Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Savaging of Paul Ryan

Savaging of Paul Ryan- FrontPageMagazine Vasko Kohlmayer:

"Paul Ryan’s Roadmap bucks this trend and seeks to reverse our disastrous course with a series of commonsense measures. Here are some of the plan’s highlights:
  • Allowing those under 55 to invest over one-third of their current Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts, similar to the Thrift Savings Plan available to federal employees;
  • Placing future Medicare beneficiaries (those currently under 55) into a semi-private programs similar to those currently used by Members of Congress;
  • Reducing the tax code into two rates: 10% on income up to $100,000 for joint filers and $50,000 for single filers, and 25% on taxable income above these amounts;
  • Eliminating the alternative minimum and the death tax;
  • Doing away with taxes on interest, capital gains and dividends;
  • Replacing the corporate tax—currently the second highest in the industrialized world—with a business consumption tax of 8.5%;
  • Imposing a 10 year discretionary spending freeze....." Front Page Magazine

Clearly Sarah Palin needs help

Clearly Sarah Palin Needs Help: John Ziegler Daily Caller

"Is the most famous woman in American political history;

• Has more money both personally and politically than she probably knows what to do with;

• Has found a place in public life that has largely ended the attacks on her family;

• Is the most sought after public speaker/endorser in all of politics;

• Has more influence over the media’s agenda than anyone but the president;

• Appears to now be completely immune to media attacks;

• Is the leader in just about every poll for the Republican presidential nomination and has a virtually unfiltered platform on by far the largest cable news channel;

• Is perceived by many as the leader of the most potent grassroots movement in modern American political history;

• Is the author of the most purchased political book in recent times; and..." John Ziegler Daily Caller