My Opinion........

.I GET SO TIRED OF THE MURKY WATERS, REMEMBER THE SO CALLED 'DEATH PANELS' INTRODUCED BY THE TEA PARTY IN THE HEALTH CARE LAW.  WELL, THIS GUY REHBERG WOULD MAKE THEM PROUD.  HEY, AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE ARE THE DOOR MATS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY(AND TEA PARTY), THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS. TAKE AWAY OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TAKE AWAY OUR CLEAN AIR AND FRESH WATER.HELL WE DO NOT NEED NO STINKIN HEALTH CARE, THEY WILL MAKE IT SO WE CAN NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER OUR OWN BODIES, HIKE UP THE COST OF DRUGS, TAKE AWAY OUR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE, AND PUT US IN DEATH HOUSES. THE QUICKER THEY GET RID OF US THE MORE PRIME REALISTATE THEY WILL HAVE TO GOBBLE UP AND PUT MULTI- MILLIONAIRE GOLF COURSES, AIRSTRIPS, AND TRIPLE THE SIZE OF LOS VEGAS.
GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS WE DO NOT MEAN SHIT TO THEM, WHEN THEY WERE ELECTED IN 2010 IT WAS WITH THE PROMISE OF JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. YES, WE NEED TO BRING DOWN THE SPENDING AND THE DEFICIT.

BUT WHETHER THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO GET IT THROUGH THEIR SMALL INSIGNIFICANT BRAINS OR NOT, MR GEORGE W. BUSH STARTED TWO WARS ON TWO COUNTRIES, DID NOT ASK CONGRESS, DID NOT ASK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND BY GEORGE DID NOT PAY FOR THEM. DID YOU REALLY GET A LOOK AT WHAT THEY WANT TO CUT FROM THE BUDGET? EPA, EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, TO DEFUND HEALTH CARE, TO PAY SALARIES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR AGENCIES WHO WILL USE THE NEW HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS, WATER QUALITY STANDARDS IN FLORIDA, CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT, THE REPUBLICANS KEEP ALL THEIR DEFENSE PROGRAMS EVEN THE ONES THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WANTED CUT. SOMEWHERE THEIR PRIORITIES ARE SCREWED UP REALLY BAD. OH THIS IS A GOOD ONE TAKE AWAY THE SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR HEATING IN THE WINTER. 

Table 1. Proposed Spending Cuts

to HHS Programs Other Than Medicare and Medicaid

Program		Spending in 2010
		($ million)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families		$17,754
Children's Health Insurance Program		$8,903
Foster care grants		$7,403
Head Start		$7,235
Low income energy assistance		$4,993
Child support grants		$4,710
Child care development grant		$3,394
Substance abuse		$3,349
Child care entitlement		$2,925
Social services grant		$2,118
Administration on Aging		$1,600
Other state grant programs		$16,961
Total proposed cuts		$81,345
HHS outlays (excluding Medicare/Medicaid)		$142,379
Source: Author, based on estimated fiscal year outlays from the Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2011.

 I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE EITHER BORED OF HEARING THE SAME OLD THING, PISSED BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT CUTTING ENOUGH, OR THAT THE DEMOCRATS AND THE PRESIDENT ARE NOT DIVING HEAD FIRST INTO THE SHALLOW END OF THE POOL.
I WISH THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD GET INVOLVED WITH THE BUDGET AND MAKE HIS PRIORITIES KNOWN, HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND HIS KNOWLEDGE IS VAST.  I AM AN OBAMA DEMOCRAT BUT I AM A FISCAL SPARROW. MY KNOWLEDGE IS INSIGNIFICANT AND I READ EXTENSIVELY BUT SOMETIMES MY BRAIN JUST DOESN'T JIVE WITH ALL THE NUMBERS. i KNOW THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING WHAT THEY SEEM TI THINK THE REST OF AMERICA WANTS.  BUT I FEAR THEY ARE NOT LISTENING, NOT REALLY.  THEY ARE TOO EAGER TO TAKE A WAY A WOMAN'S RIGHT, AND MY RIGHTS WITH MY DOCTOR IS MY BUSINESS NOT THEIRS.  THEY THINK WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES OR THAT OF OUR UNBORN CHILDREN, THAT BOTHERS ME.  BUT IT IS ALRIGHT FOR THEM TO CUT CHILDREN AND FAMILY HEALTH CARE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD, AND TEMPORARY HELP FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. CUT FOOD STAMPS, MEDICAID, JOB TRAINING, EVERY RELIABLE PROGRAM THAT RIGHT NOW FAMILIES NEED IN THIS ECONOMIC DISASTER. 
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER. THE DEBT COMMISSION SET UP BY THE PRESIDENT DID A BIPARTISAN REPORT ON THE DEBT WITH BUDGET CUTS AND NOTHING WAS A SACRED COW.  IF WE ARE SERIOUS WE HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET AND SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THE COMMISSION'S REPORT. NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH SOCIAL SECURITY OR MEDICAID, THEY ARE THE BOOGIE  MEN IN THE CLOSET.  I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN AND BELIEVE ME i DO NOT WANT TO SEE MY CHECK OR MY MEDICAL CHANGE. AND IF THEY CAN DO IT ON FUTURE SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS, AND MAKE IT MANAGEABLE AND PROFITABLE FOR FUTURE SENIORS(AND NOT DOING STOCKS OR BONDS.) A MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT WITH A FEDERAL 3.5% EARNINGS. I AM JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE.  IF A COUPLE HAS LETS SAY AN ACCOUNT AND PUTTING AN AMOUNT LIKEN TO WHAT PAYROLL TAXES ARE WHICH BY THE CHART BELOW IS 4.2% AND 6.4% EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER BECAUSE THAT IS TAKING AWAY THE TAX RATE.  NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MIDDLE INCOME COUPLE WHO BOTH WORK AND THEY EARN A TOTAL OF $55,000 THAT WOULD MAKE THEIR YEARLY DEPOSIT $5610 WITH NO LIMITATIONS PLUS THE FEDERAL 3.5% COMPOUND EARNINGS . WELL IF YOU KNOW HOW TO CALCULATE TRY THE LINK BELOW . MEDICARE WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 2.9% WITH NO LIMITATIONS. AGAIN THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION.

COMPOUND INTEREST CALCULATOR

2011 Social Security tax rate and maximum taxable earnings

Updated 03/22/2011 12:05 PM   |   ID# 240

What is the Social Security tax rate and what is the maximum taxable earnings amount for Social Security in 2011?

Employee/Employer

For 2011, the maximum taxable earnings amount for Social Security is $106,800. The Social Security tax (OASDI) rate for wages paid in 2011 is 4.2 percent for employees and 6.2 percent for employers.  For example, an individual with wages equal to or more than $106,800 would contribute $4,485.60 to Social Security in 2011.  The employer would contribute $6,621.60.
For Medicare's Hospital Insurance program, there is no limitation on taxable earnings. Tax rates under the Medicare program are 1.45 percent for employees and employers and 2.90 percent for self-employed persons.

Self Employment

For 2011, the maximum taxable earnings amount for Social Security is $106,800.
For Medicare's hospital insurance program, there is no limitation on taxable earnings.  Tax rates under the Medicare program are 1.45 percent each for employees and employers, and 2.90 percent for self-employed persons.

AND LAST MY POSITION ON LIBYA, I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF A DICTATOR TELLING HIS PEOPLE THAT HE WILL WIPE THE GERMS FROM HIS COUNTRY MAKE IT ANTISEPTIC. I DO NOT KNOW HOW THE REBELS WILL TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY, THEY ARE NOT SOLDIERS, THEY ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO DO BATTLE WITH GADAFFI, I WORRY ABOUT THE INNOCENT PEOPLE CAUGHT UP IN THE WAR.  I SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT AND HIS DECISION AS LONG AS US TROOPS DO NOT TAKE A LAND POSITION, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.  I REALLY WANT OUR SOLDIERS TO COME HOME. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF WAR.  TEN YEARS IS WAY TOO LONG. TOO MANY OF OUR BRAVE MEN HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR WARS WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN.  WE SHOULD HAVE GONE AFTER BIN LADEN BUT WITH EVERYTHING WE HAD AT OUR COMMAND, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAD THE CAPABILITIES AND THE POWER, UNTIL HE DECIDED TO GO INTO IRAQ AND SPEND TIME AND MONEY THERE.  WE LOST THE ABILITY TO TAKE COMMAND IN AFGHANISTAN, AND WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT BACK, WE LOST BIN LADEN, AND THE SUPPORT ALL THE OTHER ALLIES.  THEY HAVE WITHDRAWN, AND SO SHOULD WE.  WE SHOULD NOT BE TRYING TO NATION BUILD,  WE ARE NOT BEING HONEST WITH OURSELVES AND WE CAN NOT EVEN BEGIN TO TRY AND BRING THEM DEMOCRACY.  IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN TO TAKE OVER, AND IF THEY FAIL THAT IS THERE PLIGHT, NOT OURS. OUR SOLDIERS NEED TO COME HOME. STOP THE KILLING, MAIMING, OUR MEN DESERVE TO COME HOME HERO'S. THEY DESERVE THE RESPECT, LOVE, AND ADMIRATION OF A VERY GRATEFUL NATION. 
I HAVE AGAIN BEEN READING AND RESEARCHING ABOUT THE DEFICIT AND BUDGETS AND HEALTH CARE.  YOU WILL FIND AFTER THIS LITTLE OP-ED BY ME THESE ARTICLES, THEY ARE NOT IN DATE ORDER AND THEY ARE ONES I MISSED BUT CAUGHT UP ON.

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