Republicans call for a new approach to fight poverty
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WASHINGTON — Prominent Republicans are working to recast the party's message about tackling poverty and boosting the middle class amid concerns that a relentless focus on the troubles of Obamacare will not be enough to guarantee electoral success.
It's the latest acknowledgment that Republicans' traditional emphasis on fiscal austerity and smaller government — while popular among grass-roots conservatives and gospel to much of their House majority — has been difficult to sell among the broader electorate. As Republicans approach a midterm election in which they hope to recapture the Senate, they are increasingly worried about being portrayed by Democrats as hard-hearted and unconcerned about the plight of poor and struggling Americans
LA Times
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Agreed but it goes waaaaaaay beyond that, those who warned of the housing bubble were laughed at by these same idiots. There is much blame to go around and nobody in DC except a very small few are except from the problems they created.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Thanks L4L...Box stepped right into that one. Yes, it is true, Planned Parenthood is a legal corporation. So...When the left winger goes on and on for their support for planned parenthood, they are advocating for a soulless corporation. Not for profit makes no difference, it is still a corporation.
The only difference between a non-profit corporation and a for profit corporation, is that one is obligated to show no profit, therefore paying no taxes. The for profit corporations simply spend all the profits on themselves, thereby also relieving themselves of any tax liabilities.
Less than 50% of for profit corporations pay absolutely no income taxes.
Example: Fat Moriss runs a not for profit(Proctor's), yet he and his cohorts live large.
A Political Action Committee (PAC) is a type of organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates.
You have absolutely no idea what you are ranting about.
Non-profit corporations have tons of revenue.
They just have to spend or give away enough to offset and potential profit.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
because it's noble because it's all we have because it's the sacred cow hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
not for profit rich folks doing the community good and having nice fundraisers and dressing up and rubbing elbows and if they are lucky finding themselves a nanny/housekeeper....hahahahahahahahahaha
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The ‘1%’: Planned Parenthood execs making more than $250K per year BY LIFESITENEWS.COM Mon Jan 09, 2012 14:35 EST
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 9, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Earlier this year Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards defended her nearly $400,000 annual salary, saying she works “hard” for it. But it turns out that Richards isn’t the only employee of the taxpayer-funded charity making a salary several times the national average.
A Planned Parenthood CEO Report based on IRS tax filings, released by American Life League’s STOPP International, shows that many CEOs and top executives of Planned Parenthood are paid annual incomes above that $250,000 mark - the benchmark that the White House has defined as denoting a “millionaire,” or the “top one percent of income earners” that do not pay their fair share of taxes needed to help the less fortunate.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards makes nearly $400,000/year. “Our research shows 88 percent of PP affiliate CEOs have no healthcare backgrounds,” said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League and co-author of the report. “But, they pay themselves quite well to claim they are first and foremost a critical healthcare provider to the poor.”
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In the 2011 budget fight, President Obama warned he would shut down the U.S. government before letting House Speaker John Boehner present any budget that tried to cut off federal funds to the world’s largest abortion chain and one of the president’s most powerful political supporters. According to PP’s own annual report, the group gets almost one-half billion dollars—or 50%—of its revenue from taxpayer funds.
The report shows that the average salary of a CEO at a Planned Parenthood affiliate is $158,275. This falls in the top six percent of all household incomes in the United States. Thirty of the top executives receive salaries in excess of $200,000 (the top 2.67 percent of household income), while 18 of the executives rank in the top 1.5 percent with annual incomes in excess of $250,000.
Furthermore, detailed profiles included in the report show that of 81 PP affiliates studied, just 10 PP affiliates have CEOs (12 percent) who actually have a background in healthcare. Planned Parenthood receives almost half a billion dollars in tax subsidies to provide what it defines as “reproductive healthcare.”
“At a time when the economy is in trouble and the American taxpayer provides 46 percent of Planned Parenthood’s income,” said Rob Gasper, senior researcher at ALL and co-author of the report, “it is incredible that the top eight people at PP’s headquarters—who provide no actual healthcare and never see a single client—make an average of $269,541 a year.”
The debate continues to rage about continued taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood as a Congressional investigation for fraud looms. ALL says it did the research so that elected officials would be better informed about “giving tax dollars of hard-working and struggling Americans to the bloated giant which is Planned Parenthood.”
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
On January 11th, 2013, US House republicans passed a bill that will gut toxic waste clean up regulations in the United States. H.R. 2279, otherwise known as ‘The Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act’ would basically eliminate the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose clean up deadlines, following toxic spills like the recent WV spill. The vote took place on the same day the WV chemical spill left people in 9 West Virginia counties without clean water.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
regulations make people FALSELY SAFE....with regulations the government takes up the 'cross' and becomes the punching bag of the public which then becomes 'well, at least there were regulations and it's inevitable something will happen.'....
no one gets in REAL trouble....they pay FINES which mean NOTHING......
saying regulation is like yelling out on a school playground "I call safe spot".....
it's like the public accepting the medical "I guess I will take my chances. things happen sometimes." and no one is to blame.
fines fines fines fines.....woot woot.....because that's all the regulations really do is determine which side of the fulcrum everything falls on.
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
The Fox News audience skews more ideological than that of its two main competitors. Fully, 60% of Fox News viewers describe themselves as conservative, compared with 23% who say they are moderate and 10% who are liberal, according to a 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center. By contrast, the ideological makeup of CNN viewers (32% conservative, 30% moderate, 30% liberal) and MSNBC viewers (32% conservative, 23% moderate, 36% liberal) is far more mixed.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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