Hey Bud. Curious, then who do you use to formulate an opinion or observation? You cite those who incite. What about the moderate moderators of the game?

You're not seriously saying that the people I mentioned are actual journalists interested in the truth are you? Anyone using those people to formulate opinions doesn't need to because their minds are already made up.

I am with you Bud. The media is interested in one thing... Ratings. They want to have your attention so they can sell ad spots. These people only add to the fire instead of putting it out. And to answer Staberdearth's comment on your comment.. I use myself to formulate an opinion. Yes, that is right. I actually READ the bills that are presented in our houses and senates. Oh, I know they can be lengthy and a bit dull with all the "leagalese" but I am no fool and will not take one man's opinion for my own.

Well said Eric. Commentary by cheerleaders and pundits don't help me formulate an opinion. I admire your reading actual bills, that's rare.

My opinion has and will be formed based on how I live and am made to live my daily life. My taxes are increasing, I can't afford to put gas in both my cars all the time, I have limited and schedule my trips during the week so as not to waste the ever costly fuel in my car, our grocery budget has been hit hard by the increasing cost of food. I can't wait to start my garden so I can grow more of my own food, and will definitely be canning from my garden more than ever this year. If your not feeling your budget tightening, you have no worries apparently, I just think your in the minority if your not worried.

True, however, when there are clear differences, and there are, your statement is meaningless. Let's use the most inflammatory example for stark contrast. Those who say their religion allows murder of the innocent unborn and those that say their religion does not. Those views are not "similar".

I use the term "religion" loosely. I rather prefer the word "faith". "Religion" has too much if an air of man made element to it. Faith is a more appropriate terminology for this discussion. Religion implies directive of the mind. Faith implies directive of the heart.

She agrees with everything Obama says. Dyed in the wool liberal. Don't look for any cogent thinking from these folks.

Your comments are a shining example of your beliefs.

What's well done about it? Doesn't even mention the MASSIVE deficit spending the current administration is doing. And it's based on two strong woman who lost their husbands and MADE IT ANYHOW, long before we had a million government handouts designed by Democrats and now destroying us fiscally?

Arthur... what is the debt payment on our current 15 Trillion debt per year? What percent of U.S. revenue is that. Should we be concerned about that?

Thank you! I was coming here to say this myself, however I will just praise you! There are those that abuse the system. And just because of 1 journalist who hasn't seen it with their own eyes merely tells me that they may have been sheltered. Again, thank you.

When you begin your rant with "i have seen what our crrent president has done to this country" you've already lost credibility. You are obviously anti Obama and anti government. You refelct many of the "tea party" attributes that contribute to the lack of civil discourse in our nation. In the tea party meme, they all worked hard, earned thier way, and are god fearing, flag loving patriots. Anyone who disagrees with the TP, is a socialist, big government, tax and spend, anti religious, pro gay rights, liberal bent on ruining the country. In fact, you could not be more wrong. Fact is that the nation is recovering from a decade of war, a decade of greed, and several decades of the citizens giving up any influence they had to corporations and uber rich individuals who have bought politicians and now set the terms of political debate. In my view, the author is correct. America has been and always will be the strongest nation on earth. Our greatness does not come from the GOP or the Democratic party or it;s politicians. Our greatness is our citizens, all of them. The poor, the middle class, and the wealthy. Individuals, who like you, contribute to thier local communities, thier schools, churches, and workplaces. The sky is actually bright and sunny on America.

Oh Mark, another one living under a rock....Yes , I am anti Obama and for one reason and that is I am anti socialist. I believe you must work for what you want in life and not expect a handout from the government. Sure, the govt. has programs to help those in need, but those standing in line for handouts are corrupt and abusing the system that they are now draining, and Mr. Obama has no problem with that. He is not fixing the system he is giving more handouts, those additional handouts cost me and my family. Show me a clip of the Tea Party that show civil discourse and I will show you 20 more that show civil discourse on the opposite side. that is a complete lame excuse to say the tea party is uncivil. Government is fine when it stays out of our business, when it starts stepping on the toes of the business owner that wants to expand and hire more people but can't, then it's a problem, I know first hand because I own a business that could use more employees but I will not hire more employees because of the mandates enforced on us by this president. If anyone here has been misguided, it is most definitely you.

@Mark: This president, as well as the one before, have destroyed our country. YOU have seen this first hand, but it is apparent that you choose to turn a blind eye to this. Where do you think the "decade of war, a decade of greed, and several decades of the citizens giving up any influence they had to corporations and uber rich individuals" came from if not our leaders? The media?? Well, they are to blame as well. America is the strongest nation, but we are faltering. We need to rid ourselves of the two party system, we need to reset and take back America as citizens. But we aren't able to do that as many blind sheep file into the polls and just flip levers of parties because that is what they have become accustomed to. The sky is dark and dreary over America, bit bright and sunny at all.

Yo Mark... in Bush's last year, he spent 2.8 Trillion. Obama now spends 3.9 Trillion, and is running a 1.5 Trillion deficit. That's why many of us are Anti-Obama.

Do you have a real understanding of what these deficits mean? To much math for you? Numbers to big? Rachel Maddow says it will be OK? Start running the numbers yourself. Four more years of Obama will leave us with 22 Trillion in debt. Know how much the interest payment is on 22 Trillion each year? Know how that compares to total REVENUE of the U.S. ? Does that worry you at all? Again, too much math to care? Pelosi and Reid have it all figured out for ya?

She's supporting her claims with hearsay from a New York Times article, while busting the chops of Fox News and Glenn Beck. The New York Times. You know, the paper who was taken in by a fake satirical story by the Onion, and published that story, without fact checking, as truth. That supporting evidence gives no details. There is no name, no age, no address. There is no way to check the truth of the claims. Yet she's denigrating Beck, whom she's clearly never watched. 'Nuff said.

I can tell that Mark has never been to a TEA party meeting, because if he had, he'd know they are a pretty even mix of Democrats, Libertarians, Independents and Republicans. They are also a pretty even mix of Christians, Buddhists, Free Thinkers and Lord only knows what else. I know a few Tea Partiers that I'm pretty sure are Wiccans. You see, the TEA Party isn't what the media has told you, and that lack of curiousity and investigation is beneath the dignity of a citizen of the US. The TEA Party is simply a group of people who recognize communism when they see it, and would prefer to live under the constitutional representative republic that we have. And yes, many to most of us are college educated, and we memorized all those hair splitting definitions defining what is different among communism, socialism, progressivism, dictatorship, monarchy, feudalism and every other ism you can come up with. The simple fact is, they have more in common than they have separating them.

Do you live under a rock or are you one of our wealthy elite that doesn't have to worry about the ever rising cost of living for all of us normal folk? When I have to pay more for my normal every day grocery items and when gas prices keep rising on a weekly basis, that certainly doesn't tell me my life is getting better.....it tells me I have to work even longer hours and add possibly a third job to my list to cover costs. I probably wouldn't mind that if I didn't have kids to feed.....

Yet another blind sheep...

The Democrats are 85% responsible for fostering a society that rewards laziness and irresponsibility.

Salisbury Resident's quote, ostensibly from Thomas Jefferson, is spurious. See Monticello Website. If Salisbury Resident dispute this, I invite him to cite the work from which the quote is taken.

This exact quotation has not been found in any of the writings of Thomas Jefferson. It bears a very vague resemblance to Jefferson's comment in a prospectus for his translation of Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy: "To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, 'the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, & the fruits acquired by it.'"

It is a paraphrase of an actual quote Arthur.

Who gives a damn who said it. It's 100% correct, and exactly where the marxist Obama wants to go. He grew up hating this country, and the white people he felt controlled it. Dare ya, read his books. Then know what he really thinks.

Mr. Katz, if that is a paraphase and not a direct quote, here is one straight from Jefferson's first inaugural address, "Still one thing more, fellow-citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities."

So, how did they survive without big government taking care of them? Huh? Guess what? If big government was around back then, they would have been moved to government supported tenaments, given government food, government cell phone, government cable TV, government health care... and turned into lazy bums, and raised the next generation of lazy bums. Like we do today. Because of liberals like you.

You;re clueless. Clueless. Tell me, After four more years of Obama, and a national debt of 22 trillion, how much will the debt service be on that debt? Tell me. Then tell me how we will pay that much debt service. Alarmists? It's started.... we are heading to Greek levels of debt. See what's happening in Greece?

Again, try actually analyzing something. Tell us all... what will the debt service payment be on 22 Trillion in debt. How will we pay it?

Clueless liberals will be the death of the country.

All I really want from this government is a balanced budget. It sounds so simple, yet seems impossible.

Hey Ken, gas prices are NOT going up, don't let what you see at the fuel stations or on the news alarm you, it's just a figment of your imagination......

Thank God you're limited to 500 words....

Dear, I Am Knowledge ,
You comments would have more credibility, if you included the source of you Knowledge .

Jim Chenault, the truly sad thing about that comment is that as a citizen, you should know the data that I Am Knowledge presents. Much of that information is available out of government docs and other public sources. Unfortunately, public education has not done a good job of teaching math, and many people don't even have a command of much of what the above means.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tym9AhMNcP0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt8hTayupE

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-pennsylvania-debt-clock.html

There is, by the way, a time machine feature by which you can turn the debt clock back to specific years. Its enlightening. And of course, there are plenty of other sites out there like this one http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_debt_chart.html Accurate info can be difficult to find, as there are so many accounting tricks out there. But it is the duty of a citizen to keep digging, and not to assume that because the politicians are claiming one thing or another, that it is actually true.

This explains it for those who don't get it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0no7O9zmE&feature=share

Bud Miller, not sure who your comment about giving one's full name is addressed to but I just wanted to let you know that people have harassed other people at their jobs because of comments made here. People are crazy and we all must do what we must do to keep ourselves safe.

Hi Rosemary,

Not you. That's a sad statement on the state of civil discourse today. Some people can't have simple discussion without ranting and raving and presuming their side is the only side. I usually avoid these times of flame wars. take care.

I deleted it anyway, there's too much vitriol in here for me. No sense adding to it. Doubt I'll read any more political blogging. Sounds too much like TV. :-)

You and Fox News are the only ones talking about guns. It hasn't been mentioned anywhere in the GOP caucuses or on the federal level. I'm not sure what a brabber is but I'm a liberal and I have a gun.

same as spelling "squatting" with a space in it.

So, us Americans own our own debt. Sounds a bit like a Ponzi scheme to me. And they don't usually end well.

And, about Social Security and Medicare. That "payroll tax" cut that Obama is so proud of is coming from what should be going into Social Security, which is not so solvent to begin with. So when Social Security goes bankrupt we will be able to thank the Obama Administration, the Democrats and the Republicans who were so eager to compromise.

Also, I for one disagree with means testing for SS and medicare. These people paid into it they should be able to collect from it.

I knew we could depend on a devout liberal to add some intelligence to this debate. Thanks Jimmy, your words are perfectly in line with the intelligent solutions we always see on the lib/ Democrat forums! This is the exact same reply I usually get when I ask a lib why they support the current occupant of the White House.

Seriously, i have never heard more vitriol and "blame" in my short 50 years. I've come to the realization that i dont understand the fundamental premise of the "Tea party." I also realize that spending time to try and understand them is fruitless. Outcomes are not important in their ideology or beliefs. Having grown up in a family of 6 children to a single mother who raised us and cared for our crippled grandmother in a two room house in the 60's all by herself taught me some valuable lessons. Charity, dedication, faith, values, determination, optimism, hope, and love. I also remember that we used food stamps to eat. I take offense to grand general statements that everyone who has used or is using the government programs is a freeloader.

Another clueless lib. As long as somebody in the White House is "showing empathy" you sit on the moral high ground all smug and happy. You really have no understanding of macro economics, you have no understanding of what the deficit will do to this country in the coming year. You just sit there and think everything will be fine as long as we have lots and lots of empathy and government handout programs. I not angry. I just am INFORMED. Something you clearly are not. Now back to the Rachel Maddow show for you. I feel sorry for you.... see, I have empathy!!

Now, now Lower Mac.... you are sounding angry... just keep working and help support the unemployed baby factories who are churning out future government dependents and democrats. Make sure your kids get a good education, They will have to pay to support all the bums that the democrats love so much, and depend on for votes. Now back to work!!

That pesky regulation that requires clean air, clean water and all that other liberal stuff. How dare the government force corporations to stop polluting. And that OSHA and all those stupid safety regulations like speed limits. THey are killing the job creation.

No one watches Glen Beck. They don't even let him on Fox anymore.

Which regulation do you think has been most harmful to business?

Jayne , for lack of space here i will post one ,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNE0vHXCIUQ.. You can search Glenn Beck lies , just look at the videos of his words ,

Jane hows this ? http://factcheck.org/archives/search-results/?cx=000672474746801930868%3Aa87hh_euyka&cof=FORID%3A11%3BNB%3A1&ie=UTF-8&q=glenn+beck&sa=Search..

Mark, that pesky regulation that requires clean air, clean water and etc. did nothing to clean the air or water. It merely moved it out of sight, out of mind, along with your jobs. All of your jobs went to China, India and Indonesia where you can't see it, and where there is no regulation, but where the air is so dirty that they had to bring Beijing to a halt in order to hold the Olympics, for fear the athletes would collapse in the oxygen deprived soot they call air. You didn't do anything to improve the environment, you just foisted the problem on someone else and patted yourself on the back.

As for Jim, again, posts about and posts of are two different things. Why don't you try actually watching Beck instead of conspiracy theories about him? Seriously, man, your quoting Annenberg and some kook on youtube?

Hey Sqwat, Glenn left FOX because FOX asked him to stop his dialog about George soros, Fox would not protect anyone on Glenn's staff from the daily threats made by Mr. Soros and his goons...that's why Glenn left, and he has done an awesome job on his own without FOX.

something from Glenn
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/glenn-beck/..

See, Mr. Chenault, that is a fine example of exactly what everyone accuses Beck of doing. You posted that as being from Beck, but it is actually unsubstantiated claims ABOUT Beck from Politifact. If you want to make claims about Beck, how about posting something, in context, that is actually from Beck.

Beth Twp. Well said.

He can't find anything Jane, that's why he goes to the crap on youtube

Amend
You might want to take a look at charitable contributions. I would venture that you would find that those pesky conservatives are larger doners to charities. But that is not the issue. The issue is the condition of this nation that has been sliding downhill since 1892 and the passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and both parties have affected the situation over the years. But again let me be specific. It is we the people who sit on our posteriors, do not vote, do not work for campaigns, do not run for office and then we have the nerve to be unhappy with the way things are going. You might want to check the Constitution and see what you role is in all of this. And that goes for all of us on this blog and in this nation.,

Amend, you need to do some serious research. I'd suggest starting with American Progressivism: A Reader, and New Deal or Raw Deal.

Funny how those who tout themselves as knowledgeable about conservatives sound very much like the talking heads on the TV screen. In your blabber about the corporate medias choices:Romney, Gingrich, and Santorum, you fail to mention the ONLY conservative running in that party.....just like the mainstream media does. Do yourself a favor, do your own research, don't repeat what you hear the talkin heads on the TV say, many of us can see way past that corporate sponsored propaganda.

Liberal puppet droning on about "fair share". Top one percent of earners pay 40% of tax. Bottom 45% pay no federal tax. Bottom 10% GET money from their income taxes via credits. Who is not paying fair share...

You are all such zombies... stumbling around saying "Faaaiiiirrrrr shaaaarrrreeeee" instead of the more typical "Braaaaiiiiiinnnnnnsssssssss"

An uninformed mind is a terrible thing to waste .

The last time unemployment was 7.6 % in PA was 1992.I think Obama was still in his birth country in Africa then. There was a republican gov't but democrats secretly didn't let them do anything. But you're right--we weren't giving our money to the muslim brotherhood then. We didn't have "pourous" borders, whatever the heck that means. Instead of posting on Patch, why don't you go back to middle school, study something about the world in addition to English, and maybe you'll make some extra "frieken" dimes.

Erin , If you search Glenn Beck lies ,you will find him lying on camera , how do you deny his actual words ?

Hey, poopingdog, I think Erin just blew you away and exposed your small mind.

What shocks me is how the NASDAQ is higher right now than any other time since the year 2000 under that socialist, marxist, muslim-loving gamer. How could Wall St and investors possibly fall for this?

Charity is indeed a personal matter but you vilify the conservatives when upon investigating you would find that conservatives contribute more to charity then said liberals do. As to the Sherman Act, I believe that it set up the cozy relationship between government and businesses. TR would bring an anti-trust case against. let's say Standard Oil, He would win the case and then when he went to run for re-election his hand went out to Rockefeller and other "Robber Barons" for money to run his campaign. Rockefeller would donate because he was not about to lose it all. That would go for others in the same position. I believe the Robber Barons or Capitans of Industry as they were once called, felt that they could buy the government figures and save their businesses. I believe they lost that battle. Take a look at Wilson and the War Industry Board. Wilson was a bad president. Among other things he was the president who segragated the military. I would have, based on yous posts, suspected you to be what you indicate you are and I congratulate you on your positons.

Pourous borders means thousands of future democrats, who will be living off the system and vote for iditots like Pelosi, Waters and Reid, will pour in each day. The more that come in now, the more will get amnesty in the next couple years. Also they will each squeeze out some babies to serve as their anchor. Sucking up federal dollars, state dollars, education dollars, medical dollars, all the while increasing the crime rate wherever they settle.

Ah, but you are making assumptions. I was raised liberal atheist and believed so all my life. A few years ago, I could have posted all your posts myself. But I keep an open mind and read from both sides, and low and behold, the other side had better evidence. Being open minded does not mean you quote people who claim to be open minded without thought, research or hearing the other side out. That is actually closed minded. Being open minded means hearing the evidence from both sides, and seeing who has better evidence. Which side actually footnotes their work and sends you to primary sources, and which just asks you to believe it because they said so?

How is the tax structure ineqitable when the richest 1% of Americans pay nearly 40% of all federal income taxes, and the richest 10% pay two-thirds of the tax?

And the richest 10% of Americans shoulder a higher share of their country's income-tax burden than do the richest 10% in every other industrialized nation, including socialist Sweden.

And when American corporations pay the highest statutory corporate tax rate of all other industrialized nations but Japan, which cuts its rate on April 1
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Also note that nearly four out of 10 American households now pay no federal income tax at all—a number that has risen every year under Mr. Obama.

Who said any of us support the current Republican candidates? Those are being forced upon us by the Progressives at the top of the party and the Media. Ick, Romney, seriously? The only way I'll vote for him is if the only other choice is Obama, and then I'll have to hold my nose to do it. He's a far left socialist liberal Democrat calling himself a Republican. If he could be convinced to run, my candidate would be Lt. Col. (ret.) Allen West. That is a man I could be proud to support. I suggested that you read those books because you don't seem to understand what Progressivism is, or what it does. You aren't following the money. You are acting out of emotion, which is exactly what the people leading those programs want you to do. None of those issues is about what you think its about. Warren Buffet is leading the charge for more taxes on the 1%, even though he has not paid his taxes in ten years, and has nearly a billion dollars outstanding. Why is he doing that? Because the tax he is advocating will be on investment interest, which means everyone who has investments will pay it. That means your IRA will shrink, and every independent retiree will be forced onto the government, as their dividend checks will shrink. It isn't a tax on the 1%, its a tax on the middle class. Warren Buffett will go right on ignoring it as he's been doing for ten years.

Programs that supposedly support the poor really force the poor into dependency, with a tiny subsistence income, and limits on their income that force them back down into dependency whenever they try to get out, until they become discouraged and stop trying. Environmental deregulation? What exactly do you think we've done for the environment? We've forced jobs overseas into countries with absolutely no environmental regulation, where it has gotten worse, but out of your sight. You believe the environment has been cleaned up because it has been cleaned up in Emmaus, but there are far worse things being done in your name in China, India and Indonesia. Meantime, Bethlehem Steel is so long gone that you probably don't even remember it, and there is no money coming in. Have you noticed that practicing Christian beliefs publicly is almost illegal now, but you can publicly practice Islam all you want. What is that about? You can practice any religion you want in schools or in the streets, provided it isn't Christianity. Why? Have you even asked yourself those questions?

It is not that people hate liberal thinking. I, personally, hate thinking that has been proven not to work and policies that do not address our most pressing problems. Like the budget deficit and high energy prices and our lack of jobs. Newest numbers today seem to suggest that each of the 2.5 million jobs "created or saved" by the stimulus cost taxpayers nearly $300,000 each. That, to me is a very failed policy.

Tell me, what do you think is the reason I dislike Obama?

There is no such thing as "Liberal Thinking". You have only "Liberal Parroting". The parroting of catch phrases like "fair share" while not understanding any of the underlying facts.

What do you think China looks like? What do you think India looks like? Yes, I am from that area. I don't live there now, but I'm from there. But you aren't thinking clearly. Your lights are still on. There is still coal being mined somewhere, but very little in the USA. Where is the coal coming from to keep your lights on? You are still wearing clothes, but nearly every sewing factory in the USA, every fabric mill, every thread mill has been shut down. Where is your clothing coming from? Take a look at the tags. Now, what do you think the regulations on dumping lint, dye, and heavy metals are in that country? You are still driving a car, I presume, if you are old enough. Most of the automakers in the USA have been shut down. Where did your car come from? What do you think environmental regulations are in its country of origin? What do you think the air and water look like there? The problem isn't cleaned up. The problem is transplanted to where you can't see it, and made worse, and you since you can't see it, you are fooled into thinking it is gone. Its only gone if you think the air and water in China stays in China.

Back to life? There's probabaly 7 people who have jobs in Palmerton. Dead coal town.

@ted - Looking at a 1 year period Corbett cut funding to the EPSD. The federal spending stimulus explains part of that, however he cut more. For example, the charter school reimbursement which was a big hit for East Penn. The district did the best it could to battle these cuts as well as increased costs and dropping local revenue.

overall state sources 2010-2011 $24,588,226
overall state sources 2011-2012 $23,103,450

source East Penn School District Budget

http://www.eastpennsd.org/Administration/_docs/generalfundbudget2012.pdf

@t.s. - my point below by comparing EPSD's two year state funding increase of 6% from 2009-2010 to 2011-2012 still debunks the theory by alarmists that funding in 2011-2012 is less than it was in 2008-2009, since 2011-2012 is 6% higher than 2009-2010.

I did mention in my original posting below that there was an unsustainable Federal stimulus windfall for 2010-11. another way of looking at it is that there was a 12% windfall in 2010-11, but 6% was no longer available from the Feds funneled thru the state for 2011-2012, still leaving EPSD 6% ahead of where it was two years before.

My data source is the same as yours. My analysis points out the unsustainable blip in funding from the FEDS thru the state that no one expected to continue. Bif you have any complaints in that regard, look at the Feds, not the state. The state's own contribution to EPSD has increased 6% over the last two years.

Any rational person would see that, but the alarmists don't want people to know the truth.

It sounds to me like you are saying that people are lying about Corbett cutting state support to public education and specifically to this distrct. Your spin is to use a 2 year comparison. People who have correctly stated that the state has cut are looking at one year. I see no lying or misleading. I guess you do so we must agree to disgree. I know for a fact that it was more than fed. stimulus money. I also know that traditionally as education costs go up the state is supposed to also increase support. Special education, transportation, charter school reimbursement etc. Starting around 1970 they have been moving away from 50-50 funding with the locals and now do so around 80-20 with East Penn but they do not let up on he mandates one bit. You obviously think the district is mismanaged and I do not. You believe the state is fine with funding and I do not. Again, we must agree to disagree. I do have a bit of a problem with you talking about people misleading or lying but that is your constitutional right.

see response above.

Ah yes, the Koch Brothers, darlings of the liberal media. Do you know why everything is about the Koch Brothers? Because the liberal media doesn't want you to think about who the "1%" are. You see, if you actually got curious about who they are, you might do some research on the political affiliations of the "1%" and you might actually discover that most of them are Democrats. And then you might start wondering why, if they are Democrats, and the Democrats claim to want tax hikes on the "1%," those "1%" Democrats don't just voluntarily pay more without needing a law to force them to do it. You also might start wondering how all those socialists got up there in the 1%, if they are so against profits and so for the working man. Go ahead, I dare you to pull up the Forbes 400, and research party affiliation for each of them, and to whom they donate the most money. If you do, you'll understand why the liberal media is always carping on the Waltons and the Kochs: they are about the only Republicans on the list.

Spell George Soros however you want.

er, um, 42?

The problem is that most of them have no clue how much a trillion is. The fact is, if you took 100% of what every single soul in the US has, it would not be enough to pay our debt. The only things we have that are worth that much is our land and our lives: if we give up our country and sell ourselves into slavery, we might be able to pay that debt.

Right... because none of you libs wants to quantify it, make a joke out of it.

Oh, that's ok "I am knowledge". I can't compete with you, you're hilarious. Oh, I'm actually not a "lib" but thanks for pre-judging me. Keep the comedy coming. I'm dying over here.

It's not about the 1%. It's about the 55% who pay all the taxes fighting to keep what they earn vs. the 45% who pay NOTHING to federal taxes, and still suck up all the services.

The 1% is just there to distract you from the fact that if you work, the liberals want you to support 2 to 3 of their democratic slackers and illegals.

You might want to check what the wages are at WalMart in North Dakota. You might want to include WalMart's expenses for the year. Provide all the facts on an issue.

The recently passed social security payroll tax cut extension IS a disaster and IS where the "sky is falling". It was a bad idea to start with in December 2010 when Pelosi, Reid and Obama rammed it through during the lame duck seesion, and it is now with Boehner's concurrence!

If the "160 million" working people who are getting this tax cut don't pay it, who do the politicians think will pay for SS? The unemployed? Students? Those on welfare? The disabled? Students?

Soon SS will be like the present PSERS debacle, which I warned in letters to the editor and at EPSD and other school boardsmeetings would happen, when PA did the same thing in 2001!

Ya, and those tax cuts allow them ot INCREASE BUSINESS and hire more people. It is just stunning how few people understand even the most simple macro economic concepts. DUH.

Tiffany, totally agree with you. The people who don't see it are the people who refuse to look.

Unless you are a fetus.

Exactly what the slacker bum democrats want. Martial law and a socialistic redistribution of wealth. Then we can be like Greece.

This site merely confirms the country is full of slackers who pay no Federal Income Tax, then tries to justify it. Typical liberal think tank propoganda. EVERYBODY should pay Federal Income Taxes, then maybe EVERYONE would give a damn how it's spent. THEY NEED TO PAY THEIR "FAIR SHARE".... and that isn't $0.00