MORT’s meanderings

What’s Fair is Fair.

Oh, the outrage about President Trump’s pardon of Sheriff Arpaio.  

We didn’t hear that much outrage when Clinton pardoned his corrupt fellow-Democrats.  No such outrage when Obama set free dozens of the worst, vicious, violent Islamo-terrorists kept at Gitmo.  The ploy of sending them to Yemen was as phony and hypocritical as can be.  But, Pres. Trump pardoning Sheriff Arpaio from his ludicrous sentence for the vicious, violent crime of catching illegal aliens?  That takes the cake.

How about this?  How about indicting Obama; and the hundreds of Islamist agents he placed in positions of influence in our Federal Government during his 8 years as President; his two utterly racist & corrupt Attorneys General; Bill & Hillary Clinton and their ‘Foundation’; Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Nunzi Pelosi and the entire bunch of corrupt Democrats in the Congress?  Indict them, try them in Court, find them guilty which they are and then, throw them in jail for as long as the law allows. Keep them there with no special privileges.

And then, when the next Democrat President is elected, let him pardon each of these immoral, criminal reprobates as he sees fit.  Make sense?

Hey, I’ve got plenty of good solutions – just ask me

                                                                                  MORT KUFF     © 8-28-2017.

 

We Need More Millionaires!

The far left “liberal loons” are constantly attacking successful people (a/k/a millionaires and billionaires) by saying we should tax those people more than they are already taxed because the liberals claim that it is “fair and just” - their favorite words when they want to raise taxes.

Little do these ideological political hacks realize that the top 10% of wage earners (those earning more than $133,000 per year) pay approximately 70% of all income taxes and that approximately 48% of wage earners pay no income taxes. Talk about fairness? Shouldn't every citizen have to pay something to support our country? And many of those people who pay nothing complain that the “rich” don't pay their fair share. Are they kidding?

Since the liberals want to punish millionaires (and billionaires) by raising their taxes to raise more government revenue ( most likely to pay for more entitlements instead of reducing the debt), maybe they should do just the opposite, lower their taxes so that the government will gain more tax revenue? What, you say? Lower their tax rates and get more revenue? Yes, and here's why. According to an editorial in the Wall Street Journal a few years ago, there were 399,000 people in 2007 earning over $1 million. In 2009, there were 237,000 millionaires, a drop of 39%. The people earning a million and above in 2007, paid approximately $309 billion in income taxes. In 2009 they paid approximately $178 billion, a drop of 42% in revenue paid to the government. So if the revenue goes down when we lower the number of millionaires, due to policies that were promoted by the then Obama administration, wouldn't it be smart to try to have more millionaires rather than less millionaires to increase the revenues to the government? That's where the dopey economic theories of the liberals come into play, because they feel that successful people shouldn't earn a lot of money (a million or more) because it is not “fair and just”. Aren't most of those “evil” rich people the one's who create jobs and make investments to start or expand their businesses? By over taxing them, by giving more of the money they earned to the government, they couldn't hire more employees or expand their businesses. A no-win, no-win situation. The people with a Socialist mindset would try to make us believe that businesses create oppression, while government creates prosperity. Of course, the total opposite is true, as any sane economist will tell you.

A widely known fact (except to liberals) is that rich people have the financial resources to move their money anywhere (voting with their feet), especially to places where they will not be punished by an avaricious government who wants to “redistribute the wealth”, like the former Obama administration, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders said they wanted to do. As you can see from a few of the states that raised tax rates to levels that some people found to be oppressive, many of the “wealthy” people moved out of those states (ex. California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts etc.) to states like Arizona, Florida, Texas, and New Hampshire to avoid those excessive state taxes. Along with their move out of those states, along went the tax revenue that those “wealthy” taxpayers paid to those states.

Another aspect of over taxing successful (wealthy) people is that they can hire accountants and lawyers who will help them find loopholes to avoid paying taxes (does G.E. come to mind as they paid 0% in income taxes a few years ago?).

So, instead of lowering or reducing the number of millionaires, we should be instituting policies that would encourage more people to become millionaires. Has anyone reading this editorial ever been hired by a poor person? And also remember, the Socialist states like Cuba, and Venezuela which are economic basket cases because they have taken out the incentive for people to become a success and replaced it with a vast government bureaucracy, who's main object is to “redistribute wealth”, who are now the ones living the good life while the average citizen, in those countries, just barely gets by.

The United States is the richest country in the world because our founding fathers had the foresight to base our country on the free enterprise capitalist system, not the Socialist system. The Declaration of Independence said that everyone should have the opportunity for the “pursuit of happiness” not the “guarantee of happiness”. Let the cream rise to the top, and give everyone the opportunity to get to the top. For those that can not achieve the top, our policies should have a “safety net” to help those that cannot help themselves, which does not include the “freeloaders” who suck on the teat of Uncle Sam, which seems to be quite popular among many left-wing liberals and on many of our college campuses today. Bernie Sanders brand of Socialism is quite popular among the economic illiterate who are looking to get something for nothing.

So, let's encourage everyone to become billionaires and millionaires, with a hand-up rather than a hand-out, so that they can contribute to the success of our country instead of being a drag on our economy.

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

The Then and the Now

Immigration at one time was the foundation of this nation. Immigrants
from countries around the world have been a tremendous asset to the
United States, bringing with them their skills, compassion to be free
and add their unforced, diversified cultures, to make America unique.
Contrasting the then and now will be misinterpreted as being bigoted
and against today's immigrants. I'm not against immigration. My parents
were immigrants. They were of good character and followed the rule of
law required to enter our country. Although they did not disengage
entirely from the culture they were born into and left behind, they were
anxious to adopt and intergrade into the American culture and add the
good things about theirs, as many others of different heritage did.
What is transpiring today, from the then to the now are undesirables
penetrating the ranks of the people who are following the rules to
enter the United States lawfully.

They are the obnoxious line crashers, pushing ahead of everyone who
have been waiting patiently for their turn. Criminals and individuals
of low character, taking advantage of the protection provided by liberal
sanctuary municipalities against the behest of federal law.

I feel compassion for the plight illegals have been enduring because of the
greed and incompetency of the leaders of their country. It isn't our
responsibility to play Mother Teresa to the rest of the world when we have
issues confronting us in our country. Even so, we have shown to be the
most generous people as a nation to the rest of the world, but a line has to
be drawn to the extent of this generosity, without jeopardizing the well
being of our own people.

To continue this generosity, immigration reform must be established to
prevent deterioration of our unique culture and overwhelming our
function of governance. This means complete control of all points of
entry with strict application of the law, with only allowances that benefit
the country, such as guest labor or limited technical grants to enhance
the scientific realm.

We don't want people in the country who compromised their integrity to
enter it illegally, then denigrate America, stomp on our flag while waving
the flag from the country they left, and accepting benefits reserved for
those in need, who love the country.

I can't paint everybody with the same paint brush, because there are always
exceptions; but there is no comparison in character and fiber from the
people of then and the people of now.

Conservative column from George Giftos

The Hell with Political Correctness!

When are we all going to go to the window (like in the movie, “Network”) and yell out, “I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore”, when it comes to dealing with the insane, mostly liberal, induced madness called, “political correctness”?

You can't say this, you can't say that, you can't do this and you can't do that - who in hell are these self-appointed arbiters and guardians of proper speech and behavior (a/k/a the P.C Police) to make our lives living hell because they deem certain things or actions “verboten”, “not Kosher”, or insensitive, to some real or imaginary groups or individuals? It infects all aspects of our lives especially when it applies to certain “protected” minorities. I thought we had a 1st Amendment right to say what's on our mind, whether it is deemed proper or not. Shouldn't people be allowed to look stupid, say stupid things, and do stupid things as long as it doesn't hurt some else, besides their feelings? It has gotten so bad that some people, in the normal interchange of conversation, can give someone a compliment and be sued for sexual harassment, that telling an ethnic joke, making a racial remark, or using a harmless non-threatening sexual innuendo, can be a cause for someone losing their job, being fined by a court, being refused a promotion, or being vilified by the media, because they (who's they?) deemed it insensitive or insulting? It is outright lunacy, to say the least. Just recently, Pres. Trump was vilified in the media and by Democrats (and by some Republicans), that he didn't condemn the white separatists clearly enough for them in the Charlottesville incident. He was criticized for including ALL hate groups, in his condemnation, including the ANTIFA and BLACK LIVES MATTER groups along with the NAZI group. For that he was called a racist, a Nazi sympathizer, and a bigot. That was “political correctness” gone amok, plain and simple.

Look what has happened in our judicial system - today when someone commits a crime, it must be determined whether or not it is a “hate” crime, which carries a more severe penalty, than the same crime committed by someone against someone else who is not in that “protected” class. How absurd! A crime is a crime, is a crime, regardless of who is the victim.

Certain people get a pass, just because they are in the “protected” class. If a white person called a black person a “nigger” it can be considered racial harassment, but if a black person called another black person a “nigger”, that is O.K. or at least it would not considered a “major” offense by the “P.C. Police”.

Zero tolerance is another area where “political correctness” holds sway. The intentions are sometimes laudatory, but the punishment doesn't always “fit the crime”. A casual remark by one person to another with a sexual connotation might be grounds for a lawsuit, a student taking an aspirin in school might be a cause for suspension, telling an ethnic, racial or religious joke might be cause for a firing or banishment from the industry, but there's one area where the “P.C. Police” don't seem to get involved in, that's when the topic is slandering or mocking Christians. Anything goes and in many cases it is looked upon favorably by those who are non-believers (generally liberal secularists and atheists). Slander a Muslim, a Jew a Gay or other protected minority, and all hell will break loose, but not when it comes to Christians - they are fair game. Shouldn't all religions be fair game, even for obnoxious, and slanderous speech or actions?

It was different years ago, when people could joke with one another, say stupid things to one another, and be free to either be nice or nasty, without a “blow back” or being vilified or harassed by the “P.C. Police”. Many comedians of 30 or 40 years ago were able to make fun of different racial and ethnic groups with no problems and plenty of laughter, especially by the group being made fun of. Today, you might lose your job or be fined. We should all be fed up with these “unwritten” restrictions called “political correctness”, and we should all run to the window and proclaim that “We are mad as hell and we won't take it anymore”. Political correctness be damned!

Conservative commentary by Chuck Lehmann

MORT’s meanderings

                                             MORT KUFF  © 8-14-2017

Return of the TURD.

Traitorous Underhanded Reprobate Democrat

While TURD is certainly applicable to a litany of undesirables that have populated the Democrat Party over the past half-century or so, in this instance, the immediate past-President is the subject the ‘term’.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, a name that conjures up painful recollections of eight long years of gross mismanagement of our nations affairs - and hundreds of moments of shameful recollections when this reprobate intentionally brought down upon the heads of American citizens, buckets full of excruciating disgrace.

Now, in blatant contradiction to an honored tradition of all former U. S. Presidents, Obama is not returning to his pre-presidential home State but has taken up residence in the District of Columbia.  From this high, brick- walled Headquarters, housed in a multi-million-dollar ‘castle’ just a few short miles from the White House, Obama plans to conduct a daily surveillance of President Trump’s every utterance and every action.  

To what end is he doing this? He wants to second-guess, oppose and obstruct every single move that President Trump makes.  So much for Obama honoring the tradition observed by the forty-three presidents that preceded him.  So much for the concept of this former-president remaining ‘out-of-the-way’ in order not to interfere in any way, shape or form, with the newly-elected President.  Au contraire. He plans to be a thorn in the side of President Donald J. Trump.  How ignoble can Obama get?  It is the Return of the TURD, a classless turd.