10 Political and Economic Imponderables....

[The Annoyed Man]

http://godfatherpolitics.com/5164/10-po ... you-crazy/

1. Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $40,000-a-plate campaign fund raising event.

2. Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General, and a federal workforce that is roughly 18% black when the black population is only 12%.

3. Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for our tax code — Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee — turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

4. Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

5. Only in America would we make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just become American citizens.

6. Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country’s Constitution be thought of as “extremists.”

7. Only in America could you need to present a driver’s license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.

8. Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of what a company that manufactures sports shoes and apparel (Nike) makes.

9. Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more than it has per year for total spending ($7 million PER MINUTE), and complain that it doesn’t have nearly enough money.

10. Only in America could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t pay any income taxes at all.

Food for thought.

[RHenriksen]

Amen

[Oldgringo]

We are a strange breed, eh?

[RoyGBiv]

Only in America could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t pay any income taxes at all.

Seems I've heard this one before.

[jmra]

[chasfm11]

11. Only in American can those with a phalanx of armed body guards tell the general population that they cannot have guns to defend themselves when the main document on which the government was founded specifically says that the right to guns "shall not be infringed"

12. Only in America can the ruling politicians ignore most of the language in the main document on which the government was founded limiting their powers in favor of "getting something done" and justify building an enormous bureaucracy which dictates to every individual what they can and cannot do on a daily basis solely on the words "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States".

[The Annoyed Man]

13. Only in America is "sending a message" deemed to be more effective than actually solving a problem.

[OldCannon]

13. Only in America is "sending a message" deemed to be more effective than actually solving a problem.

Waitaminute there, pardner. "Sending a message" has worked for the mafia, why can't it work for us too?

[Heartland Patriot]

This is going out to my email "distro list". All accurate, and thank you for posting.

[The Annoyed Man]

13. Only in America is "sending a message" deemed to be more effective than actually solving a problem.

Waitaminute there, pardner. "Sending a message" has worked for the mafia, why can't it work for us too?

The only "message sending" I understand is a 175 grain Sierra Matchking HPBT.

[recaffeination]

13. Only in America is "sending a message" deemed to be more effective than actually solving a problem.

Waitaminute there, pardner. "Sending a message" has worked for the mafia, why can't it work for us too?

When you put it that way, it's time for The People to send a message to those who attack the United States Constitution.

[Dave2]

13. Only in America is "sending a message" deemed to be more effective than actually solving a problem.

Waitaminute there, pardner. "Sending a message" has worked for the mafia, why can't it work for us too?

The only "message sending" I understand is a 175 grain Sierra Matchking HPBT.

I'd try email first, but both are way cheaper than staging war-games or moving tanks aircraft carriers around the world.

[talltex]

http://godfatherpolitics.com/5164/10-po ... you-crazy/

1. Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $40,000-a-plate campaign fund raising event.

2. Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General, and a federal workforce that is roughly 18% black when the black population is only 12%.

3. Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for our tax code — Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee — turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

4. Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

5. Only in America would we make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just become American citizens.

6. Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country’s Constitution be thought of as “extremists.”

7. Only in America could you need to present a driver’s license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.

8. Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of what a company that manufactures sports shoes and apparel (Nike) makes.

9. Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more than it has per year for total spending ($7 million PER MINUTE), and complain that it doesn’t have nearly enough money.

10. Only in America could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t pay any income taxes at all.

Food for thought.

A few applicable quotes in response to the above:

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." P.J. O'Rourke

"Government's view of the economy can be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. When it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul." George Bernard Shaw

and two favorites from long ago...both by Mark Twain:

"No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."

"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress...but wait, I repeat myself."