About the latest job recovery report, credit must be duly given to where it is due – the Right

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Democrats will try to take credit for this report and no doubt, Odummer must be totally giddy; but I say not so fast Ohdumbone.  If you recall, the right had to kick the shellacked one in the butt to get him to come along nicely with the Bush tax extensions.  The fact is that even after the shellacking, Ohdumbone fought the Bush tax extensions tooth and nail.

TOWNHALL FINANCE

“….here’s the sublime irony. The wake-up in job creation is a function of Republican policy. After all, for two years the Obama Democrats spent themselves into oblivion, with over $1 trillion of so-called big-government stimulus. Didn’t work. By the end of last year, that failed stimulus wore off, and it was replaced by Republican tax cuts.

Remember that in mid-December, after his election shellacking, President Obama signed a deal that extended the Bush tax rates across the board. The top marginal rate stayed at 35 percent. Investment tax rates for cap-gains and dividends held at 15 percent. Most business people I know — folks who work in both large and small companies — welcomed the tax-rate freeze as a sign that maybe the war against growth, capital formation, and small business was either coming to an end or at least a two-year truce.

So, presto, the jobs numbers start jumping in the new low-tax year….”

Moreover, in spite of the gains, Democrats are still trying to force those earning the highest income in the country to foot the bill.

In the meantime, the liar in chief will credit his less than brilliant mind for the slight turnaround.

“The GOP also should be on the warpath for full-fledged corporate-tax-rate reduction. Get rid of the GE loopholes and knock the rate down to 15 percent. As they continue to advance on the spending-cut front, Republicans should balance out their message with strong pro-growth tax cuts.”

No one is arguing that we should not get rid of the federal income tax and abolish the IRS.  The IRS is worst than banks.  They are government run loan sharks.

However, I am not sold on the Fair Tax.

For starters, some politicians are talking a big game when it comes to the Fair Tax, but the feds are not about to give up their golden egg (the IRS loan sharks).

Secondly, a Fair Tax would put countless federal workers out of jobs, which I, of course, do not find a problem.

Third, tax lawyers, accountants and their lobbyists would never stand for it.  Passage of a fair tax would all but put tax lawyers out of business.

Fourth, the Fair Tax would at first have to be implemented at an extremely higher rate than the 23% dream number being touted to begin dealing with our debt and then it would increase from there as time went on.

While not implying that the Fair Tax would get that high (can it???), I know what it is to have 55 to 60% of my paycheck go to taxes and having to work an additional fifteen hours to make up for those taxes in order to meet my monthly bills.

We would be in effect creating a monster.

It sounds to me like Americans would be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. No thank you.

NANNY STATE: Michelle Obama to Nudge Women into Breastfeeding with IRS Tax Breaks

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Michelle Obama is somehow convinced that she and her husband can be better parents to America’s children than the actual parents.  This witch has far too much time on her hands, so much, so that she is scheming to nudge mothers into breastfeeding their babies by offering them IRS tax breaks.

POLITICS DAILY

“This comes as the Obama administration in the past year has made several moves to encourage breastfeeding — including a push for more flexible workplace rules and an Internal Revenue Service ruling on Thursday that breast pumps and other nursing supplies qualify for tax breaks….

‘Breastfeeding is a very personal choice for every woman,’ Kristina Schake, Mrs. Obama’s communications chief, told Politics Daily. ‘We are trying to make it easier for those who choose to do it….

Looking ahead to what she will do in the second year of ‘Let’s Move,’ Mrs. Obama said: ‘We also want to focus on the important touch points in a child’s life. And what we’re learning now is that early intervention is key. Breastfeeding. Kids who are breastfed longer have a lower tendency to be obese…
‘We want to get into child-care centers, day-care centers, and start talking about how — what kind of snacks they’re getting there. We want to have those conversations at an earlier level. But those are just some of the things that you’ll see….”

The decision to breastfeed belongs SOLELY to the mother, not the bitch from hell or her husband.  Bichelle Obama is overstepping her bounds and the fact that she is in the White House for the next two years does not make her an expert.

The sheep on the government dole had better watch their breasts.  They may one day find themselves forced to feed their children corn flakes and breast milk without the cornflakes, if Bichelle has her way.

That being said there are always two sides to every story.

Thirty years ago, new parents were informed that breastfeeding made children fatter and were urged by the government to purchase baby formula instead.  Three decades later, mothers are being urged nudged to breastfeed their babies by the same entities using the rationale of the past.

Of course, there are those who feel differently than Bichelle, as is their right.

Risk of Excess Body Fat in Breastfed Babies Doubled By Maternal Diet High In Trans Fats, Study Finds

“Anderson explained that although breast milk is optimal for the health of infants, it could also contain high levels of trans fats, depending on the mother’s diet. A better understanding of how a mother’s consumption of trans fats may impact the health of her baby would aid nutritionists in making more accurate dietary recommendations to prevent chronic disease later in life by encouraging mothers to select a diet low in trans fats, he said…”

Personally, I am neither here nor there when it comes to breastfeeding.  The decision to breastfeed or not to breastfeed is SOLELY the choice of the mother not Michelle Obama or the nanny state.

Let us keep in mind that 75% of women in the United States already breastfeed.

Michelle Obama’s so-called grand scheme at attempting to nudge new mothers into breastfeeding is neither new nor original and it will change nothing.  The nanny state has been trying for years to nudge new mothers into breastfeeding through the use of scare tactics.

Even more repulsive is the fact that Progressives are again using the race card when they say that Black women do not breastfeed because they cannot afford the breast pump and other expenses that go along with breastfeeding.

Such an excuse is b.s.; how dare Michelle Obama lie about something like that. Black women who choose not breastfeed do so as a matter of choice as do women of other ethnicities.

Of the women that I know who do breastfeed or have done so in the past, they did so because (i) it was their choice; and (ii) they felt that it was cheaper to breastfeed than to  purchase baby formula.

At the same time, women who chose not to breastfeed were exercising their freedom of choice.

They’re my breasts and I don’t have to breastfeed if I don’t want to

“Personally, I think the fact that my children are well-fed, are being well-educated, and have a roof over their heads where they are allowed free expression, makes them lucky kids. Alas, others do not agree. I am reading more and more from women who posit that women who don’t breast feed are not committed to their children. It is being said that women who don’t breastfeed are lazy, and that they can’t possibly want what is best for their child(ren). To women who make such harsh allegations I say: If you want my children to be breastfed, bring yourboobs over here – mine are busy….

Every mom should decide what is right for her and her babies. For those pro-breastfeeding nuts out there, enjoy yourselves, but don’t spend you time turning your nose up at women who don’t do as you do. In fact, if you’ve got time to pass judgment, rededicate that time to a hobby. Finally, to be honest, there is another big reason I detest the prospect of breastfeeding. The truth is, my husband met my breasts (quite intimately, and quite often) long before I had children. To me, there are just some things a father and his sons shouldn’t share….”

For Bichelle to imply that breastfeeding is about something else other than choice is a lie and no different from her suggestion that we lie to our children.

Freedom Fighters Take on the IRS

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STOSSEL – AN INCOVENIENT TAX! PTS 1 – 5

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The Other Individual Mandate – Tax Code Getting too Complex

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I hate all things IRS.  Amazing people quitting their jobs to qualify for credits.  I never thought of that and even if I did, I have to much pride in myself and my work.