Liars and snakes…
So this morning I heard a country jingle on my local News-talk station that caught my ear. Mainly because there was no way that it was ‘bumper music’ in the middle of a stack of commercials. So, I decided to turn it up and listen. That, I believe was one of the shortest amounts of time that I have taken to become absolutely enraged to the point of profane verbal outburst… good thing the kiddos were elsewhere. It was a jingle for Jim Martin, Democrat hopeful for the office of Senator in my home state of Georgia. He is currently running against the Incumbent Saxby Chambliss, who despite his conservative title is not one of my favorite politicians. (Something about voting for an unnecessary and undeserved government bailout that has done, and will do NOTHING for the economy… but that is a different post altogether). Today’s target for the high caliber load of vitriol that I am packing is Mr. Martin. The jingle capped what has been a growing ire with Jim (from here on out I’ll use his given name because he is unworthy of the respect that is implied with any title, even one as benign as “Mr.”) throughout the campaign season. I watched the first of his ads on TV with slack-jawed amazement. You know, now that I think about it, all these ads were paid for by the DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) and were ‘not approved by any candidate or candidate’s committee”. Whatever. He’s the beneficiary and has said nothing to the contrary… guilty by complacency. The ad accused Saxby Chambliss of supporting a 23% tax INCREASE on everything that we buy, and then went on to ‘calculate’ what that would add to a bag of groceries, a tank of gas, and (my favorite) a trip to the movies… cause nothing says ‘basics of living’ like a $20.00 trip to a theater. Idiots. Now, here’s the fun part… it’s all a lie, and here’s how:
The 23% tax ‘increase’ that they mention is called the ‘Fair Tax’ and would REPLACE all the taxes that you pay on those items anyway. The tax is revenue neutral (meaning that it would not increase or decrease the amount of income the government received versus the present iteration of ‘income confiscation policy’). I’ll let Beezer be the one to post on the guts of the Fairtax, since finances are his arena, but if you want to know more about this INSANELY GOOD idea, hit the website www.fairtax.org and learn something. You could also buy The Fair Tax Book (which is a very entertaining and informative read) by Neal Boortz and John Linder. But I digress…back to the lies…
So the driving point of the commercial is that Saxby wants to ‘add‘ a 23% tax to all these things, which is a purposefully untruthful statement. That folks is the reason that Democrats must be stopped. They are, as demonstrated here, entirely dependent upon deceit, fallacy and the ignorance of the US populous to gain office. Never mind all the positive effects that this new tax policy would have, they must oppose it, vilify it and demagogue it at every opportunity because its fundamental principal is that the government would no longer have control over WHO pays more taxes. Did you catch that? The power returns to the people… For a political party that is currently trying to undo the very letter of the Constitution and make it an instrument of governmental plunder and punishment, the idea is absolutely poisonous. ‘Jim’ (and David Scott, another catastrophically ignorant Democrat representative from Georgia) are both equally guilty of LYING to the public. How can this not disqualify them from office? Oh that’s right, their constituents are completely inept at explaining or even describing how the US government is supposed to operate under the Constitution. I mean, ‘David’ (the same rule applies) replaced Cynthia ‘Slap a Capitol Guard’ McKinney… so we know what kind of voters we’re dealing with. They have a long track record of Constitutionally ignorant, financially self serving decisions in the voting booth. These men disgust me beyond words. There aren’t keys on this keyboard to describe how this infuriates me… but then again, the truth doesn’t require foul language. These people deserve tar and feathers, not power and respect. For the sake of the nation, keep them out of office, I beg you.
Update – Here is the ad:
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brooks on
Wed, 29th Oct 2008 2:15 pm
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The Truth About the FairTax | Hellfire and Brainstorm on
Fri, 31st Oct 2008 3:57 pm
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Election Day 2008 | Hellfire and Brainstorm on
Wed, 5th Nov 2008 5:29 pm
again – this blog looks killer on the iPhone.
Fair tax is a good idea – but needs some work on the corporate side of things.
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