Dem Who Called ObamaCare a ‘Train Wreck’ Decides to Retire
Baucus to retire rather than seek re-election in 2014, strategists say
By Paul Kane, The Washington Post
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is retiring rather than seek re-election in 2014, according to two senior Democratic strategists familiar with his plans.
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RUN FOR THE HILLS: Dem Sen Baucus Retiring Because He’s ‘Fed Up’ With Obamacare
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/348005/grassley-baucus-retiring-because-hes-fed-obamacare
CBS Notices Senate Dem’s ‘Train Wreck’ Label of [...]
The U.S. Senate is expected to pass a new law Monday making it easier for states to enforce online sales tax
Local retailers are rejoicing while small online shops call the expectation a huge burden as they scramble to comply with soon-to-be law
Few taxpayers know they’re expected to pay sales tax on online purchases, so a new law likely to pass in Congress Monday will help states force retailers to pay [...]
Let me try to understand this: The key incentive for small businesses to support Obamacare was that they would be able to shop for the best deals in health care super-stores—called exchanges. The Administration has had 3 years to set up these exchanges. It has failed to do so.
This is a really bad sign. There will be those who argue that it’s not the Administration’s fault. It’s the fault of the 33 [...]
From Charles Hugh Smith:
… The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), i.e. Obamacare, is a neutron bomb for employment. A neutron bomb is an enhanced-radiation thermonuclear weapon that famously leaves buildings, autos, etc. intact but kills all the people, even those inside buildings, vehicles, etc.
Obamacare will act as a neutron bomb on employment in the U.S. for two basic reasons:
1. It is immensely complex, and already-marginalized small business owners [...]
Michael A. Gayed: Retailers look increasingly vulnerable
Yes, the Dow is over 14,000. Yes it sure feels like a bull market. Yes, the argument for the “Great Re-Allocation” out of bonds and into stocks is a powerful narrative and one that I believe is a longer-term theme for markets. Yes, I have been early in calling for a decline.
No, I am not changing my call for a correction based on [...]
Goldman Sachs President and COO Gary Cohn spoke with Bloomberg Television’s Stephanie Ruhle on “Market Makers” from Cleveland, OH today, one of the cities where Goldman provides education and funding for small business owners.
Cohn said that, “there is really only one way that interest rates can go over some period of time which is ultimately higher. I’m concerned that the general public does not quite understand the pricing of bonds [...]
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
January 2, 2013
The establishment media is extending kudos today to vice president Joe Biden for hammering out a deal that supposedly averted the so-called fiscal cliff.
“I want to thank the work that was done by my extraordinary vice president, Joe Biden,” Obama said late Tuesday night.
The Republican Senate boss, Mitch McConnell, went over Democrat majority leader Harry Reid’s head to negotiate with Biden.
“It was the fateful decision that put the Senate [...]
 from washingtonsblog:
Slams Federal Reserve Policy
Sky News notes:
“According to the BIS’ latest Quarterly Review financial markets are starting to behave in some of the ways they behaved before the crash. In particular, investors seem to be chasing riskier and riskier assets, despite the fact that the economic prospects are hardly all that great.
Here is the key passage from the BIS report: “Some asset prices started to appear highly valued in historical terms relative to indicators [...]
From Global Economic Trend Analysis:
A Gallup random dial poll of 607 small businesses conducted November 12-16 2012 asked the question “Over the next 12 months, do you expect the overall number of job positions at your company to increase a lot, increase a little, stay the same, decrease a little, or decrease a lot?”
The net survey results show Small-Business Owners’ Hiring Intentions Plunge.
U.S. small-business owners expect to add fewer net [...]
Study: American Households Hit 43-Year Low In Net Worth
from CBS News:
The median net worth of American households has dropped to a 43-year low as the lower and middle classes appear poorer and less stable than they have been since 1969.
According to a recent study by New York University economics professor Edward N. Wolff, median net worth is at the decades-low figure of $57,000 (in 2010 dollars). And as the numbers in his study [...]
As you know, GOP Rep. Tom Cole made waves today by urging Republicans to give in to the Dem demand that they extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone under $250,000. Cole argued this would remove the leverage Dems have and give the GOP more leverage to fight to extend the high-end tax cuts later, since Dems want the fiscal cliff averted and also want a debt ceiling hike.
Today John [...]
Joe Lueken, owner of Lueken’s Village Foods, will transfer ownership to his employees on January 1
Known in his community for generous spirit and incredible work ethic
Story reminiscent of holiday classic ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’
It truly is a wonderful life for the employees of a local Minnesota grocery store.
Retiring owner Joe Lueken, 70, who owns three separate Lueken’s Village Foods, is transferring ownership of his stores to his 400-some employees, at [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less.
The White House said Tuesday that the president intends to hold a series of events to build support for his [...]
Layoffs spread far and wide
Earlier today, Twitchy related some heartbreaking stories of small business owners laying off workers to avoid the economic impact of the Obamacare tax that isn’t a tax. Comedian Jon Lovitz, a small business owner himself, was no barrel of laughs either as his timeline filled with stories of impending downsizing. So, what about those big corporations? Boeing’s defense division announced yesterday it would cut 30 percent of management staff, and the [...]
Earlier today, Twitchy related some heartbreaking stories of small business owners laying off workers to avoid the economic impact of the Obamacare tax that isn’t a tax. Comedian Jon Lovitz, a small business owner himself, was no barrel of laughs either as his timeline filled with stories of impending downsizing. So, what about those big corporations? Boeing’s defense division announced yesterday it would cut 30 percent of management staff, and the company was not alone, [...]
YUBA CITY (CBS13) – A disability debacle is playing out in Yuba City as officials are paying a man to stay away. And because of it, he’s cashing in.
Yuba City officials say the man is attacking small business owners with frivolous lawsuits.
This settlement agreement is the first of its kind in the state, and while it does give the city and businesses a moment of relief from one man, it [...]
How bad has the global economy really gotten? We are In a depression, whether you’re agree or not but one thing is for sure, the dire situation are getting worse and people are doing desperate things.
McGrath: “You Better Look at Reality… and Understand What’s Coming Next”
Everywhere we look the masses are hurting. Whether it be the 100 million Americans dependent on the government safety net to survive, or the millions of Europeans rioting in [...]
Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway endorsed Mitt Romney ahead of Wednesday’s presidential debate in Colorado.
“Governor Romney is a proven leader with the experience and background to turn around our struggling economy,” Elway said in a statement. “In these tough economic times, we need a president who understands how to get America working again – by standing on the side of taxpayers and small-business owners who do the real job [...]
Mac Slavo
October 1st, 2012
SHTFplan.com
Everywhere we look the masses are hurting. Whether it be the 100 million Americans dependent on the government safety net to survive, or the millions of Europeans rioting in the streets of Spain and Greece, a sense of serious crisis is in the air.
Over the last four years, slowly and without abatement, the economic outlook across the globe has worsened significantly.
In France, a new 75% income tax on individuals earning over [...]
by Phoenix Capital Research
Since the Great Crisis began in 2007 the Fed/ Feds have done the following:
Cutting interest rates from 5.25-0.25% (Sept ’07-today).
The Bear Stearns deal/ taking on $30 billion in junk mortgages (Mar ’08).
Opening various lending windows to investment banks (Mar ’08).
Hank Paulson spends $400 billion on Fannie/ Freddie (Sept ’08).
The Fed takes over insurance company AIG for $85 billion (Sept ’08).
The Fed doles out $25 billion for the automakers [...]
Fifty-five percent of small business owners and manufacturers would not have started their businesses in today’s economy, according to a new poll that also reports 69 percent say President Obama’s regulatory policies have hurt their businesses.
“There is far too much uncertainty, too many burdensome regulations and too few policymakers willing to put aside their egos and fulfill their responsibilities to the American people,” said Jay Timmons, president of the National Association [...]
Sunday will mark the start of the 100-day countdown to “Taxmageddon” – the date the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2013:
First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for small business owners, families, and investors (later re-upped by President Obama and [...]
Donna Anderson
Examiner.com
September 11, 2012
At 8 a.m. EST on September 11, 2012, hacktivist @AnonymousOwn3r was back on his Twitter feed, bragging about yesterday’s shutdown of down GoDaddy.com. Today, he’s letting everyone know he can take down Google, too.
As stated in a previous article, AnonymousOwn3r claims he’s working solo this time around and his attack on GoDaddy.com had nothing to do with the political hacktivist organization Anonymous. And so far he still hasn’t issued any statement [...]
Factory owners: Federal prisoners stealing our business
By Emily Jane Fox @CNNMoney
August 14, 2012: 11:34 AM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Just hearing the word Unicor is enough to make Kurt Wilson see red.
Unicor is a government-run enterprise that employs over 13,000 inmates — at wages as low as 23 cents an hour — to make goods for the Pentagon and other federal agencies.
With some exceptions, Unicor gets first dibs on federal [...]
loansafe.org
August 7, 2012
The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index declined six points to positive 17 in a survey conducted July 9 – July 13, 2012. This decline virtually erases gains experienced earlier this year and brings to light the lingering concerns business owners have about their future financial situation, revenue, and cash flow.
The number of business owners expecting to be in a good financial position over the next 12 months declined seven percentage [...]
Infowars.com
August 2, 2012
A Garden Grove, California, jewelry store owner thwarted an armed robbery with a handgun on Sunday and sent masked robbers scurrying for their lives. A surveillance video shows the gutsy 65-year-old woman with gun in hand chasing the would-be robbers outside.
The incident sends a strong message to the criminal element – engage in unlawful and threatening behavior at your peril. Instead of cowering in fear and allowing thugs [...]
With Rasmussen showing Romney enjoying a five-point lead (and that’s a pollster everyone in media knows is reliable, which is why they prefer juiced NBC polls), the media is now in pure panic mode. Furthermore, Obama’s Media Palace Guards know that when the full context is played of Obama’s revealing ”you didn’t build that” quote, it’s absolutely devastating for Obama because the full context of those comments show the President openly ridiculing America’s small business owners.
So what’s a [...]
MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire businessman who appears in a Mitt Romney television ad accusing President Barack Obama of “demonizing” small business owners has gone to his local police after receiving two “harassing” telephone calls and, he says, hundreds of nasty emails.
“It’s frightening to me,” said Jack Gilchrist of Gilchrist Metal Fabricating of Hudson, who also said Thursday he received hundreds of supportive emails as well.
Gilchrist said that while “there was no [...]
MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire businessman who appears in a Mitt Romney television ad accusing President Barack Obama of “demonizing” small business owners has gone to his local police after receiving two “harassing” telephone calls and, he says, hundreds of nasty emails.
“It’s frightening to me,” said Jack Gilchrist of Gilchrist Metal Fabricating of Hudson, who also said Thursday he received hundreds of supportive emails as well.
Gilchrist said that while “there [...]
From Newsmax:
Entrepreneurs who start businesses are widely believed to do more to create jobs and economic growth than big businesses or government, according to a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey released on Monday.
Most survey respondents also believe that small-business owners work harder than other Americans and are primarily responsible for the success or failure of their businesses.
Seventy-two percent of the 1,000 likely U.S. voters surveyed by telephone on July 21 and [...]
“Mitt Romney recently launched a TV ad that blatantly twists President Obama’s words on small-business owners and entrepreneurs. Romney’s not telling the truth about what the president said and is taking the president’s words out of context,” Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Miller said in a new web video released today.
http://realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/07/24/cutter_romney_not_telling_the_truth_taking_obama_out_of_context.html
With the economy threatening to fall into another recession and job growth plummeting, Obama came before the American people today demanding taxes be raised on those making over $250,000 a year, including what he admitted would include 3% of small businesses. Even if that 3% is correct, which is disputed, that 3% means a tax increase on 900,000 small businesses.
That’s nearly a million small business owners who will now be [...]
President Obama is obviously panicked. Last month Obama and his supporters spent a lot more than Mitt Romney, but even with that cash advantage and the media on their side, the polls haven’t budged. Moreover, the President and his campaign have been running around frantically trying to find something that will stick to Romney, be it provable lies about his outsourcing and outright smears involving offshore accounts. Still, Obama can’t [...]
by Michael
Well, we just had another bad jobs report. The U.S. economy created just 80,000 new jobs during the month of June. Normally, about 125,000 new jobs need to be created every month just to keep up with population growth. So it is a bit odd that the official unemployment rate did not rise above 8.2%. What is even more alarming is that the Social Security Administration is telling us [...]
IRS “easiest enforcer” of health care law
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Despite claiming Obamacare was “not a tax,” Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the Internal Revenue Service would be the “easiest enforcer” of penalties against those who refuse to comply with the new health care law.
“The way we usually think of taxation, Wolf, is that taxation as the IRS administers is collected [...]
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Obamacare is a “neutron bomb” that will “decimate” jobs in America
From Charles Hugh Smith:
… The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), i.e. Obamacare, is a neutron bomb for employment. A neutron bomb is an enhanced-radiation thermonuclear weapon that famously leaves buildings, autos, etc. intact but kills all the people, even those inside buildings, vehicles, etc.
Obamacare will act as a neutron bomb on employment in the U.S. for two basic reasons:
1. It is immensely complex, and already-marginalized small business owners [...]