California's Government The LEADERS WHO MAKE LAWS!

Senator

Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senate

Capital Office Phone:

(202) 224-3841

State Office Phone:

(415) 393-0707

Senator

Barbara Boxer

U.S. Senate

Capital OfficePhone:

(202) 224-3553

State Office Phone:

(510) 286-8537

Representative

Jim Costa

U.S. House of Representatives

Capital Office Phone:

(202) 225-3341

District Office Phone:

(559) 495-1620

April 25, 2013

RE: Please Protect Small Business

As your constituent, I ask that you oppose the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 336/H.R.684). As currently written, the bill will hurt small online businesses. Before any changes are made to Internet sales tax policy, more scrutiny is needed to ensure small businesses are treated fairly, that they are encouraged to grow and continue creating jobs for our economy, and that consumers can benefit from the value and selection that healthy competition provides.

A real small business exemption is needed in any Internet sales tax legislation. That’s not the case in the current bill. I support an Internet sales tax exemption for small businesses with less than 50 employees or less than $10 million in annual out-of-state sales. That’s equivalent to the amount of sales generated by a big, national online retailer such as Amazon in only 90 minutes. That’s a reasonable approach to protect jobs and fuel our economy. But so far, proponents of the current bill have refused to consider a fair and reasonable exemption similar to robust small business exemptions already provided by federal legislation on other issues.

Currently, small businesses collect and remit sales taxes for purchases made in states where they have a physical presence. This makes sense because it means that small businesses are paying for the government services they use and they are treated the same as offline small business retailers that only collect in one state.

Under the Marketplace Fairness Act, however, small businesses would have the same tax obligations as multi-billion-dollar retailers who have a physical presence nationally and use government services in many local tax jurisdictions. I am concerned because the bill also gives tax collectors in every state unprecedented authority to threaten out-of-state small businesses with costly audits and unnecessary litigation. Tax collection software does not solve this issue for small businesses, nor does it guard against the significant liability issues small businesses could face.

Small online businesses should not be saddled with new tax burdens. Everyone benefits from Internet-enabled small businesses. Unfortunately, current Internet sales tax legislation will make these businesses less competitive against big national retailers who use government services nationwide and have the resources to collect sales taxes everywhere. I am concerned that this current bill may shut down small online businesses, costing jobs and reducing competition that benefits consumers.

Please speak up and oppose the Marketplace Fairness Act. Make sure any Internet sales tax legislation fairly protects small businesses, the jobs they create and the consumer benefits they provide. Legislation should support small businesses, not put them out of business.

Sincerely,

YOUR NAME 

YOUR .COM

YOU DECIDE HOW THEY SHOULD VOTE, GIVE THEM A CALL YOUR DIME WELL THEY ARE ON OUR DIME, QUARTER, and OUR  DOLLARS  ALREADY !

WE PAY THEM TO REPRESENT US LIKE A GOOD LAWYER IN COURT ONE YOU CAN TALK TO   AT LEAST LEAVE A MESSAGE !

CALL THEM THEY DON'T KNOW UNLESS YOU TELL THEM!

THE LETTER I RECEIVED FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN

Thank you for your expressing your opposition to collecting sales taxes on Internet purchases.  I appreciate hearing from you, and I welcome the opportunity to respond.

I am an original cosponsor of the "Marketplace Fairness Act" (S.336), which was introduced by Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY) on February 14, 2013.  This bill would allow states to require sellers to remit sales taxes on internet purchases.  The legislation includes an exemption for online retailers with gross annual sales in the United States under $1,000,000.  The "Marketplace Fairness Act" is awaiting consideration by the Senate Finance Committee.

I understand you have concerns that this legislation would create a new tax on internet purchases.  To be clear, this is not the case.  Items purchased over the internet are subject to sales taxes in states that levy these taxes, including California.  Under current law, it is the responsibility of the buyer to report these purchases and pay the taxes.  This system puts brick and mortar businesses, which have to collect sales taxes at the point of sale, at a relative disadvantage in the pricing of their products. This bill would make it easier for states to collect the sales taxes they are already owed on internet purchases.  Ultimately, it would be up to states to decide whether to require the collection of these taxes.

Once again, thank you for writing.  If you have any further questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact my Washington, D.C. office at (202) 224-3841. 

Sincerely yours,



  Dianne Feinstein
         United States Senator
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IF I HAVE TO PAY MINE WHY THE H... DON'T THEY?

TOP 10 COMPANIES NOT PAYING TAXES!











 AMR Corporation

Income tax expense: -$569 million

Earnings before taxes: -$2.45 billion

Revenue: $24.86 billion

1 yr. share price change: N/A

Industry: Airlines

5. D.R. Horton Inc.

Income tax expense: -$673 million

Earnings before taxes: $322 million

Revenue: $4.72 billion

1 yr. share price change: 58.50%

Industry: Homebuilding

 Verizon Communications Inc.

Income tax expense: -$660 million

Earnings before taxes: $9.90 billion

Revenue: $115.85 billion

1 yr. share price change: 23.96%

Industry: Telecommunication services

 Lear Corp.

Income tax expense: -$638 million

Earnings before taxes: $679 million

Revenue: $14.57 billion

1 yr. share price change: 22.88%

Industry: Auto parts and equipment

 Ameren Corp.

Income tax expense: -$680 million

Earnings before taxes: -$1.65 billion

Revenue: $6.64 billion

1 yr. share price change: 7.14%

Industry: Utilities

 J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

Income tax expense: -$551 million

Earnings before taxes: -$1.54 billion

Revenue: $12.99 billion

1 yr. share price change: -58.05%

Industry: Department stores

 Bank of America Corp.

Income tax expense: -$1.12 billion

Earnings before taxes: -$3.07 billion

Revenue: $75.17 billion

1 yr. share price change: 50.68%

Industry: Financial services

. Caesars Entertainment Corp.

Income tax expense: -$871 million

Earnings before taxes: -$2.25 billion

Revenue: $8.59 billion

1 yr. share price change: 44.72%

Industry: Casinos and gaming

 General Motors Co.

Income tax expense: -$34.83 billion

Earnings before taxes: -$28.70 billion

Revenue: $152.26 billion

1 yr. share price change: 9.91%

Industry: Automobile manufacturers

10. Alpha Natural Resources

Income tax expense: -$550 million

Earnings before taxes: -$2.99 billion

Revenue: $6.98 billion

1 yr. share price change: -47.43%

Industry: Coal and fuels

Veteran Ordered to Remove American Flag

A U.S. Marine has been ordered by local officials to remove an American flag and flagpole that he installed outside his Florida home after returning home from serving in Iraq.
Gregory Schaffer told WPTV.com that he received a citation from the town of Hypoluxo, Fla., listing the flagpole as a violation of the town's permitting code.
"It's sad. It's sad that we have to go through that just to fly a flag," Schaffer told the station.
The 24-year-old Marine said a neighbor filed a complaint with the town within days after he installed the flagpole in his yard.
"It's disgusting that anybody should have to go through that. I fought for the flag, now I'm paying for the flag," Schaffer told the station.
A town building department official told WPTV.com that the flagpole is considered a structure and must be removed since Schaffer does not have a permit.
Schaffer told the station that because he is renting his property, he would have to hire a third party contractor to apply for the permit, which could cost up to $1,000.
The building department official said the town will try to work with the veteran to help him with the permitting process.


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http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_s_palm_beach_county/us-marine-corps-veterans-american-flag-faces-removal-neighbor-complains-display-a-code-violation

Wheres Anyones Common Sense? 10 Things made from US

WARNING GROSS

10

Hair Sunglasses

Nothing says cool like hair in your face. It’s even cooler when the hair isn’t yours. These funky biodegradable shades feature assorted colors and styles, all crafted from resin and human locks. Designers Alex and Azuka out of Studio Swine envisioned the glasses as an experiment in sustainability because the world is just way too hairy for its own good. The manufacturers even tout that the glasses are made according to green standards.

9
Tooth Knuckles

Teeth have been a common item found in jewelry since cave dwellers made necklaces from bear and wolf canines. Nowadays, when you need to pack a little extra in your punch, artist Polly van der Glas has the answer: knuckle dusters made from human molars. The teeth are collected from consenting individuals who are apparently happy to part with their only means of chewing. The silver-encased chompers are perfect to have on hand if you forgot the baby food and need to mash something on the spot. The big question is: do they need to be brushed and flossed regularly?

8

Blood sculpture

If you’ve ever thought that making a giant popsicle of your head was a great idea, you should be friends with Marc Quinn. The sculptor makes a new noggin every five years with 9 pints of his own blood (roughly equivalent to the amount circulating through his body). It takes him about five months to safely withdraw enough life juice to fill the head mold. A national gallery in the UK actually purchased his 2006 version, shelling out nearly half a million bucks for his bodily treasure.

7

Human leather

What do you get for someone who has everything? Human leather, of course. One company in the UK brazenly fashions leather wallets, belts, and shoes from donated skin. According to the website, the small grain size of human hide creates leather superior to any other animal skin put through the tanning process. Their discerning customers pay thousands of dollars for these products, prefer anonymity even when it comes to photos of the items, tend to like lotion and watch quite a bit of Silence of the Lambs.

6

Fat fuel

New Zealand ecoboat Earthrace took a carbon-free journey around the world using only biodiesel, some of which was generated from human fat. The skipper and a few other committed volunteers initially endured liposuction for the cause. Though the boat did not travel exclusively on donated love handles, proponents of human fat biofuel are quick to point out that the potential from liposuction leftovers is virtually untapped and otherwise wasted. Unless you know how to make soap.

5

Mummy paint

Back before people actually cared about what sort of hazardous substances they slathered on the walls, Egyptian mummies were ground and mixed with white pitch and myrrh to create the classic shade “mummy brown.” The hue was highly regarded by Pre-Raphaelite painters. When people caught wind of what the paint was made from, popularity died down a bit. However, manufacturers continued to produce the original recipe until the mid 20th century when they ran out of mummies. Bummer!

4

People gelatin

The magic of genetics and ingenuity of the Chinese is soon to bring the world better Jello. Because traditional gelatin is derived from cows and pigs, it has the potential to be tainted with crazy contaminants like Mad Cow. Consumer food allergies are also more common with animal-based gelatin. The new jiggly stuff is generated by combining human DNA with yeast to make a more chemically stable substance that is both safer to eat and can be systematically mass produced. That is, until the Jello evolves and starts fighting back.

3

Fertility Drugs

Pee is pretty popular in the pharmaceutical sphere. One of the compounds found in urine – urea – is amazingly versatile and appears frequently in many products from cosmetics to diabetes medication. But one fertility drug in particular is literally made from the pee of post-menopausal women. Coveted hormones are extracted from the golden liquid and administered primarily to women to combat fertility issues. Though less common, the same drug also encourages sperm production in dudes.

2
Masato

Generally speaking, it’s not good form to spit into someone’s drink. But in Amazonian Peru, guests are treated to a traditional drink that is laden with saliva. The drink, called masato, is home brewed from the root of the cassava plant. Chunks of peeled cassava are chewed up by the local ladies and the liquid portion spat back into a vat. Certain proteins in the saliva initiate fermentation and a few hours later the result is a cloudy white drink with a slightly sweet but sour taste. The alcohol content of masato varies dramatically from the time it was made as the liquid ferments, converting starch to sugar to alcohol. But it still has spit in it. You can’t cover that up with a mixer.

1
Stool Transplant

When antibiotics failed to help individuals with severe cases of Clostridium difficile , poop came to the rescue. Graciously donated feces are scooped, tested, and then pureed with saline and administered (via the mouth or butt) to patients who need help with their intestinal flora. The pesky bacteria C. diff can cause GI distress, fever, and even death if left untreated. The implanted poop reestablishes healthy microbes in the gut. Even though stool transplants have been on the edge of mainstream until now, practicing physicians have found them to fairly effective in cases where drugs just aren’t working. Some advocates even go so far as to suggest that poop donation centers will make an appearance as cases of C. diff continue to strike younger populations.

Mr. President................ Mr. President...

Tea Party Men of the Future?

Senators known for their hard-edged opposition say they will oppose "any legislation" that they believe infringes on the right to bear arms

 A trio of Republicans are threatening to filibuster gun legislation when it comes to the Senate floor, arguing the proposals violate the Second Amendment.

Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee — all Tea Party favorites — say they will "oppose any legislation that would infringe on the American people's constitutional right to bear arms, or on their ability to exercise this right without being subjected to government surveillance."

Their intention is included in a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Reid has promised to bring a bill to the floor after the spring recess that would include separate measures to expand background checks on gun buyers, strengthen trafficking laws and improve school safety. The bills have already passed the Judiciary Committee, and the background check measure is still being tweaked to garner bipartisan support.

The letter from Paul, Cruz and Lee does not specifically say they will filibuster, but their intentions are clear. The letter says the senators "will oppose the motion to proceed" — which is the step required before a bill can come up for consideration. That means 60 votes would be needed to bring up the gun legislation.

The Democratic-controlled Senate has taken the lead in crafting legislation to reduce gun violence, which has been a priority since 20 children and six adults were killed Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Paul, R-Ky., has already staged a nearly 13-hour filibuster this year over the Obama administration's drone policy, which ended up delaying a final confirmation vote on CIA Director John Brennan. Cruz and Lee took part in that effort, coming to the Senate floor to ask their colleague questions so he didn't have to speak the entire time.

Cruz, R-Texas, got into a heated exchange with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., during the Judiciary panel's debate on her proposal to ban assault weapons, which is not included in the gun bill heading for the Senate floor. Feinstein objected to what she called Cruz's lecturing on the Second Amendment and his condescending tone.

Reid has said he would allow the assault weapons ban, which also limits gun magazines to 10 rounds of ammunition, to be offered as an amendment. Feinstein's measure, however, faced stiff opposition from Republicans and Democrats from red-states, such as Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas.

Google ... Google...

Does Google mean what it says?

This week, one senior Google exec declared that smartphones are "emasculating," while another said there was no need for physical stores. Yet Google makes smartphones and has pop-up stores. Confusing?

Help us figure this out?

 Who's watching Google?

Batman Delivers Suspect to Police

Batman Delivers Suspect to Police: An unidentified man dressed as Batman brought a suspected burglar to justice last week, delivering the suspect to police on Feb. 25 before he disappeared into the night. Police in Bradford, England, today released photographs of last week’s caped crusader, dressed in a sweatshirt and cape that approximates the powder-blue...

Where's Our Governments Common Sense? or should I say the I.R.S.'s?

Report: Facebook paid no income tax last year!

While most of country is getting hit with higher taxes, the social-media giant got a pass --

and even got $429 million in refunds.

Taxes are said to be one of life's inevitability -- unless

you're Facebook (FB -1.62%), which last year not only

didn't pay a cent in federal or state income taxes, but

actually will receive tax refunds of $429 million, according

to a new report.

The reason? Even though Facebook made a pre-tax profit

of $1.06 billion last year, it benefited from a tax break: the

tax deductibility of executive stock options, the report from

the Citizens for Tax Justice says.

That reduced Facebook's federal and state income taxes

by $1.03 billion last year. But it also is carrying forward

another $2.17 billion in additional tax-option tax breaks

for use in future years, the report says. Altogether, that

means Facebook will shave off a total of more than $3

billion in current and future taxes.

To be sure, Facebook isn't alone among big corporations in tapping strategies to lower their tax burdens. Among

those businesses that have come under fire for avoiding taxes are General Electric (GE -1.43%), Boeing (BA

+0.17%) and Goldman Sachs (GS -2.19%).

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, has sought to highlight the issue. In 2011, his office

compiled a list of the worst corporate income tax avoiders, including Bank of America (BAC -3.20%) and

Citigroup (C -2.88%).

The wealthiest Americans and most profitable corporations must do their share to help bring down our record-breaking deficit," his office said in a 2011 statement.

Facebook didn't immediately respond to an emailed request for comment, according to The Huffington Post.

In the meantime, taxes for many individuals went up in 2013, making consumers feeling pinched.

On an after-tax basis, corporate profits have jumped since 2000, helped in part by strategies to minimize their tax

burdens, according to the Huffington Post, citing data from the Commerce Department.

Thank you to  Aimee Picchi Fri 4:01 PM

Wheres the Vatican's Common Sense? Prophecy of the Popes

'Prophecy of the Popes'Saint Malachy is an Irish saint who lived between 1094 and 1148 and served as the archbishop of Armagh. He is perhaps best known for supposedly penning an apocalyptic series of 112 phrases, which he claimed came to him in a vision and predicted the series of popes who would reign over the church and eventually preside over its downfall. The so-called "Prophecy of the Popes" has been pointed to by numerous doomsayers over the years in predicting catastrophe for the church.Roughly translated from its original Latin, the Prophecy reads: "In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills [i.e. Rome] will be destroyed, and the terrible judge will judge his people. The End."Peter the RomanIf "Peter the Roman" is to oversee the end of times, who is Peter the Roman? According to some, he could be one of the leading candidates to become pope. Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson is a member of the Catholic administrative body, the Roman Curia, and could therefore be loosely described as Peter the Roman.'Prophecy' may be forgeryAmong the many problems with the Malachy's supposed prophecy is that he may have never written it at all. According numerous sources including the New Advent's Catholic Encyclopedia, there was no mention of Malachy's writings for more than 400 years from the time it was said to have been written and 1590 when Benedictine monk Arnold de Wyon published the "Prophecy of Popes." The silence about the writings from even Malachy's closest friends has led many scholars to conclude that the writings are forgeries, likely written by Wyon himself, and the Catholic Church has never embraced the writings as official doctrine

Underdog Creator Dies

William "Buck" Biggers has passed away in Plymouth, Mass. at the age of 85. Biggers was co-creator of the "Underdog" cartoon, which debuted on NBC in 1964 and aired in syndication through 1973. It was followed-up by a Disney live action film starring Jason Lee, Jim Belushi, and Amy Adams in 2007.



The classic cartoon character was the caped alter-ego of a mind-mannered shoeshine boy -- make that shoe-shine canine -- who appeared any time Sweet Polly Purebred was in trouble. The character's most infamous line was "There's no need to fear; Underdog is here."

Where did Valentines Day come from?

Who was St. Valentine? Mystery surrounds the identity of the patron saint of lovers.

Indeed, such was the confusion that the Vatican dropped St. Valentine's Day from the Catholic Church calendar of saints in the 1960s.

There were at least three men by the name Valentine in the A.D. 200s, and all died horrible deaths.

One was a priest in the Roman Empire who helped persecuted Christians during the reign of Claudius II. As he was imprisoned, he restored the sight of a blind girl, who fell in love with him. He was beheaded on Feb. 14.

Another was the pious bishop of Terni, also tortured and beheaded during Claudius II's reign.

A third Valentine secretly married couples, ignoring Claudius II's ban of marriage. When the priest of love was eventually arrested, legend has it that he fell deeply in love with his jailer's daughter.

Before his death by beating and decapitation, he signed a farewell note to her: “From your Valentine.”

Apart from legend, the first connection between romance and Feb. 14 goes back to Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400), the English poet and author of The Canterbury Tales.

In his poem "Parliament of Fowls" (1382), Chaucer suggested that St. Valentine's Day was the time when birds chose their mates.

"For this was Seynt Valentyne's Day. When every foul cometh ther to choose his mate," he wrote.

Some 33 years later, Duke Charles of Orleans wrote what is considered the oldest known valentine in existence.

Imprisoned in the Tower of London after being captured by the English, in 1415 the French nobleman wrote his wife, Bonne d’Armagnac, a rhyming love letter, which is now part of the manuscript collection in the British Library in London.

The first two lines of the poem were:

"Je suis déjà d'amour tanné. Ma très douce Valentinée." (I am already sick with love, My very gentle Valentine).

It was an intense but unfortunate love: Bonne d’Armagnac may never have seen him again. She died before Charles' return to France in 1440.

RAND PAUL FOR PRESIDENT

  THIS IS HIS RESPONSE TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
I speak to you tonight from Washington, D.C. The state of our economy is tenuous but our people remain the greatest example of freedom and prosperity the world has ever known.
People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it’s not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
For the first time in history, men and women were guaranteed a chance to succeed based NOT on who your parents were but on your own initiative and desire to work.
We are in danger, though, of forgetting what made us great. The President seems to think the country can continue to borrow $50,000 per second. The President believes that we should just squeeze more money out of those who are working.
The path we are on is not sustainable, but few in Congress or in this Administration seem to recognize that their actions are endangering the prosperity of this great nation.
Ronald Reagan said, government is not the answer to the problem, government is the problem.
Tonight, the President told the nation he disagrees. President Obama believes government is the solution: More government, more taxes, more debt.
What the President fails to grasp is that the American system that rewards hard work is what made America so prosperous.
What America needs is not Robin Hood but Adam Smith. In the year we won our independence, Adam Smith described what creates the Wealth of Nations.
He described a limited government that largely did not interfere with individuals and their pursuit of happiness.
All that we are, all that we wish to be is now threatened by the notion that you can have something for nothing, that you can have your cake and eat it too, that you can spend a trillion dollars every year that you don’t have.
I was elected to the Senate in 2010 by people worried about our country, worried about our kids and their future. I thought I knew how bad it was in Washington. But it is worse than I ever imagined.
Congress is debating the wrong things.
Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending – a little or a lot.
About how much to increase taxes – a little or a lot.
The President does a big “woe is me” over the $1.2 trillion sequester that he endorsed and signed into law. Some Republicans are joining him. Few people understand that the sequester doesn’t even cut any spending. It just slows the rate of growth. Even with the sequester, government will grow over $7 trillion over the next decade.
Only in Washington could an increase of $7 trillion in spending over a decade be called a cut.
So, what is the President’s answer? Over the past four years he has added over $6 trillion in new debt and may well do the same in a second term. What solutions does he offer? He takes entitlement reform off the table and seeks to squeeze more money out of the private sector.
He says he wants a balanced approach.
What the country really needs is a balanced budget.
Washington acts in a way that your family never could – they spend money they do not have, they borrow from future generations, and then they blame each other for never fixing the problem.
Tonight I urge you to demand a new course.
Demand Washington change their ways, or be sent home.
To begin with, we absolutely must pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution!
The amendment must include strict tax and spending limitations.
Liberals complain that the budget can’t be balanced but if you cut just one penny from each dollar we currently spend, the budget would balance within six or seven years.
The Penny Plan has been crafted into a bill that millions of conservatives across the country support.
It is often said that there is not enough bipartisanship up here.
That is not true.
In fact, there is plenty.
Both parties have been guilty of spending too much, of protecting their sacred cows, of backroom deals in which everyone up here wins, but every taxpayer loses.
It is time for a new bipartisan consensus.
It is time Democrats admit that not every dollar spent on domestic programs is sacred. And it is time Republicans realize that military spending is not immune to waste and fraud.
Where would we cut spending; well, we could start with ending all foreign aid to countries that are burning our flag and chanting death to America.
The President could begin by stopping the F-16s and Abrams tanks being given to the radical Islamic government of Egypt.
Not only should the sequester stand, many pundits say the sequester really needs to be at least $4 trillion to avoid another downgrade of America’s credit rating.
Both parties will have to agree to cut, or we will never fix our fiscal mess.
Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
Trillion-dollar deficits hurt us all.
Printing more money to feed the never-ending appetite for spending hurts us all.
We pay higher prices every time we go to the supermarket or the gas pump. The value of the dollar shrinks with each new day.
Contrary to what the President claims, big government and debt are not a friend to the poor and the elderly. Big-government debt keeps the poor poor and saps the savings of the elderly.
This massive expansion of the debt destroys savings and steals the value of your wages.
Big government makes it more expensive to put food on the table. Big government is not your friend. The President offers you free stuff but his policies keep you poor.
Under President Obama, the ranks of America’s poor swelled to almost 1 in 6 people last year, reaching a new high as long-term unemployment left millions of Americans struggling and out of work.
The cycle must be broken.
The willpower to do this will not come from Congress. It must come from the American people.
Next month, I will propose a five-year balanced budget, a budget that last year was endorsed by taxpayer groups across the country for its boldness, and for actually solving the problem.
I will work with anyone on either side of the aisle who wants to cut spending.
But in recent years, there has been no one to work with.
The President’s massive tax hikes and spending increases have caused his budgets to get ZERO votes in both houses of Congress. Not a single Democrat voted for the President’s budget!
But at least he tried.
Senate Democrats have not even produced a budget in the time I have been in office, a shameful display of incompetence that illustrates their lack of seriousness.
This year, they say they will have a budget, but after just recently imposing hundreds of billions in new taxes, they now say they will include more tax hikes in their budget.
We must stand firm. We must say NO to any MORE tax hikes!
Only through lower taxes, less regulation and more freedom will the economy begin to grow again.
Our party is the party of growth, jobs and prosperity, and we will boldly lead on these issues.
Under the Obama economy, 12 million people are out of work. During the President’s first term 800,000 construction workers lost their jobs and another 800,000 simply gave up on looking for work.
With my five-year budget, millions of jobs would be created by cutting the corporate income tax in half, by creating a flat personal income tax of 17%, and by cutting the regulations that are strangling American businesses.
The only stimulus ever proven to work is leaving more money in the hands of those who earned it!
For those who are struggling we want to you to have something infinitely more valuable than a free phone, we want you to have a job and pathway to success.
We are the party that embraces hard work and ingenuity, therefore we must be the party that embraces the immigrant who wants to come to America for a better future.
We must be the party who sees immigrants as assets, not liabilities.
We must be the party that says, “If you want to work, if you want to become an American, we welcome you.”
For those striving to climb the ladder of success we must fix our schools.
America’s educational system is leaving behind anyone who starts with disadvantages.
We have cut classroom size in half and tripled spending on education and still we lag behind much of the world.
A great education needs to be available for everyone, whether you live on country club lane or in government housing.
This will only happen when we allow school choice for everyone, rich or poor, white, brown, or black.
Let the taxes you pay for education follow each and every student to the school of your choice.
Competition has made America the richest nation in history. Competition can make our educational system the envy of the world.
The status quo traps poor children in a crumbling system of hopelessness.
When every child can, like the President’s kids, go to the school of their choice, then will the dreams of our children come true!
Washington could also use a good dose of transparency, which is why we should fight back against middle of the night deals that end with massive bills no one has read.
We must continue to fight for legislation that forces Congress to read the bills!
We must continue to object when Congress sticks special interest riders on bills in the dead of night!
And if Congress refuses to obey its own rules, if Congress refuses to pass a budget, if Congress refuses to read the bills, then I say:
Sweep the place clean. Limit their terms and send them home!
I have seen the inner sanctum of Congress and believe me there is no monopoly on knowledge there.
If they will not listen, if they will not balance the budget, then we should limit their terms.
We are the party that adheres to the Constitution. We will not let the liberals tread on the Second Amendment!
We will fight to defend the entire Bill of Rights from the right to trial by jury to the right to be free from unlawful searches.
We will stand up against excessive government power wherever we see it.
We cannot and will not allow any President to act as if he were a king.
We will not let any President use executive orders to impinge on the Second Amendment.
We will not tolerate secret lists of American citizens who can be killed without trial.
Montesquieu wrote that there can be no liberty when the executive branch and the legislative branch are combined. Separation of powers is a bedrock principle of our Constitution.
We took the President to court over his unconstitutional recess appointments and won.
If necessary, we will take him to court again if he attempts to legislate by executive order.
Congress must reassert its authority as the protector of these rights, and stand up for them, no matter which party is in power.
Congress must stand as a check to the power of the executive, and it must stand as it was intended, as the voice of the people.
The people are crying out for change. They are asking for us to hear their voices, to fix our broken system, to right our economy and to restore their liberty.
Let us tonight let them know that we hear their voices. That we can and must work together, that we can and must re-chart our course toward a better future.
America has much greatness left in her. We will begin to thrive again when we begin to believe in ourselves again, when we regain our respect for our founding documents, when we balance our budget, when we understand that capitalism and free markets and free individuals are what creates our nation’s prosperity.
Thank you and God Bless America.

Cool Facts about Money

There are 13 leaves on the branch that the eagle is carrying in its talons.

There is an alien being at the far left corner of the pyramid behind the shrub! The shrub is there to disguise but its there- use a good quality magnifying glass

If you look at the 4th line up on the pyramid you will see "forever Alone" 

There are also 13 bow and arrows in the eagles talons

If you turn the 1 dollar bill backwards at the left of the pyramid(and right of the eagle) you can see designs,grab one of the ends and bring it to the other design.Get one of the parts that look like eyes and put it over the other one.

The eagle is carrying 13 arrows

The seal on the dollar bill is not the Great Seal of the United States. It's actually the great seal of the Illuminati  The year 1776 on the dollar bill does not represent the Declaration of Independence either. It was the year of the beginning of the Illuminati(May 1, 1776)

If u make a 6 pointed star on the triangle on the back of the dollar bill. you will connect the letter A, S,N,M,O. and u know what that spells? MASON!!! coincidence

Is there a DRONE in your Hood?

drone map

The Federal Aviation Administration has finally released a new drone authorization list. This list, released in response to EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, includes law enforcement agencies and universities across the country, and—for the first time—an Indian tribal agency. In all, the list includes more than 20 new entities over the FAA’s original list, bringing to 81 the total number of public entities that have applied for FAA drone authorizations through October 2012.

Some of these new drone license applicants include: Some of these new drone license applicants include:

The State Department

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Barona Band of Mission Indians Risk Management Office (near San Diego, California)

Canyon County Sheriff’s Office (Idaho)

Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office (Northwest Oregon)

Grand Forks Sheriff’s Department (North Dakota)

King County Sheriff’s Office (covering Seattle, Washington)

And several new entities in Ohio, including:

Medina County Sheriff’s Office

Ohio Department of Transportation

Sinclair Community College

Lorain County Community College

The list comes amid extensive controversy over a newly-released memo documenting the CIA’s policy on the targeted killing of American citizens and on the heels of news that Charlottesville, Virginia has just become one of the first cities in the country to ban drones. This new list should contribute to the debate over whether using domestic drones for surveillance is consistent with the Constitution and with American values.

hey google.............?

is there anyone with internal frustration with dealing with Adsense Adwords webmasters analytic s as i am why cant they just ask a stream of questions or an app with some yes no questions? we should get together and sign a petition demanding simpler way thru a  wtf system !   who's with me?

How to Detect Counterfeit US Money

The U.S. government estimates that less than 1/100 of 1 percent (that is, 0.01%), of U.S. paper currency in circulation is counterfeit. Considering recent advances in printing technology and the obviously vast incentive to counterfeit bills, that is a small number. In part, that's because the U.S. Secret Service thoroughly investigates all reported counterfeiting cases, and because there are criminal penalties for counterfeiting or passing fake bills. Perhaps more than anything, though, counterfeiting is difficult because of the bills'security features, which are hard to reproduce but easy to use to verify your money's authenticity.

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   Feel the texture of the bill. People who handle money many times, such as cashiers, can identify a lower-quality fake bill instantly just by touching it. You may not have that much experience, but just about everybody has handled enough money, that they can detect many counterfeits simply by feeling the texture, and paying attention (the paper that bank notes are printed on is not sold commercially; furthermore, the composition of the paper and ink is confidential). Genuine currency has slightly raised ink that is produced in the intaglio printing process. You should be able to feel the texture of this ink, especially if you are holding a new dollar bill.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   • The paper that money is printed on has slightly changed since the implementation of cotton rag. While money rag now has colored filaments, the traditional feel of moneywas intentionally left unchanged over the decades, because of its distinctive feel. The feel of a bill made 50 years ago should feel similar to a brand new dollar bill.
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   Compare the bill with another of the same denomination and series. If the bill feels all right, or if you are a little suspicious but unsure, hold the bill side by side with another bill. Different denominations, obviously, look different, so get a note of the same amount. Also, all denominations, except the $1 and $2, have been redesigned at least once since 1990, so it is best to compare the suspect bill to one in the same series, or date.
   
   
   
   
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   Notice the relative flatness and lack of detail on the fake bill.]]Look carefully at the printing quality. Real U.S. bills are printed using techniques that regular offset printing and digital printing (the most popular tools for all but the most sophisticated counterfeiters) cannot replicate. Look for blurry areas, especially in fine details such as around the borders--real bills have clear, unbroken borders--and on the Federal Reserve and Treasury seals, where the sawtooth points should be sharp and well-defined in genuine bills. Portraits in fake bills may appear dull, blurred, and flat, while in real currency, the portraits are sharp and contain very fine detailing.
   
   
   
   
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   Look for colored fibers in the paper. All U.S. bills have tiny red and blue fibers embedded in the paper. Counterfeiters sometimes try to reproduce these by printing or drawing these fibers onto the paper, but close inspection reveals, however, that on the counterfeit note you will see that they are printed on, rather than being part of the paper itself.
   
   
   
   
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   Examine the serial numbers. Make sure that the serial numbers on a bill match, and look at them carefully. Fake bills may have serial numbers that are not evenly spaced or that are not perfectly aligned in a row. If you received multiple suspicious bills, see if the serial numbers are the same on both bills. If they are the same, then they are counterfeit notes.
   
   
   
   
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   Look for security features in all denominations, except the $1 and $2. The easiest way to spot a fake $5, $10, $20, $50 or $100 bill is to look for the following security features, all of which are very difficult to fake.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Look for a security thread (a plastic strip) running from top to bottom. Beginning in 1990, an embedded (not printed) security thread was added to all bills except the $1 and $2 bills. If you hold the bill up to the light, you will see the strip and printing on it. The printing will say "USA" followed by the denomination of the bill, which is spelled out for $5, $10, and $20 bills but presented in numerals on the $50 and $100 bills. These threads are placed in different places on each denomination to prevent lower-denomination bills being bleached and reprinted as higher denominations. Compare a genuine bill of the same denomination, to make sure that the position of the thread is correct. If it is not, the bill is not genuine.
     • The $5 bill has "USA FIVE" written on the thread, the $10 bill has "USA TEN" written on the thread; the $20 bill has "USA TWENTY" written on the security thread; the $50 bill has "USA 50" written on the thread; and the $100 bill has the words "USA 100" written on the security thread. Micro-printing can be found around the portrait as well as on the security threads.
     • Hold the bill up to a black light. If authentic, the security thread in the bills will glow: the $5 bill glows blue, the $10 bill glows orange, the $20 bill glows green, the $50 bill glows yellow and the $100 bill glows pink.
   • Hold the bill up to a light to check for a watermark. A watermark bearing the image of the person whose portrait is on the bill can be found on all $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills series 1996 and later, and on $5 bills series 1999 and later. The watermark is embedded in the paper to the right of the portrait, and it can be seen from both sides of the bill.
   • Tilt the bill to examine the color-shifting ink. Color-shifting ink (ink that appears to change color when the bill is tilted) can be found on 100, 50 and 20 dollar bills series 1996 and later, and on 10 dollar bills series 1999 and later; $5 and lower bills do not yet have this feature. The color originally appeared to change from green to black, but it goes from copper to green in recent redesigns of the bills.
   • Use a magnifying glass to examine micro-printing. Beginning in 1990, very tiny printing was added to certain places (which have periodically been changed since then) on $5 and higher denomination bills. The exact location of the micro-printing is not generally an issue. Rather, counterfeits will often have either no micro-printing or very blurred micro-printing. On a genuine bill, the micro-printing will be crisp and clear.
     
     
   • Run your fingernail over the portrait's vest of the bill. You 
   • k for differences, not similarities. Counterfeit bills, if they're any good at all, will be similar to real ones in many ways, but if a bill differs in just one way, it's probably fake.
   • As the steps above explain, the $1 and $2 bills have fewer security features than other denominations. This is seldom a problem because counterfeiters rarely try to make these bills.
   • "Raised bills" are a very simple type of counterfeit in which numerals are glued onto a low denomination bill to make it look like it is a higher denomination. You can easily spot these fakes by comparing the numbers in the corners to the denomination printed in letters at the bottom of the bill. If you are still not sure, compare the bill to another bill of the same denomination.
   • The ink used in U.S. currency is actually magnetic, but this is not a method for detecting counterfeits. The strength is extremely low and is useful only for automated currency counters. If you have a small but strong magnet, such as a neodymium magnet, you can lift a genuine bill. Although you cannot lift the bill off of a table, you can certainly tell that it is magnetic.
   • It's a common misconception that if the ink smears when you rub the bill on something, the bill is not genuine. This is not necessarily true, but ink that does not smear does not mean that the bill is genuine.
   • The Secret Service and U.S. Treasury do not recommend relying solely on a counterfeit-detection pen of the kind that you often see clerks use in stores. These pens can only indicate whether the note is printed on the wrong kind of paper (they simply react to the presence of starch). As such, they will catch some counterfeits, but they won't detect more sophisticated fakes and will give false-negatives on real money that is been through the wash.
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      An example of a EURion constellation on a U.S. $20 bill.
     Beginning with Series 2004, $10, $20 and $50 bills received a redesign with several changes to their overall look, notably the addition of more colors (see the picture of the $50 bill above). Probably the most important new security feature is the addition of EURion Constellations, a distinct arrangement of symbols (in this case, numbers) which triggers many color photocopiers to refuse to copy the bill.
   • On the newer $100's you can see the words " the United States of America" micro printed in the lapel of Benjamin franklins jacket. According to the history channel special I saw about counterfeiting, this is impossible to do except by the us mint method of making currency.
   • should feel distinctive ridges, printers cannot reproduce this.