The Rabid Conservative

Well, this week, I want to award the Rabid Seal to the folks over at IMAO.  In a lot of ways, IMAO inspired what I do here at The Rabid Conservative.  Of course, they have more sponsors and contributors than I do, but the internet is a big enough place and we just don’t have enough rabid, right-wing blogs out there.

IMAO, or In My Arrogant Opinion is at times, rough and a little raw, but the one thing I appreciate is that they don’t ever debase themselves to what liberals do for entertainment, namely resort to stuff that I wouldn’t want my kids to see.  IMAO’s posts are funny and insightful and they mix it up in a way that keeps it fresh and interesting.

IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion)

Congrats guys (and girls – never know these days) – keep up the great work.

Until next time, stay Rabid.

In a previous entry, I cited a broken campaign promise of how Obama said that no family making more than $250k and no individual making more than $200k would see any tax increase.

Normally, when a politician says no to tax increases, it implicitly refers to income tax.  But Obama said, “any of your taxes”.  However, he jacked up the tax on tobacco nearly 62¢ per pack of cigarettes.  Given that far more people on the low end of the salary scale tend to smoke, that means a tax increase on those making less than $200k.

Here’s a news article, if you want to go deeper on the topic.

Now, it’s generally a foregone that politicians will tell you whatever you want to hear to urge you towards pulling the lever for them.  We’re not supposed to trust what they say, pretty much Ronald Reagan made this statement:

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.  – Ronald Reagan

Now, for my next prediction, and one that is not unique, since it’s been stated before as pie-in-the-sky cite this campaign promise:

Obama: If elected president, 95% of Americans will see a tax cut.

Reporter: When will Americans see that tax cut, Mr. President?

Obama: By April 1. (see article)

April fool.

First off, there’s no way Americans will see a tax cut in the absolute of terms, which is what Americans are thinking.  Next year, the Bush tax cuts will disappear.  For those of us who enjoy that wonderful tax reduction for having kids, that goes away.  For me, I have three wonderful kids, and the government reduces my tax by $3k because of that tax credit.  With the abolition of the Bush tax cuts, those reductions get rolled back and I’m stuck paying a minimum of $3k more per year on taxes.  And then Obama says, we’ll give you a $500 tax cut.  Yippie.  That’s a net increase of $2500 in taxes.

When he made the statements to Joe the Plumber about how his plan was to help the middle class, he was clueless about how much tax the middle class actually pays.  But yet, it’s all good rhetoric when appealing to the masses.  But it’s all an illusion.

After it’s all said and done, Obama’s tax agenda makes April Fools out of all of us, and particularly those who make larger amounts of money – those that create businesses and employ those of us not lucky enough to make $250k per year.

And we didn’t think ObamAd, Inc. had a plan for that $1.75T budget shortfall.

April fool.

Well, it happened again. This time, Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius, ObamAd, Inc’s latest pick for HHS Secretary has been found with about $7,000 in tax errors, as she prepares herself for the job that Tom “Puff” Daschle couldn’t take.

It would seem standard practice that a politician might work to have his/her house in order before taking the jobs, however, there are two things that come to mind:

1) What makes these people like Geithner, Sebelius, and company so darned important that we have to forgive and forget?  As you recall, they tried that mess with Daschle and Richardson, but both of those guys must have disagreed – since they bowed themselves out.

2) Why do these people take the steps now to check to make sure they are paid up on their taxes?  Oh, it’s because every appointee so far has had some sort of crooked dealing and with the Cabinet under the microscope, looking for tax cheats, now they come clean.  But Sebelius is a state governor: Shouldn’t she have been doing this all along or did it only become important when she knew she had to make sure she was clean.

Just another day at the offices of ObamAd, Inc.*

*ObamAd, Inc. – Obama Administration, Incorporated – since they are in the business of taking over companies like AIG and GM and firing CEO’s at will…