Political Notes

December 1, 2011

Monthly Notes:

Obama is becoming known as the “Deportation President”, more have been deported under Obama so far than under Bush
Members of Congress have net worth of over $2B
Corporate tax breaks cost government $102B in lost revenue when the deficit was $1.3T
Average effective tax rate for corporations from 2008-2010 was only 18.5%
Reagan signed highest & largest corporate tax hike in history
Average income for the bottom 90% is $31,244
From 1992-2007 the top 400 people’s income went up 392% while their taxes went down 37%
Median net worth of American families: $120K, median net worth of members of Congress: $912K
In 1979 the average college grad made 38% more than the average highschool grad, in 2010 the average college grad made 75% more than the average highschool grad
Households 65 or older have 47 times the networth of people under 35
The richest three people have more financial assets than the lowest 48 nations combined
Galveston Bay, Texas… enough said
Tuition up 8.3% from last year
There is over $1T of student debt
Bush approved 643 rules during his first 33 months in office, Obama only 613
26% of small business owners cited poor sales as their top problem, not regulations
Less than 1% of the unemployed claimed they were fired because of regulations
25% of households the woman makes 10% or more than the man
Top .1% of the nation earn one half (50%) of the capital gains
$2B a week spent on Afghanistan

The three government agencies Rick Perry wants to cut:

1. Department Of Commerce:

US Patent & Trademark Office - without which we would have no way to ensure inventors intellectual property so they could not benefit from their innovations which would make people less likely to invent
US Census Bureau - lets leaders and policy makers determine housing, roads, and ultilities their communities need
National Weather Service - issues crucial warnings about the weather and evacuations

2. Department Of Energy:

Protects US nukes from accidents that would release radioactive material that would kill thousands
Also funds and promotes nuclear power

3. Department Of Education:

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February 2, 2011

Monthly political notes:

In addition to DADT repeal and START treaty, Obama also passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Over 4,000 government agencies for intelligence, 1 million people work on intelligence
Upper income people Americans are living longer than they used to, from 1972-2001 bottom 50% went up 2 years while upper 50% went up 7 years (life expectancy)
US #1 in the world for gun ownership, 90 guns/100 residents
Federal Assault Weapons Ban from September 1994 - September 2004, Bush and Republicans chose not to renew, would have stopped Laughter’s extended magazine
When JFK got shot they used it to pass civil rights
Majority of jobs created in the past year have been overseas, unemployment would be lower if jobs were created here
No economist argue tax cuts for the rich are stimulating the economy
Insurance mandate a Republican idea from the 1990’s
US worst trade deficit in the world, China the best
34 people die a day from gun voilence
Obama started to put the wars on the books, why Bachmann’s chart is so large during Obama (not to mention the fact that Bush passed the Fiscal Year 2009 budget)

A note about Republicans and how the Democrats DON’T take advantage:

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November 19, 2010

Monthly political notes:

Only 2% of the Tea Party knows Obama lowered taxes
Carter put solar panels on the White House, Reagan removed them & told American’s they didn’t need to sacrifice
How are the Republicans going to balance the budget when all they want is tax breaks?
The Democrats didn’t advertise what they did, that’s why they lost big in 2010 (HCR is popular when it’s explained)
Biggest shift of power since 1948
Why should Democrats compromise? They tried that before
Tax cuts WON’T give people jobs
USA is 90th in percentage of women in government
$895B for defense
4-5 times more incarceration per capita than any other country
China has 11,000 miles of high speed rail, USA = 0
$3.5T federal budget of USA
% debt raised: Carter 41.3%, Reagan 186.1%, Bush H 53.8%, Clinton 40.6%, Bush W 77.4%

Republican’s say they’re fiscally responsibile yet:

For adding $700B for tax cuts for the super rich
Against HCR bill which CBO and GAO said would reduce budget by $138B
Against defense cuts (2011 & 2012) which reports said could save $960B
For nukes (even though we have plenty) which costs $14B
Against cap & trade which would reduce budget by $19B
For cutting jobless benefits
Marco Rubio wants to add $989B to budget for reforming AMT & getting rid of the estate tax

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