How come none of the Republican Big Shots (you can't call them leaders) are not calling for a true flat tax, everyone pays the same amount. This would require no tax forms or IRS. The other schemes are a flat percentage. If we are all equal we should all pay the same amount. Also no income tax withholding which was put in place by Joe Stalin's best friend FDR to pay for WW-II Imagine if the great unwashed had to write a check on April 15. No more I don't pay tax I get money back.

And speaking of Joe Stalin's best friend how come no calls to abolish FDR's social security scheme. I can't find any authorization for it in the Constitution. We still have a Constitution don't we? Please don't call social security a Ponzi Scheme as you get a better return in a Ponzi Scheme and no one is forced to join a Ponnzi Scheme. Show me one person Bernie Madoff forced to join his scheme?

My ears deceive me? Is it not our American citizens who are dying in this fiasco? Are our American lives less important than someone's perceived book value?

Geez.

Romney's tax plan is a good start. The only problem is that tax policy is too whimsical in that it can be changed by the next administration. How about a constitutional ammendment (not that anyone really pays attention to the dusty old document anymore) that specifies or details legal tax policies for the feds.

I think that neither of these plans is worth the ink used to print them. The Fair Tax plan is the best. No more income tax, no more investment tax, no more death tax, no more tax tax tax... the only tax is at the retail level and EVERYONE, and I do mean EVERYONE pays that tax!!!! It's absolutely fair and absolutely doable. Repeal the whole tax code and Keep It Simple Stupid!

One is too many for this family.

The only thing wrong with burning the korans, is that they could have used them as toilet paper first.

@MadMax -Amen, brother!! Only honest people pay income tax, but EVERYONE has to pay sales tax. When that criminal (aka drug dealers and politicians) buy their mansions and yachts, they have GOT to pay the taxes!!

Something else to seriously consider ….. . . .

Could 2012 be America 's Last Presidential Election?

Food for thought.

I've asked this question to a number of people and most them respond

as if I were crazy for asking. They tell me that this is America ,

land of the free, and that there will always be elections. I tell

them that we are no longer the land of the free and that if Obama

gets re-elected in 2012, that this just may be America 's last

election.

In the past three years, the Obama administration has been very

carefully crafting the nation for a political take over by his

Marxist regime and this isn't just my opinion.

Popular radio talk show host Michael Savage is the son of Russian

immigrants and is very familiar with Soviet and European history.

Savage warned his listeners this week saying, "I have to tell you

that if this man, God forbid, is the next president of the United

States , we're going to be living in something along the lines of -

people say Europe .

I don't believe it's going to be like Europe - I think it will be

closer to Chavez's South American dictatorship.

"This is the most corrupt, incompetent, dangerous tyrannical

administration in American history. It's not politics as usual. It's

not just Democrats versus Republicans. Obama has a long history of

being at odds with American values and with America itself and the

core principles of this country.

They don't want government

sponsored opinions. They only want government-sponsored 'Pravda.'

That's exactly what the government-media complex tells you on a daily

basis - nothing but the government-media complex party line. Pay

attention. Your freedom may be at stake."

Over the weekend, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum

told a small group of people in an Iowa coffee house that, "Barack

Obama is not incompetent, ladies and gentleman. He knows exactly what

he's doing and why he's doing it. He sees America differently than

you see America ."

[Obama] has gone out of his way to divide this country in a way I

haven't seen since the Great Depression when Franklin Roosevelt went

around to divide his country. That's his hero. What makes America

great [in Obama's mind is that] the government takes money from

somebody and gives it to somebody else. No, that's what makes America , France ."

With his control over the Executive and Judicial branches of the

government, the stage is set for a complete takeover of the government.

Think about it.

Since taking office, instead of helping the economy, Obama has

purposely escalated the economic crisis by plunging the country into

unprecedented debt. He has a number of programs that are designed to

go into effect in January 2013, just in time for his second term of

office. The economic burden and increased taxes on everyone will be

enough to cause the final economic collapse of the country. As soon

as that happens, Obama declares Martial Law and assumes dictatorial

control of the nation.

The Department of Justice has already been subverting federal laws

to strip us of a number of freedoms. The Supreme Court and many of

the other federal courts have been seeded with socialistic liberal

judges that will rule in Obama's favor on virtually anything, thus

ending constitutional rule and law.

He's already changing the face of America 's military. Allowing

homosexuals to openly serve along with changing the retirement

program is causing many conservative military leaders to resign

commissions and leave the military. Some Pentagon officials are also

noting that an increase in the enlistment of radical Muslims into

the US military where they get all the training they need on weapons

and defense systems. We have no idea how many of them there are in

the armed forces or in what positions they may hold.

Obama has been wielding executive powers this past year as if he

were already a dictator. When Congress is not doing his bidding, he

simply bypasses them and used an executive order to accomplish it

anyway. This has set the stage for his disbandment of Congress. He

would not be the first world leader to take control of a nation and

disband the legislative branch of government.

He has been effectively using the media to anesthetize the public to

the dangers he poses. Like a patient being prepped for surgery,

people are numb to the changes and won't have a clue what took place

until they wake up in recovery and realize that free America has been

removed and replaced with a regime that may parallel those of Stalin,

Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Chavez and Castro.

For the sake of our children and grandchildren, I earnestly pray

that we are spared from what seems a certain future and that Obama is

overwhelmingly defeated in 2012. Otherwise, heaven help us.

http://shine.yahoo.com/at-home/could-2012-america-8217-last-presidential-election-212000272

"When people fear the government - that is

tyranny; when government fears the people - that is liberty." Thomas

Jefferson

YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS IS IMPERATIVE IN THIS YEARS

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE USA 'S CAPITALISTIC SYSTEM IS UNDER FULL

ATTACK FROM OBAMA AND HIS BILL AYERS TYPE COMMUNIST PARTY AND SEIU

MEMBERS.

PLEASE VOTE FOR AN AMERICAN PATRIOT!

Romney's tax plan might seem better than Obama's but it is still "soak the rich" which are businessess and remember!!! those taxes will be handed down to us, the middle income people who consume more in goods (and taxes) than anyone.

Romney is a "slight of hand" politician. Be ware of him, don't be a useful idiot for him!

Romney is also great friends with Paul---who is funded by Soros, the billionaire communist from Russia. Between the lines this says, Paul's votes, takes away Romney's opponents votes, Santorum and Gingerich. It's planned that way!!

Romney is a liar and said so in a debate "I had to please my constituents" sooo he is saying I lied to them BUT he will have those constituents if he is president also. WHO will he please now??? If you trust him, you are his useful idiots!

PLEASE GOD HELP US!!!!!

When are people going to learn?! Obama's tenure at the helm has headed this nation recklessly into extremely dangerous waters of debt and slavery! This is where he want us to be! We as a nation, need to reassert our God Given Inalienable Right to a government that will protect our freedoms, not try to take them away for its own benefit. Obama is concerned only with himself, power, and his freaking wallet. We must kick him to the curb or I fear our liberties will be gone in if he gets another term. Then he will declare himself President for life and this great land will suffer! Come on people - the cry must be raised now - just like Paul Revere did! It is time to take our country back!!!

Personally, I think that the entire debate over income taxes is obsolete. We are constantly being told to think "outside the box"...so why don't we?

Why don't we scrap the entire Marxist income tax system and rely instead on a retail-level sales tax. The Fair Tax (HR 25) does just this. It eliminates the 70,000+ pages of the current tax code and replaces it with a simple 24% retail sales tax on new goods. Period. Payroll taxes eliminated, medicare and social security funded and the same amount of revenue collected by the federal government. Just as important: EVERYBODY pays taxes! Gangsta's, tourists, drug dealers as well as normal everyday people. Most of that money that is "hiding" offshore (approximately 11 trillion dollars) would come home to be put to work in the United States economy, too. How's that for an economic stimulus?

I'm sick and tired of apologizing to muslims! If those people in Afghanistan and Pakistan insist on continuing to live in the stone age, then let them. We should get out of both places immediately - and take our money with us! Anything we cannot remove - building, airstrips, etc. should be blown in place.

All should pay some. At the moment, some pay almost all. Move to a flat tax with fewer exemptions. We are all in this together. Everyone needs some "skin in the game".

The "religion of peace" is anything but. I wonder how many Bibles have been burned.

It seems that almost everything Obama proposes is not good for retirees, near retirees and most generally older people. I encourage you to emphasise this in future articles so that older folks turn out as never before on Nov. 6th to end the reign of this "dictator in chief". WPB

Although a flat tax would be better than the convoluted, monstrous mess that is the current tax system, that is at best a temporary fix --- perhaps two or three election cycles before the tinkering begins to move us back towards a progressive redistribution of that rich guy's wealth.

The FAIR Tax (SB 25) would solve many, if not most of our problems - not just the economy, by the way: It would eliminate the corruptocrats' ability to sell "special interest" tax loopholes, as well as the availability for those oh-so-special-interests to buy them.

The tax code is too comlex. I do not like either plan from Obama or Romney. Much prefer Santorum or Gingrich plan.

Mark, I was encouraged to see you mention, however timidly, the idea of a flat tax or the fair tax. I would prefer the Fair Tax, but a flat tax could make a lot of positive difference in the economy. But either would strip the politicians of their power to manipulate the ends. They are not going to stand for that.

The one fact is that no amount of tweaking is going to fix the present tax system. It can't be fixed. It must be abolished and replaced with some flat tax system which eliminates income based taxation.

Do you suppose we have any chance of this happening?

Even 9-9-9 is starting to look good.

Neither proposal is adequate; we do not need a cut; we need reform. In addition to resolving a tax reform proposal that makes sense, the agencies which are operating outside of the purview of the electorate and not accountable to them need to be taken apart, piece by piece, and this has to go hand in hand with a tax reform proposal. In my opinion, Romney is not up to this task.

If the Obamas or the DNC would reimburse the US Treasury for the cost of travel,security,transporting BO,meals, hair dressors, personal trainers,etc,etc, they can take as many as they want. If it's on the taxpayers dime two per year inside the continental US!

All the Republican proposals are better than we have offered from Obama. But all merely move the deck chairs around on a ship that is sinking lower and lower. Or from another perspective the idea of permanance of ANY approach is a suspect as parties in power change. I see the taxes on production like I see a snarling pit bull dog on a chain. The Republicans want to shorten the chain and retain him. But he STILL exisits and the chain can be let out again! I support the Fair Tax HR25/S13 found at www.fairtax.org and I support Newt Gingrich's proposal to create a committee to address all 435 districts in America to edify and advocate for the NECESSITY of passing the Fair Tax. That way Congress will HAVE to act because the PEOPLE will demand it. Once you understand it(the Fair Tax)you will demand it!

I'm sure an accidental burning of Bibles,would garner the same media attension.NOT!

As usual, lies and deception. Cannot wait to vote.

The best proposal that I have seen is the "FAIR TAX" as proposed by Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder.

This is essentially a retail consumption tax that replaces all Federal taxes. Revenue neutral.

This would a U.S. manufacturing concern to export product from the U.S. with no imbedded tax, thus making U.S. industry much more competitive. Why has this aspect not been mentioned by any of the current politicians?

This plan is a tax plan, not a spending plan, and it would force those 50% of Americans who pay no Federal Income Tax now to have "skin in the game", which is what we need to have voters interested in their welfare.

Jim

Since shareholders pay tax on dividends and corporate officers pay tax on salary and bonuses, why tax corporations at all?

Can someone explain this to me?

Go to a Fixed National Sales tax used to fund all levels of Government: Federal, State & County. Prohibit all deficit spending by all Government agencies. Eliminate the IRS, County assessor departments, and save big time. Eliminate much of the financial disputes in this Country & many law suits.

All Government agencies would then be dependent upon a good National and local economy for their Funding. No loop holes and no catering to special interests. Let the individual control his spending habits as best meets his needs. That way we all share in supporting our smaller government, and none of us would be getting a free pass like the 46% or so that are now freeloaders.

My first thought is, how much is all of this costing the American people? My second thought is that real Americans are too busy working to stay within our budgets so that we can pay our taxes and hopefully, get one week vacation each year.

Disgusted with no leadership - constant campaigning and being so outrageously ostentatious while ignoring we the people and our constitution.

I say maximum of 2 weeks per year and they need to pay for them out of their own pockets, not ours. To me, it feels like a personal slap in the face from Michelle. I get the impression she's doing it on purpose to prove she can do anything anytime she wants. Without a doubt, she is the crass, not class.

If the "main stream" media was doing its job (a big reason, in my opinion, for the 1st Amendment) by holding all politicians accountable to the American People, this would be a non-issue.

Our founding fathers aren't just spinning in their graves, they are levitating.

The tax proposals are irrelevant if we aren't going to repeal obamacare. Do you trust Romney to do that?

Does anyone really believe the Obumma's care what we think of their vacations. What are they vacationing from. Oh, I know, the same thing we are vacationing from, The Liar-in-Chief.

I wish more attention were placed on "loop holes". I know most were born out of the government's desire to help certain industries, level the playing field and thousands of other reasons but they tend to live forever. I see them as employment opportunities for CPA's and tax people! Let us start with naming them first, reducing the size of the tax code book next and then have some firm guidelines of allowing any to exist! Am I in a dream world?

Obama is a pitiful leader and his apolgy to the Afghan president is more proof. He made no mention of the two service members who died over the riots. If the american people rioted every time our flag or bible was burned we would have a non-stop job. These people make me sick because if you read the Koran it talks about living life in a peaceful manner. But these finatics are willing to kill over burning something made of paper. If they have an issue with it then we should produce a few thousand more books and drop them on their heads!

Frankly, I believe the usual suspects have it wrong. The Obamas should take MORE vacations...like continuously, with help from the electorate!

My bookkeeper's son is on his second deployment to Afghanistan. He is putting his life on the line for us, and our non-president is APOLOGIZING for such a nonsense issue? After all of the beheadings, torture and horrible things that have happened there, the only thing I care about is my "adopted" son Anthony to come home safely. He is there for US. NOT FOR THE APOLOGIZER IN CHIEF.

No apology was warrented. None.

All of the citizens of America enjoy the benefits of this free nation, and should pay a minimum of their income – 5 %, 10%, SOMETHING !!.

It is normal for a person to work. We are to enjoy the fruits of our labor.

Work completed satisfactorily is a joy. Be the Best at what you do.

AND – if they don’t have an income – ARE they too good to work ?

“if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to not eat.” 2 Thessalonians 3:10.

Tourists and visitors are not required to pay income taxes, but contribute in their consumption.

People that are not citizens but are working and living here may fall into two different groups: Those working temporarily and returning home (migrant workers) and those working and making their permanent home in the US.

The first enjoy their labor, place their kids in school and move home when the crops / work is gone.

The later are parasites; and directly akin to those citizens that are “entitled” and pay for NOTHING !!

The solution – Remember – All citizens pay a minimum 5 % , 10% , SOMETHING !!

Parasites are dangerous – They live off of a healthy host, and may cause that host or individual harm. The Black legged Tick can cause lyme disease, which is a bacterial infection that can affect the blood system of an individual.

Work, whle you have the opportunity. RADDAD

Q.) What do you think of these tax proposals?

A.) Taxes are the very least of our worries, albeit another means to an end (Fascism). While we sit and argue about tax rates and contraception, the Fascists in the White House are busily chipping away at our freedom, subverting the Constitution, and paving the way for World Statism. Seig Heil or should I say, Greetings Comrade.

Re: mental health and Social Security

I live in Puerto Rico where it is well-known how easy it is to qualilfy for disability payments if you are "mentally ill." People will boast about how they fooled their doctor into approving their claim. The easiest way to get it is to tell your doctor that you want to eat human flesh and then start throwing things around in his/her office. One family I know about it stated a "fight" in their apartment. They started thowing toasters and screaming. When someone went to help them, they told the would-be helper not to worry, they were just staging the thing so the husband and/or wife could qualify for disability. I don't know what happened after that.

On top of that, it is very difficult for small businesses to survive here due to the PR governemnt's interference. One such businessman recently gave up and sold his business, telling people he was going to start collecting unemployment, go on welfare, etc, etc, etc.

I live in Maryland and after all we are a big time Democratic state. I pray we can force a public vote. I think we have enough time to collect the signatures required.

I think we should have a floating petition that all Americans can sign and then sent to all the countries apologizies for the president we have.

If I tqke the current and increasing taxes and regulations on business and goods, such as what Bruce Vincent, president of Swift Energy said, and add the veiled labeling of same such as "surcharge" and "fee", I get an inmpression of our government's treatment of its own citizens to be similar to the tax collector in Robert Evans' movie production of "Popeye" and I am reminded of George Harrison's 1966 song "Taxman" on the Beatles' "Revolver" album.

Thank heavens, Pres. Obama is not an airline pilot. He is so far behind the power curve, he would have crashed three years ago.

Of course he apologized... those are his Muslim buddies ... if Obama is a Christian, I'm a Martian.

If we are ever again going to be a truly FREE people we MUST rid ourselves of the communist inspired, class warfare inducing, income tax and the IRS and there is no better way to do that than the Fairtax!

Tax proposals come and tax proposals go. I't's all just more sleight of hand to distract us from the real issues. That's right, the real issues. Like four hundred some so-called national leaders who regularly and routinely violate their oaths. Like a Federal Reserve that regularly and routinely steals from the poor and gives to the super rich. Or the military & medical & banking industries that bribe the government and use it's power to rape and plunder the people. Regularly and routinely.

Does the conservative media really not know this? Or are they just like most of the sedated population -- largely ignorant with a healthy dose of cowardice?

Hey look over here boys and girls, we're going to tweak the tax code. Won't that be exciting?

If the world can't see by now that obama is beholden to the muslim extremists they have their eyes closed. It's more than obvious where his faith and his heart are. And it's not with Christ or the United States. By apologizing to the instigators he makes the U.S. weaker around the world. Other world leaders must laughing up their sleeves and hoping and praying for another 4 years of this incompetent narcissist.

Anything that the Sweet Ole Boy in the Oval Office proposes is bad news for America. He's out to screw us all, and any way he can do this will be fine with him. We have to get him out!

Two vacations a year would be plenty in anyone`s book, other of course anyone other than the POS who does nothing but lead from behind. Everyone else out here, struggling to fill our gas tanks and buy groceries should be outraged. This is of course, par for the course for all tin-pot dictators.

Richard Ryan

Lamar,Missouri - Birthplace of Harry S Truman

How am I coping with gas prices? I'm not. I have to drive 80 miles a day for my job. There is no public transportation here and no car pooling. So I pay whatever the going rate for gas and pray God gets me where I have to go. And as for the President not taking the blame? What ever happened to, "The Buck Stops Here"?

Former POTUS, Bush II, as a matter of respect for those on the fighting lines, gave up his golf rounds. A small,but very real,measure of respect for those in his command now in harm's way. As military aviators the Bush men performed well. Bush (father) joined the "silk worm society" when his bird was shot down over the Pacific. Bush (son) was a driver on the very unforgiving F101. Unforgiving? That bird did not tolerate lax or inappropriate inputs! This current occupant of the People's House, along with his family, daily demonstrate the lack of respect that successful military service teaches. Presidential "luxury" vacations (in that someone else is paying for these events) added to the recorded reservations as a State, and National Senator ("present")all describe the "noveau riche" syndrome. Just take, no requirement to return. There is another, more colloquial term, for such conduct. Suits this family quite well. The cushion of luxury at the expense of others should be quickly removed.

Go to a flat tax rate, include everyone, and remove the loopholes and the economy would skyrocket. Do not hold your breath though, for it does not fit class warfare and the buying of votes.

I believe in a flat tax, since everyone should be proud to be American and pay their taxes. No deductions. However, it may be difficult to pass as law since Congress will have to become accountable. If they want to spend more, they will have to raise taxes, and it will be very obvious to us all. But the beauty if it, is that will know how much they have to spend and should be able to prioritize based on that amount.

how can so many things go wrong in one country at one time???sounds like a common source...solution????a new AMERICAN REVOLUTION???show king george the door again???george???is that his name???

Every time I hear the word "fair" coming from the mouth of this man who feels he is above the law, I tend to think how this word has been co-opted by his kind and now is another word in the socialist dictionary for communism.

The left is infamous for this co-opting and have no qualms in assigning new meanings for traditional words the word abortion has now been replaced by contraceptive, gay is a homosexual and so on. Culture corruption is a way to cause tradition to decay and these people are masters of destruction

Romney has some good ideas, and the other Republican candidates state some better positions. Bujt what about a fair tax for everyone: across the board 17.5% FOR EVERYONE, and get rid of the cumbersome codes we have now. NO EXCEPTIONS, NO LOOPHOLES, NO DDDUCTIONS, VERY SIMPLE TAX REPORTING.

I think one vacation is enough because on March 19th I will be 72 years old and my one wish is:

that I could afford to go somewhere just once before I die. I have never had one where I could

afford to go anywhere, even when I was working. My wife keeps telling me that I went to a lot of places during my 20 years in the NAVY, but just once I would like to take her somewhere other than visiting children, grand children and reunions.

It would be nice if I could go as often as OBAMA does, but I would be satisfied with just one.

We pay for his, but can't afford to go ourselves. maybe he could pay for ours.

So, Mr. Last (who in this instance is first), let me see if I understand your position. You would have everyone, including the 1%, play a flat tax rate of let us say 20% to be fair to all.

OK. If I make $50,000 a year that would be a tax of $10,000, while someone who made $500,000 would pay $100,000. Fair?

I would only have $40,000 for my mortgage, utilities, food, car, and children; but the "rich" man would have $400,000.

How is that equitable?

Mr. Mcartney; Sir,you do irritate those that support Mr.Obama! Or is it Sotero? Excellent presentation, in my view, and quite telling. One (1) March should be interesting, and quite likely throw more flamable material on the fire you have lighted. Sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ the world famous Joe Arpaio, has announced he will release the conclusions of his own investigation into the legitimacy of Mr. Sotero/Obama's American Charade. Begs a question; should these matters ripen and blossom, indicating the widely held belief in the falsity of this mole to the Oval Office, and he is removed, would that negate all the legislation he has pounded through? No, but perhaps it would impeach the Democrat Party for supporting such attacks on the Republic. Thank you, 1 March is near. Let us pray!Semper Fi!

How many vacations are too many? Um ... one?

Even Abraham Lincoln refused to party in the White House during the Civil War. Perhaps that was because of the guilt over a war he essentially created, but still, with Obama it seems no matter how bad the Repression has been, he still finds time for multi-million dollar excursions for himself and Michelle, and their respective entourages. Pitiful.

Is there a reason why you chose to only do an in depth analysis of Mitt vs Obama. All the other candidates were given token mention. I appreciate the information but having actually read ALL of the candidates ideas I believe you have done a disservice by not including all of the ideas, in detail, to your readers.

Very troubled by Romney's (and the RINO establishment's) pandering and lack of respect for the intelligence of the American People ! They are not helping our nation by helping perpetuate not just a lie but a world view that is the product of pure sophistry. While he (he being Three Dollar Phony Mitt) is far better than Commie Slim and his evil minions, I don't see the courage, passion (no apoligy to arrogant slob Jeb Bush !) and intelligence born by the moral and intellectual grounding in a relationship with Jesus Christ and along with our Constitution and the philosophies that are the underpinning of our great nation. Mitt is better than Obama but how much, he still to this day has no problem with Romney Care ! No if Mitt is elected President our nation will experience the same deterioration that occurred under the Royal Bushes !

I didn't see any real discussion of Paul's proposal. My understanding is that he plans to cut a Trillion (capital T) from the budget the first year. To do this his policy dovetails with foreign policy by bringing the troops home from almost all the bases around the world and using them to control the border and for Self Defense. We can still strike anywhere if needed, we just don't need to occupy other countries (certainly Korea, Germany, Britian and of course the disasterous Middle East [that seems to be doing no more good than to enflame the situations]).

I'm curious as to why a site claiming Patriotism does not even logically and openly discuss the idea's and plans of a candidate that has consistently voted in accordance to the Constitution and Bill of Rights, all the while explaining Free Market economics. While I agree I don't understand all his positions, don't they warrent discussion?

Once the Federal Reserve is removed or decertified then He would eliminate all income taxes if I read his op-eds on his site correctly.

The president continues his assault on business, more taxes which continue income redistribution. Romney at least will lower rates and somewhat simplify the code however his plan continues to enshrine current practices . He should have been more bold although he does cater to the middle class more directly.

Well, as I recall from my childhood, my dad, a chemical engineer in the pulp and paper industry, took the last two weeks in August every year, and that was it. We always went to the family's places in Maine, because that's where we are from. Eventually, the folks moved back there from NJ when dad retired. I have no problem with a sitting President taking a vacation, but not the kind these crumb bums take, and at my and our expense. It just isn't required. This guy and his wife are not only losers, but abusers. Their philosophy is "What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine too." I just can't wait to be able to say to them, "Don't let the door knob hit you in the butt on the way out!"

I must have missed something. Did any of the candidates propose that all of the so-called "entitlements" become taxable? As is done with Social Security?

Until, and unless, all Americans have a financial stake in the future of America there will be problems that are insurmountable. Those who freely receive should have no difficulty in freely giving a small portion of their unearned benefits back to those who make them possible.

I'm for a flat tax rate that applies to ALL income/benefits regardless of their source.

Isn't it amazing how the American people have accepted that which the Founders would've deemed tyrannical. I'm referring to the unconstitutional tax schemes that BO Plenty keeps pushing. I've heard it said that "The Founders would be shooting by now." But modern day Americans don't realize what has been silently stripped away from them by the Progressive pols that get into the White House.

Tis a shame, for I know that I served on active duty for twenty years to support and defend the Constitution of the United States from ALL ENEMIES - foreign and domestic. No one has released me from that oath yet.

I feel just like Samuel Adams did when he said -

"IF YE LOVE WEALTH GREATER THAN LBERTY,

THE TRANQUILITY OF SERVITUDE MORE THAN THE ANIMATING CONTEST FOR FREEDOM,

GO IN PEACE. WE SEEK NEITHER YOUR ARMS, NOR YOUR COUNSEL. CROUCH DOWN AND LICK THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU, MAY YOUR CHAINS REST LIGHTLY UPON YOU ... AND MAY POSTERITY FORGET THAT YE WERE OUR COUNTRYMEN."

I sincerely hope this coming election sees the end of the current Commie in the White House, and a repudiation of all that he stands for.

The present income tax system is a disaster pushing jobs offshore, costing taxpayers $425 billion every year in compliance costs,providing loopholes and exceptions for special interests and forcing low and middle income workers FICA taxes.

This mess must be replaced with the FairTax, a tax on new goods and services for personal consumption, eliminating tax on necessities and lowering cost of US products returning jobs to the US. See fairtax.org for details.

Mr. VA Patriot,

I believe the answer is that it is a proportioned tax (see Constitution).

The role of Government, certainly the Federal Government is not to produce equality, but equal opportunity. Admittedly the system in place for the past 150 years, especially the past 99 is unfair (to be as charitable towards it as possible).

Killing the goose that lays the eggs is not sustainable or prudent.

The real problem as I see it is in the law. We have no Common Law, no base code codified that makes us ALL legal, big and small. What we have is legislated law that trumps true Common Law,ie: "Do all you have agreed to do and do not encroach on other persons or their property.

When Madison and Paine(and many others) added on the Bill of Rights to the Constitution. It was not to be a set of laws for the public, we already had Common Law. These were to be additional rules for the Federal Government or as Jefferson stated, "the chains that bind them", to keep these educated ignoramuses from playing God with our personal liberties. Alas, that seemed to fall by the wayside almost immediately, culminating in the 14th Amendment that has lead to most of the "legality" that is used on us ever since.

It's quite possible that high fuel prices aren't the President's fault,BUT the restrictions on drilling in the Anwar, restrictions on offshore drilling, and stonewalling the pipeline project ARE HIS FAULT. He should be doing everything in his power to make the US energy independent of what the Middle East oil barons do. Oh, and his big push to get us all into a Chevy Volt at $40,000 a pop, and just 32 miles on a charge is ridiculous in the extreme. His head has gotta be up where the sun don't shine!

Along with all the changes in taxes, loop holes in personal should be limited to home interest deduction only. If accomplished, a flat tax of 15 or 20% makes sense. Corporate tax should also be devoid of any loopholes and should be 15% with an added 5% deduction for all domestic corporations who do not produce products overseas.

So Obama apologized to the Afghans. What else did you expect? Where our forces made the mistake was not to have pulled in Islamic leaders, show them the korans "defiled" by the terrorists, and ask what they would do with the terrorists who preformed that particular sin. Well, the good news is that Obama didn't immediately fly over there, and kneel before Karzai, saying, "Bless me, big Daddy, for I have sinned". I dunno, maybe he's saving that for later.

Its all right to burn and desecrate our Flag but say we're sorry come on.

Amen MadMax & Jtc!

We need FairTax, all the way. Get rid of the bureaocracy (IRS), paperwork (tax forms), receipts (Ugh), and the cost of having your taxes done (billions for the nation).

Criminals and people from other countries (legal or illegal) will contribute to our tax base every time they buy something. There will be fewer places to audit. It will be all the better for everyone.

Obama has again shown he's an invertebrate. The main stream media have neglected to report the real story. It is forbidden for ANYONE to write in/desecrate the Koran. Muslim prisoners did this. They desecrated their own holy book. The prescribed disposal is burning. It would seem there is no apolog required. But Obama can waste a good apologetic occassion.

In my opinion...

In these turbulent times in America, we're running scared - all of us. The problems we face are both global and domestic. Indeed, many of us would say that the two biggest threats we face are Iran and our national debt.

Very true, but I would add one more - our fear to act. And I would say that our fear to act has been a big threat, for a long time now. Many would refer to this as political correctness in action.

We have a burgeoning dependent class, courtesy of years of milquetoast Republican leadership all too willing to compromise, versus Democrat leadership pandering for voters by masquerading as Santa Claus. And now, with the socialist Islamist Obama, purveying that he is in tune with Jesus Christ and also very arrogantly and offensively ascribing his policy mandates to Jesus's lessons, the growth of our dependent class has become asymptotic. Obama seeks to guarantee his voter base more aggressively and brazenly than any Liberal politician before him, by mandating 'charity' via the tax code, so that he can grab more wealth to redistribute, creating more government dependents. This reduces taxpayers' free will to that of slaves; and one wonders whether Jesus would approve.

It's no accident that food stamps and other entitlement programs have grown precipitously under Obama. This is a scheme, by design. Obama does this as part of his larger goal to impose socialism on America and thereby destroy our freedoms. So the fear, here, is the fear of bad press if we vote and push to terminate entitlement programs. The fear might also be a fear of poverty, when the entitlement recipients become cut-off from their handouts and need to find gainful employment in a bad economy that Obama has intentionally made worse. Obama continues to tweek the tax code to absolve more people from the duty to pay taxes, while he ramps up the percentage of people receiving government checks. He and his economic advisers also do nothing to address the chronic problem of low wages in the lower and middle classes. Yes, it's a thorny problem, but they have made no visible effort to have people earn more for the work they do, so that they can support themselves AND pay their taxes, with their own wages. Obama steadfastly keeps people wallowing in low wages, or no wages, and absolves them of having to pay taxes, while he targets higher-income taxpayers for income redistribution. He is thereby creating division in America, two warring classes: Earners and Dependents - and we're not married to each other! The Earners aren't heads of households by choice; it's an Obama mandate. America is being maneuvered into an eventual cataclysmic destitution. Let's be clear. There is nothing hopeful about this change.

Regarding Iran, a nation that has steadfastly equated America to Hell (or whatever is the Islamic equivalent of Hell) and Americans as the Devil's disciples, they have as part of their country's mantra, the long-term goal to eradicate America. They speak fluent Jihad, right to our faces. They are actively taking an offensive posture against us, and actively courting global allies, presumably to assist them with their plans to attack us in the not-too-distant future. Under these circumstances, I state the open question that many Americans have: why do we practice diplomacy with them?

The answer is fear. Fear of global scorn, fear of retribution, fear of U.N. sanctions against us. Whatever you can imagine.

The only other point I add right now, is that historically speaking, the various Peoples of the world sometimes fail to recognize when their leader is steering them into an abyss. People were afraid to act when Vladimir Lenin came to power, ditto for Stalin, Chairman Mao, and Adolf Hitler. Do I put Obama in the same class as those tyrants of history? Yes, I do. To many of us, it just seems that I can't legitimately make that comparison, because Obama just isn't "that" bad. Truth is, he just seems like less of a tyrant because with our Constitutional Republic, he can't get away with anything more outrageous than what he's already done and what he continues to do. He stretches Constitutional, moral, and ethical bounds on a daily basis, and practices what Rush Limbaugh calls a "soft tyranny", which simply means that he hasn't yet created a KGB or Gestapo equivalent. But make no mistake, Obama has the soul of a tyrant. His obvious desire and proclivity to place mandates on the American people is clearly proof of it. The Framers never meant government to be an instrument to place mandates on the People; it's only through generations of political tinkering by idiot legislators who thought they 'knew-better', that a police-state government spider web now covers the Constitution.

We just cannot be afraid to act against this madness, at the polls this November. If we fail to change course, it will be open-season on Americans. We will be the ducks while Obama and the Democrats will be in the duck blind, wielding their IRS rifles.

This discrimination thing is getting silly. At some point, EVERY decision you make is somehow definable as discrimination.

I drink Coca Cola--discrimination against Pepsi.

I drive a Saturn--discrimination against Buicks.

I wear slip-ons---discrimination against shoelaces.

I drink beer---discrmination against martinis.

and on, and on, and on.

All anybody is entitled to, be it in education or employment, is to be judged against the same standard.

re. 'Occupy Our Homes' Destroys Those Homes

Any reference or source info?

This whole incident and the way our great apologizer and wimp handled it makes me sick. Here we are, in their country trying to free them from the Taliban, and this is the way we are treated. I am more then sure that the burning was an inadvertant mistake. However, when they burn the Bible and Christian churches, do we get upset, hit the streets, and go on a killing rampage to get even? No. I think we should, and make it a real object lesson to these ignorant Cretans. I mean God forbid we should insult an Arab and yet they and their backward beliefs offend me every day. What Obama should have said was something like, "I'll look into it and get back to you."

Let me understand this. It's ok for the Muslims to destroy priceless ancient carvings of Buddhist gods, and ok for them to kill a man for refusing to renounce his God, but it's not ok for us to burn some Korans that are being used as terrorist communicative devices? What a world. As far as the POTUS apologizing for the burning, unfortunately for Americans, it's just what we've come to expect from him.

Racial discrimination is wrong, unless it's affirmative action which is discrimination based on race.

How anyone can compare any book to the life of a human being is beyond me. I am sure we Americans wouldn't hear about Christian Bibles being burned, but if we did, I doubt seriously that Christians would consider the offense so serious it warrants the offenders death. And then to have a Pres. Obama grovel to these thugs is very disappointing.

So what are the plans from Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul? If you are going to give us comparatives, give us the rest of them too!!!

Romney's is better but the Fair Tax is the best.

I not the article correctly points out that corporations don't pay taxes. It is too bad the point is glossed over. This should be hammered at every speech by all campaigns.

Get our troops out of this quagmire and cut off all foriegn aid to them. Let these miscreants fend for themselves. Too Bad!

I agree 100%, we should DEMAND an apology from them and rule that any further use of ANY koran being used for "sending messages" WILL result in NO KORANS being allowed to ANYONE

Let us know when the Million Mullet March will be, I have a friend who needs to be in the front row!

Garzai needs a lecture instead of another apology by th apologizer in chief. We are the most generous, most tolerant nation for customs and religion of others than any country on the planet. the burning of the Koran may been done by some Afghan to stir up more trouble. but be that it may, Karzai would have to understnd we have lost thousands of our best in your hell hole of a country. Do not kill anymore of our military or citizens in the name of Allah or the burning of the Koran, or suffer the consequences. It is high time to explain to folks, Islam is not a religion, it is a political agenda and movement to take over the world in the name of religion.

These comments are vintage Obama. He has said publicly on a number of occasions he is a Muslim and the way he responds is predictable. If you follow his gestures,actions, the way and the things he says are giveaways. He is what he is but we can change it.

RE: Editors. Can you please tell me where I can find information on 15% to over 40%.

I am all for shared sacrifice but that is a bit much.

Also, do you have any thoughts on wall-street now backing the DNC is higher taxes for the rich (Buffet rule)

RE: Hamilton, MNCie, Hamilton, VA Vet, any thoughts?

Also Hamilton, I tend to disagree about the Gestope. I've complained about the Patriot Act that came in under Bush/Cheney/Rove and made worse under this administration. I've stated it is the Nazi Juden laws translated into English. Did anyone stop to see how large the act is and how fast it past after 9-11?

In history there is one recurrent theme, pressure from the outside always causes collapse from within for we become our own worst enemy for we become the very thing we tried to protect against.

Burning Korans is probably not the most wise way of conducting business or winning the hearts of people steeped in man-made religion. However, if the military wants our enemies to reveal their true colors, burning these books is probably the fastest way to find out who and where the enemies are. Burning books does not make people into something they are not. Their response to the book burning reveals what is already going on their hearts.

The average American is lucky to get a total of 10 work days a year. The average American pays for his own vacations. They are not funded by the American taxpayer.

Next time she thinks about a vacation I suggest you book her and her children on a Gray Line tour of Washington, D.C.

The 16th amendment has turned this country into an income destroying cesspool. The umpteen thousand pages of current IRS backed tax law has proven itself to be an unimaginable disaster! It takes money to operate a government but what we now have is unreal. In that nothing added to the ridicules tax laws has worked. Now is the time to get HR25 and S13, The Fair Tax, on the floor for a vote and get it passed. Those representing us in the Congress that vote against it will show us all who they represent; surely not we the people that sent the to represent us!

One of the reasons for Social Security Disability Fraud is there is a lack of means to report. I live in a community of 5,000 and count 12 abuses of social security disability just among the people I know. One acquaintance claim poverty and collects disability, food stamps, medicaid, and probably other free handouts then boast that he has rental properties in Steamboat Spring and Breckenridge that he make good money from under the table. Someone please tell me where I can report such abuse.

Regarding 'Competing Tax Visions", both the president's and governor's "plans" tinker around the edges to determine winners and losers in the income tax game. Why don't we just hit the "Delete" button on the income tax and totally replace it with the FairTax? HR25/S13, The FairTax Act of 2011, is the most researched and vetted tax bill that has ever been submitted, was accomplished using private funds and will accomplish all the above without adding trillions of dollars to the deficit. And it is "fair" to ALL US Citizens!

For those who think a flat tax is the way to go, just remember that the income tax was originally flat. It got so bad by the early '80's, it was "flattened" in 1986. The tax code/regulations have changed over 16,000 times since then to the tune of over 72,000 pages since 1913! The flat tax would still be an income tax subject to the same menatlity as the present income tax. Just replace it with the FairTax!

If we are taxed as individuals, there is no logical reason to have a corporate income tax. The profits, and losses, of a corporation should go to the owners, and tax on that profit should be paid by those owners receiving the benefits of their capital investment. The main reason for a corporation is to grant legal title to a group of people who wish to engage in a business that is too large for an individual to finance.

Obama doesn't have the stones to stand up to the Muslim's for one thing. Secondly and more importantly he wants to humiliate and destroy America, hence his "I'm sssssssooooooooorrrrrryyyyyy for the Koran Burning. He's has no respect for my fighting bretheren (I'm a vet myself), nor does he have any respect for the American people. He's a DARN good liar though. That ... boys and girls ... is another chapter from the Communist playbook titled "After the lies comes the bullet in the back of the neck".

If you want a good reference on how the Constitution is supposed to work buy the book "The Founder's Guide to the Constitution". There you'll be able to see the Founders ideals on it. And then if you wish to see what the liberals are doing to us, get 'Saving the Bill of Rights' by Frank Miniter. Both are excellent books for conservatives to read for understanding how the Founders thought, and the twisting of the truth that the current Commie in Chief is doing.

Pray hard and keep yer powder dry!

Romney should adopt Ron Paul's tax proposal and reduce corporate taxes to 0% (they don't pay taxes anyway and anything collected from them is double taxation on the shareholders), pass the Fair Tax, and eliminate the gross collection cost by eliminating the IRS.

I hear talk....I've heard talk before...and as soon as the ballots are counted and before the words stop echoing, the socialists are off and running again....I want socialism out of Washington, D. C. and I want the Federal Government back in the confines of the United States Constitution. That's what interests me, not wheither I'm screwed by a 28% tax rate or a 25% tax rate...neither of which a President gets to decide! I want my Country back!

All their plans are ridiculous. We need a 12.5% consumption tax with no deductions no minimum or maximum rate and a Zero Sum Budget based on the revenue collected to survive .

The litle books were 1st defaced by Islamic prisoners, thus they had to be gotten rid of by the folks in charge. Tell the idiot Muslims to stand down and tell Karzai to shut his mouthy. Of course, Obama apologizes - he is most likely a Muslim himself. Note: The O. family never rides with the dog, who gets his own car and planes.

We need to eliminate the incometax. About 50% of citizens don't pay any and therefore vote for any expenditure because it costs them nothing. Put in a Vat tax structure. Easier to collect and much more fair.

As for gasoline, put in an excise tax of 20% on all oil and gas products being exported and a 10% excise tax on same productsbeing imported. For a couple of weeks we will have very much higher prices but they will go down in a big hurry.

Jerry

What? You expected something different from the Muslim Sympathizer?

Fair Tax is the only constitutional and FAIR way to tax. All else is just window dressing to get elected. Republicans should be spanked for their nonsense and Dems should be beaten and jailed for theirs. One is communism and the other just go slow communism

I think we should tell the Muslims that we believe it is appropriate to burn "sacred" items. That is what is considered proper for disposing of Bibles and our flag.

Two weeks at taxpayer expense to the gulf coast in a modest motel total cost $4000 for family of 4. Any thing more is at the politicians expense. If they do more and don't pay out of their own money jail them and kick them out of office. We are sick and tired of these arrogant elitist on both sides of the ile.

Little Timmy has said that neither he nor his boss have any clue how to get the economy going, not that his boss really wants the US economy to improve anyway. ANY sensible tax policy would be better than what the current crew of fools, malcontents, and incompetents have put forward.

Obama should be ashamed of himself. I know I am. The families of the two service men killed, and the rest of the American public should recieve an appology from this "Comander in Chief" in the form of a tactical strike on these 3rd world idiots.

Obama's plan is not workable and will never be passed anyway. It is just an election ploy. Romney is the best Democrat on the Republican ticket but is being foisted on the Republicans by the party and the MSM. Gingrich has the best plan but probably cannot be selected so the US is still in the same stew-pot with no relief in sight.

I remember when Bush caught all kinds of heck for golfing a few times, and going to TX to his ranch. The Ozeros have taken 16 vacations in a little over 3 years, which makes 5 a year. I don't know about you, but if I can manage one a year I'm lucky. Since I'm retired I can take as many as I can afford too, I just can't afford them - no rich friends or taxpayers to cough up for them.

We try to drive less, and combine as much as we can in one trip but I'm really glad to know that Obama's taking care of us and understands supply and demand. When can I get a windmill for my car?

I think that tax proposals will either help or hurt industry, and by affect the recovery or lack of same. but only in cutting down on spending can we help ourselves out of this fiscal debacle. Let's start with the totally unnecessary spending in the UN. Let's get ourselves out of this dangerous confederation with our enemies. Let's stop paying other nations way into the UN where their votes run counter to US interests. Let's stop ALL foreign aid until our debts to foreign countries is paid off. Lets limit perks to Congress. Why should they have a retirement plan when they have squandered ours. Why should they be paid at all when they have failed to pass a budjet in three years. Don't see any reason to pay $1100 for their haircuts either.

Everything is Bush's fault and will be until Obama leaves office in 4 more years.

Then, when a Republican takes office, it will again be the Republican's fault.

Obviously liberals do not take responsibility for their actions in politics or in their personal lives, so it comes as no surprize they would not accept responsibility otherwise.

For the POTUS 6-8 weeks annually- would be the norm for a CEO. He could take himself and family to Camp David for 3 -4 day weekends when able. Other than that he should be IN THE WH doing his job!!!

The koran is nothing but a book, the soldiers were Americans. I am outraged but not surprised at his outrage turned upside down. It is time to end this egregious hypocrisy and end this traitorous regime.

The proposals are not clear. To be revenue neutral, and I think that must be so given the deficit, Romney would eleminate all current deductions? What impact does this have on a struggling housing market, charitable contributions and those of us that live in states with very high state taxes, could end up paying more. I don't see this as wise public policy. THe currrent system evolved over a long period of discusion, compromise and evaluation. It is already baked into the price structure. We should be careful about radical change that could make things worse.

If I had Korans or similar material that might be used to pass material and information between inmates, I think it would be prudent to have them examined for intelligence value. It is not clear whether that was done. If then it was decided to destroy the material, and burning is acceptable, though less so than burial, to most Muslims, I would not burn it on a trash heap. Burning is also an acceptable way to retire and destroy damaged, worn US flags, but burning them on a trash heap is inappropriate, too. That said, the groveling of the US without demanding Afghan apologies for murders of US soldiers is appalling.

Our president should be standig up for and protecting our service men and women, not appologizing for them. If he allows our men to be put on trial for their actions, I would say that he should be put on trial for treason to our country and her people. My husband is a disabled vietnam vet, and I am sure that he would be the first to say that our " Commander in Chiefs " first duty is to our military, the ones who keep us free. He needs to remember the oath that he took when he was sworn in as our president.

God Bless America, and God Bless our Troops.

Why did the two soldiers die following orders and then the idiot President apologizes to them for the troops burning the Koran? Do they ever apologize

for burning the Holy Bible?

Where is obuumi's stand on Catholics and Christians that are being persecuted, our flags burned, OUR bible burned and on and on?? He hasn't got any CHRITIAN values at all. Loves the radicals tho!

Burning Korans, wether purposely or not was stupid

and provocative, and could only result in inflaming

the local populace and beyond. I believe it was done

purposely, because no one could be so stupid as to

not know what was being done. There's nothing

wrong with apologizing for a stupid mistake. Would

someone tell me, what is wrong with apologizing?

As to tax proposals,I like the Fair Tax. It has been poo-poohed by gov't in general and demo administration personnel in particular, but the more I read about it, the better it sounds. Of course we must not let them implement it without FIRST rescinding the 16th Amendment. The problem with it is they can't manipulate it easily without taxpayers seeing what they've done immediately. The current tax code is so complex, minor changes are never even mentioned or noticed until it's much too late to fix.

I think our troops did the right thing.

And obama did the wrong thing! Love DG

It seems to me Obama is trying to sqeeze blood out of a turnip. Obama always skirts around the truth. His trying to make the playing fiel level sounds more like socialism.

If the family used to vacation in the same manner, when they were paying the full cost, before the White House, that would be fine. Look back at the Obams's lifestyle prior to his Presidency. No lavish vacations every long weekend and holiday. Very little travel by air. They were just like everyone else. They saved their money. Now that they have the taxpayers to subsidize the travel, let's go all out. Disgraceful.

1. Any income tax, even a flat tax, is a can of worms. In addition to other objections, no one is wise enough to define NET income, especially those that try, and a gross income tax is totally unworkable.

2. A consumption tax (i.e., the Fair Tax, more or less), taxes the money that the wealthy spend on themselves, not on their capital investment. To anyone who understands Austrian economics, the difference is fundamental.

3. As a side note, income and total wealth may diverge in a successful capitalist system, but standards of living converge. American poor not only eat well enough to be obese, but everyone (except me!) has smart phones, cable or satellite TV with every option, cars, Michael Jordan sport shoes, etc. Yesteryear's kings would have been green with envy.

Damned if it is Obama's fault for higher energy prices. He negated the Canadian pipeline! That also includes the whole Congress and all the wacko environmental laws that keep getting passed. Some of us remember the gas lines of the early 1970's, 1973/1974 to be exact! It was called the Arab oil embargo. We are about to see another one. That has been nearly 40 years ago! I repeat 40 years ago! Nothing has really been done about a comprehensive national energy policy. All we have had has been environmental assessments after assesments, laws and more laws and still no energy independence. How stupid can our country be and how inane can our lawmakers be!

The only fair tax on income is a flat tax on all income, earned by either work, savings, or investment. It is reasonable - in fact necessary - to have a minimum represented today by the personal exemption, but all income above that should be taxed at the same rate regardless of source or amount. Inheritance is not income to those who inherit, it is the distribution of what was income to the deceased to the legal survivors or designated beneficiaries. How a person chooses to use that income should have no effect on income taxes, which would remove all other deductions. This would severely cut back the cost of the IRS and force tax lawyers to find productive work, whoch would both be beneficial to the economy. The same principle should be applied to businesses, with the difference that the basic costs of doing business are not part of the income. The type of business a company does should not result in either a reward or a penalty in taxes. The reason all this is not part of our current tax code is the politicians have made the tax code a vehicle of welfare. Welfare and taxes should be separated and kept that way.

Both cases should never be allowed into the courts. The laws were passed in accordance to proper procedure, and the courts only have the constitutional authority to determine specific cases in light of the clear text of the laws that apply. When are our legislatures going to take back thier constitutional authority and properly limit the power of the judiciary. If we the people don't like the laws our legislature pass we have the right to vote the offender out and send other to the legislature. When judges write new laws and regulations through "interpretations" the people are disenfranchised; the most unconstitutional action of all!

No shocker here; just another indication that O is indeed an Islamist sympathizer. Does anyone think he would have apologized if a Hindu book, or the Holy Bible, had been burned?

Obama is not only 'out of touch' with reality on the American economy, debt an deficit and realistic energy policies, but is also totally out of touch with the magnificent men and owomen who proudly wear the uniforms of the US Military. It must be terrible to have to work for the "butt kisser - chief".

"Deal with skyrocketing fuel prices?" do you want to go by vehicle? You pay for the fuel. The only way to conserve is to not purchase! The situation is extreme for those that use a great deal of fuel. Truckers. Most trucks purchase fuel in 200 gallon quantities. Or more. Diesel is near, or over, four dollars a gallon. Do the math! That trickles down to the can of soup at the superstore!Fuel consumption figures run from about 6mpg to about 8mpg for those "big rigs". At 60 it is about 8. At 75 it is about 5 or so. Maybe six. The cost to market an item in 1950 was about 85/15. 85 % to produce it, 15% to get it to market. That is now reversed. The most infectious element of grocery prices is fuel consumption by the trucks that deliver it. Thus higher fuel prices, to the point of putting truckers out of business, drives up the cost of everything in the consumption inventory. And everything else! Truckers? Yeah, but diesel locomotive use a lot of fuel, too! Everything is affected! And Mr. Obama/Sotero wants to drive fuel prices to about six bucks for a gallon of regular! Do the math! More than one way to sabotage an economy--bring down a Republic. Convert it to a third world second class entity with just a few "permanent leaders" at the top. Any guesses on who that "wannabe" might be? Sabot (w/parenthesis) is the French word for shoe, the wooden shoe, typically. Used by the Resistance (more parenthesis) to jam machinery, railroads, and others.(WWII) The suffix, in French, is age (sabotage) pronounced sa-ta-jay. We really need to rid this Republic of the saboteur that has infested the Oval Office. Sooner, rather than November. If we let this man stay, with his dark backers and advisers (Clinton and Reid), the Republic will not survive until November. Democrats, as originally commenced, were the "party of compassion." The word compassion has been prostituted to--- conquest! Let's get rid of these conquerors! Return to the concepts of the Founders, a Republic, if we can keep it.

The president"s posture is the same while playing golf or apologizing to the leader of some insignificant political organization. Someone should tell him that WE are the United States of America and we owe an apology to no one. If you don't have the fortitude to seek freedom, you don't qualify for help.

What did we expect? We should get out of middle east and Obama should be giving Americans an apology, just before he's tried for treason.

Democrats are forever looking for additional revenue stream(aka something to tax). GOP is always looking to reduce taxes on business and the public in general. The Democrats have never seen a tax they didn't like. the GOP - bless their hearts, still try to spend like Democrats and tax like Ron Paul. Thus Bu8sh 43 spent like the drunken sailor Democrats and lost credibility

when he did nothing for the veterans and military. The Dems are always interested in reducing the military and anything to do with NASA in order to make us as weak as the UN and rely on multi-national forces, as does the rest of the world. They do not want America to be a world power- that is their socialism bent.

I will worry about four Korans when the Saudis apologize for the dead Christian Pastors they beheaded during the 1990s.

I will worry about four Korans after The Saudis and other islamics return the THOUSANDs of Holy Bibles confiscated and destroyed by them taken from military personnel, missionaries and just plain private citizens.

I will worry about four Korans after the Pushtun Men in Afghanistan quit practicing wholesale pederasty on their young boys since they consider their women to be unclean..

I will worry about four Korans after the muslims allow their family members to become believing Christians and not murder them for apostasy. At least we know that the Christians that are murdered go directly to Heaven and don't have to worry about their evil families anymore.

I care not a whit how many vacations they take as long as they are bounced out on their collective ears come next January.

It is almost unbelievable the depths that this fool of a presidential imposter will stoop to. He should be demanding that those responsible for the killing of the Americans be brought to justice, and demand that the Afghan government explain to its citizens that the US servicemen were doing the right thing as they understood it.

As long as the occupant of the White House is paying for vacations, I don't care how many they take. However, factor in that the taxpayer is paying, ONE vacation is too many. Not only has our narsicistic "follower by example" run our fiscal nation into bankruptcy, he is sending his "romans" to various highly expensive locations so that his racist wife can "finally be proud of this country".

Never ever before now, in my 50 years on this earth as a U.S. citizen, have I considered a president of the United States of America a coward until now.

My response to high gas prices is the same one I have used since 1965 - ride a motorcycle whenever possible. My present around town driver is a 225 cc Yamaha XT225. About 80 mpg on regular and one quart oil changes. As a thank you for all the fuel I leave for you how about not trying to run over me any more?

Tax rates. I believe that Romney is another "Read My Lips" Politician. I trust Romney about as far as I can throw him and his friends. I will not vote for Romney in the Primary and if nominated will refuse to hold my nose and vote for him in the General. Romney is a dishonest RINO who will never deliver on his promises. He talks the talk but I would never trust him to walk the walk. We do not need another lying RINO in the White House. If we want changes in the tax rates then it MUST be anybody but Romney.

THE RIOTERS KILLED TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD DEMAND AFGHANISTANT SHOULD PAY RETRIBUTION TO THEIR FAMILES AND SEND AN APOLOGY TO THE UNITED STATES.

Fair Tax & Graduated 20% Max Income Tax Plan

Quick Fix For Jobs:

1. Rescind all EPA regulations imposed by President Obama.

2. Re-authorize resumption of oil and natural gas drilling in Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Texas, and entire 5 state Baken areas.

3. Authorize the approved Keystone oil pipeline; Canada to Texas.

4. Unblock irrigation stoppage in California which stoppage devastated substantial domestic vegetable crops.

5. Cancel EMPLOYEE payroll tax holiday.

6. Eliminate employer federal payroll taxes for the first $50,000 of E-verified citizen worker pay, excluding guest and foreign workers.

7. Eliminate top limits of pay subject to FICA and Federal UC etc.

Economic Fix:

8. Unilaterally end all Middle East Wars, saving $600 Billion a year.

9. Close most overseas military bases;

10. Re-deploy troops to new U.S. border bases and for disaster aid;

11. Apply means-testing to all applicants of any government benefits.

12. Defund Foreign Aid for combatant countries and China, etc;

13. Restrict most foreign aid to purchases of U.S. goods and services;

14. Require shipment aboard U.S. cargo ships;

15. Eliminate duplicate and overlapping bureaucracies and programs.

16. Eliminate farm subsidies for corporate non-family farms.

17. Eliminate ethanol subsidies; food should not be used for fuel.

18. Reduce jobless benefits by 20% for each additional 26 weeks;

19. Limit medical liability damages to save on unnecessary redundant tests done to limit malpractice liability, along with full tort reform;

20. Limit reimbursement for prescriptions to the cost of generics;

21. Demand bulk discounts from pharmacy companies;

22. Allow sale of medical insurance across state lines;

23. Penalize fraud--Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Purchasing;

24. Disband or sell off Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD and GSEs;

25. Defund NPR, PBS, NEA, Nat. Endowment of Arts, etc;

26. Defund Planned Parenthood, ventures, and government research;

27. Defund Congressional commuting on government jets;

28. Audit and/or disband the Federal Reserve;

29. Freeze annual budget total until balanced budget is achieved;

30. Increase margin requirements on all stock market short sales;

31. Rein in EPA and relax regulations for business and oil drilling;

32. Treat all welfare benefits and Social Security as taxable income;

33. Mandate annual tax filing for all citizens, legal or not, income earned or not, to be used as basis for public assistance, census, and as basis for a Medicare version of Universal HealthCare, funded as a by-product of the National Sales Tax (#36). Graduated Income Tax tables (#49) should be identical for corporate, partnership, individual filing; charitable and non-profits. Eliminate all tax loopholes and subsidies.

34. On 1040 charge $1 for each person listed for annual census count.

35. Make employee paid health premiums deductible from taxable income in addition to the STANDARD DEDUCTION to place them on parity with non-taxable employer paid health insurance.

36. Institute a 3% National Sales Tax (NST) with NO exceptions for resale, charity, non-profits, religious, education, or government. The many cannot be continually supported by the diminishing few. A 3% NST might raise $7 Trillion annually, reduce national debt, spread tax burden to all, legal residents or not. Allocation should be the first 1% toward Budget, 1% toward debt reduction, 1% for Universal Medicare (identical to Medicare plus monthly) for all legal residents of the U.S.

37. The 1% NST collections are dedicated to Universal Medicare and automatically eliminate most if not all Federal and State Medicaid benefits, costs, and overhead. State Medicaid mandated costs would be eliminated, reducing State budget shortfalls and tax requirements.

38. According to a 7/6/10 analysis by attorney Lanny Davis published in The Hill, there were $755 Trillion in total transactions in the U.S. in 2008; $443 Trillion if exempting stock transactions. Accordingly NST on stock market transactions should be set at 1/2 of 1%, beating the International movement toward the inevitability of this type of tax.

39. There should be no exemption for sales of any product or service whether for Resale, Church, Government, Education, Private or Public organizations; Imports, Cash, or assets transferred out of the country, including corporate transfers to foreign subsidiaries; Tax On-Line sales and sellers, EBay, Private sellers, Barter, PayPal and Credit Card Companies. Payment Clearing Banks would be depositories for NST, similar to collection of payroll taxes while Government 3% tax payments are to be used for that particular government debt reduction.

40. According to PatriotPost.us on July 8, 2010, unionization of federal employees resulted in non-military federal employee salaries average 40% higher than private sector, but while private sector benefit packages average $9,882, government and union employee benefits average $32,115. This imbalance cannot be sustained. Federal wage and benefits must be frozen until parity is achieved.

41. An estimated 48%+ of citizens pay no Income Tax while 24%+ do not pay Payroll Tax. This jeopardizes a Balanced Budget as too large a number of households owe nothing in federal taxes, casting an ever increasing burden on the diminishing number of actual tax payers, a situation that is not sustainable. The 3% National Sales Tax will level the playing field by spreading the burden to all and give new life to the Bible story of the “Widow’s Mite,” who gave her last two coins.

42. Money and benefits received for NOT working should not be tax-free or treated differently than the same amount of wages and benefits received by actual workers. There are documented cases of welfare recipients benefiting unfairly by having benefits equal to an actual worker’s wages but employees must pay taxes and benefits out of their wages and the equivalent “Earnings” to a welfare recipient are free of any of those charges.

43. A welfare recipient receiving $30,000 in “BENEFITS” receives substantially more than a taxpayer earning $30,000 because taxpayers pay Federal, State and Local taxes and work expense while Welfare recipients get a free ride without related costs of working. Housing grants, food stamps, medical benefits, and other benefits must be paid for by the taxpayer worker who is “penalized” for working.

44. The war on drugs has been lost forever. New drugs appear weekly, and the only answer is to decriminalize street drugs but prosecute drug users only for tax evasion and non-payment of tax on sales, or being under the influence, similar to alcohol, when another transgression is committed while under the influence. Incarceration costs have skyrocketed and have become counter-productive while inhibiting law enforcement from pursuing real criminals.

45. Drug users turn into sellers to support their habit and the only thing that inhibits them is to double prosecute users who commit another transgression, and deny welfare benefits to users and sellers alike. Drug testing is a criterion for jobs and must be for benefits also.

46. Follow the money. Prosecute drug sellers by going after untaxed income based on assets apparently with no related visible income.

47. Taxable Income Schedule For Individuals & Corporations After deducting personal exemptions $5,000 each, plus basic Standard Deduction of $10,000 plus cost of medical insurance paid, plus additional 5% on Income over $100,000; in lieu of itemization. Treat all income alike; Remove all income distinctions; earned; unearned; capital gains etc and remove ALL loopholes, personal and business.

48. Effective tax rate on Taxable Income of $100,000 2.74%

Effective tax rate on Taxable Income of $1 Million 7.47%

Effective tax rate on Taxable Income of $1 Billion 19.88%

49. TAXABLE INCOME RATE % TAX AMT $ TAX %

Up to $ 5,000 0.3%— $ 15 0.3%

Up to $10,000 0.5%— 40 0.4%

Up to $20,000 1.0%— 140 0.7%

Up to $30,000 1.5%— 290 0.97%

Up to $40,000 2.0%— 490 1.23%

Up to $50,000 2,5%— 740 1.48%

Up to $60,000 3.0%— 1,040 1.73%

Up to $70,000 3.5%— 1,390 2.00%

Up to $80,000 4.0%— 1,790 2.24%

Up to $90,000 4.5%— 2,240 2.49%

Up to $100,000 5.0%— 2,740 2.74%

Up to $200,000 6.0%— 8,740 4.37%

Up to $300,000 6.5%— 15,240 5.08%

Up to $400,000 7.0%— 22,240 5.56%

Up to $500,000 7.5%— 29,740 5.95%

Up to $600,000 8.0%— 37,740 6.29%

Up to $700,000 8.5%— 46,240 6.61%

Up to $800,000 9.0%— 55,240 6.90%

Up to $900,000 9.5%— 64,740 7.15%

Up to $1,000,000 10.0%— 74,740 7.47%

Up to $2,000,000 12.0%— 194,740 9.72%

Up to $3,000,000 13.0%— 324,740 10.82%

Up to $4,000,000 14.0%— 464,740 11.62%

Up to $5,000,000 15.0%— 614,740 12.29%

Up to $10,000,000 16.0%— 1,414,740 14.15%

Up to $20,000,000 17.0%— 3,114,740 15.57%

Up to $30,000,000 18.0%— 4,914,740 16.38%

Up to $40,000,000 19.0%— 6,814,740 17.04%

Up to $50,000,000 20.0%— 8,814,740 17.63%

Up to $100,000,000 20.0%— 18,814,740 18.81%

Up to $1,000,000,000 20.0%— 198,814,740 19.88%

Up to $2,000,000,000 20.0%— 398,814,740 19.94%

Up to $5,000,000,000 20.0%— 998,814,740 19.97%

CORPORATE TAX PLAN

50. Corporate tax rates should be identical to the above modified Personal Taxable Income Schedule except for personal exemptions, personal itemized deductions, and standard deductions.

51. Dividends paid would be deductible;

52. Disallowance for funding or contributions to Foundations;

53. Full deduction of fixed assets in lieu of depreciation;

54. Disallowance of deduction for non-cash amortization;

55. Prohibit deduction of political contributions and cost of lobbying;

56. Disallow deductions for foreign payments and expenses;

57. Subject Gross Contractor Pay and Cash Payrolls to 3% NST

58. Tax foreign earnings for companies listed on U.S stock exchange;

59. Eliminate tobacco subsidies;

60. Eliminate farm subsidies for non-family farms;

61. Eliminate all loopholes and industry specific deductions.

62. Tax non-profits organizations at Corporate Tax rates and rules.

63. Apply corporate tax regulations and requirements to political campaigns and related fund raising, including 1099 regulations.

64. Tax political candidates for personal use of campaign funds.

65. Tax candidates for unspent campaign funds as income;

66. Disallow deduction of costs involved with facility closings, except for termination pay.

67. Subject Congress to all laws it passes, same as ordinary citizens.

68. Eliminate political spending by organizations, unions, PACs etc.

Social & Immigration Issues

69. Make English the official language of the U.S.

70. Require valid Social Security # and NOT Employer Identification Number (EIN) for all individuals on 1040 tax return. EIN s/b valid on business returns only; not to be used by individuals in lieu of SS#.

71. Require illegal immigrants to provide or pay their own interpreter.

72. Require illegal immigrants to pay for welfare services received to qualify for citizenship or work visas.

73. Deport illegal immigrants who are guilty of a crime or felony in addition to the original crime of illegal entry.

74. Deport illegal immigrants who vote or attempt to cast a vote.

75. Deport illegal immigrants for failure to file tax returns or failure to pay wage income or sales taxes.

76. Charge illegal immigrants for back taxes, tuition, and welfare benefits received or face deportation.

77. In lieu of increasing retirement age from 65, increase Medicare charge an additional $100 per month for retirees and beneficiaries.

Albert Maslar CPA (Retired)

128 Huron Ave.

Absecon, NJ 08201-2022

609-677-0069

amaslar2@yahoo.com

Tax rates. I believe that Romney is another "Read My Lips" Politician. I do not trust him at all. I will not vote for RINO Romney in the Primary and if nominated will refuse to hold my nose and vote for him. Romney is a dishonest RINO who will never deliver on his promises. He talks the talk but I would never trust him to walk the walk. We do not need another lying RINO in the White House. If we want changes in the tax rates then it MUST be anybody but Romney. Romney and honesty do not belong in the same sentence.

“WE hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness_ That to secure these Rights, Governments [AND TAXES] are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government [TAX CODE] becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government [TAXATION METHODS], laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments [TAXES] long established should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the [TAXATION] Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government [TAX LAWS], and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

To: Jon Savage

Regarding our illustrious dictator-in-chief, I see that I'm not the only conspiracy theorist. You and I see eye to eye. Perhaps, you might read my lengthy summary of our problems, above. Keep writing and pointing out everything immoral about Obama. There's soooooo much; it's truly a daunting task.

To: RK Sprau

Ok, if I understand you correctly, maybe I stand corrected. Bush created a pseudo Gestapo, and Obama has expanded it. So I guess we do have a Gestapo. Either way, it's an assault on America and the freedoms that were bequeathed to us.

I don't think external pressure always causes collapse from within, but it sure tends to. The very same thing has happened in this country with the so-called "poor". Stretching way back, the government was called upon to alleviate bad economies. Their solution was entitlement programs, i.e. income redistribution. The result has become a society where nearly half of us are deemed too poor to pay federal income taxes. That 47% number has done nothing but grow over time and the amount of "poor" people never drops. And Obama wants us to accelerate in that direction.

Like you said about us "regular" people, they should be allowed 1 2=week vacations and a couple of weekends. On their own dime.

To: Albert Maslar

You're to be congratulated on all your hard work and analysis, but I have some constructive criticism.

Without trying to analyze everything you created, I'll just say the following:

1) Aside from your moments of brilliance in which you said to delete a department or completely defund something, I think your system will be doomed to failure because it can too easily allow big government to grow again.

2) You have too many numbers. That's part of the problem with our present tax code. You're too complex. The Founders' government worked because it was simple. It was simple because the government did very little; it had limited, discreet authorities. As proof of this, take note of nearly all of the government policies you would change or eliminate, and I ask you, when were those policies enacted? I'd bet they were enacted within the last 100 years, perhaps as little as 75 years, and some within 50 years. The only real way towards tax reform is to get back to limited government. This will reduce society's overhead (essentially, the cost of government is the overhead to all our family enterprises, combined), increase the wealth in the private sector, expand the job base, rejuvenate private charities, enhance freedom, and all sorts of other benefits, too numerous to mention.

To: Todd Crowell

I like where you're coming from, but I say to you that as long as Afghanistan is worried about burnt Korans, I say that two American lives is worth more than all the Korans in Afghanistan.

To: Marcus Everett and Everett Connor

One of you wants a flat income tax. The other wants the fair tax on purchases.

Right now in America, we have degenerated to such an extent that the bottom 47% of us, who've been absolved from having to pay any federal income taxes, are still able to vote.

Taxpayers go to the polls to ostensibly vote for candidates who will not increase their taxes. Essentially, taxpayers vote to preserve their hard-earned dollars. By comparison, NON-Taxpayers go to the polls to vote for candidates who will take more taxes from taxpayers, so entitlement programs will continue. Essentially non-taxpayers vote their say over the destiny of taxpayers money, whereas taxpayers can't cast their votes over the destiny of nontaxpayers' money because the nontaxpayers don't pay taxes.

So my question to both of you, is whether under your respective systems, can they be set up so that everyone pays some taxes. You see, if everyone pays taxes, then everyone will have a vested interest in reducing the size and cost of government because the majority of taxpayers won't want to pay for government largesse.

I think that the entire process is nothing more than a conglomeration of smoke and mirrors. Watch the left hand so you don't see what the right hand is up to. Every day, it's more of the same. Yammering endlessly about one issue after another. Dithering and sopping. It is sickening. I mean, think about it. We went through an era of innovation and an industrial boom that produced more income and tax revenue than anything before that time. And we managed to do it with bare minimum governmental and bureaucratic influence or interference.The average education level in those days was sub-high school level, yet some of the most advanced mechanical engineering marvels were created. Einstein developed theories that boggled the mind, with what? A sixth grade education? All we need to succeed is a crap load less government and a lot more 'Git-Up-And-Go'. I wonder if it's coincidence that the more taxation we get, the more regulation that we experience, the farther behind we get?

To: Travis Bishop

You've said a mouthful, yet it's so simple. All it takes to understand the source of our problems is to take a giant step backwards and see the big picture, our history, and the conditions under which rapid progress occurred. Clear away all the yammering, the claims, the promises, and the lies, and we can see reality. And this is what you've done.

Ask him it`s his book , the lier.

The same old rhetoric. Taxes, taxes, taxes. Let's start working on the government waste which is probably close to 35% when considering local,state

and federal. Let's start downsizing government. For example, look at your own local school boards. Every time a budget cut is necessary, the teachers and service personel take the hit while the administration stays the same or even increases.

I suggest before we waste one more minute on tax issues, the Congress mandates a 25% downsize across the board including all federal salaries.

Are we supposed to be surprised? The Muslim Barry, current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in WA D.C., won't lose a minutes sleep over the loss of our dead soldiers (he'll probably demand that the families pay for transportation home and burial expenses). Then Monday we can look forward to hear him agree that the burning of the Qur'ans were a disgrace to our nation.

In Barry's world, it's fine to burn Bibles as a freedom of speech statement, but the Holy Qur'an? Court Martial and humiliation!

FAIRTAX

Can you guys verify this? Heard on Boortz the other day that the koran was not to be written in and a koran that was "defaced by pen or pencil writing was to be disposed of by burning".

Thanks

I deplored his previous apology tours. However, in this case, not apologizing may have made things worse. I know you can never appease Islamic fanatics but not apologizing would be like throwing gasoline on a raging fire. In the future, we should just deny the allegation and suppress the media coverage. However, Obama would be incapable of this.

"Moroccan Muslim El Khalifi" Your report is the first I have seen or heard that called this guy a Muslim. Why am I not surprised.

Burning Korans - how many of these books were burned along with the individuals in suicide bombings? Are you telling me these fanatics don't carry their holy books with them when they go see their maker?

If these savages are going to go ballistic over an accident then what will they do if something worse happens. There is something we all have to remember, and that is the FACT that pakistan does have nuclear weapons and they are just radical enough to use them. Personally I would like to see a bonfire of those books. They burn the bible all the time so if they can do it to the bible then we can do the same thing to their quoran. The religion of peace more like the religion of war.

I think, in this economy, even one vacation is too many, especially since we pay for it. I got better things to do with my money.

Not being an economist i am of the opinion that a flat tax or consumption tax which i cannot properly explain the difference between the two, seems to me the proper route to take, so that when you purchase something you pay 18% [example] doesn't matter if it is a home yacht or whatever, you pay 18% and that is it. Every one pays the same, i guess that is tooooo simple for Washington to deal with.

Pray for CHANGE we can believe in in 2012!

The beauty part is it would eliminate the Lobbyists and perks. I suppose this being the main reason we don't already have a fair tax.

I am sick and tired of Obama apologizing for the United States. He does not speak for me and I am hereby apologizing to the world for Obama. Hopefully, he is not a mistake the United States will make twice. Voters, are you listening?

Corporate tax should be 10%, income tax for all should be 10% with the first $20,000 exempted and it should be put into the constitution.

To determine the validity of these tax proposals, one has only to put them in the context of the authors' political perspective.

Just another indicator of Obama's contempt for this country. No surprise.

Our Lickspittle in Chief licks again!

I think that the burning of the Koran was exactly what the Muslims have been waiting for so they could do what they do best--kill, scream, blame others, and be destructive. What I don't appreciate is our own wanna-be-prez caving .....again!........to their rants and demands. There have been a number of Bibles burned with no outrage from Christians...which goes to show that Islam IS a violent 'religion' filled with sad, desperate, violent people.

An example of the 'tolerance' of the peaceful Islamists......

There is a young Christian pastor who is scheduled to die at the hands of the Iranians because he will not denounce Christ and "return" to Islam. Although he is Iranian, he continues to profess that he cannot return to Islam as he was never a Muslim!! Therefore he will not denounce his Lord even if it means his death............and I'm sure he will die a martyr's death.....sad....sad...sad!

Gee, what happened to the progressive's precept of taxing the rich with the 35 to 28% drop?

This new direction is an admission of what the fiscal conservatives have portrayed forever.

But watch. They'll take credit for a commitment to better the economy. Much to late, not near enough and still stinks of leftist hidden details to the general public which they'll scoop up with glee for their One. The economists and even novices are not fooled; and our justified complaints will be used against us, again.

I don't begrudge the family time, it's the flaunting I don't support. Please don't tell me to eat rice cakes and veggies, when you don't lead by example. America is depressed by your policies and you have the audacity to pull this?!

Obama seems to have forgotten that he was elected to serve, not to be served.

The religion of peace? The governments who establish Islam as the state religion truly love the koran. For centuries, no better tool has existed for controlling the masses by fear.

The lower tax rates proposed by the Republican candidates are a significant improvement over the Obama plan; however, they can only be maintained by cutting, cutting and cutting some more of the bureaucratic waste that plagues this nation so deeply. If they cut the 'fed' down to the level identified by the Constitution, they could reduce taxes even further and still have money in the bank after they paid off the national debt!

If the Koran is there Constitution we should not

call islam what it is A POLITIACL party

How about a national BURN THE KORAN DAY

if we are already in a holy war lets get it on!

I find this issue of the burning of Korans absolutely rediculous. The Moslems can burn the Bible and any other books or works of scripture sacred to the Christians and nothing is said or done. But let anyone so much as look crossly at the 'holy' Koran and all hell breaks loose. Come on, be realistic, what do you do with a Koran that is so worn that it is no longer useable. What happens to those Korans that have a misprint in their doctrine? What happens if a Moslem accidently spills a coke (or tea or whatever) on the Koran, is that individual taken out & stoned? Let's face it, it is a book - just like the Bible is a book. If something happens to the printed book, does that change your belief in any way? Does it prevent you from worshipping in your own chosen religion? Of course, the answer to these questions is NO damage to a book does not change your beliefs nor your right to believe however you might choose. Consequently, let's stop all this crying about a book, grow up and realize that we are all human & there are good & bad in ALL religions, but it ain't worth shedding blood over.

IF WE WOULD JUST GET RID OF THIS NUTCASE MUSLIM WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT APOLOGIES HE WILL NOT CHANGE BUT ONLY GET WORSE & SOME OR LOTS OF MENTALLY UNBALANCED PEOPLE WILL STILL VOTE FOR HIM I HAVE MORE PRIDE IN MY SELF THAN TO APOLOGIZE FOR MOST ANYTHING ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE RIGHT GET RID OF HIM & COHORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

How many vacations a year are reasonable for the president? How about rephrasing it as how many total business days off? I'd go for 20 days per year, with attention to the expense of flying a huge entourage around to globe; so no more than 2 "vacation" trips abroad. Our FLOTUS is shameless, isn't she? I hope the Republicans plan an election-season video "montage" of her trips, perhaps contrasted with those of Mrs. G. W. Bush . . . might be interesting for the Left to explain!

There is not ANY rationale beyond that of "wealth redistribution" for Any Conservative supporting any form of income taxation. Period. Our founding fathers did not place any mechanism in our Constitution to justify what the "Progressives" pulled on an inatentive American public in 1913.

Think about this. An income tax is a top bullet point of Karl Marx's wonderful plan of wealth redistribution in Mein Kampf.

Anything that proports to call itself real tax reform is a charade--merely move the deck chairs around on a ship that is periously sinking lower and lower. ANY approach that avoids the issue of Permanant tax reform is subject to continual manipulation each time parties in power change, just as Jeffrey Locke has already mentioned. To quote his comments further: "I see the taxes on production like I see a snarling pit bull dog on a chain. The Republicans want to shorten the chain and retain him. But he STILL exists and the chain can be let out again!"The ONLY tax reform that is Truly Reform is the Fair Tax -- HR25/S13 found at www.fairtax.org.

The only candidate we should be supporting in this most critical of elections should be Newt Gingrich, who has proposed committees that will elucidate and advocate for the necessity of passing the Fair Tax in all 435 districts in America.

People have had it with the Administration And a Congress that has become an open Festering pool of Corruption, enabled by those actions put in place in 1913 (including the creation of the Federal Reserve) which allowed for the largest transfer of wealth from a hardworking population in the History of the World. Almost 100 years and everything has gotten worse and worse. The charade that Anything will change if we continue to "play" around the issue of income taxation should be apparent to any sane and moral individual. If people from all 435 Districts push for the Fair Tax Congress will HAVE No Choice but to act because the PEOPLE will demand it.

Romney's plan, as is also true of the other candidates' plans, are a step back in the right direction. I would like to see something worked out for a "Fair Tax" that would alleviate or preclude all other taxes including state sales and income taxes as well. This one would be the fairest of all. I believe it to be illegal for the federal government to levy an income tax on individuals. It should be levied on the states, and the states would collect from individuals their share as well as the share going to the federal government. The overall effect should be a greatly lowered tax burden for everyone compared to what every family or consumer has to pay now (does away with the IRS, for one thing---a tremendous savings).

Christianity is so great and powerful and so blessed by the Almighty God that no harm at all comes to it even if someone were to burn a whole ship load of Holy Bibles. The religion is above this. Aparently this is not so of the Koran and Islam, which needs all kinds of protection and props, including the bulk of its believers going wildly insane in protest if some infidel's breath touches its profane pages.

Obamanation is real bad. Romney is just a big, big RINO. How can any conservative vote for someone who brought us RomneyCare and the Mass "Assault Weapons" ban, among others. He makes Bush seem like a conservative.

In the constant yammering about marriage it is important to note that neither christians, jews nor muslims invented marriage. Thus they have no copyright, ownership nor should they be able to tell other persons whom may be married, in what numbers and which combinations.

Further it is no business of any govermental entity who combines with whom other than there is a contractual situation. It would seem that other than observing those laws no entity has a say.

To: Phil

People who complain about discriminatory treatment relating to the status of being married or not being married, have a very legitimate point.

I believe marriage is a religious construct that government has inappropriately usurped. If government had never decided to regulate marriage, there would never have been any pros or cons, either socially or economically, attached to the institution of marriage. No insurance discrimination and no tax discrimination. If marriage was exclusively a religious practice, then anybody could get married to anybody, within the church's rules, and then anybody could have the marriage of their choice by finding the right church.

Legal issues relating to any children produced, could be handled within civil law.

Government has taken jurisdiction over marriage away from the church. They are also, and have been for a long time now, co-mingling taxpayer monies into charitable institutions, via various special arrangements with the unsuspecting (and naive) leaders of these institutions. The leaders don't realize they're going to lose control until the state begins to make policy mandates, justifying it with the fact that they have to be good stewards of the taxpayer monies they have invested into the charitable institutions. The special arrangements, in this sense, become an extortion scheme. This is another way to instill socialism into society, by eliminating private-sector charitable organizations, replacing them with taxpayer-funded government handout centers.

We all need to see this government encroachment for what it is. I think with Obama, the Catholic church, at least, is finally feeling the sting of a cold slap in the face. And I hope they've realized their folly in their support of our tyrant-in-chief. Hopefully more Americans are beginning to wake up to this.

I like that the weekly digest always ends with something humorous. This is good for conservatives because we too often come across as angry. Kudos to the PatriotPost team for lightening the mood of the weekly digest with comedy.

My guess would be that the M.Romney group have crunched the projected income and have arrived at a fairly accurate number required to pay the bills . . .

You wont let me be obscene however you let the Liberal Moderate Republican, Romni, play Republican style class warfare. I am finished compromising I will not vote for another Dole or McCain. I even have a name for the republican choice, a "McRomnidole". Never again. I will write in a constitutionalist first. To heck with both parties and republicans will be responsible for "O" being reelected.

Anyone see the parallels between the Afghan riots and the LA riots that followed the Rodney King beating (acquital of the cops)? Are we supposed to believe there wasn't an element of criminal opportunism in Afghanistan? All that cheap heroin and still the short fuses?

Were there women participating in the riots? Or did they have to stay home and hidden? They have a legit beef for a riot, having to wear burqas and such. Then again, when the burqas come off at home in private...maybe a riot seems more interesting to the men.

Remember, there are no more buddhist mountainside carvings and Christian churces to dynamite. Gone. And they cancelled the public beheadings of adultresses. Nothing much fun to do anymore if IEDs are not your thing.

Where was Rodney King to ask "Can't we all just get along?" Where was Salmon Rushdie to calm the rampaging brethren of the Religion of Peace? I suppose there's no risk of accidentally burning Rushdie books there since the Afghans already burned them when the Taliban was burning Bibles and Christian texts and Christian missionaries.

How many members of the American Mustache Institute are actually women wearing burqas to conceal their mustaches? Mustache bleach, hair remover and burqas ain't cheap; the STACHE Act tax credit sounds fair to me for men and women.

When we get a public and global apology in the Muslim Press for the murder of the American Soldier and a worldwide video of his/her being charged with a crime, then and only then should we reciprocate with a similar apology.

We are still waiting for that apology since September 11, 2001.

Too bad he doesn't show Catholics, other Christians and Jews the same respect.

FYI: In addition to the drain on social security that the 2% rollback creates, the administration is allowing individuals who have lost their long term unemployment benefits, to claim they are "disabled", usually under a mental health diagnosis and to now collect social security disability payments (under ssi and/or ssdi). This is creating a significant drain on the system, as well as artificially lowering the unemployment rate.

Michelle Obama is not an elected official or Federal employee. The cost of any vacation she takes should be taken out of her husband's paycheck.

New federal employees receive 4 hours of vacation per pay period until they have 3 years of total federal service (then they earn 6 per and with 15 years earn 8 per). Since Obama was a first time Senator when running for office I suspect he would still be in the 4 hour/pay period group and should not be able to take more than 104 hours of vacation per year - which is 13 days.

Radical Muslim's listen up!!!

I bought a copy of your precious Koran. I read most of it, then placed it on my book shelf UNDER the shelf that my Father-in-laws (GOD Rest His Soul) very worn, Christian Bible is! I placed your preciuos Koran upsidedown there! In the EXACT MIDDLE of your precious Koran I placed a picture of a PIG! A QUARTER of the way into your precious Koran, I placed a Beautiful, COMPLETELY NUDE picture of ANNA NICOLE SMITH! (GOD Rest Her Soul) THREE QUARTERS of the way into your precious Koran, I placed a Beautiful, COMPLETELY NUDE picture of LINDA BLAIR! (The Exorcist) And as soon as I can figure out where to put the ISRAELI STAR OF DAVID, well, it's going in there too! "L'CHAIM!"

-Jeep-