AUGUST 27.2008
While we are watching the liberal fog machine…permit me to propose some CHANGES:
1…Change the “Senator hold” rule on a bill from 1 to 10 Senators required
2…Change Omnibus (aka pork hiding bills) to “one bill per funding agency”
3…Change congressional votes to ban “present” with a 10% salary loss for each missed vote; voice votes are […]

Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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Question:
Which Political Party took Social Security from the Independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the General Fund so that Congress could spend it?
Answer:
It was Lyndon B. Johnson and the democratically Controlled House and Senate.
Question:
Which Political Party eliminated the income tax Deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
Answer:
The Democratic Party.
Question:
Which Political Party started taxing Social […]

Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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7.28.2008
Have you ever tried to build a multi-million dollar monument to yourself?
No? Well, I guess you’re not New York Congressman Charley Rangel.
He’s been trying to fund the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York.
So far he’s nabbed a $1.9 million earmark to help put his name in lights, […]

Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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Its July 28, 2008.
Let’s all focus on the Stock Market thru October. Investors and institutions KNOW if Obama wins… stocks will decay rapidly… they hedge bets early. A strident socialist President (with his Party) hammers the pocketbooks of the top 2/3 of wage earners to buy the votes of the other 1/3. Its what […]

Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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Let’s vent.
One tumor on national politics is the practice of bills covering many topics. Many issues. The royal congress adds this and that until you have 2-5 or more potatoes in the soup. If they had to vote on the Ten Commandments none would take them one by one. Then the voters would never be […]

Posted on June 21st, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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June 7, 2008
Dear Senator Landrieu,
Dear Senator Vitter,
Dear Representative Alexander,
Bill HR 82 was introduced to repeal the very unfair laws of Social Security, the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).
Nine out of ten public employees affected by GPO lose their entire spousal benefit even though their spouse paid Social Security payments for […]

Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D.
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