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Tax Code Should Punish Pedophile Clergy, Not Conservatives

Does our chief tax extorting agency view conservatives less favorably than pedophile clergy and those who protect them? With a nearly $20 million settlement awarded to victims of abuse in Chicago that raised questions of what church officials did to stop a pedophile priest, we should ask whether our legacy of hands-off religious tolerance has reached the same level of absurdity as what happened at the Internal Revenue Service.

The scandal over how our government punished conservatives with the tax code begs the question of why we aren’t punishing churches that retain pedophile clergy by revoking their tax exempt status. Money crosses all political, religious, and ethical boundaries. If we want to ensure that religious institutions and their officials purge the ranks of offenders who are known or suspected of abusing the flock, their finances are the place to target.

Abusing the prerogative to tax is big government at its most evil. The Obama administration has used the tax code as a weapon from the very first day. The White House is now proposing a new fair share tax and financial crisis responsibility fee in the 2014 budget, labels that answer the question of who the guilty are and who deserves to be punished. While the administration accuses Republicans of backing tax loopholes for the rich that force middle class Americans to make up the difference, the government doles out tax exemptions to churches that should lose them with interest when they are found to be harboring pedophile clergy.

Institutionalized child sex abuse should be dealt with harshly. We should also punish a conspiracy by a government agency to wield the tax code to crack down on conservative political views. Religion is protected in the U.S., but our legacy of freedom of thought and speech is no less sacrosanct. Does our government really want to send the message that it is less tolerant of conservatives than pedophiles?  

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Posted 22 May 2013 † Civil Candor § Big Government ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: conspiracies and coverups, taxes

Liberals Elected Obama for Class Warfare

Stop acting surprised that the IRS punished conservative groups. Don’t feign outrage. When John Boehner talks about jail, who is he kidding? No one is going to jail. No one is going to be impeached. The White House has been nothing but candid about how it views the Tea Party and conservative groups in general. As the scandal broke, the president was still issuing threats and using the Tea Party as a symbol of everything wrong with America, an excuse to appease liberals with class warfare over wealth and taxes (see: Anti-American Tax Plan Teaches Tyranny, Not Fairness).

Did the president know what was going on at the IRS? Probably not. Did he create the climate that pinned America’s destiny on a class war that demands we punish wealth and privilege? Most definitely.

Threatening conservatives defines Obama class warfare.

While Congress got stirred up over the IRS scandal the president was at a fundraiser, threatening conservatives who opposed his policies:

On the other hand, if there are folks who are more interested in winning elections than they are thinking about the next generation, then I want to make sure that there are consequences to that.¹

Why haven’t liberals cried foul over his anti-American displays of intolerance based on social class? Because that is what they paid for when they put their man in the White House.

Tolerance doesn’t apply to Obama’s threats.   

After Gabrielle Giffords was wounded in Arizona we heard cries for tolerance from Democrats who implied that partisan rhetoric was responsible for the shooting (see: Arizona Tragedy: Only Fools Make Sense of Crazy). Barack Obama is still threatening his opponents and continues to lay blame for his economy on Republicans. Has the president considered that the climate he has promoted with remarks like these could be responsible for IRS personnel believing their actions would win White House approval?

Giving more power back to the biggest banks — that’s not change.²

Another $5 trillion tax cut that favors the wealthy — that’s not change.³

And the blame, as usual, rests with radical Tea Party conservatives who bully the GOP:

Ruling out compromise by pledging to rubber-stamp the tea party’s agenda as President — that’s not change.4

We heard the same thing from Harry Reid, who handed Republicans a choice between spending to save the middle class or kowtowing to their Tea Party overseers.5

Tunnel vision among liberals who simultaneously promote fairness and class warfare encouraged the draconian abuse of power by the IRS. Whether or not the president knew what was going on, the climate he created makes him responsible.

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Posted 19 May 2013 † Civil Candor § Government Ethics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: taxes, Tea Party

Obama’s New White Guilt: 5 Things You Should Feel Bad About.

Is disguising white guilt as a plea for America’s future what the Obama presidency is all about? The recession is not a useful scare tactic any longer, since it admits failure. It looks like the second term will come down to manipulating white guilt to make everyone with a few dollars to spare feel bad about not doing their part.

White guilt used to be about race. The new white guilt sets its sights on money and opportunity and embraces everyone who could benefit from a little more federal spending. Here are five things President Obama and the Democratic Party want you to feel guilty about. By separating you from your income, maybe they can help soothe your conscience.

Being an employer.

If you think you are valued by this president because you create jobs, you have no right to run a business. It defies credulity to think that job creators could be asked to pay yet another fee as part of the White House plan to help foreign students get degrees (see: Stupid Americans Still Better Educated Than Foreign-Born). They already face a litany of taxes, fees, fines, and penalties, and will help foot the bill for Obamacare. Business owners who create jobs are cash cows for a White House that believes the private sector is doing just fine and can afford the extra burden.

Not doing enough for children.

Did you think that regulating what kids eat in school was enough? Our government can never do enough for kids and neither can you. From the children of migrant workers to working class Americans, when all else fails spending for our children’s future is the fallback. Maybe if their parents had jobs Washington wouldn’t have to worry so much.

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Posted 17 May 2013 † Civil Candor § Economy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: federal budget, Obama

Stupid Americans Still Better Educated Than Foreign-Born

What a relief. It turns out that Americans are not stupid, after all. Despite warnings that we are falling behind, of half-bright preschool kids and non-STEM teachers who can’t teach the skills to help us snag those jobs of the future, new figures show that we still beat most of our foreign-born friends and neighbors when it comes to education.

Stupid Americans can still compete.

It makes perfect sense that politicians are spreading fear about America falling behind (see: How Democrats Are Stealing Education From Your Children), just like anti-American apologies were part of the Obama White House foreign policy strategy. How backward and uneducated do Americans need to be portrayed to justify changing our laws to benefit foreign-born residents the numbers show are far behind us?

Americans still winning educational attainment race.

U.S. Needs Educated Illegals talked about educational attainment among foreign-born U.S. residents. New figures released last week by the Congressional Budget Office show that only 7% of native-born Americans had less than a high school education compared to 27% of foreign-born residents.¹ 30% had some college courses or an associate’s degree compared to 17% of the foreign-born.² More native-born Americans hold bachelor’s degrees and only 1% fewer than foreign-born had advanced degrees.³

If statistics warn that we lag behind in advanced degrees compared to residents from Asia, Canada, and Europe,4 we should question whether they got here because they are already ahead of the norm. Those arriving from countries below our southwest border have the lowest educational attainment of any group. Only 46% have finished high school.5

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Posted 15 May 2013 † Civil Candor § Education ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: immigration