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CBO: Taxes, Spending, Deficit All Up in First 2 Months of FY2016

Click here: The federal government taxed more, spent more, and ran a bigger deficit in the first two months of fiscal 2016 than it did in the first two months of fiscal 2015

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Really…? Now they believe? Scientists turn to religion to get climate action

Click here: In a most bizarre twist, scientists now claim it’s not God versus science, but followers of God and science working together trying to save humanity and the planet.
“The world will not act enough on climate change, until we teach this in every church, every mosque, every synagogue, every temple.”

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Who Pays Income Taxes

Advocates for bigger government continue to press their case for higher taxes because, they argue, the “rich” are not paying their “fair share.” However, a review of the actual tax statistics undercuts this argument, or at least raises questions about how to define “fair.” The IRS figures for Fiscal Year 2013 (the most recent set of data available) show that the richest Americans bear a disproportionate share of the federal income tax, and despite a tax hike that went into effect, that share was smaller than the previous year.

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One year of data does not make a trend, but for 2013 at least, the conclusion is pretty stark: after President Barack Obama got his way and Congress raised tax rates on the wealthy, the top 1 percent shouldered less, not more, of the tax burden.

The richest 1 percent of income earners in the U.S. paid 37.8 percent of all income taxes, down slightly from last year’s mark of 38.09 percent. The share of taxes paid dropped despite a new higher tax rate of 39.6 percent on income above $450,000. The amount of taxes paid by those in this percentile is nearly double their Adjusted Gross Income load.

The top tenth of filers paid nearly 70 percent of all income taxes. One-quarter of all income earners were responsible for 86 percent of all taxes and the upper half accounted for nearly the entire burden at over 97 percent. The bottom half of all earners contributed less than 3 percent.

These snapshots continue to depict two common-sense trends: when people are allowed to keep more of their own money, they prosper, and once prosperous, they pay a bigger part of the bill for those who aren’t.

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Pediatrician of 30-yrs. shows you how to calm a crying baby

Dr. Hamilton shows how to calm a crying baby. This technique has been utilized by Dr. Bob to quiet infants during office visits. Parents have learned it and have experienced great success at home. You can too.

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After a long history of racism, is it time to rename the Democratic Party?

Click here: Princeton University is looking to purge former Progressive and Democratic President Woodrow Wilson from its history because, frankly, he was racist.

If Woodrow Wilson gets the boot for being racist, then every Democratic president from the last century should also be booted. They were all racist. Every last one of them.

FDR enforced segregation through red-lining and liked to tell jokes about “darkies”. Truman wrote, “I think one man is as good as another so long as he’s honest and decent and not a n–ger or a Chinaman.” JFK was disgusted by interracial marriage. LBJ liked to describe the Civil Rights Act as “the n–ger bill”. Jimmy Carter ran for governor promising that “I can win this election without a single black vote” and accused his opponent of liking Martin Luther King. Bill Clinton said of Obama, “A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.”

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Fiddling with Global Temperature Data is the Biggest Science Scandal Ever

Click here: “When future generations look back on the global-warming scare of the past 30 years, nothing will shock them more than the extent to which the official temperature records – on which the entire panic ultimately rested – were systematically “adjusted” to show the Earth as having warmed much more than the actual data justified.”

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Who Are the Racists? Conservatives or Liberals?

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DMC Sheriff – Beware of local phone scam

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The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn area residents of a phone scam.  There has been several incidents in which residents have received phone calls informing them that there are bench warrants for their arrest because they had failed to show up for jury duty or for other offenses.  The person making the calls identified himself as a person who is a current Des Moines County Sheriff Deputy.  A recent scam in Johnson County Iowa was very similar, but added the demand that the person send money or face arrest.  The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office does not call people to inform them of warrants, and would certainly never ask for money over the phone to take care of a warrant.  The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office would like to caution residents about phone calls requesting money, as most calls of this type are a scam.  Always ask the person’s name and a number to call them back at as legitimate businesses will have no problem with that.

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The Speech Every College Grad Needs to Hear

There were thousands of college commencement speeches around the country this year for the Class of 2015. But there was one missing — one very truthful, funny and witty speech that graduates should’ve heard, but didn’t. Well, here it is, spoken by George Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Washington Post.

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How Michigan’s Welfare Population Declined by 70% in 4 Years

Click here: “Welfare should promote self-sufficiency for able-bodied adults,” Rachel Sheffield, a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal.  “A crucial aspect of achieving this goal is a work requirement: Able-bodied adults should be required to work, prepare for work, or look for work in exchange for receiving assistance.

“Welfare is available for those who truly need it,” she said, “but the ultimate goal is self-sufficiency.”