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When the wealthy are taxed, so are the poor

   I hear a lot of criticism of Obama's stimulus packages, health care packages, bills and the entire left's attempts at "governing," the country. A lot of this criticism frequently refers to the wealthy having to be the ones to pay for all the spending going on in Washington. I've even heard it said that it will "be" the wealthy paying for all this spending simply because the poor don't have it. But, I'd like to expand upon the topic for an issue that I feel should be noted by everyone:
 
When the wealthy pay - so do the poor. The wealthy don't get their money because they live in some different dimension than everyone else. The wealthy get their money by owning businesses, property, stocks and other such investments. When money sits in a trust account, the lending institution earns "interest," on that money by investing it (as a loan) in fields like construction. When developers take out that loan, they know how much they expect to make from the sale of the property, how much they want to spend, and from there, hire contractors who hire sub-contractors and so on. The bottom line, at the bottom end of that list of individuals hired to do the work, are the minimum wage folks. When the wealthy purchase property and "rent," or "lease," it out, it's usually those who can't afford to buy property, (aka, the "not" wealthy), that take up contracts with the wealthy, paying out a certain amount of money each month to rent or lease that business or home. When stocks go up and down, businesses survive/don't survive, we mustn't forget that in the production warehouses for GE (for example), that real people work there, making a minimum wage. While John Doe may have the millions to purchase ten thousand shares of GE, Joe Smith, working in the production factory, only makes enough to support his family. Of course - there are countless levels of income in between - but for the sake of this article, I'm focusing on the two extremes of "rich/poor."
 
What happens when John Doe, our millionaire, has to pay more in property taxes? Joe Smith, the guy making $28,000 per year BEFORE taxes, will see his rent go up. It's not because John Doe's being "mean," or "greedy," but if John Doe has to pay more, he has to be able to make up the difference. When the banks tighten their purse and John Doe's trust account is no longer earning what it did, Joe Smith is offered $10 per hour less than he was before. So, when the wealthy get taxed, so do the poor, and the middle class, and everyone in between. It's a cascading effect that rolls downhill, and if "upper" management/corporate executives don't give up their salaries, guess who's giving up their jobs? That's right - our Joe Smith. And, this problem continues to perpetuate itself. Unfortunately, it gets far worse than this. Because, the same thing happens in reverse. Now that Joe Smith is making $10 per hour less in wages, is paying hire rent and can barely afford to survive as it is, along comes socialized health care, stimulus taxes and other insane laws passed by the all-loving and all-caring Obama administration, and Joe Smith is now paying 3 - 4% more in taxes. May not sound like a lot to some people, but if Joe Smith makes $25k (now that he's lost $10 per hour), he's just added on $875 to his current $3000 tax rate (12% in Oregon avg). Is $21,125 enough for Joe Smith to survive on with a wife and a child, paying $1,200 in rent (the $200 increase being a trickle down effect of John Doe having to raise rent), an additional $200 in food (because the various businesses have now been hurt from these laws and have to make up the difference), and on and on?
 
It's impossible. Joe Smith nets about $1768 per month at the above tax rate. After rent and the increase in food, gas and other expenses, Joe is going in the hole around $500 per month, easy. Now, either John Doe has to lose his renter, or lower his rates. If he can afford to lower his rates (which, in the new Obama economy, he can't), he and Joe might be able to keep going. However, Joe has to move out with his family and find rent that is at least $500 cheaper, and start cutting back on his spending and other activities. With so many homes coming available for rent, the developers slow down, and the banks are no longer providing John Doe as much in Trust earnings any longer. With Joe's spending down, John's stock portfolio isn't looking so good, and he has to start thinning out what he has to be prepared for the worse. Suddenly, the trickle down effect has become the trickle up effect, and no matter how you look at it, everyone, in every tax bracket, will be taxed two or three times for the same thing, just in different ways.
 
Now, I don't doubt that all of you know this. I have no doubts that you're all already thinking about how all of this plays out. But, I just felt it important to add this in, in a time when the news media has lost focus of the outrageous spending just to manage the outrageous health care and supreme court decisions. If we keep everything in perspective and don't lose sight of reality, we will have a better chance at coming through this whole mess!! :) Cheers!
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The New Deal "2" - Death of an economy

Okay, if you want more background on this, please read my last post: Economic Forecast Follow-up. Be forewarned, what I'm about to give you is not a "prediction," an "estimation," a "best-guess," or a "conspiracy." I can promise you, it is not paranoia or any personal agenda that prompts me to write this. The foundation of what I'm about to present to you is the title of this entire blog: When Governments Lie - the people suffer. And, it's true. When our elected officials no longer represent us, act on our behalf or care whether or not their actions are hurting the people, then the control spire which was there to make sure that our "Government," in the land of the free and home of the brave, is no longer functioning. The government is no longer of the people, by the people ....
 
or for the people.
 
The Democratic Party - the party in control of the White House, in control of the Presidency and in control of the Economy, under the leadership of President Obama, is taking a dangerous position that is counter-productive to our economy and our stability. I usually hate taking sides folks, but this time around, the actions from the Government and the media being lead by them cannot be attributed to any other source. I'm not saying the Republicans are the only right ones - because our party has not done its job in cleaning house when this is the PERFECT time to do so (because we don't have influence in Washington, we might as well spend this time getting our party straight). But, the Left is in control, and it is under the direct leadership of the Left, no bleed-through from any previous administration, which is misleading the people. How so?
 
Obama has been encouraging investments in the Stock Market, and under this article, perhaps you will take as much delight as I did in the first sentence: "It's official. Obama thinks you're an idiot." I'll let you read that article to fully understand all the little quirks of Obama's "invest in the stock market to prove to America we're doing okay" plan. But, I'd like to draw your attention to another point of the stock market known as GSE's (government sponsored enterprises). These are not new, and have been around since the early 1900's. However,  GSE's started out as a different purpose than what they are today. You should note the following: The government possesses warrants with 79.9% ownership in these companies that would allow them to walk in and take full control at any time. With more recent companies like Freddie Mac and the banking/mortgage institutions, the government has several TRILLION $$'s in assets on record. What are those assets? Our HOMES.  The GSE's include ownership of companies - and stocks in the capital market - including WALL STREET (ie. their ownership of ... oil stocks.... :).. cool, huh?). This was "supposedly" to help raise long-term funds. But, let me simplify this:
 
If you invest in Wall Street - and help raise that number - there's a good chance that you're going to be investing in the government (ie. AMTRACK - who -- don't forget - was given $18 million in stimulus funds, in Delaware, for NINE box cars to be renovated, and yet, it is OWNED and controlled by the government, NOT free enterprise...). Of course, if the government wants to encourage your spending, they can simply do something as simple as... oh wait... give stimulus monies to the GSE's that are reflected in the stocks and it makes the stock market go up! So.. wait a second... let's pull all this together...
 
Could it possibly be, that the "increases," in the stock market (which some of you may have been watching what I have), seem to occur in sync with the issue of stimulus monies (and/or spending of it)? Could it possibly be that consumer confidence in Wall street IS down, and Obama, is just trying to do what he said he would BEFORE the election, and back in February? That is, to convince the American People to invest more money into the stock market? So - what does this mean? Would the government really do this? Would they issue out "stimulus" monies that mostly protect only the government and its investments and create a "false" sense of security in the stock market to encourage you to invest knowing that you're really just helping fund the government more?
 
The answer you're looking for is YES. This is EXACTLY what they're doing. If the stock market fails, multitudes of the government fail - because they get some of their monies through the stock market. AIG and others failing - was NOT about the American people, it was about the GOVERNMENT. See, no one's been telling you this. They've all said (even me), let them fail - if they're private enterprise, then let capitalism work. And, while that's true, the government's been operating quietly in the background not telling you that it's their own backsides they're trying to cover!! This is a complex issue folks, and I wish I had the space to detail this ALL for you (if I had a radio talk show - I could do it - but I know that reading LONG blogs is difficult).
 
The point is this - they're lying about the stock market and the economy. They want people to invest, or else it's the government that could collapse, and all the bogus, money-scams they've been running with it! The lie will cause you to give up your hard earned money into stocks that they own 79.9% of - and can reclaim in FULL, during times of an "economic crisis," (hmm....), and you will lose everything. This is NOT the great depression we're heading towards. Oh no, that wouldn't be as bad as what we're heading toward. Back then, when stocks dropped, it took wheelbarrows full of money to buy a loaf of bread. But, you won't have wheelbarrows full, or loaves to buy, because the government's going to reclaim its ownership of your stocks, and your money, and it will shut down the borrowing capacity to farmers and agriculture who were growing the wheat that can no longer afford to do so. THAT is the real danger. THAT is the big collapse we are heading toward. I'm not an "economist," and I don't know all the "ins and outs," of financial trade. But, I do know this:
 
U.S. currency - whether paper or coin, is an I.O.U. It is an object whose value is based solely upon the ability of the signer of that I.O.U. to reimburse you for it. I buy bread from you - I don't give you anything of value, because I have nothing. I give you an I.O.U., and the point and purpose of the Federal Reserve System, the F.D.I.C. and others, who are ALL government run - NOT privately (I say this, because you might remember that Obama just broke the law and fired the inspector general - one of the "peoples'", controls over the government... so yes, be afraid, be very afraid), is so that you can take your I.O.U. note to the bank and get reimbursed. During the great depression, why then did it take a wheelbarrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread, did the gold that backs those I.O.U.'s disappear or its international value drop to zero? No -
 
People lost jobs, couldn't spend, and their BORROWING capacity was reduced to nil and repossessions occurred galore! The stock market crashed because banks were forcing collection on debt (remember, they're the ones backed by the gold - but for some reason, this didn't seem to matter?? oh yeah - PBS that aired that - sort of left that out... guess who owns PBS... yep - Uncle Sam). If you read Ohio's take on the cause, it's because stocks were sold for more than what they were worth (hmm.. didn't Uncle Sam's I.O.U. notes help dictate all of that?). What's the ultimate conclusion of all this: that when the government was causing the U.S. Dollar to no longer have the value it did (and yes - regardless of what you'll read in some places, the banks set that dollar standard, and they were taken over LONG ago by the government, and Uncle Sam is the one who pulled his backing of the currency), and people realized that selling an item for $1 no longer meant $1, but $0.20 cents. Now bread was worth a wheelbarrow full of money. The gold's still there, but the value of the dollar dropped because those governing it wouldn't back it up at the same level anymore. And Hoover, the President in charge in 1929, said: We don't believe in helping the individual people. Sorta' sounds like... the whole thing was the fault of a selfish/capitalist government.. but maybe I'm just guessing here...
 
The lie - and how it hurts us? Back to my blog on the $18 million that saved 9 box cars for renovation... think about this... a new box car is worth: $75,000 max, and that's with a lot of the amenities. Just like buying a loaf of bread for $100 in 1929, we're buying a $75,000 box car with $2 million dollars. See the correlation? Understand how the lie is beginning to undermine this economy? No - it's not greed that will be spawned (oohh.. my box car's worth $2 mil), because the government OWNS Amtrak. It's a failure for the stock market, because the stocks the government owns are getting undermined, and the issuance of tens of trillions of dollars that are bottoming out our economy. Who cares if it's going to take 50 years just to pay back what the government spends in 2009 alone? That's ASSUMING the dollar's value goes back up! We need to be concerned about abuses with the stimulus money, falsely reporting to people that they should be investing in the stock market, "or companies will fail," and begin understanding that the lie will cause our stock investments to bottom out and crash our economy - again! Buying stocks in Amtrak... well... you just bought $18 million dollars in box cars, that MAY be worth.. AT BEST... $900,000. Remember the 1929 crash? Stocks being sold for more than what they were worth? The government saying - hey - we're not gonna' back your stock, we can't get more than $900,000 for those box cars in international trade and we MOST CERTAINLY, can't devalue our gold! The banks saying, um - you need to give us money now, because Uncle Sam's pulling his value out of the dollar?
 
If you can see the writing on the wall.. or even if you can't.. you need to read the Top 10 New Deal arrangements made by Franklin Roosevelt. What you're going to see is that we did NOT fix the problem. We didn't even band-aid it. The government reclaimed control of those GSE's I mentioned in the last article - and the results are what you see today. What was broken, got worse. In 1929, they LET the people and the businesses fail because there was NO way to bail them out. What the New Deal REALLY did - was to make sure that Uncle Sam doesn't take as much of a hit if it happens again (yes, I know, there were a couple of good things in it, too - but not enough).
 
The next, "New Deal," is upon us - and it will HAVE to be even MORE restrictive than last time and require an even GREATER failure for the people than last time. Are you ready? I'm not...
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By show of hands - how many of you are stupid?

Wow! Sounds harsh, doesn't it? Sounds like some internet spam, pop-up web page designed to challenge you intellectually so that you'll be dumb enough to click on the website to play their 'game', so that they can load spyware on your page, huh?
 
Well, it's not. In fact, it's a downright honest question. Why? Because the BANKS in America have unitedly determined that the American populous is SO stupid, that not ONE human being in this country will see through their B.S. They learned it from AIG, who played the American public like a card months ago. And, they learned it from the media, who forgets that these AIG 'corporate' bonuses are related only to the most recent stint of stimulus funds when, in fact, this is actually the 2nd or 3rd time AIG has gotten bailout money from the government and went out and played with it! So, what are the banks doing?
 
"We want to give back the money because the government's 'prohibitions' on how we can use it are far, too limiting."
 
Sounds pretty solid, doesn't it? If they can't use it to give consumer loans, or to help boost the economy, what point is there? Ahh... but wait, what did they say? They said that the prohibitions that they are SPECIFICALLY concerned about are the ones preventing them from giving out PAY RAISES. They are concerned about the ones that prevent the bank from privately investing their own monies, including purchasing homes in foreclosure and repossessing them, rather than helping out the consumer. Isn't that just 'dandy' of them? Aren't they, ever the humanitarians, concerned about the American taxpayer monies? I mean, gosh, the banks were TOLD to extend credit to the American consumers to stimulate the economy, and they said: No. The banks were TOLD to help people in foreclosure and they said: No. Now the banks are hurting because they can't 'pocket' more money, and they're hurting. If they take the stimulus money, they will be forced to be held accountable for all of their accounting practices, which will identify the excessive service fees that they charge their customers. One bank recently claimed their failure was because people were no longer putting money in the bank. Why? Because the bank wouldn't have money to reinvest? Nope. Because the bank wouldn't have the money to pay out on interest? Nope.
 
Because the bank is counting on people, in these hard, economic times, to financially fail and have to pay all of those added service charges and fees. Yes - the bank is failing because they CAN'T take peoples' money FOR FREE???? HELLO? Is anybody out there? Does ANYONE'S brain function any longer? Our banks are going broke because they CAN'T STEAL. Our banks won't take bailout money because they would have to use it to help out the people and not themselves!! Aka - they are going broke because they CAN'T STEAL THE MONEY!!??? Who else out there is SO FRAKING STUPID that they say, "Duhh, okay, poor banks..."???????
 
And, here's the REAL kicker.... the bank CEOs want to return the money, because they can't "EVEN" give raises to their lowest-paid employees like the tellers....
 
Aww..... wow..... now the banks are resorting to purple gorilla advertising tactics and trying to play off of the heartstrings of Americans. How many of you are SO STUPID that you believe the bank EXECUTIVES are THAT concerned with giving raises to the tellers, and NOT THEMSELVES?? Go ahead - raise your hands. Why? Because there's NO ONE around to see you and I DON'T care. If you're that blatantly ignorant that you don't see that the banks are acting EXACTLY like AIG, and are being just as harmful to the American public - then this country is screwed - and YOU'RE the reasons why.
 
People - this isn't meant to upset you. This is meant to stimulate every emotion you have - anger, happiness, sadness, confusion, frustration, joy, jealousy, and so on. You HAVE to wake up.  You HAVE to wake up RIGHT NOW - or else YOU'RE going to see what's coming WAY TOO LATE!
 
You see.... the stock market is at a low, and yet, it keeps fluctuating up by little, tiny bits at a time. Do you know why that is? People with MONEY, are buying out the bottomed-out stocks that were once the retirement monies, nest eggs and what not for the rest of this country. They are taking their money, throwing it into stocks (albeit cautiously), so that when [I say "if"] the economy returns, they will be outrageously wealthy. And, those of you who lost in the stock market will now be the segregated class at the bottom. The point is - America, if the economy 'were' to return, would return to right back where it was: a Nation of extremely poor masses, a few outrageously wealthy and a gigantically fluctuating gap for the middle class!! NOTHING will have changed.
 
So - be careful. You might think this article sounds personally insulting, that it attacks you in some way or is somehow too "depressing" for the times...
You may want to look around you and realize that this is 'last call.' You wake up now and fix the situation, or go home broke.
 
Think about it.
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