Vote to Overturn the 16th Ammendment

The federal government has seized too much power from the people and from the states.

I think we need make the opportunity to vote to overturn the 16th ammendment and bring more power back to individual states.

Wouldn't it be convenient to only have to travel to Phoenix to make a trip to our local state capital to make our voices heard. Traveling to Washington D.C. is too far and our voices are not heard.

What if each state had it's own income tax rate? This would bring 'competition' (a free market idea) to 'income tax'. States that want to attract good businesses may reduce their income tax rate and states that want to spend money on health care, large statues and expensive special interest projects may have more taxes and a higher income tax rate.

The federal government could get a percent of what the states bring in, to pay for the military, interstate highways, national parks and veterans health care.

Local state governments should take care of everything else.

Sincerely,

Jacob Barr
iRapture.com

P.S. Here is a video definately worth watching.. It is incredibly relevant today.

The Role of Government

The Role of Government
September 11, 2009

In 1930, there was one governmental worker for every 205 people; today the ratio is more like 1 to 5. What has happened? I believe it is partly due to the demise of Christian character. As character diminishes, government grows.

Today there is one dependent and one bureaucrat for every three working people. As this continues, the middle class will diminish. There's the very rich and the very poor.

What is the purpose of government? Read Romans 13. Government is here to protect, to punish evil doers, and to defend the land. Romans 13:3-4 says, "For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."

But when you get the idea that government is not here to protect but to provide, then you're in difficulty. Our founding fathers knew this. One person wisely said, "We are in deep trouble when we look upon our government as a cow to be milked rather than a watchdog to be fed."

* Adrian Rogers provided this insight.

Tax on Service

Tax on Service? Our city just started taxing Gym Membership and this would equate to a tax on a service!

Many of us in Tucson provide service: barbers, painters, etc. I am the owner of iRapture.com which is a business that provides service. I am concerned that they are going to (continue to) make our businesses more difficult to operate above water.

They also increased taxes on utilities by approximately 10%. But what is unique about the gym membership tax is that the city of tucson is not just a TAXING AUTHORITY, but they are also A COMPETITOR with their disgusting cheap work out areas. (I tried to play racquetball at one of their underkept racquetball courts in an expensive facility that had a used bandade on the wall along with some mustard 'stuff'.)

Super Soaker Sunday

Logical and humorous sermon bit worth sharing.

My response to the Government supporting bad decisions

Freeloaders

It frustrates me that many people do not pay any federal income tax but yet they get free health care, free child care, free housing, free food stamps, free access insurance and go to school and do not work. Why should the working class pay for people to go to college?

Throwing Money at Bad Decisions

The government throws money at groups of people and select business that made bad decisions. This obviously promotes laziness and "satisfaction with louzy decisions" and deters people from building a strong desire to do what is best and to work hard.

Work Hard and Strive Continuously

Perhaps it would be best to work hard regardless of what the government does and just hope that condition to run a business are improved with future elections. But eventually it may be more profitable to 'close up' and sit on a surfboard.

Health Care OR Employment

Health Care OR Employment

With the government creating new taxes for businesses that are the result of paying employees, companies will have 8% less money to employ people. Business will have to pay 8% more tax for each person they pay.

There is a funny thing about percents, you only get 100% of your money as the government creates new taxes that take small percents or big percents, each percent increase is a percent that cannot be ‘regained’. If a business had a profit that is less than 8% of the cost of their employees, then they will need to layoff employees or go out of business. If a business had a small profit margin because of competition, then the cost of goods will go up to compensate this tax increase.

This 8% tax increase will create the following problems:

• employee salary decreases
• price tags to consumers increases
• employee layoffs
• businesses failing if they cannot survive with less money and more taxes
• with all of the above problems, the government will probably collect less ‘total taxes’ and will have more people with their "hand out" in the unemployment line in need of help
• less jobs will be available since the cost of hiring someone has additional taxes tied to it beyond the social security tax, medicare tax, unemployment tax, job training tax, state income tax, federal income tax, and sales tax (on buying equipment)

Businesses have to pay more than just wages and taxes when hiring someone. Businesses need to pay for equipment and furniture and office space to equip the employee to work effectively. The tax burden just decreases the desire/benefit to hire someone. This decrease in desire/benefit reduces the number of people that are ultimately hired and employed.

Healh Care (TakeOver) Reform: Choice Removed and New 8% Business Tax and Video

As a business owner my taxes are going up because I employ other people. I can reduce my taxes by paying people less or by employing less people. Therefore the proposed health care takeover plan will decrease employment opportunities.

Creating a government run monopoly by forcably removing competition's ability to get new customers or create competitive/needed changes will run all current insurance companies out of business.

With this being a very important issue, why isn't there an outcry of people over this terrible idea.

What is the silverlining of this terrible bill: We have the freedom to vote for a new president and new congressmen that will remove these disasters by creating 'change for the better' and not 'change for the worse'.

Health Care Reform Bill (http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf) has (at least) 2 objectional pieces that I think should be exposed:

PAGE 16: Everyone currently paying for their insurance will be forced to use the government health care within a few years when Health Insurance Companies are forced out of business.

Page 16 starts out at saying that Insurance companies will not be able to get 'new customers' after the Health Care Reform Bill begins on Y1.

GRANDFATHERED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE DEFINED.—Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, for purposes of establishing acceptable coverage under this division, the term ‘‘grandfathered health insurance coverage’’ means individual health insurance coverage that is offered and in force and effect before the first day of Y1 if the following conditions are met: IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day of Y1...

Then Page 16 says that individuals will not be able to make changes to their insurance coverage. If they do, then they will be required to use the gov't health insurance plan.

LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN TERMS OR CONDITIONS.—Subject to paragraph (3) and except as required by law, the issuer does not change any of its terms or conditions, including benefits and cost-sharing, from those in effect as of the day before the first day of Y1.

Page 150. Businesses that pay a total salary of 400,000 or more will be forced to pay 8% of their employee's salary as a new federal tax to cover this health care.

In the case of any employer who is a small employer for any calendar year, subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting the applicable percentage determined in accordance with the following table for ‘‘8 percent’’: