Wednesday, February 04, 2009

DASHING DASCHLE



Well. The chickens are coming home to roost. In the early days of his presidency, Obama is getting a lesson in cronyism gone bad. Seems that TomTom is a tax evader. So is the commerce head. easy to vote to raise taxes if you do not pay your own. Makes one wonder what went through ol' TomTom's cranium when he decided to skip all that tax obligation. Is he too GOOD to pay taxes? Is he thinking he already pays too much in taxes? Any Republican would say he likely has too high a tax burden...the rich do. They really do. But given the "jobs/stimulus" package passed by nearly every democrat in the house (and not ONE republican vote) they NEEEEEEED all the money they can get from productive people to pay for the layabouts with their hands out. OH...and lets not forget the:
• $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.
• $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.
• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).
• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.
• $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.
• $75 million for “smoking cessation activities.”
• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.
• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.
• $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.
• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.
• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings.
• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.
• $1.2 billion for “youth activities,” including youth summer job programs.
• $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.
• $160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for National and Community Service.
• $5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.
• $850 million for Amtrak.
• $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.
• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.
• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.
(credit: rightpundits.com).
Not bad for those who don't pay taxes anyway. Whether because they don't work or cheat like the sanctimonious liberal elites we are flushing out into the light. Isn't it TomTom who disdained those who did not pay their taxes????? What a hypocrite. But, he is not alone. I will be running a DEMO-TAX-RAT list right here at Rightzilla!