After reading this blog, perhaps you could visit their website and take a moment to pray for these men that are working to reach out to the men in our prisons who are in need of help.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
POW (Prison Outreach Worldwide)
Prison Outreach Worldwide is a ministry that I was just recently introduced to. They are ministrying to people in prison. I believe this ministry is working to be a positive influence for those willing to listen in prison. They probably face intense spirtual warfare with people that they work around.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
OKLAHOMA makes news that everyone should read.
OKLAHOMA makes news that everyone should read.
The state law passed today, 37 to 9, had a few liberals in the mix, an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU, said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state, based on Christian values...! Guess what..........We did it anyway. HB 1330
We recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from, unless they want to get a green card and/or become an American citizen. They all scattered. Hope we didn't send any of them to your state. This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU, they said it would be a mistake. Guess what..........we did it anyway. HB 1804
Yesterday we passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all illegals to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Pelosi said it was unconstitutional. Guess what........We did it anyway. SB 1102
Several weeks ago, we passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign state, not under the Federal Government directives. That, for your information, makes Oklahoma and Texas the only states to do so. Guess what.........More states are likely to follow. Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, both Carolina's, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, just to name a few. Should Mississippi act, so will Florida. Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once again. HJR 1003
The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns. Oklahoma, a week ago, passed a law confirming people in this state have the right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles. I'm sure that was a set back for the Kennedys and Ms Pelosi.
Guess what..........We did it anyway. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling 3-0
By the way, Obama does not like any of this.
Guess what....who cares...were doing it anyway.
The state law passed today, 37 to 9, had a few liberals in the mix, an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU, said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state, based on Christian values...! Guess what..........We did it anyway. HB 1330
We recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from, unless they want to get a green card and/or become an American citizen. They all scattered. Hope we didn't send any of them to your state. This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU, they said it would be a mistake. Guess what..........we did it anyway. HB 1804
Yesterday we passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all illegals to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Pelosi said it was unconstitutional. Guess what........We did it anyway. SB 1102
Several weeks ago, we passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign state, not under the Federal Government directives. That, for your information, makes Oklahoma and Texas the only states to do so. Guess what.........More states are likely to follow. Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, both Carolina's, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, just to name a few. Should Mississippi act, so will Florida. Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once again. HJR 1003
The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns. Oklahoma, a week ago, passed a law confirming people in this state have the right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles. I'm sure that was a set back for the Kennedys and Ms Pelosi.
Guess what..........We did it anyway. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling 3-0
By the way, Obama does not like any of this.
Guess what....who cares...were doing it anyway.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Now
After talking to someone who doesn't like to talk about politics, he asked me "When will we see the change? ...in 50 years?"
Well, I received an email today from our state government that answered this question: May 1st 2009.
On May 1st our state income taxes are going up!
And our State Government is also allowing criminals to not get penalized for a brief window!!! How unfair.
Read the email below to see this terrible news:
Arizona Withholding Changes
Senate Bill 1185 amended the amounts required to be withheld for Arizona withholding purposes. Currently the amount required to be withheld is a percentage of federal withholding. For amounts withheld through April 30, 2009 the amount required to be withheld, at the employee's election, is 10%, 19%, 23%, 25%, 31% or 37% for individuals whose annual compensation is less than $15,000. For individuals whose annual compensation is more than $15,000 the amount that is required to be withheld is 19%, 23%, 25%, 31% or 37%.
For income tax withheld on or after May 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, the percentages will be increased as follows:
Rates for May 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009
Old New rate
10% 11.5%
19% 21.9%
23% 26.5%
25% 28.8%
31% 35.7%
37% 42.6%
For income tax withheld on or after January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010, the percentages will be decreased as follows:
Rates for January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010
Old New rate
11.5% 10.7%
21.9% 20.3%
26.5% 24.5%
28.8% 26.7%
35.7% 33.1%
42.6% 39.5%
For income tax withheld on or after July 1, 2010, the amount withheld will no longer be a percentage of federal withholding. The amounts withheld must be based on tables prescribed by the department.
For more information about this withholding law change, visit our website at www.azdor.gov.
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Arizona Tax Amnesty Program
The Arizona Department of Revenue is offering a tax amnesty program that will run from May 1 - June 1, 2009. This an opportunity for those who live, work, or do business in Arizona and owe back taxes to the state of Arizona or underreported any taxes in past years, to correct those issues with a reduced rate of interest and no civil penalties.
For more information, visit the Tax Amnesty website at http://www.azdor.gov/taxamnesty. If you have specific questions, please contact the Amnesty Hotline at 602-364-3550.
Well, I received an email today from our state government that answered this question: May 1st 2009.
On May 1st our state income taxes are going up!
And our State Government is also allowing criminals to not get penalized for a brief window!!! How unfair.
Read the email below to see this terrible news:
Arizona Withholding Changes
Senate Bill 1185 amended the amounts required to be withheld for Arizona withholding purposes. Currently the amount required to be withheld is a percentage of federal withholding. For amounts withheld through April 30, 2009 the amount required to be withheld, at the employee's election, is 10%, 19%, 23%, 25%, 31% or 37% for individuals whose annual compensation is less than $15,000. For individuals whose annual compensation is more than $15,000 the amount that is required to be withheld is 19%, 23%, 25%, 31% or 37%.
For income tax withheld on or after May 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, the percentages will be increased as follows:
Rates for May 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009
Old New rate
10% 11.5%
19% 21.9%
23% 26.5%
25% 28.8%
31% 35.7%
37% 42.6%
For income tax withheld on or after January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010, the percentages will be decreased as follows:
Rates for January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010
Old New rate
11.5% 10.7%
21.9% 20.3%
26.5% 24.5%
28.8% 26.7%
35.7% 33.1%
42.6% 39.5%
For income tax withheld on or after July 1, 2010, the amount withheld will no longer be a percentage of federal withholding. The amounts withheld must be based on tables prescribed by the department.
For more information about this withholding law change, visit our website at www.azdor.gov.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arizona Tax Amnesty Program
The Arizona Department of Revenue is offering a tax amnesty program that will run from May 1 - June 1, 2009. This an opportunity for those who live, work, or do business in Arizona and owe back taxes to the state of Arizona or underreported any taxes in past years, to correct those issues with a reduced rate of interest and no civil penalties.
For more information, visit the Tax Amnesty website at http://www.azdor.gov/taxamnesty. If you have specific questions, please contact the Amnesty Hotline at 602-364-3550.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wall Street Journal reports on 102% income tax rate
income = (salary + bonus - taxes) / year
A bonus can be used to be part of an employees' expected/planned annual benefit, especially when this bonus is a 'regular occurrence'.
Wall Street Journal Article
Listen to the Podcast on This
According to Michael Medved, if the top 2% (as proposed by Pres. Obama) would pay 100% income tax, it would still not pay for all the new spending this year.
So what happens when the "Rich" is taxed more? They can donate/spend/invest less.
This is really bad for job creating entrepreneurs!
A bonus can be used to be part of an employees' expected/planned annual benefit, especially when this bonus is a 'regular occurrence'.
Wall Street Journal Article
Listen to the Podcast on This
According to Michael Medved, if the top 2% (as proposed by Pres. Obama) would pay 100% income tax, it would still not pay for all the new spending this year.
So what happens when the "Rich" is taxed more? They can donate/spend/invest less.
This is really bad for job creating entrepreneurs!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Freedoms & Rights from our Forefathers
Thoughts on Patriotism
Liking/agreeing with the government hopefully doesn't reflect on patriotism.. My hope is that our patriotic passion is derrived from the idea that we/citizens have rights/freedoms because of the sacrifice by our forefathers.
Trying to be Positive
On a positive note, I do like our highways/freeways, parks and military.
President Jake of the Internet Party
On another note, when I have the opportunity to change our tax code, I vouch that it will be reduced to 1 page and clarity will be one of the major goals. It will also be designed to be attractive and easy to read. I think it would be helpful for people to know what percent they pay in taxes each year. Most people only know 'their income tax percent' and maybe their sales tax percent but often forget that they pay tax after they work and after they spend and after they die and when they live in a home and when they own a car. In fact the government even has me pay an 'air tax' that is part of my annual car tax.
Beyond all of the tax percents that add up, I also get mad when people work off the books and do not pay taxes since that puts the burden on those that do. If everyone paid their taxes/bills, then many companies and our government would not be in a 'hurt'.
On a positive note, I heard that there is going to be or may be a porn tax and a lap dance tax !
http://www.foxnews.com/video/?playerId=videolandingpage&referralObject=1514309
Governmental programs/waste makes me really mad (regardless of the politician in power who spends our (tax)money). Everybody likes santa clause (free money/benefits from the government for those were unresponsible) and nobody says no to Santa Clause.. ..when in reality the help they get just makes them rely on the government for more help. Bad behavior being rewarded and good behavior being ignored makes me think hard about why I am trying to pay my mortgage off quickly.
Example of Frustration
I recently received a RFP for webhosting for the Texas Lottery and it included several unbelievable requirements, such as "prospective Proposers are required to attend one of the mandatory pre-proposal conferences". The RFP was 113 pages long and looked like it was written like the tax code. My guess is that it would take 10 hours to read and about 12 hours to reply.
I can't believe they wrote a 113 page document to ask for 'webhosting'... You can see this monstrocity here: http://esbd.cpa.state.tx.us/docs/362/81492_1.pdf
This governmental proposal just blows my mind with a lack of common sense for efficiency. This seems like a good example of governmental waste (of time for the preparers and the responders).
Initially this looked enticing and interesting. But I would rather 'not bid' and win/save my time/energy/travel costs instead of bet and potentially win a big contract. So I win every time by not spending money/time on a lottery ticket/proposal ;)
In essence the complication level of the RFP allows this government entity to preselect who they would like to use because 'who can comply' with insane amounts of requirements for a chance at getting a small amount of work. Their motivation is 'barrier to entry/bid'.
Liking/agreeing with the government hopefully doesn't reflect on patriotism.. My hope is that our patriotic passion is derrived from the idea that we/citizens have rights/freedoms because of the sacrifice by our forefathers.
Trying to be Positive
On a positive note, I do like our highways/freeways, parks and military.
President Jake of the Internet Party
On another note, when I have the opportunity to change our tax code, I vouch that it will be reduced to 1 page and clarity will be one of the major goals. It will also be designed to be attractive and easy to read. I think it would be helpful for people to know what percent they pay in taxes each year. Most people only know 'their income tax percent' and maybe their sales tax percent but often forget that they pay tax after they work and after they spend and after they die and when they live in a home and when they own a car. In fact the government even has me pay an 'air tax' that is part of my annual car tax.
Beyond all of the tax percents that add up, I also get mad when people work off the books and do not pay taxes since that puts the burden on those that do. If everyone paid their taxes/bills, then many companies and our government would not be in a 'hurt'.
On a positive note, I heard that there is going to be or may be a porn tax and a lap dance tax !
http://www.foxnews.com/video/?playerId=videolandingpage&referralObject=1514309
Governmental programs/waste makes me really mad (regardless of the politician in power who spends our (tax)money). Everybody likes santa clause (free money/benefits from the government for those were unresponsible) and nobody says no to Santa Clause.. ..when in reality the help they get just makes them rely on the government for more help. Bad behavior being rewarded and good behavior being ignored makes me think hard about why I am trying to pay my mortgage off quickly.
Example of Frustration
I recently received a RFP for webhosting for the Texas Lottery and it included several unbelievable requirements, such as "prospective Proposers are required to attend one of the mandatory pre-proposal conferences". The RFP was 113 pages long and looked like it was written like the tax code. My guess is that it would take 10 hours to read and about 12 hours to reply.
I can't believe they wrote a 113 page document to ask for 'webhosting'... You can see this monstrocity here: http://esbd.cpa.state.tx.us/docs/362/81492_1.pdf
This governmental proposal just blows my mind with a lack of common sense for efficiency. This seems like a good example of governmental waste (of time for the preparers and the responders).
Initially this looked enticing and interesting. But I would rather 'not bid' and win/save my time/energy/travel costs instead of bet and potentially win a big contract. So I win every time by not spending money/time on a lottery ticket/proposal ;)
In essence the complication level of the RFP allows this government entity to preselect who they would like to use because 'who can comply' with insane amounts of requirements for a chance at getting a small amount of work. Their motivation is 'barrier to entry/bid'.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Last Day of the Year
Today is the last day to control where your taxes go by taking advantage of tax credit and to save some money on federal taxes by reducing your taxable income. Click here to save money in 2008.
You can call me if you need help: 520-881-8488
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