I’d pay to get all those people on the same show again for even 5 minutes.
According to Gateway Pundit the new site Change.gov said this as of November 7th:
As of today, November 10th, though apparently changed the 8th it says this:
The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.
In a December 5th, 2007 post to his website, still available, said:
So when I’m President, I will set a goal for all American middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of service a year, and for all college students to perform 100 hours of service a year. This means that by the time you graduate college, you’ll have done 17 weeks of service. We’ll reach this goal in several ways. At the middle and high school level, we’ll make federal assistance conditional on school districts developing service programs, and give schools resources to offer new service opportunities.
I’ve pointed this out to Tim Zimmermann given he recently said that:
Mandatory service simply does not make any sense. It is not a good idea, there is no infrastructure for it, no public support for it, no leadership support for it, and no money for it. Frankly, it is not something I spend a lot of time worrying about….
I agree it doesn’t make any sense hovever Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel think otherwise. It’s intelectualy dishonest to make these changes without an official announcement of policy change. It’s also dishonest to act as if this is not effectively mandatory. It’s the same trick used by the federal government to get the drinking age to be 21 and there be state laws for seat belts to be worn while driving. Only one state disobeys the federal government. New Hampshire. And that’s only for the seat belt request. Should a state refuse they will see their income tax dollars go out of the state and not come back in. At least a significant portion of it. It’s even worse in this particular case given the government mandates children attend school, continues to tax those who home school or use private schools, and not only would a school not receive federal funds but you can guarentee the local tax payers would continue to be taxed by the federal government at the same rate. If the locals don’t wish to pay higher local taxes and no reduced income taxes they’d have to comply meaning the children would be unable to graduate without doing the national service. Therefore it’s mandatory. And given the requirements for private and home schools imposed by the State it wouldn’t be surprising if they mandated national service for those children too.
Troubled insurer American International Group Inc had borrowed $90.3 billion from the U.S. government as of Wednesday, three-quarters of the emergency funds made available to it under a federal rescue plan, the Wall Street Journal reported.
AIG, once the world’s largest insurer before it was hammered by bad bets on mortgages, borrowed a further $7.4 billion from a government loan facility in the last week, the paper said on its website.
The move marked the first time the insurer had borrowed more than the government’s original $85 billion rescue loan, announced on September 16.
Earlier this month, the government gave AIG nearly $38 billion more in fresh cash.
On Thursday, AIG Chief Executive Edward Liddy warned that the $120 billion-plus in emergency federal cash extended to the insurer may not be enough.
Liberty activists called WKBK’s Talkback this morning to discuss education, but could barely get a word in as Fred Parsells talked over top OTN’s Sam and I and then hung up on us. Talkback used to be a show where callers could have their questions heard and answered, but it seems our questions are too challenging or thought provoking, so we are now being marginalized. Perhaps we just need more callers. Can you help?
Please join us in calling the program with a pro-liberty viewpoint. Get details and discuss on this Free Keene forum thread.
Appears some of the Keene bureaucrats have nearly had enough of the liberty movement there. It’s going to get interesting in the next few years and the number of activists increase.
This email is being sent to NYS NewEgg customers apparently:
Dear Valued Newegg Customer,
As a result of recent changes in New York State tax law requiring certain out-of-state retailers to collect and remit sales taxes to the State of New York, we began collecting applicable sales tax for all orders shipped to New York addresses starting June 1, 2008.
After careful review and consideration, we are pleased to inform you that we have stopped collecting New York sales tax, effective August 21, 2008. This decision was driven by your direct and candid feedback and our continued commitment to you as our valued customers.
We appreciate your patience as we worked through this process, and would like to reiterate our commitment in offering our customers the broadest product selection, competitive pricing, fastest shipping, and award-winning customer service.
We look forward to continuing to provide you with the premier online shopping experience for all of your IT and consumer electronics needs.
Sincerely,
Bernard Luthi
Newegg.com
Company Spokesperson and
Vice President of MerchandisingDisclaimer: While Newegg no longer charges sales tax to its New York customers effective August 21, 2008, you may still have an obligation to pay New York State use tax on your purchases. Newegg cannot offer you any tax advice, so please refer to applicable law if you have any questions about use tax. Nothing in this email shall be deemed to approve the validity of any New York State law, including but not limited to section 1101(b)(8)(vi) of the New York State Tax Law, which purports to require Newegg to collect and remit New York State sales tax on its sales to residents of that state.
Good for them… but what about us in New Jersey?
Online porn has been spared an XXXL tax, proposed last spring by Assemblyman Charles Calderon (D.-some town where no one buys porn). When even state Republicans wouldn’t back the 25 percent tax on adult entertainment, including streaming and downloaded Internet content, Calderon’s argument that those who produce and consume porn need to pay for its “harms” on the community started to fell apart. This week, the bill got tied up in the Appropriations Committee, from whence it’s believed to be unlikely to emerge before the close of the legislative session on November 30. The term is “held under submission,” and it has nothing to do with anything going on inside Kink.com’s headquarters in the Mission District.
I didn’t really believe this would pass. There is no way the industry would stand for a 25% hit. I don’t know where they’d move to but it’d likely be quick.
I’d really like to have Calderon run through the list of harms pornography supposedly causes and the quantitative analysis to back it up. Likely he’s done the former but not the latter.
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