FOGLIFTING

H.R. CLINTON WANTS YOU TO GIVE ANOTHER $131 PER YEAR TO CHARITY (?)

Over their 63-year history, the United Negro College Fund has raised over $2.5 billion to help the disadvantaged go to college.  Enter Mrs. Rodham Clinton. What a fund-raiser! She has discovered a way to raise $20 BILLION A YEAR. Wow!

Oh, wait. She is not asking us for donations...

WHO IS SPENDING $19,000 OF YOUR MONEY

“Messieur, your pocket has just been picked!” In milliseconds my husband’s wallet was snatched from his person when he reached up to steady himself while riding the subway in Paris. All that went though my mind was "Oh No, Not Us!" while desperately looking around at a throng of people, anyone of whom could have been the thief. The most heart sinking feeling I’ve ever had; for my husband, anger for the torture of replacing his wallet contents.

Having your pocket picked is horrible, but what if you actually catch them with their hand in your pocket and manage to look the villain directly in the eye...

CONGRESS: "AVERAGE TAXPAYER IS GOOD FOR $78.30 A YEAR"

"What would I do without health insurance?" says Anna Velazquez, 39, who works at a health center. "I wouldn't be able to sleep at night, worrying about my kids."  Most of us want to help out the unfortunate.  Cries like this are pitiful, whether they are coming from Americans or starving The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was started to help out the unfortunate - who are fortunate enough to call themselves Americans.  The Average Taxpayer has chipped in $32.60 per year ($5 billion) to help these people, and our congressmen decided last week

WHAT HILLARY WON'T TELL YOU

Her healthcare plan will cost the average taxpayer an extra $718 per year (the average taxpayer's share of the $110 billion total cost).   She says taxes will only be raised another $340 (your piece of $52 billion).  Yippee!

You already pay roughly $10,000 per year (your share of the $1.53 trillion) in taxes for medicare, medicaid and social security.  That's on top of the $3900 you pay for national defense.  She believes you don't pay enough.  I beg to differ.  You make the decision.

She's not quite Sally "for-just-pennies-a-day" Struthers.   Is she.

LOOK 'EM IN THE EYE WHEN YOU SAY THAT

In Forbes "Comments", Kristina Rasmussen, National Taxpayers Union writes

Moving Tax Filing Day closer to Election Day would underscore the connection between policy outcomes and political decisions, and it offers taxpayer advocates an additional structural approach to tax reform. The federal government may try to influence our behavior through the benefits and penalties woven into the Tax Code, but it is high time voters influence government's behavior by changing tax bill due dates. "Voting your pocketbook" could take on a whole other meaning.

What greater advance to our national prosperity than to vote simplification into our tax code and demanding justification for the money being spent in Washington?