Posts Tagged ‘Social’

In ‘honor’ of Tax Day

Judge Napolitano “rules” against Tax Code and Social Securityby Craig Masters While false reports about sequestration forcing reductions in such high profile defense spending as the Blue Angels’ performances at air shows, real reductions in U.S. military readiness programs are happening. Yet the expansion of the IRS army seems to be unaffected by “cutbacks” happening [...]

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Fed’s “Recession Index” Trumps Sequester

by Michael McCune –   Attention, class: The word of the day is “Sequester.”   Isn’t it funny how a word you really never heard before 2013 is now threatening to topple our economy? At least it is if you listen to the major media outlets you’d get that impression.   But they are wrong, [...]

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Communist Party backs Obama in fiscal cliff negotiations

by Jack Minor – The Communist Party USA, which supported Obama during the 2012 election, has now signed on board with the President’s economic plan and is calling on its members to work with unions to pressure Republicans in Congress to raise taxes and increase spending.   During a recent conference call on the upcoming [...]

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D.C. Eyes Retirement Accounts To Meet Expenses

Debt, public debt to be exact, is no longer a problem in America–at least according to the Democrats following their big win last week. By their accounts the Earth’s orbit has been changed so we no longer need fuel to heat our homes and transfer goods and, yes indeedy, government debt no longer has to [...]

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I’ll say God Bless America while I still can.

by Craig Masters The Constitution and America’s unique form of government was finally beaten to death by the very ballots it was first designed to protect. The America many of us thought would rise to the occasion of the threat of defeat from within has lost this final battle. Unable to understand that personal responsibility [...]

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Social Security Program A Lifetime Expense

by Mike McCune –   In 1975, during a sumptuous dinner with my grandparents, my grandfather was harping about the paltry sum he was receiving for Social Security. That led to a rather spirited argument because I vehemently disagreed with him for perhaps the first time in my life.   When the disturb meal was completed the debate [...]

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Adamson to conduct Social Security seminar

GREELEY- Adamson Funeral & Cremation Services will be hosting a seminar sponsored by Tom Formica, Financial Advisor, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC.  The Social Security Seminar will be held on Tuesday August 7th from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Adamson Reception Center at 2000 47th Avenue in Greeley. Mike Wooster, Certified Investment Management Analyst, and the [...]

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“Gays” still pressing for govt. approval

by Peter Grady –   An attorney says a bill introduced in Congress that would provide same gender pairs Social Security benefits violates the spirit and intent of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA which passed with wide bi-partisan support and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton defined marriage as being solely [...]

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Terrible 10 of ObamaCare, think tank says public has good reason to oppose legislation

by Matt Lacy – While much of the reporting critical of the president’s health care plan has focused on the individual mandate, The Heritage Foundation has issued a new report called “The 10 terrible provisions of Obama care that you may not have heard of.” Despite a massive PR campaign by the administration, polls consistently [...]

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The Rant – Tax Cut Extension Creates Jobs, Solves Employment Problem

by Mike McCune – Numbers mean nothing to Washington politicians and bureaucrats. The difference between white and black carries much more weight in our national capitol and that is why everything seems to be a similar shade of gray when it comes from the heart of the country.   Today’s point is the way Congress almost unaimously [...]

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UN officials admit they want global tax

by Peter Grady – Long dismissed as the stuff of conspiracy “nuts” the United Nations has admitted that it really does want to impose a global tax. Opponents of the United Nations have long said that the organization wanted the ability to fund itself rather than rely on member dues and to have its own [...]

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The Rant – Greenspan Speaks, American Wallets Will Get Lighter

by Mike McCune Ex-Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan opined about the impending financial collapse of the American government “on the record” Jan. 5. While he scored some point with statements like “Arithmetic demands it (change in the economy)” and “The U.S. welfare state has run up against a brick wall of economic reality…” he missed [...]

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Obama fundraising e-mail expresses fear over “tea party extremists”

  by Matt Lacy –   The Obama campaign appears to have shown us who they are really concerned about running against, a solidly conservative candidate instead of moderate Mitt Romney.   Following the Iowa caucus last night Jim Messina, Obama’s campaign manager sent out an e-mail expressing their fears over the results.   The [...]

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The Rant

Governments’ False Hopeby Mike McCune – The time-tested fundamentals taught in economics classes everywhere are missing to support the recent rises across the globe. Anyone who would have invested with the fundamentals so twisted would have been flunked by every professor I ever had. The cost per dividend is too high. The capital gains, unless [...]

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Obama scuttling payroll tax cut extension

by Peter Grady – After repeated calls for an extension of the payroll tax cut, President Obama is now the one standing in the way of extending the cut. For weeks, Obama has been pressing for an extension of the payroll tax cut, which working Americans supposedly pay into the social security trust fund. In [...]

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Super committee failure: Bush’s fault

Gardner frustrated that committee never addressed healthcare costs by Matt Lacy– After the “super committee” announced it had failed in its mission to cut $1 trillion from a $15 trillion dollar deficit, both sides started playing the blame game. ABC News ostensibly blamed former President Bush for the deadlock. In a story titled “Bush tax [...]

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Economic Civil War

by Mike McCune An economic civil war is about to engulf the United States. The root is the 73-year-old lie called Social Security, the foes are Baby Boomers and their children and grandchildren.   Despite what the government says, Social Security is a certifiable Ponzi relying on an expanding economy and workforce. Both are declining [...]

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(This is the 5th installment of a series intended to explain why the global economic recession defies expert projections and continues on the path to collapse.)

Mike McCune     In George Orwell’s 1984, government had made it a crime not to think as it wanted you to. It had broken down the family by having individual members report on other members. So everyone was essentially alone in his or her private battle with authority and particularly the Thought Police.   [...]

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A Strong Central Government Insures Equality, Prosperity for All

The Obama Plan –  by Craig Masters  – Only a larger, stronger federal government can save the American Dream. This was the message that supporters of the Democratic Party budget plan brought to U.S. House and Senate members’ offices across the country Tuesday, July 26. With only about a week remaining before the advertised default [...]

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Hawaii refuses subpoena of Obama birth certificate, citing privacy concerns

    by Jack Minor      – The Hawaii Department of Health has refused to comply with a subpoena compelling the state to provide access to the original, filed copy of the President’s birth certificate, citing privacy laws. In April, President Obama released a copy of what he says is an original copy of his long [...]

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Evans going green, city to get power from solar energy

  story and photo by Jack Minor         Evans has agreed to let a local alternative energy company install solar panels to provide electricity to the city. Greg Bohan, Chief Investment Officer for Renewable Social Benefit Funds, said the company would install solar panels at eight locations throughout the city and provide [...]

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President uses SSN from Connecticut – suspicion continues to mount

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Winning the Global Economic Race

U.S. Senator Mark Udall As I’ve traveled across our state in the last two years, Coloradans from Southern Colorado to the Western Slope and to the Eastern Plains have told me that they think the focus in Washington, D.C. should be on two things – the economy and getting our spending under control. They want [...]

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President uses SSN from Connecticut, despite never having grown up there

by Jack Minor   A private detective said using resources available to her she has discovered President Obama has been using a social security number from Connecticut despite never having lived in the state.   Susan Daniels, a private detective from Ohio has appeared on numerous talk shows. Daniels says while using databases not available [...]

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President Obama, here’s how to fix the economy!!

Dear Mr. President,     Please find below my suggestion for fixing America ‘s economy.   Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.  You can call it the “Patriotic Retirement Plan”:     There are about 40 million people over 50 in [...]

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Renfroe was Right!

By Mike Bauman Last April, State Senator Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, made a call on the Senate floor to eliminate Disability and Dental insurance for state employees as a way to help balance the budget.  At the time, Renfroe was vehemently attacked by Senator Abel Tapias, D-Pueblo, despite Tapias’ admission that he does not offer those [...]

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Ruby Slaughter

Ruby Slaughter, 87 of Greeley, died on December 24, 2010 at the Hospice & Palliative Care of Northern Colorado Inpatient Unit. She was born on September 27, 1923 in Jourdanton, Texas to Eulogio and Theresa (Garcia) Slaughter.  She lived in the Eaton/Ault areas from 1964 until moving to Greeley in 1969. Ruby worked for Weld [...]

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Google suppressing coverage of Lakin court-martial

Al Gore listed as Google senior adviser By Jack Minor Search engine giant Google appears to be hiding recent coverage of Lt. Col. Terry Lakin’s court-martial by burying the coverage deep in the search rankings. A Google search of the term, “Lt. Colonel Lakin,” revealed only a single article on page one relating to the [...]

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The Rant

Bush Tax Cuts Guest Column By Mike McCune The Bush-era tax relief measures are being loudly discussed in Washington have little resemblance in fact to what is being claimed. The only real thing you have to understand is the “tax cuts” under debate only let you keep a larger portion of what you earned and [...]

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Court rules using someone else’s social security number not identity theft

By Jack Minor The Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling that using someone else’s Social Security number is not identity theft as long as you use your own name with it. The case involved Felix Montes-Rodriguez who went to Hajek Chevrolet in Longmont to obtain a car loan. Rodriguez admitted that he used a false [...]

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Bennet refuses to pull “misleading” ad, asks Buck to violate campaign finance laws

Story and photos By Jack Minor Michael Bennet has publicly refused to pull a campaign ad that Denver television stations and newspapers have called misleading, saying the media is mistaken. Bennet has been running an ad that purportedly shows Ken Buck wanting to eliminate the Department of Education, and Social Security as well as other [...]

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Why Pay for What’s Free

One Family’s Story About District 6 By Mike Bauman Every member of the community pays for education through a variety of taxes and fees.  So why would some parents choose to pay hundreds of dollars per month extra to send their children to a tuition based private school?  “That’s simple.  Results!” says one Greeley family. A [...]

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Attempt to drive wedge between Buck, tea party part of tactics listed in Democratic party memo

By Jack Minor The Democratic operative who secretly recorded Ken Buck during a campaign event where he expressed frustration with the many questions about the President’s birth certificate, was keeping in line with tactics outlined in a Democratic memo advising campaign managers to drive a wedge between moderate voters and “tea party” style conservatives. On [...]

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The Rant

Guest Column By Michael McCune As almost every American knows, the official national debt touted by Washington is but a portion of the true governmental debt, much like the Permanent Social Security Trust Fund is phony in that Congress tapped the till and put in IOUs for decades to make current deficit numbers more manageable. [...]

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