The Reason for the Season!

I feel obligated to put aside political rhetoric for today and concentrate on what is REALLY important. Please read the following with an open heart and mind.

The Christmas Season is upon us, and there should be joy abounding around the world. Some people celebrate Christmas as a tradition, very removed from the Babe in the Manger. Some people around the world never heard of Jesus Christ, and have no idea what’s going on. Some people in the world don’t celebrate Christmas due to an alternative religion. Some who call themselves Christians don’t celebrate Christmas because December 25th isn’t really Jesus’ birthday.


Would it really shock you for me to say, I believe that December 25th is NOT Jesus’ birthday. If a person studies the Bible and Bible history, using various Jewish earmarks in the Bible, one could say that Jesus was born in the fall. By tracing the birth of John the Baptist, Jesus’ cousin, and using names on the Jewish calendar, you might learn that John the Baptist was born in the spring. And the Angel Gabriel visited Elisabeth before he visited Mary, and John was born about six months earlier than Jesus. That would put Jesus’ birth in the fall. However, all that is really irrelevant—if you have the Spirit of God in your heart. The actual day of Jesus birth is not known. However, for whatever reason when it started, December 25th is now set aside to celebrate this miraculous Birth.


Some folks, myself included, have signed their Christmas cards, “Jesus is the reason for the season.” Very poetical, but not completely true. Yes, Christmas, with the emphasis on CHRIST, is here to celebrate Jesus’ birth, but only in the concept of celebrating His death. You see, Jesus came to earth, born of a virgin, and laid in a manger, to be our Savior. He fulfilled Scripture with His birth, and the angels proclaimed it in the heavens:


“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:8-14


Around the world are people who don’t understand that Jesus came to the world for them, for YOU.


“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16


The trouble with most people is that they don’t think they need a Savior, they think they are all right, they “aren’t that bad.” Before a person can “get saved”—accept Jesus as their Savior, they need to know they need him.


When Jesus was preparing to come to earth, the angel came to Mary and then to Joseph. “Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Jesus came to earth to die!

When we tell a lie, we sin. When we steal, we sin. When we have hate in our hearts for another person, we sin. When we don’t honor our father or mother, we sin. Jesus came to earth, born in a lowly stable, laid in a lowly manger, and thirty years later He began his earthly ministry which led to His death on the cross—for you—for me. To pay our sin debt so we would go to heaven when we die. But we have to CHOOSE to be saved, choose to have Jesus in our hearts. It’s not difficult—just repent (be sorry for your sins and turn from them) and ask Jesus into your heart to be your Lord and Savior. It is the most valuable Christmas present you can give to yourself.


There is a song that says it all. I don’t know the writer, but I attribute it to him anonymously.



Down from His glory, ever living story,
My God and Savior came, and Jesus was His name,
A man of sorrows, tears and agony.


What condescension, bringing us redemption,
That in the dead of night, Not one faint hope in sight;
God, gracious, tender; laid aside His splendor
Stooping to woo, to win, to save my soul.


Without reluctance, Flesh and blood His substance;
He took the form of Man; revealed the hidden plan;
O glorious myst’ry, Sacrifice of Calv’ry;
And now I know Thou art the Great, “I AM.”


Chorus:

O how I love Him! How I adore Him! MY breath, MY sunshine,
MY all in all! The great Creator became my Savior,
And all God’s fullness dwelleth in Him.

Happy Birthday, Jesus, and Merry Christmas!

Will the Grinch Steal Our Christmas?

Christmas will soon be upon us, with hearts turned to Peace, Love and the Joy that only Jesus can give. He said the earth was not His world, and that we shouldn’t hold too tightly to the physical aspects of life.


It is a good thing that our rewards and security are in a different realm because our leaders here on earth, local, state and federal are bent on squeezing out of us every drop of sustenance we can muster.


At this writing, the Dunces in D.C. are doing a Dueling Dance to extend/end the Bush tax cuts—in the process, the amendments and inclusions will add over $600 Billion—with a B more dollars to our debt with China. State governments are trying to balance state budgets currently very much in deficits; and local leaders in many states, counties and municipalities have so cowed to the pseudo-science of global warming that they are passing “green” building codes that restrict how many light bulbs we can put in our kitchens—latest rule is (4) 60 watt bulbs per average kitchen. Now, THAT is intrusive!!


Holiday travelers are sexually accosted in the name of security by TSA workers with no common sense, who strip search, both virtually, and physically, law-abiding Americans who want to visit Grandma on the holidays—all because they don’t want to “profile” would-be Muslim terrorists.


Meanwhile, as our POTUS finally found his TOTUS, he has been reaming out both sides of the political aisles. He rails that the Republicans are taking hostages over this tax cut/extension. The Democrats suddenly don’t understand that to NOT extend those tax cuts at this time, will throw the country into double dip recession in January. And, while all this political theater is taking place, Iran is making plans to move missiles into Venezuela capable of reaching the USA!!


The Shining Light in all this chaos is Jesus. When His trumpet sounds to call out the Church, and we fly to higher ground, all our needs will be met, all our ills will disappear, and we will be with the King—the Real King. And all this without being manhandled by the TSA to get there!!


"God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.”


--President Thomas Jefferson



Merry Christmas



Note: “Grinch” attributed to Dr. Seuss

Blackout and Withdrawal Symptoms

To clarify things, my computer crashed two weeks ago, and I lost all my data, including e-mail accounts and addresses. I am still rebuilding. This technical blackout came just at the time of the elections. I was unable to get on the internet to keep up with the news. I became sorely aware of the extreme lack of information available on the mainstream newscasts and local newspapers.

After a few days, I used my work computer to check in with a couple of sites I read for news. I found out that our president and his wife are blaming George Bush for the drumming the democrats took. An article on Foxnews.com stated that there is one thing that the Republicans and Democrats fear even more than the Tea Party—it’s the INTERNET. It’s no wonder that our president wants complete control of the internet.

The president already has the power to shut it down whenever he feels there may be a threat to the nation. The only threat that he has about the internet is the information that is available. Truth is hard to hide. Eventually someone finds it out and can now spread it around the world in seconds. That is the threat to the politicians. There is no place to hide. To their benefit, though, there have been so few people looking for the truth. The numbers of truth-seekers are growing daily. And their link to TRUTH is the internet.


While I sat in the dark listening/watching mainstream newscasts, the internet had up-to-date news of winners and losers, and how each precinct or county broke down their votes. It took three days to learn from a newspaper who won a state house of representative race that I was interested in.

Then, no sooner had the election come and gone, when our leader also went—on another excursion. This time to India and other Asian countries. Time to uplift the Muslims again. A lot of flack arose when he planned his trip and learned he was supposed to visit a mosque in India. Muslims wear turbans or other headdress, and the president didn’t want to do that, for fear he would ignite the rumors again about his Muslim history. It turned out that the mosque in India wasn’t Muslim, but Hindu, but courageous president had already crossed that tourist stop off his agenda. But what did he do instead? He went back to the town where he was raised and uplifted the Muslims there, and in other parts of Southeast Asia.

Some other tidbits about our president and his “neutral” thoughts about religion. The Imam Rauf, founder of the Ground Zero mosque, the same person who refuses to admit that Hamas is a terrorist group, the same person who called the USA an accessory to the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, went on a “Good Will Trip” at the taxpayers expense funded by the U. S. State Department.

Associated Press reported the “Hope and Change” administration will give $6 million in tax dollars to restore historic sites around the world, which include: $76,000 for a mosque in China, $67,000 for a mosque in Pakistan, $77,000 to restore minarets in Nigeria and Mauritania, and $50,000 for an Islamic monument in India. The Secretary of State said this is money well spent. Which Muslim repair job will your tax dollars pay for.

What about rebuilding the Orthodox Christian church at Ground Zero that the Muslim terrorists destroyed? Not a penny.


In the Islamic celebration of Ramadan, the “Hope and Change” president stated, These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings. Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality. And here in the United States, Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America and that American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country.”

What part of Islam’s role in 9-11-01 tragedy did we have in common?
And now a word about “turning the other cheek.” A Muslim terrorist once said that the terrorists will win this war because Americans have been taught to “turn the other cheek.” This terrorist said they have been trained to kill all Americans and Christians. While Americans reach out in the name of Jesus to show Christian love, the terrorist will simply slit throats.

There has been a discussion about the “turning the other cheek” philosophy. Steven Crowder of FoxNews.com stated that George W. Bush is a “man’s man” who leads by example. Crowder explains that Jesus told his followers to turn the other cheek. As Crowder stated, Jesus is the prime example of what it means to turn the other cheek. He (Jesus) was beaten, tortured, and crucified, but didn’t fight back. Crowder asks, “Could he have?” Well, he is Jesus…who died, was buried, and rose again. Without the resurrection, Jesus would have never been able to “turn the other cheek” because he would have been…well, dead. Crowder reported that Jesus could have swatted down those centurions at any given moment, but consciously chose not to.”

Crowder’s modern day interpretation was parents who teach their kids not to fight, but to turn the other cheek, have taught their children to be cowards. They give up because they can do nothing else. But, if, as Crowder writes, their son was state champion wrestler, and a black belt in Judo, he could take care of bullies, but chooses not to.

Now back to Mr. Bush. Mr. Crowder stated, though the current president routinely poked his finger in the chest of Mr. Bush every chance he got, the former president remained silent. Mr. Bush could have come out in public yelling, “Listen, you’ve unprecedentedly multiplied the deficit, your irresponsible spending dwarfs any and all presidents that have come before you. Folks, you think I sucked? Get a load of this punk.” Instead he’s chosen to say nothing.

That is turning the other cheek, and being a man.

Bullies, How they Operate, and Why

A lot has been said lately about bullying, of children, of adults, because of a person’s choice of lifestyle, or perceived choice of lifestyle, or for no sound reason at all. As a person who has been subjected to bullying, and had to live through the experience or just die, I would like to address some of these areas.

First of all, there is NO sound reason to bully anyone. There may be “excuses” in a bully’s mind, but no justification.


Starting there, bullies bully as a use of power they have, or want. They choose a person to be their victim who they perceive as weaker than them, who appear to not have a close circle of friends, who may or may not have a strong family around them, or a person who has been taught to “turn the other cheek.” When I was a child and someone called me names, my mother would say, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” Sounds good, but not true. A crushed spirit in a child will have a lifetime affect on him/her. Children are taught early to “not hit back.” “Turn the other cheek.” “Just walk away.” All this sounds good, but won’t stop a bully.



Bullied children often turn into bullies. It’s their way of “getting back.” It’s the “I’ve got the power now.” In the last election, the president’s quip to non-worshippers was “We won. Live with it.” That’s a form of bullying.



In today’s society, bullying takes many forms: Bosses who use foul language to “motivate” workers; one racial group intimidating other group, or even the same race, but “different neighborhood;” people who have been convinced by society that “choice of lifestyle” has no consequences, come up against people intimidated by that lifestyle; or conversely that alternate lifestyle jamming it’s choice down the throats of people who are to follow God’s plan for their lives; judges in black robes who have agendas and power; bully the public by their edicts. Presidential Decrees, without vote of Congress that goes against popular opinion is a form of bullying. Congress who votes for a very unpopular policy, which includes more hidden tax agendas than medicine are bullies.


Politicians who can’t take a visible stand to protect life are bullies. Unions who stand against the majority and Constitution are bullies.



It appears that, on earth, the only thing bullies understand is pain. When I was a teenager, my brother was riding the school bus as a first-grader, and a big lump of a girl kept harassing him. He was little, and non-aggressive, and didn’t take up much space on a seat. This lump would push and shove and call him names. After telling the driver that it wasn’t right, and the driver looking bewildered as to how to handle the situation, I told my mother. She gave me that line again about “sticks and stones.” That was no help to my brother. One day when this lump got more and more aggressive, I came up behind her and with all my strength, I brought my 3-ring binder notebook down over her head, driving it down between her shoulders. She whined some. When her eyes cleared, I said, if you touch my brother, or say anything to him again, I will get more books. The bullying stopped.



We can’t all go around clocking people for bullying, but we can intervene. People in authority need to be more vigilant and visible. That bus driver could have done something, but chose not to.



In my mind, and through observations, I have learned that ultimately bullies are cowards, ignorant cowards, from the “lump” on the bus to the bullies in Washington. Coercion is force used, against the other person’s will. The boss who uses foul language: a. because he can get away with it, b. because he is too ignorant to use correct speech with coworkers and people under his “control.” I had a bossman yell at me using foul language because I wasn’t doing something correctly. When I called a halt to his (one-sided) conversation I said, he should clean up his language. I said, if I as not smart enough to learn how to do what he wanted me to do, I would leave. But they weren’t paying me enough money to have to listen to that language. He never did it again, and I worked there over five years.



Bullies bully because they can. A victim is only a victim when they stop fighting back. Sorry Mom.



There was a man who was bullied more than anyone else on earth. His name is Jesus. But He came to earth for his own agenda, to seek and to save. He laid down his life as payment for all our sins, even bullies. When he was tormented and tortured, He spoke not a word. But he had a higher calling, and a higher power. The ultimate fate of those bullies will be worse than the pain they caused by their bullying.



We mortals can only do the best we can. That may be by refusing to be bullied. Or it may be by intervening when you see others being bullied. Ultimately Jesus stepped into the breach for us all—between us and Satan. One day Satan’s bullying will end, and we can all go Home.

Let’s Not Get Paranoid—But “They” ARE Out to Get Us

IRS Changes: Something flying out under the radar this week is a result of more slight-of-hand with the IRS tax codes. Fox News Headlines of 10/14/10 “THOUSANDS OF NON-PROFIT GROUPS FACE NEW TAX BURDEN STARTING FRIDAY.”

It seems that in 2006 regulations changed that eliminated the minimum income of a non-profit business to not have to file certain papers. These businesses were given a certain period of time to “register” by E-Postcards. Failure to do so would remove their tax-exempt status. These organizations include homeowners associations, Masonic lodges, and other such entities. The deadline to get their paperwork in is today, Oct. 15, 2010. Then these groups have to reapply for tax-exempt status. It appears that straight church funds, as opposed to “functional operation,” or “action operations” are still exempt. But to determine what “functional” or “action operations” is a gray area.


Same Old Politics: A headline on American Thinker read: Obama and Company trying to pull a fast one to keep his old seat in the D column?


It appears that election officials in Illinois have not mailed out the absentee ballots to folks in the military in a timely manner (at least 45 days before an election). Therefore the ballots would have a hard time getting back. Obama’s choice to fill his old senate seat is being challenged by a member of a military reserve unit. It has been history that soldiers vote for Republicans 3-1 over Democrats. In a tight race, removing these ballots from the vote could tip the election.


In a Race Closer to Home: There are three candidates in the South Carolina race for U.S. Senate: a man on the Green Party, a man on the Democratic ticket, and Incumbent, Jim DeMint, the Republican candidate. I know nothing about the “Green Party” candidate, but since I think the whole “green movement” is a hoax to gain control over the citizens of America, I will not be voting for him. The man on the Democratic ticket is a confessed peruser of pornography, who thinks showing his “porn-pix-of-choice” to a prospective date is how a man “flirts” with a woman. This thinking is so low and without moral compass that I couldn’t even consider his candidacy.

This leaves us with Senator Jim DeMint. Mr. DeMint is a Christian gentleman who confesses his thanks “to Jesus who saved me and gave me freedom.” Mr. DeMint’s book Saving Freedom, should be required reading in all government schools from 8th grade up—assuming eighth-graders in government school have learned to read. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Regardless of the politics of “Perks & Pork,” Jim DeMint has a vision for South Carolina, and America—a vision of personal freedom, and responsibility. My vote this year will be for Mr. DeMint.

To hear other Republicans talk about and against Jim DeMint, you would wonder whose side (or party, or country) they are on. To read the local newspapers, you would wonder if the editors of the oldest paper in the country have any knowledge of the history that has made them free, to be able to write about what they know so little.

Massive Energy Tax Coming? While the humongous “Cap & Trade” was set aside this summer, the Democrats have not lost hope in their favorite game of “Control and Conquer.” Senator Bingaman (D-NM ) and 32 other senators are pushing a bill to put in place with a “15 percent renewable energy standard.” This RES will have two components. First, a mandate to electrical utilities to generate 11 percent of their energy by renewable sources, solar and wind. Second, 4% of the 15 percent will be completed by “energy efficiency measures.” And the cost of all these innovations will be passed along to consumers in their monthly electric bills. This is giving the solar and wind companies that have proved to be inefficient and uneconomical, subsidies from the federal government.

Chinese to Own part of Texas? And to think that as the O Administration put a freeze on drilling in the Gulf, (said to be reviewed soon), China has purchased drilling rights in 600,000 acres in South Texas oil and gas fields. China is said to be paying $2.2 Billion for one-third stake in the Chesapeake Energy assets.  NO, foreigners can't take the land overseas, but they can benefit from our assets while our politicians dither about the "safety" and ecological impact of crude oil for energy.

What’s Good for the Gander, but Not for America: Lastly: the woman in the White House is still at it in her double standards. She, in her quest for a healthier America, has made it her personal mission to separate children from Twinkies and restrict everyone’s personal food choices, monitoring American grocery lists, while hypocrisy runs rampant in the White House. AS M O eats lobster in Spain, but tells the rest of Americans to eat their green beans, POTUS pollutes the white house with second hand smoke. As M O talks about healthy vegetables cleansing our bodies, POTUS has become the poster boy for the Marlboro Man. Cities and states have begun to surtax sodas with sugar in them like some type of contraband. But the president can carry his “crutch” around with him.



Puh-lease…

Milk Monitors and Nincompoops—Or, The Recession Has Ended, Along with Global Warming

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7

I will try to touch base on a number of topics today. I hope is comes across clearly.

First: Social Security issues: I receive a number of e-mails on different topics, and try to research things the best I can. A question arose that asked if it were true that Social Security recipients were not going to receive a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in 2011, and was it because the Obama Administration was using $24,000,000 of Social Security funds to install electronic medical record gathering equipment to help with Congress’s medical needs.

No, Social Security folks will NOT be getting a COLA in 2011, but not for the aforementioned reason. They/we won’t be getting a COLA because, according to the government’s figures, the cost of living went down again in 2010. But, yes, the Obama administration is using $24,000,000 from Social Security to pay for installing electronic medical record gathering capability. Not for Congress, but for those folks who are applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). This is supposed to speed up their eligibility determination. The Social Security funds for this project came from funds Obama moved to SSA from Stimulus Funds last year. Understand? We MUST follow through with electronic medical records, but, sorry, no COLA again!

Speaking of Social Security: How many of you readers have ever requested an earnings statement from SSA? I ask this because I found out that years ago one of my employers DIDN’T report one year of my earnings, and never sent in my money. So, I am one year short in my Social Security earnings. As it was a sizable income for that year, all my future Social Security checks will be smaller. If I had been aware, I could have done something about it. And, IF I HAD KEPT ALL MY TAX RECORDS, NOT JUST THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I could have updated Social Security, and been credited for those missing quarters. My advice is NEVER throw away W-2 forms or 1099 forms. Commit them to some type of reprintable record.

Now about Global Warming and the Recession Ending: Last week the government accounting office reported that the recession ended in June 2009. Never mind that the housing market is still in the tank, and jobs are as scarce as hens’ teeth, unemployment went up, “thus sayeth the government…” so it must be so. On another front, there was a meeting in Sitges, Spain by the Bilderburger Group, a group of powerful CEOs from around the world. Present were the chairman of Fiat, Irish Attorney General Paul Gallagher, the US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrook, Henry Kissinger, Bill Gates, the Queen of the Netherlands, and others. The group’s agenda included: financial reform, security, cyber technology, energy, Pakistan, Afghanistan, world food problems, global cooling, social networking, medical sciences, EU-US relations…Wait a minute…Global Cooling?

Was this a printing error, or do these folks know perfectly well that global cooling is a far more serious threat than global warming? Hmmm. Watch for a lot of back-tracking from global warming in the days, weeks, and months to come. Too bad they’ve already outlawed and stopped making those neat incandescent light bulbs we like in favor of those that couldn’t light the way to an outhouse.


"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."
Proverbs 29:2

Now for the chocolate milk and milk monitors conspiracy. While liberals push the public (government school) education reforms, and force feed liberal lack of morals, (sex education for kindergartners, and “Gay Pride” story books, the children face another assault. The food police are out en masse to protect these little ones from the greatest threat of all: chocolate milk. In the name of fighting obesity, school lunch programs are being pressured to omit chocolate milk in favor of plain white milk. Along with taking pretzels out of vending machines, Mrs. Obama is joining the campaign to fight obesity in children by removing “reduced-fat” chocolate milk from their choices for lunch. Liberals are all for choice for teenage girls who want to kill unborn babies, but they don’t want them to drink chocolate milk while they deliberate this.

Lastly: A Generation of Nincompoops: An article that appeared in the 9/28/10 Post and Courier, written by Beth J. Harpaz, AP, notes that we as a country are in a quandary because of a generation of nincompoops being raised today. Harpaz noted that there are second-graders who can’t tie their shoes or zip jackets, four-year-olds still in diapers, five-year-olds still in strollers, teens who can’t operate can openers or get ice out of an ice tray, and college students who have never done laundry, ridden a bus alone, addressed an envelope, or figured out how to use a coat hanger.

These kids have been raised with so much technology, and parents doing everything for them that they can’t function on the basic level. One mom said her kids are so used to pull-tab cans, they have never used a can opener. She said kids are so used to throwing their clothes on the floor, or hanging them on a hook, they can’t get clothes to hang straight on a hanger. While watching a morning news program this week, highlighted were families trying to take their children to dinner at a restaurant, a higher level eatery than a quick drive-through. These kids were so unruly that they shrieked loudly instead of talking, they mashed food and pushed it on the floor, they achieved the feat of taking over the restaurants so people without children in tow, were very turned off by the scene. Banning out-of-control children was a choice of one restaurant.

I say this: It isn’t the NEXT generation that WILL BE nincompoops. It’s the parents now who have no clue. It is the parents’ responsibility to be teaching manners, “public voice” vs. “home voice” to these cherubs. These parents starting at age one day should be teaching the children responsibility of group presence, of basic home making skills, home care, cooking. When the children and grandchildren come home, these parents will only need to look in a mirror to see where the fault lies. One group of nincompoops raising the next generation.

Just sending millions of dollars into the educational swamp will not teach children to tie their shoes, zip their jackets, pick up eighth-grader illiteracy rates. It isn’t the teachers’ responsibility to do these things. It is the parents’ (plural) responsibility. Little Johnny should be able to read his primer, and know his letters, colors and numbers before he starts school. These are basics to be learned at home, along with manners, respect for others, and the basics of getting along with those around you.

“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.” Proverbs 29:15

Hang Onto Your Wallets-Part II

Today (9-23-10) parts of Obamacare go into effect. While I don’t claim to be an expert on this policy, one part I am aware of is that children now can stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26. Another part is insurance companies can’t discriminate against children with pre-existing conditions.

To counter the economics of this new “benefit” insurance companies, en-masse, are no longer writing policies for individual children. The children can ONLY get insurance through their parents’ policies. If children between age 19 and 26 had previously left their parents’ insurance, they can now go back onto it.

 Another fact about Obamacare is that the hidden tax secrets are still coming to light. I received several e-mails about how Obamacare will impose a sales tax of 3.8% on home sales. I looked into it, and this ONLY comes into play when a single person sells a home and the profit is over $250,000, or a married couple sells a home and the profit is over $500,000. Now, remember, Obama is going to let Bush tax rules expire on 1/1/11. That is when capital gains on things go way up. So in addition to a bigger hit on capital gains, there will be an additional 3.8% “sales tax” on home sales.

 In addition to the “sales tax” on real estate sales, the Obamacare tax plan will charge this 3.8% tax on interest, dividends, annuities, royalties all capital gains, and RENTS for individuals who earn over $200,000 and joint-filers who report over $250,000. So, regardless of the Bush tax cuts that will soon expire, Obama has already passed legislation to “hit the rich” an additional 3.8% surtax on their various incomes.

 Not discussed on nightly news are the various penalties in the Obamacare for folks who don’t want to, or can’t afford to buy health insurance. Also, the insurances people might choose to buy might not suit the federal government, and then there will be penalties.

 Penalties for individuals without insurance will be $695, or 2.5% of their annual income. Families will have to pay $347 per child, or up to $2,250 per family if parents can’t show they have purchased policies approved by Feds.

 Employers with more than 50 employees who don’t offer government approved insurance will pay a yearly penalty of $2,000 per employee.

 In addition to all the above, the Medicare tax on people earning over $200,000 will pay an additional .9% for Medicare tax.

 In addition to these punitive taxes, there is a new 2.9% federal sales tax on medical equipment or devices.

 In all this “spreading the wealth,” Obama has given the IRS powers to jail people who refuse to buy health insurance. Of course they will first attach tax refunds, bank accounts and other assets. When that doesn’t get results, they have the power to jail the dastardly person.

 This new Obamacare will actually help the job market as there will be 16,500 IRS auditors hired to implement these tax collections. Get your resumes ready!

 (The above information was taken from an article by Paul Guppy, vice president of research at Washington Policy Center, an independent non-partisan research organization in Washington State.)


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