April 15, 2010 Volume 6, Number 15
In This
Issue
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Students Visit
the Capitol
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Tax Freedom
Day
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Tax
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Cynthia in the
News
.
A Little Bit
of Humor.
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Students
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Last
week,
Tax
Freedom Day
Wouldn't
it be nice if April 15th were just another day on the
calendar? My husband said when he dies I can put on his tombstone,
"No more death and no more taxes!" When we look at the current
economic downturn and high unemployment, it is remarkable that some still
seek to raise our taxes. However, there is some small consolation in
knowing that unlike the national government, our state cannot raise taxes without a vote of
the people.
Tax
Freedom Day answers the basic question, "What price is the nation paying
for government?" An official government figure for total tax collections
is divided by the nation's total income. The answer this year is that
taxes will amount to 26.89 percent of our income, and the stretch of 99
days from January 1 to April 9 is 26.89 percent of the year. Overall,
Americans will pay more taxes in 2010 than they will spend on food,
clothing and shelter combined.
While we
were debating the budget, a representative who sits in front of me had
"The Debt Clock" on his desktop. Congress has taken us to a point
where our finances are so out of control; it is as though they made it
their goal to destroy the economy of the greatest nation ever and as
quickly as possible! If you want to see how much debt the
politicians in
Missouri
My
mother told me she wants to replace her 35 year old dishwasher. (And
she's not talking about my dad!) Here's my advice to her: Do
your research now and then buy one next week when you don't have to pay
any sales tax on it. This is called The Show-Me Green Sales Tax
Some
manufacturers offer rebates on purchases of ENERGY STARR appliances, and
local appliance retailers might offer additional special during the week
of the tax holiday. For more information on this program, go to:
Appliance
Rebates
Cynthia
in the News
I
normally ignore the far left blogs, but this one was so amusing, I thought
you might enjoy the humor in it:
Thursday, April 08, 2010
How
many Tenth Amendments does it take for Cynthia Davis to
Tenth
Amendment fanatic Cynthia
Davis , R-O'Fallon is at it again, filing a bill which
would
protect the rights of Missourians to own light bulbs (and apparently
this will convince the people in her senatorial district to vote for a dim
bulb.)
Mrs. Davis' bill, HB 2468, the Freedom to Own Light Bulbs
Act, includes the following passage:
1)
Amendment X of the Constitution of the United States guarantees to the
states and their people all powers not granted to the federal government
elsewhere in the Constitution and reserves to the state and people of
Missouri certain powers as they were understood at the time that Missouri
was admitted to statehood. The guarantee of those powers is a matter of
contract between the state and people of Missouri and the United States as
of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and
adopted by Missouri and the United States;
2)
Amendment IX of the Constitution of the
3) The
regulation of intrastate commerce is vested in the states under Amendments
IX and X of the Constitution of the
4) A
lightbulb or lightbulb accessory that is manufactured commercially or
privately in Missouri and that remains within the borders of Missouri is
not su
5) A
lightbulb manufactured or sold in
Political experts say
this daring move will enable Mrs. Davis to corner the market among those
who don't know watt they're talking about.
GE Whiz! Doesn't she
realize there are actually serious issues that need to be discussed?
Now for
the interpretation: This
attempt to marginalize ideas demonstrates how far some will go to pull the
shade down on what is happening in our country. Perhaps most people
are not aware that our national government is further weakening our
economy by now dictating how we illuminate our homes. If we left it
up to them, they would probably outlaw burning candles as well because
they could emit smoke, especially if you extinguish them in a "politically
incorrect" manner.
Wait
until you attempt to purchase a light bulb for your favorite lamp in
another year or more and discover that our federal government has outlawed
its existence. This federal bill was passed and signed into law a
few years ago. Most people have yet to be affected by it because the
prohibition begins in 2012. The negative consequences of this law
have already brought harm to our area. The Boone Center Sheltered
Workshop, a vital employer of the handicapped, used to assemble these
types of light bulbs and now that business has been
eliminated.
These
fluorescent bulbs do not last as long as advertised, and since they
contain mercury, you're not supposed dispose of them in your trash;
mercury is considered toxic waste!
My bill
simply says that what is manufactured in
Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
my Light-bulb Freedom Act. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here: Cynthia Davis
A Little
Bit of Humor . . .
Q: How
many Psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only
one, but the bulb has got to really WANT to change.
Q: How
many software people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None.
That's a hardware problem.
A: Two.
One always leaves in the middle of the
project.
Q: How
many `Real Men' does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None:
`Real Men' aren't afraid of the dark.
Q: How
many `Real Women' does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None:
A `Real Woman' would have plenty of real men around to do
it.
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