Usa Thread

[unit731]

OUCH !

[BelgianBoy]

But like the rest of the 47% I pay sales taxes, property taxes and excise taxes - don't those taxes count?

 

In 'America', I haven't been able to find somebody who doesn't pay some taxes.

and State tax ?

[Flashermac]

<< According to the Census Bureau, 49% of Americans in the second quarter of 2011 lived in a household where at least one member received a government benefit. (The total population at the time was 305 million).

That’s up from 30% in the 1980s and 44.4% in the third quarter of 2008, a recent growth in part attributable to the bad economy of President Obama’s first term. >>

 

<< Mr. Romney correctly noted that nearly half of Americans pay no federal income tax. Who are all these people? And how did we get here?

 

Here’s a quick answer. Roughly half of U.S. households that pay no federal income tax are exempted because of basic provisions such as limitations on tax for low-income earners, according to a 2011 study by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. The other half benefit from targeted breaks (known to tax geeks as “tax expendituresâ€), such as assistance for the working poor and for children in moderate-income families. Seniors also benefit from some of these targeted breaks. >>

 

May be true, but it was still stupid for Mitt to say it.

 

 

p.s. I file US taxes, but pay nothing since I am well below the US$95,000 foreign earned exemption. The US is one of the few countries that even taxes foreign income.

[Flashermac]

Who ya calling a socialist?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge3aGJfDSg4

 

 

 

[Flashermac]

DHS Purchases 200 Million More Rounds of Ammunition

 

 

Following controversy over its purchase of around 1.2 billion bullets in the last six months alone, the Department of Homeland Security has put out a new solicitation for over 200 million more rounds of ammunition, some of which are designated to be used by snipers.

 

A series of new solicitations posted on the FedBizOpps website show that the DHS is looking to purchase 200 million rounds of .223 rifle ammunition over the next four years, as well as 176,000 rounds of .308 caliber 168 grain hollow point boat tail (HPBT) rounds in addition to 25,000 rounds of blank .308 caliber bullets.

 

As James Smith over at the Prepper Podcast website highlights, “It is the type of ammunition and not necessarily the quantity that is troubling.â€

 

Smith points out that the DHS’ acquisition of .308 rounds is of concern because they are set to be used by well-trained snipers.

 

“All of the sniper grade ammunition is being used by trained, or in-the-process-of-being-trained snipers,†writes Smith, noting that the math adds up to 135,384 potential kills for the snipers to make, using the 176,000 rounds of ammunition, basing the figures on the fact that United States Army and Marine Corps snipers in the Vietnam War expended 1.3 rounds of ammunition for each claimed and verified kill.

 

As this police training website documents, .308 caliber 168 grain bullets are the ammunition of choice for experienced law enforcement snipers.

 

The number of bullets purchased by the DHS now adds up to a staggering 1.4 billion over the last six months alone. Although all those bullets won’t be delivered at once, the DHS’ commitment to purchasing such an arsenal of ammo is both worrying and ironic given that Americans are being harassed and treated with suspicion for buying a couple of boxes of ammo at their local gun store.

 

Following a barrage of questions about why the federal agency has purchased so many bullets, the DHS has refused to respond and even gone to the lengths of censoring information relating to solicitations for ammunition.

 

The DHS’ decision back in March to purchase of 450 million rounds of .40-caliber hollow point bullets that are designed to expand upon entry and cause maximum organ damage prompted questions as to why the federal agency required such powerful bullets and in such large quantities merely for training purposes.

 

This was followed up by a more recent order for a further 750 million rounds of assorted ammunition, including bullets that can penetrate walls.

 

The mainstream media responded to the controversy by focusing on a purchase of 174,000 bullets by the Social Security Administration while completely ignoring the fact that the DHS had purchased well over a billion rounds.

 

Although the Associated Press and other media outlets dismissed concerns over the federal government purchasing large quantities of ammunition as paranoia, the fact that the DHS is preparing for civil unrest cannot be denied.

 

Having recently acquired riot gear, the DHS also purchased a number of bullet-proof checkpoint booths that include ‘stop and go’ lights.

 

Last year, Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano directed ICE to prepare for a mass influx of immigrants into the United States, calling for the plan to deal with the “shelter†and “processing†of large numbers of people.

 

The U.S. Army has also been preparing for domestic disorder.

 

A recently leaked US Army Military Police training manual for “Civil Disturbance Operations†outlines how military assets are to be used domestically to quell riots, confiscate firearms and even kill Americans on U.S. soil during mass civil unrest.

 

On page 20 of the manual, rules regarding the use of “deadly force†in confronting “dissidents†are made disturbingly clear with the directive that a, “Warning shot will not be fired.â€

 

The manual includes lists of weapons to be used against “rioters†or “demonstrators,†including “antiriot grenades.†It also advises troops to carry their guns in the “safe port arms†stance, a psychological tactic aimed at “making a show of force before rioters.†Non-lethal weapons and water cannons are also included.

 

Must be a revolution on the way ...

[Bangkoktraveler]

So what is Homeland Security going to do.....

kill illegals or will it be trained on us?

[unit731]

Socialist or Socialism:

 

1

 

: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

 

2

 

a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property

b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

 

Some here can't read or they can read but cannot comprehend.

 

Possibly years and years or decades of mongering with bouts of excessive consumption of alcohol.

[Flashermac]

Obama’s Foreign Policy Approval Rating Drops After Mideast Turmoil

 

 

Yet he remains ahead in the polls ...

 

 

 

 

 

[Flashermac]

Socialist or Socialism:

 

1

 

: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

 

2

 

a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property

b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

 

Some here can't read or they can read but cannot comprehend.

 

Possibly years and years or decades of mongering with bouts of excessive consumption of alcohol.

 

My first university degree was in political science. Thank you for explaining socialism to me.

 

 

 

 

 

[Bangkoktraveler]

I wish Willard would stop calling Social Security and Medicare an entitlement.

 

If he wants to do away with entitlements,

the VA Hospital looks like an entitlement.