on the liberal site DemocraticUnderground.com. “My paycheck just went down by an amount that I don’t feel comfortable with. I guarantee this decrease is gonna’ hurt me more than the increase in income taxes will... The Washington Times online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975557/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:23:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975636/posts Pushing back against the Republicans' deficit-reduction strategy, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this weekend that more tax revenues – not just spending cuts – must be a part of Congress's effort to rein in deficits. Pelosi said the tax hikes in the recent “fiscal-cliff” deal are a start, but don't go far enough to generate the revenues the government needs to run the country effectively. "In this legislation we had $620 billion, very significant … changing the high-end tax rate to 39.6 percent. But that is not enough on the revenue side," Pelosi told CBS's Bob Schieffer in... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975636/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:29:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2974181/posts On the One Hand… These should not be foreboding years. The U.S. is in the midst of a veritable energy revolution. There is a godsend of new gas and oil discoveries that will help to curtail our fiscal and foreign policy vulnerabilities — an energy bonanza despite, not because of, the present administration. Demographically, our rivals — the EU, China, Russia, and Japan — are both shrinking and aging at rates far in excess of our own. In terms of farming, the United States is exporting more produce than ever before at record prices. Americans eat the safest and cheapest... PJ Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2974181/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jan 2013 14:03:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2967403/posts Google avoided about $2 billion in global income taxes last year by shifting $9.8 billion in revenue into a Bermuda shell company, Bloomberg reported. That level is almost double the total from three years ago, Bloomberg said, citing a Nov. 21 regulatory filing by a Google subsidiary in the Netherlands. And it allowed Google to cut its overall tax rate almost in half. Google's action -- moving about 80 percent of its total pretax profit from 2011 to tax-free Bermuda -- isn't illegal. On the contrary, many companies have taken similar steps in recent years to avoid paying steep taxes.... CNET http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2967403/posts#comment Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965415/posts Given what we know in 2012, saying that capitalism will make a society richer than socialism should be about as controversial as saying the earth is round, not flat. Yet, a recent Gallup poll shows that more liberals have a positive view of socialism than capitalism. This is only possible because there are so many perverse incentives that drive the promotion of socialism. If you're a politician, socialism puts power in your hands while capitalism takes it away. If you want to use the government to control people's lives, socialism is a wonderful vehicle to do just that while capitalism... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965415/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2012 12:26:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2964121/posts One of the earliest fears about tax-favored savings accounts like IRAs and 401(k) plans was that when this pool of savings grew large enough Congress would not be able to resist tapping it to help solve the nation’s debt problems. We’re about to find out if those fears—persistent for decades—have been justified. Everything including the sacred mortgage deduction is on the table as lawmakers wrestle with the fiscal cliff, a year-end avalanche of scheduled spending cuts and tax increases. With a combined $10 trillion sitting in IRAs and 401(k) plans, retirement accounts make a juicy target. Some of this money... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2964121/posts#comment Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:20:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2959529/posts 'Bama Claus Is Spreadin' It Roundoriginal music and lyrics by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, updated lyrics by Rebel_Ace You better vote "D" And never vote "R" To Get Stuff for Free From the Welfare Czar 'Bama Claus is spreadin' it round 'Bama Claus is spreadin' it round 'Bama Claus is spreadin' it round The Union's got a list, Who voted twice; Show it to the press they put it on ice. 'Bama Claus is spreadin' it round 'Bama Claus is spreadin' it round 'Bama Claus is spreadin' it round The Rich they are not Paying We know how... my own feeble mind http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2959529/posts#comment Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:21:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2946572/posts PARIS — France’s Socialist government is proposing a slew of taxes — on art, on businesses, on the rich — that are drawing criticism for stifling entrepreneurship and scaring off the wealthy. “Unfortunately, I think the politics we are leading in France will turn out to be catastrophic for the economy, which is already in bad shape,” said French economist Marc Touati, author of “When the Eurozone Explodes.” “This is a serious mistake, something you learn in [Economy 101] — it will aggravate the recession and therefore shrink the tax base.” Led by President Francois Hollande, the French government proposed... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2946572/posts#comment Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2946601/posts Our economy is lousy, the labor force participation rate is the lowest in 31 years, we’ve had 43 consecutive months with unemployment over 8 percent, and a record 47 million people are on food stamps, so one might expect President Obama would welcome as much help as he could get. Surely he would want private sector job creators – investors and entrepreneurs – to have the strongest possible incentives for turning around this Obama “recovery” where household incomes are falling faster than they fell in the Bush recession. But Obama’s priority is class warfare. That’s why he relentlessly denounces job... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2946601/posts#comment Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2941854/posts Dear Friend, In this video commentary, I discuss how Obama won’t tell us his plans, but here they are: a series of UN imposed global taxes on all Americans. Tune in! Dick Morris http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2941854/posts#comment Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2941794/posts Suburbanites of Ohio, listen up. As swing voters in the ultimate swing state, you will have an outsized impact on this election. President Obama has pledged to govern in the interests of middle-class voters like you. With so much resting on your shoulders, that is a promise you should scrutinize with care. What exactly are Obama’s plans for Ohio’s suburban communities? The answer may shock you. President Obama aims to help Ohio’s Democrats bail out your state’s struggling cities by forcibly transferring suburban tax money to urban treasuries. It’s a bold plan to redistribute the wealth of Ohio’s suburbs. It... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2941794/posts#comment Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:54:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2940131/posts Exclusive: Joseph Farah compares billions given away to what's spent on border security It may be an apocryphal quote attributed to the late Sen. Everett Dirksen: “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” There’s really no credible citation one can find that suggests he actually ever said those famous words – though I swear I can still hear him saying them when I was a child. Those words were reverberating in my mind again this week as it was revealed that Barack Obama has increased spending on foreign aid by 80 percent through last... WND.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2940131/posts#comment Thu, 4 Oct 2012 17:08:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2936545/posts On a recent evening, a hip-looking young woman was sorting through a stack of crates outside a fruit and vegetable store here in the working-class neighborhood of Vallecas as it shut down for the night. At first glance, she looked as if she might be a store employee. But no. The young woman was looking through the day’s trash for her next meal. Already, she had found a dozen aging potatoes she deemed edible and loaded them onto a luggage cart parked nearby. “When you don’t have enough money,” she said, declining to give her name, “this is what there... NYT via CNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2936545/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:02:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2933325/posts In November 2008, the Americans who turned out to vote in the presidential election outnumbered the Americans who turned out to work full-time by more than 14 million. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 118,423,000 Americans worked full-time in November 2008. According to the University of California at Santa Barbara's American Presidency Project, 132,645,504 people turned out to vote in that month's presidential election. The presidential election voters outnumbered the full-time workers by 14,222,504. In that election, then-Sen. Barack Obama won 69,297,997 popular votes and Sen. John McCain won 59,597,530. The 14,222,504 margin between presidential voters and full-time... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2933325/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:36:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703317/posts Nobel Peace Prize Winners Take Aim at U.S. By CHASE SQUIRES, AP DENVER (Sept. 17) - Ten Nobel Peace Prize laureates chbishop called for world peace and took aim at U.S. policy makers, asking an enthusiastic crowd of 7,000 youth to demand that the United States pull back its military, spread its wealth and offer aid to developing countries. The Archbishop Desmond Tutu had stern words for the Bush administration. "Then how can you commit Guantanamo Bay? Take back your country," he said. Only the Dalai Lama, whose speech at the three-day PeaceJam convention at the University of Denver was... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703317/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:04:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2924199/posts If you listen to America's political hacks, mainstream media talking heads and their socialist allies, you can't help but reach the conclusion that the nation's tax burden is borne by the poor and middleclass while the rich get off scot-free. Stephen Moore, senior economics writer for The Wall Street Journal, and I'm proud to say former GMU economics student, wrote "The U.S. Tax System: Who Really Pays?" in the Manhattan Institute's Issue 2012 (8/12). Let's see whether the rich are paying their "fair" share. According to IRS 2007 data, the richest 1 percent of Americans earned 22 percent of national... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2924199/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:56:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2918205/posts One month to the day after his infamous ‘you didn’t build that’ speech, President Obama’s description of wealthy people did not include “smart” or “hardworking,” as he instead ascribed their success to good luck. “If you’re lucky enough, and fortunate enough, and been blessed enough to be in the other two percent, the top two percent, you still get a tax cut for your first $250,000 of income,” Obama said during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. “All we’re saying is after that, maybe you can do a little bit more to help pay down this deficit and invest... The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2918205/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:45:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2918211/posts (VIDEO AT LINK) President Obama: "Too many folks still don't have a sense that tomorrow will be better than today. And so, the question in this election is which way do we go? Do we go forward towards a new vision of an America in which prosperity is shared?(continued) Breitbart TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2918211/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:37:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2915017/posts Burn Down the Suburbs? Not exactly, but Obama is already working to get rid of them. By Stanley KurtzEditor’s Note: This article is adapted from Spreading the Wealth: How Obama is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for the Cities, by Stanley Kurtz, from Sentinel HC. President Obama is not a fan of America’s suburbs. Indeed, he intends to abolish them. With suburban voters set to be the swing constituency of the 2012 election, the administration’s plans for this segment of the electorate deserve scrutiny. Obama is a longtime supporter of “regionalism,” the idea that the suburbs should be folded into the cities, merging schools,... NationalReview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2915017/posts#comment Sun, 5 Aug 2012 23:38:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2907193/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Who does Obama think paid the taxes for the roads and the bridges and the stoplights? Who paid for this? Who paid for all of that? People that don't have anything? People who pay taxes paid for all this stuff! Folks, it's a shame that we have to sit here and react to this kind of sophistry and explain to people how this country was built and who did it and why it happened and how it happened. Because we live in a period of time where the president of the United States is trying to rewrite... Rush Limbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2907193/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:48:43 GMT