Let’s Tax Guns, Talk Radio, Ambition and Taxes
by Jeffrey JenaWhen you spend a few trillion bucks you don’t have, at some point you need to come up with a plan to pay that money back. If you don’t, you look bad and no messianic cult figure ever wants to look like he doesn’t know what’s up. If you are a working stiff you have two ways to get money to pay off your debts, earn more or spend less. If you own the printing press like the Federal Government you have another option, create inflation. For example, if you printed enough money to cause inflation to rise by a factor of ten you could pay back a trillion dollars of debt with money that is in reality only worth 100 billion. The down side of that is that milk ends up costing thirty-three dollars a gallon.
Another thing a government can do to raise revenue to pay off their debt is expand the economy. That one is tough when you have just bought GM, AIG and are getting ready to nationalize health care. Corporate types aren’t too keen to expand their businesses when Uncle Sam is looking to control them.
A third option is to raise taxes. When President Obama was still candidate Obama he promised not to raise taxes on the middle class. At least I think that’s what he said, or did he say income taxes? Then too, there was a little vacillation on what was meant by middle class. Was it earners over $250,000 or $150,000?
If President Obama were to take all of the money from the top five percent of all folks in the country I’m not sure he could raise the eleven or twelve trillion needed to pay off the debt. Since he has painted himself into a corner with the income tax pledge he has asked a blue ribbon panel to come up with some ideas for raising revenue. Here are their recommendations:
The Ambition Tax: It’s really not fair that you are willing to do more that someone else. That un-levels the playing field and gives you an advantage over lazy people who live around you. Take a second job and you pay more! Start a business and meet your new partner, Uncle Sam. You go back to school to try to get ahead, pay up sucker!
The Tax Tax: If you can afford to pay taxes you obviously have money. If you have money you can afford to pay more. The more you have already paid the more you can afford to pay. I know it sounds like circular logic but circular logic works because circular logic works!
Gun Tax: The second amendment has a loophole so big you could drive a national debt through it! By taxing guns and bullets we could suck dry the coffers of the NRA and gun owners. The beauty of this is that when the economic crisis is over the gun nuts and the NRA will be as broke as GM!
The Flush Tax: People who eat too much could be spending less money on food and more on the government. This proposal would have the government put flush meters on all toilets and charge surtax per flush. This would have the added benefit of decreasing carbon emissions.
The Talk Radio Tax: Since liberal talk radio is an oxymoron and limited to the publicly funded NPR we can eliminate the competition and raise a ton of cash by taxing ads places on talk radio shows.
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when does irony and sad truths unite? Mr Jena's post, while with tongue planted firmly in cheek- has more truth than we feel comfortable with…
If you can't ban it, Tax it- and that's coming down the pike on guns; particularly ammunition. Expect huge increases. We suggest buying re-loading kits and being the most popular undergound economy in your community. Gas tax? John Kerry wanted 50 cents more per gallon, but hat was 2004 and that's just piker money now. A dollar is more like it, and coming to a gas station near you…
Fast food taxes, soda pop taxes, you name it… Dust off the lyrics to George Harrison's prescient 1965 tome 'Taxman' '9 5 percent will seem too small, be lucky we don't take it all"
It's the Taxman!
Farting Tax: Everyone must where a monitor that calculates the number of times you fart. At .25 cents a fart, the revenue would skyrocket. Plus, it will lower those carbon gasses and help the environment. No more global warming. I mean cooling. I mean…which is it today? Anyway, it's a twofer.
I know there has been talk of a breathing tax, where the guvmint monitored the amount of carbon dioxide people emit. However, several libs realized that they could not afford the tax, being the gas bags that they are. It was killed in committee.
Very nice Mr. Jena.
I've got one. How about a "Stupid Tax"?
Before you say it, I already know what the problem is. How do we determine who pay's it. I have that figured out already………
Simple solution: We look over the voter records and see who voted for Obama……….Problem solved!
That group alone would put us back in the "Black Ink" in months,if not weeks……………….
Just thought I'd throw it out there……
I forsee the Flush Tax shortly being replaced by the Stamp Tax as Congress and the White House are suddenly inundated with malodorous packages.
Great points.
Just try and find 9mm, 40 cal, or 45 cal in my area. Gun owners are hording it, in expectation of the increase. It's coming like it or not. Actually looking at a re-loading kit myself……..
Why can't the liberals be honest and just call it extortion?
instant popularity course. Be prepared to be invited to ALL the tony parties… start with 12 guage; pretty easy. Learn this difference between stick and ball powder- and best of all- Have Fun!
The Stupid Tax should be levied on anyone who bought the tax cut for 95% of Americans line. There's a fecal storm on the horizon and plenty of dimwits outdoors with their hands raised high.
Aren't "Fun" and "Firearms" the same word?
The last time America was over taxed there was a Storm a Brewing. Here's Hoping.
Buy Primers and when you think you have bought enough, buy twice that many more. You can make everything else at home except the primer. I'm on my way out now, anybody want a few thousand?
Don't forget that the feds tax unemployment "income" which was originally derived from the taxes the employee and the employer pay, whether they ever get to collect or not. And they're talking about taxing social security "income." I propose the "hot air" tax. That way, Congress and the President would pay the highest tax rates in the nation.
I just noticed your moniker, "Primer" how ironic.
Simple Math for Simple Liberals:
1. The national debt owed per household (2.65 people) is $53K
2. $53K will buy you two really nice 2009 Honda Accords
3. Two Accords would be nice value for your money, but our ineffecient, bloated government delivers you two Pintos, because, hey, you wanted transportation, right?
4. You sign a contract to buy three Accords to "jumpstart" the process…works for the government, should work for you!
Your grade in simple math: F
I am getting prepared for the black market, I'm stockpiling charcoal, primers, tobacco seeds and lead. Along with the more obvious.
we have a t-shirt in our collection of fun summer wear- it says simply:
ATF
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
(who's bringing the chips?)
sounds like must wearing for you…
I saw somewhere online just today, the IRS is looking at taxing employer provided cellphones as a fringe benifit.
I would love it if there was a gun tax. Love it. Good idea. Heh.
No irony there! I'm just your typical gun-toting hick………….
There is! It's called a sales tax!
gun totin' maybe, certainly no 'hicks' in this post- good show, Primer and Dan…
Here is just how stupid this idea is. I am self employed. My cell phone is registered to the business. I use it for personel and business. Even though I own the place, my phone would still be considered to be provided by "My" employer and therefore a "fringe benefit"
What the hell?
In Missouri we pay somewhere around 10% on all hunting and fishing items, plus sales tax.
Would you love it if they taxed the first amendment?
There should be a koolaid tax on all the obama voters/apologists. Think of the money that could be made over and over and over again since they're drinking it everyday.
1 point StlDan
Sell your business to Obama and then ask for a bailout, seems to be in vogue these days.
I have no idea what it is in Illinois anymore. I stopped looking at it because it made me cry………..
Cuz it would be an oxymoron to say there is and honest liberal.
They could call it "The Jim Jones Tax"…………………
Oooh good one!
Unfortunately Obama just got done screwing my industry (automotive)…………So his work is done with us………..
The farting tax is within the Cap & Trade Bill or the Carbon Tax.
How bout a Murder tax instead?
Perhaps we should shorten copyrights to 15 years from the date of original publication. The liberal media is dying already, and no amount of reaching leftward will win them over, so let's just put the nail in the coffin. Let's change fair use so that people can make unlimited personal copies of digital content. If the liberals want to have a culture war, let's go for their jugular and cut their air supply. They are all artists and writers, knock them out of business.
Actually, I might even up the ante with a "pay-go" tax. For every non-military dollar of spending by Congress, the members of Congress must match out of their own pockets on a dollar for dollar basis.
I carry the monikers of hillbilly, hick and redneck as a badge of courage.
Reach over and grab your ankles the taxman cometh brothers and sisters, and any fool that believes that they are going to escape the snare that this Marxist has laid is delusional. Just remember everyone it’s for the children.
"The Fair Tax " is the way to get govt. out of our lives!
The funny thing is that on balance, the average American seems so stupid as to not get the the country is financially bankrupt.
Go figure!
Circular logic works because circular logic works! LOLz!
The ability to regulate and tax are the power to destroy. Frankly, why should the govt. be able to tax a right? These people don't believe in the Bill of Rights, but they don't think the time is right to burn it on MSNBC yet, because that might piss-off the American people, and the American people still have guns. Bummer, eh? So, we'll come up with all kinds of feel-good reasons we can tax things until the American people can't afford their rights anymore, and that will be that. We won't get to hear the truth, and even if we know the truth, and we don't like it, "Tough Luck!"
I want to see a tax on politicians only. A REALLY BIG TAX. Call it $250,000 per person, no deductions or credits.
OH MY GOSH……..
That's an awesome idea……lets tax every single individual bullet sold as well.
They won't be able to pry the gun from my cold dead hand because it would have been
empty and of no use because I couldn't afford any ammo……..
Word to the wise…Start learning NOW how to reload your own ammo.
It is "Easy cheesy lemon squeezy" and cheap too…….:)
A directive straight from the Department of Redundancy Department. I heard it verbatim, word for word.
"…soda pop taxes…"
That one is not a joke.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12420850589660864...
ModDem is just glad they don't tax bong hits.
How about a "bad idea" tax?
The Dems will have us out of debt in no time.
Sorry but I must insist it is based on volume of discharge rather than number of discharges. You know how tax cheats are, and I would hate for people to forgo several small polite farts in favor of massive ones that could be heard in the next county.
I do however support the tax as it will unfairly disproportionately hit vegetarians. They have it coming.
They might have to admit all taxes are extortion, pay up or else. Then what will the government do, start taking donations?
What would we do with all that money?
That would be a hell of a lot of money wouldn't it!
As a side benefit he'd quick smokin' the dope, get a job and then come over from the dark side………….
Logic that has no beginning and no end while ultimately going nowhere. Sounds liberal to me.
I still have trouble understanding how the government will tax its own employees when paying them with collected tax money. I owe you a dollar but I will give you seventy cents, you will get the other thirty when I pay you seventy cents for the dollar I will owe you tomorrow.
As part one of Tax Reform That Makes Sense, all US military payments to servicemen will have no federal taxes taken from them, while giving them credit under applicable federal programs as if the relevant monies were paid (FICA, SS etc). If that cannot be made to sail through Congress then I will announce my support for a military junta. I trust them to defend my country better than Congress so I might as well give them a shot at running it.
Why can't the liberals be honest and just call it extortion?
Because they earn dissonance when they tell the truth.
Replacing the Guyana Tragedy with the Kenya Tragedy?
Learn how to make flintlocks, or at least a "modern" version using flints like a lighter or torch striker (igniter) uses. Heck, maybe it could be done with a piezoelectric igniter like is on your gas BBQ grill. The "historical" frontstuffers keep missing the ban lists. Afterwards you can brush up on your blackpowder making skills and be set.
I foresee they will start taxing lumber and toilet seats as outhouses make a comeback. It may even prove cheaper to rent a Porta-potty and park it in the backyard. Who cares, the property values were not going up anytime soon anyway.
My "Winchester Little Cigars" have now gone up 75% with the new federal excise tax. Why can these morons not realize that if they keep trying to eradicate smoking they will only kill off SS and Medicare a lot faster?
Mr Jena let the skunk out of the bag. Higher taxes are an inevitability thanks to Mr. Obama, another form of 'spreading the wealth' he doesn't talk about although it is some of that suffering he wants everyone to enjoy. Hyper inflation is also waiting on the horizon, the inevitable result of printing money to smooth out the bumps. The presses are running overtime. As much as the libs love to criticize Bush for ruining the American image overseas, Obama has done the exact same things! Developing nations hate the US for our hypocrisy. We demand they cut costs, reduce services, raise taxes, inflate their money in order to get loans from the IMF and what do we do? Just the opposite!! Do as I say not as I do has become Obama's slogan. And Obama hasn't yet tackled healthcare. First the US screwed the world by causing this mess and now Obama's gonna flip her over and do it again with our solution.
Where I live, the flush tax is $7.50 per household. We've been paying that for a while. Oh, and don't forget the $6.01 for "customer account fee".
Baseball attendance tax.
That's a great idea, the only problem is that most of them are tax exempt and on the dole…
The Umbrella Tax: That which can be taxed will be taxed.
With this administration, there is no reductio ad absurdum.
No Pintos. Two bus passes.
Of course you would. That's why you're a democrat.
I was thinking this morning before reading this that I'd almost prefer the mafia running the country over the current crop of assclowns.
The way they do things probably isn't that much different, but somehow I don't think the mafia would be that greedy.
And I have a ton of ammo from before, but now I'm thinking it's not enough. I haven't gone shopping for ammo since I got my Glock this past winter when I picked up 3 boxes of it.
Actually there are state taxes on gun ownership. You must be SO happy. See I made your day.
How about a steep tax on plastic surgery, and make it retroactive. Send the bill to Nancy Pelois first.
Someone been reading a John Ringo sci-fi book? March Upcountry. Not a bad idea… some sort of multi-shot ability would be nice though… I hear some of the old revolvers operated on a similar principal.
While I truly haven't found a tax I like, I have a few that might bring a grin to my face.
!) Require all politicians have an auditor appointed by an independent group that will audit the full fair expense of all campaigning and all campaign contributions for source and amount. From this total a 20% excise tax will be applied, first to cover the expense of the audit and the remainder goes to the general fund.
2) We need a full-time staff of investigators and auditors given full access to all accounts of the 535 congressmen and 100 Senators in Washington. They will be paid for from the $1 million already allotted for congressional office expenses.
3) We truly need to audit the many political action committees that hide behind a tax free organization. The law is clear already, but enforcement is nonexistent. Political groups such as the ACLU, the Rainbow Coalition, NAACP, plenty of churches nationwide and others that have consistently backed candidates which is contrary to law. They need to pay back taxes for all years that they have been involved in supporting specific candidates for office.
4) Civil litigation while necessary, needs to be reformed. We need a loser pays court costs rule much as they have in Britain. If you have a good case, an attorney will cover the expense of losing. If you don't, you can still hire them but the future expense may be on you if you lose.
Funny about the way different entities look at 'income'. The feds tax my retirement pay as income. During my divorce, the state of florida considered it divisible property. I guess our money can be anything the government wants it to be.
Yes. As a liberal, I am very happy they don't tax my bong hits. If they did, I might have to smoke less of "the dope," and then I would awaken from my stupor and realize how right you guys are. Spot-on. Look, I have to get back to my bong and laugh bitterly at David Letterman while I celebrate the destruction of culture.
Hey that's funny……..They say a sense of humor is a sign your on the way to recovery!
Dam! Your right……oh well, back to the drawing board………..
You mean a cap and ball revolver? Link goes to a Remington model, although the Colts were popular as well. I like this one since you can quickly reload by swapping in loaded cylinders. They also made revolver rifles in that age. The problem comes in needing percussion caps, a little web research will find recipes for shock sensitive materials and stamping out your own caps from thin stock is doable with minimal equipment, but that is still needing something extra.
I am mechanically inclined enough to see a way around that. You can have cylinders with a small diameter hole at the back of the chamber, like with the nipple on a flintlock. Preload the cylinders then seal the back with a piece of waxed paper or similar. With an enclosed spark-producing mechanism, you can have a hollow piece (sort of like a hypodermic needle) that pierces the cover right before the sparks are sent down the tube. Similar ideas were tried during the relatively brief period of invention when quick reloading was considered before cartridges with primers became standard, right before caps became used with paper "cartridges" (wrapped loads ready to be stuffed).
Who is John Ringo? I considered flintlock variations because PA has a muzzleloading deer season. It was "traditional" flintlock only, then recently went "anything goes" as long as it is a frontstuffer.
There already is a gun and ammunition tax of 11%. It's been in place for decades with no change proposed until the recent campaign when Obama stated his support for a 500% increase.
I have 5,000 rounds and I am thinking that it's not enough.
"ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
should be a convenience store, not an agency"
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