Who Owns Our National Debt?

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Oregon's proposed tax bills

I'm on Oregon's Senator Jeff Kruse email list. His latest nesletter has this list of proposed tax bills:

HB 2009: A tax on hospitals, managed care and other heath insurance plans
HB 2067: Potentially could eliminate most personal and business tax credits
HB 2069: Limits the amount of medical expenses elderly tax payers can deduct from Oregon taxes
HB 2070: Increase corporate minimum to 2% of the “value of the business”
HB 2071: Increase cost of recording fees with the money diverted to other things
HB 2972: Tax on amount of carbon used in production of fuel or electricity
HB 2075: Sixty cent a pack increase in the tax on cigarettes
HB 2076: Provider tax on multiple parts of the health care system
HB 2077: Decreases the amount of federal taxes paid deductable from state taxes
HB 2078: Creates a new top tax bracket rate (10%) in Oregon
HB 2116: Gross receipts tax on insurance premiums
HB 2119: Another bill to increase corporate minimum
HB 2120: Gas tax, vehicle registration and title fee increases
HB 2122: Cigarette tax
HB 2379: Another cigarette tax
HB 2413: Creates a new government entity and funds it with an increase in traffic fines
HB 2431: Tax on airplane fuel
HB 2461: Beer tax
HB 2471: Another senior health care tax
HB 2474: Reduces discount on property tax payments
HB 2648: Another reduction in federal taxes claimed on state return
HB 2649: Creates a 7.5% alternative minimum tax rate
HB 2650: Straight tax increase
HB 2651: Straight tax increase
HB 2652: Straight tax increase
HB 2672: Tax on snuff
HB 2696: Convoluted tax increase
HB 2698: Taxing some things the Feds don’t
HB 2697: Similar to 2698
HB 2711: Similar to 2697 & 2698
HB 2712: Tax increase on fire insurance policies
HB 2749: A tax on amusement devices
HB 2769: Repeals tax credit for farm worker housing
HB 2771: Tax on wine
HB 2772: Another medical tax on seniors
HB 2773: Corporate surcharge
HB 2774: One percent personal tax surcharge
HB 2807: Refer back to HB 2711
HB 2818: Tax on vehicle rentals
HB 2843: Straight tax increase
HB 2854: Refer back to 2711 or 2697 (it all the same with a twist)
HB 2913: Corporate tax increase
HB 2934: Another health care tax
HB 2935: A different way to tax business
HB 3049: Another corporate minimum tax
HB 3115: Another state tax on things the feds don’t tax
HB 3146: Tax on luxury items (whatever that means)
HB 3148: Another vehicle registration fee increase

There are a few others, but I wanted to end with one that is probably the crown jewel of the list.

Barack Obama - 5 Days To Look At Every Bill

Barack Obama "Public Will Have 5 Days To Look At Every Bill That Lands On My Desk"

The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009

The Family Research Council created a PDF of the pork in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. View here.

Can someone share with me how this kind of spending is going to help our economy?

Homeschoolers Targeted for Virtual Charter Schools

"When parents enroll their children in a virtual charter school, they forfeit much of their parental authority in connection with their children's education. "
http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/nh/20090109.asp

See also Virtual Charter Schools by HSLDA.

Bush Did His Part

Washington Times Op-ed—Bush Did His Part
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/washingtontimes/200812210.asp

I agree with J. Michael Smith.

Bailout Money

A freind sent me this article about the bank bailout money.

Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret
http://www.comcast.net/articles/finance/20081222/Meltdown.Secrets/