Archive for April, 2010
Power to Tax
“The power to tax involves the power to destroy.”
Louis XVIII [1755-1824]
A tax by any other name is the power to destroy US.
Abridgment of the Freedom of the People
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
America isn’t as free as it thinks it is
America isn’t as free as it thinks it is?
Prohibition Against Hawaii Firearm Seizure
Hawaii Senate passses Prohibition against seizure of firearms, twenty-one to nothing.
Look out USA! Obama to bring Hawaii style Tax to US, and you won’t like it!
So, what’s Hawaii got more of that the rest of US?
We have VAT. It’s “Value Added Tax,” what we have in place of a sales tax. Visitors come here and drool: “Your sales tax is only 4.5%! Lucky you live Hawaii!” Little do they realize that the VAT, a.k.a. General Excise Tax, is accumulative, added to every transaction and compounded, at every level. Which results in higher costs for… well, read the Hawaii Free Press’ Editor’s note right at the top of the page.
Democrat hold challenged in Hawaii
Sometimes their bad news is just plain news: Particularly when This Democrat is out to cut the throat of That Democrat.
