Oregon tax Measuers 66 & 67

The state is lying to you. As far as the $10, that is a strongly twisted statement. The minimum tax increased from $10-$150. If I made nothing last year with my business.... just managed to break even... I have to pay $150. The part they decided not to discuss is that all businesses will be required to pay taxes based on gross receipts, rather than on profit. Using simple, rough numbers, I will give you an illustration. Let's say I have a company making widgets. I started this company up this year which required an initial outlay for the building of $50,000 for rent. My machinery cost me another $100,000. There are always office supplies needed to a tune of $25,000. I have to hire 2 employees at $40k each + benefits which cost me another $20,000. I sell $150,000 worth of widgets to Company B and another $100,000 to Company C. My gross receipts are $250,000. With measure 67, I will pay taxes on that $250,000. BUT, in order to run this business, it cost me $230,000. I actually only made $20,000. And I didn't even figure in my own wages. I didn't talk about the regulations and the licensing! How many small businesses are going to stay in business? If they don't shut down their business, they will have to lay off. Businesses that manage to survive will have to raise prices and that affects everyone significantly.

Now, let's discuss Measure 66. The state and unions are eager to tell you that the evil rich people need to pay more taxes. They define the evil rich as those making $125k individual or $250k/ couple. The fact is that these people pay 90% of the taxes now, but here is the kicker: If you own your own very small business, i.e. a home-based business and are a sole proprietor, you will file your business income and expenses on your personal income tax return. This includes our ranchers and farmers. if you do your own taxes, you know that we first do federal, then use our 'adjusted gross income' to figure our state taxes. Not anymore for those in this group! Now, they must pay on their gross income, much like the corporations listed in measure 67. We are in the same scenario. what are they going to do? Shut down. they can not afford to ranch or farm anymore. This affects your next door neighbor. This affects you.

Did they mention that all these taxes are retroactive to January 1, 2009? Oops! Must have been an oversight!

They are very slick at putting together their arguments and that is why we must educate people to the best of our ability. That is why I spent 5 hours phone banking on this last week and why I will be doing 4 hours next week and why I will be phone banking from home. People need to know how this affects them personally. Thank you for the opportunity to explain this. It is only by challenging the propaganda machine that we get answers. I will be truthful and honest with my answers.... will they?

FreedomWatch with Judge Napolitano

Final vote 220-215

Saturday night, I was at a fundraising event when I received the Tweet about the traitorous actions of 219 Democrats and 1 Republican, passing HR 3962 with their YES vote. By a mere 3 votes (220-215; 3 votes transferred from the left to the right would have resulted in a defeat), the House gained a socialistic victory over free markets, capitalism, personal responsibility, freedom, and more. See their votes at the clerk’s desk.

In that YES Vote, they trampled on 222 years of the Constitution being the guiding Law of the Land, and in it, the very straightforward and unequivocal boundaries set forth on Congress via Article 1, Section 8, and the 10th Amendment. They GROSSLY overstepped their authority, and voted YES on an unconstitutional act.

This is not good for Americans. The only people to benefit are special interest groups and those getting the kickbacks. They have already admitted that they don’t yet know how this will be paid for. We know! The same way you pay for any other government program…. On the backs of law-abiding, productive individuals like you and me. This is nothing more than another tax.

Companies right now that provide health insurance for employees are now paying out about 10-13% for coverage. With this passage – they can opt for the public option and be only charged 8% surcharge. Do you believe that this will allow you to continue the same coverage you already had?

Of course – what they don’t want people to know – is if you don’t have private insurance, and you don’t have the public option, when you go to pay your taxes, you will be fined a couple thousand dollars, to meet that mandate. This will specifically hurt the middle income families and workers struggling to just get by as it is. So let’s see…. Tax us to pay for it, and then tax us to buy it and if we don’t comply with that fine us (another tax)! No new taxes on the middle class, right?

My opponent, Non-Rep. Peter Defazio (D-OR4), voted YES on this Act. He said back in August 2009, that he would when it came to the floor. It was his assertion that HE knew what was best for his constituents, completely disregarding the tens of thousands of emails, phone calls, letters and such we have all sent his office to say no. He said “I will vote my conscience”. Is that what we are paying him for? To vote his conscience? He has a job description and nowhere in that job description does it give him the authority to force you and me, his employers, to buy anything! He also made an oral contract with us when he took his oath of office to “defend and protect the constitution”, yet in Town halls, he admitted that Congress does not have Constitutional authority to do anything with healthcare.

He has proven AGAIN that he is no longer fit to serve as our representative. He no longer cares what it is that we want done in Congress, only that which most benefits him. However, what I don’t think Mr. Defazio has taken into account is that a great number of those identifying themselves as Democrats, are Conservative and Moderate Democrats, fed up with out of control spending in Washington. Like the Republicans and a vast majority of Americans they wanted to see Change that means less Federal spending, more transparency in their administration, and protection of our God-given rights. All that has come about is a spending spree that has brought America closer and faster to fiscal failure and insecurity than ever before. There has been no transparency!

Independent conservatives and moderates that helped elect Obama, are fed up with the “Business as usual” as well. And Defazio votes along Pelosi’s instructions and supports every spending bill and program that Obama has called for except for the Stimulus plan that did not give him the money that he wanted and Cap & Trade which he considered “too capitalistic” and because there “weren’t enough regulations” included.

Come 2010, we have an opportunity to begin reversing this damage, as well as the damage put on us by the previous administration. America, and specifically, all the citizens of Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, need to wake up and realize that nothing will change unless we change the way we elect our representatives. Stop with party politics; this is not about what is best for the party, but what is best for America and our citizens.

We need to repeal this act – and do it in 2011 after we take back Congress by electing Constitution and Liberty minded representatives. We can bring about true health care reform, but we do not need to nationalize it to see it happen. I am not saying “no”. I am offering Constitutionally sound alternatives that will not further burden the people of our district, of our state and of our country. Reform tort laws, allow interstate competition between private insurers, and offer tax credits to providers providing pro bono care for the indigent are all ways in which to make health care affordable for all of our citizens. Defazio and his colleagues like to use the Interstate Commerce clause to justify their unconstitutional actions, but used appropriately, the commerce clause enables them to open up the borders to the importation of pharmaceuticals thereby decreasing prescription costs.

I am calling on all Conservative and Moderate voters, whether you are a Democrat, Independent, or a Republican, to stand with me as your Congressional candidate of choice. Even my primary opponent believes that the federal government has the responsibility and the authority to be a “facilitator” for healthcare. Let’s send a message to DC that we won’t stand for “politics as usual”. If you hire me as your representative in Congress for US House district 4 my first act will be to form a coalition of Independent, Democrat, and Republican representatives that will submit legislation to immediately repeal the AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA ACT. This Act will not help to recover this economy. It will destroy it. I ask you to support me and vote for me. Together, we can save our country.




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Do you really want to change the country's course?

We are all motivated to return our beloved country to its Constitutional roots given to us by the founding fathers, but how motivated are we? Do we care enough to do what it takes to get it back?

We all have different gifts and talents. Some of us are gifted writers and can write articles to be blogged or submitted to newspapers and magazines. Some are internet savvy and can offer web development for candidates and issue based groups such as this. Some have media connections, can offer venues for . meetings, are leaders and can organize. The list goes on and on.

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Illegal means Criminal

I am confused. What is so difficult about the concept of illegal immigration. Illegal means criminal. Why are we allowing people who are here illegally to demonstrate on OUR capitol steps? Why aren't these known criminals deported immediately? Why is our over-taxed (no pun intended) social system overburdened by people who are not even citizens of our country?

Those who would argue that we need to take care of those less fortunate than us fail to understand, or explain, how we can help all. Our responsibility is to our own citizens first and primarily. None of our tax dollars should be going to improve the plight of citizens of other countries; that is the option of individuals.

I accept citizens who come here through legal channels, but illegals should be immediately deported. By very definition, they are criminals. Why would we want them here? They have already proved their blatant disregard for our laws. The kids? Sorry. Their parents are responsible for them...they go home, too.

I am tired of those of us who are legal citizens of this country having their rights revoked and limited on a daily basis, but criminals have an increasing number of *rights*.

Our American young people are having a hard time getting housing because these criminal families are taking up our HUD subsidized housing. Why?

People, we need to take our country back! Get politically active. Write to your congressmen. Spread the word. It's up to us.