Friday, December 20, 2013
Who Says Obama Hasn’t United the Country?
14th change to law without
Congressional approval...
Yesterday the Obama administration suddenly moved to allow hundreds of
thousands of people who’ve lost their insurance due to Obamacare to sign up for
bare-bone “catastrophic” plans. It’s at least the 14th unilateral change to
Obamacare that’s been made without consulting Congress.
“It shows that the Obamacare insurance products aren’t selling so, at
the last minute, the administration is holding a fire sale on a failed launch,”
says Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, a health-care advocacy group. “Just
think how you must feel if you were one of the people who spent the last two
months fighting their way through HealthCare.gov to buy a policy that
will be thousands of dollars more expensive than this catastrophic insurance!”
Continue reading!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
CCTA Elects New Officers for 2014!
If you missed last night's meeting and Christmas Party you really missed a good time! After a brief meeting that included election of officers--we adjourned for conversation and a lot of wonderful food! We had a great turn out and thanks to all who brought food! ~Lynn
New CCTA Officers for 2014
Chairman: Rick Hopkins
Vice Chairman: Glenn Fink
Secretary: Terry Winter
Treasurer: Don Murdoch
Chairman Hopkins announced last night that we have found a new place to meet for our public program meeting! So starting in January we will be meeting at the Stanly Hall Rivertowne Ballroom.
CCTA Monthly Public Program Meeting
January 21, 2014, 7:00-9:00 pm
Stanly Hall Ballroom, Craven and Pollock
St. , New Bern , NC. 249 Craven St. 305 Pollock St
Common Core Update
Speaker: Lynn Kakadaelis
Speaker: Lynn Kakadaelis
We meet every 3rd Tuesday for our Public Information Program
Meeting.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC--PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US!
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC--PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US!
CCTA Member Business Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of the
month at 6:00 pm. Highland Park Christian Church, 905 Carolina Avenue, Trent
Woods, NC
More info: Lynn Childs,
252-528-0500 or email, lynn.ccta@gmail.com
Disclaimer: Although some of our classes and events are held at local
churches, the churches are not affiliated with and do not endorse or support
Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association (CCTA). We have simply made arrangements
with them to use their facilities. All church functions and activities remain
separate and unaffiliated with CCTA functions and activities. The facilities
are used for educational and organizational purposes only and not for political
events or endorsements.
TPN—Alan Caruba: Asian Trade Treaty Will Destroy America
December 17, 2013
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Treaty
In the same way
Obamacare was foisted on America by creating a 2,000-page law that Democrats in
Congress never even bothered to read, a new treaty about trade with Asia is
going through the same process and poses as great, if not greater, threat to
our economy, our judiciary, and our sovereignty. Secrecy and outright deception is the
hallmark of the Obama administration and a proposed Asian treaty must be
stopped.
It is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and,
writing on The Economic Collapse blog, Michael Snyder, notes that “This treaty
has 29 chapters, but only 5 of them have to do with trade. Most Americans don’t
realize this, but this treaty will fundamentally change our laws regarding
internet freedom, health care, the trading of derivatives, copyright issues,
food safety, environmental standards, civil liberties, and so much more.”
Snyder warns that “It contains a whole host of
things that Obama would be unable to get through Congress on his own. But he is
hoping to spring this on Congress at the last minute and get them to agree to
this ‘free trade agreement’ before they realize all of the things contained in
it.” This is a definition of governing by deception. It evokes the way
Obamacare was put before a Congress that had not read it…and which passed by a
straight party-line vote by Democrats.
Coburn’s 2013 ‘Wastebook’ Features Brothels, NASA and Senate ‘Lifestyle Training’
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., wants Congress to stop spending money on things he deems unnecessary — such as “looking for signs of intelligent life in Congress” by giving NASA $3 million to set up a workshop in Washington, D.C., explaining the legislative branch.
Coburn, the
ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,
released his annual “Wastebook” Tuesday, and if you like a little sass and a
lot of cuts in government spending, this is the book for you. Of course, it
does not outline a path to make structural changes on either the tax or
spending side, but it does highlight approximately 100 projects that cost the
government $30 billion, the purpose of which Coburn questions.
A sample of
some of the items Coburn would like to eliminate....
READ MORE!
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Alan Caruba: The Power Mad EPA--the threat is the EPA, not the mercury!
Barely a week goes by these
days without hearing of some new demand by the Environmental Protection Agency
that borders on the insane.
Increasingly, EPA regulations are being
challenged and now reach the Supreme Court for a final judgment. This marks the
failure of Congress to exercise any real oversight and control of an agency
that everyone agrees is now totally out of control.
Recently the EPA ruled that New
York City had to replace 1,300 fire hydrants because
of their lead content. The ruling was based on the Drinking Water Act passed by
Congress in 2011.
As Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) pointed out while
lambasting the agency, “I don’t know a single New Yorker who goes out to their
fire hydrants every morning, turns it on, and brushes their teeth using the
water from these hydrants. It makes no sense whatsoever.” Reportedly, the
Senate is poised to consider legislation exempting fire hydrants if the EPA
does not revise its ruling.
The EPA is not about making sense. It is
about over-interpreting laws passed by Congress in ways that now continually
lead to cases before the Supreme Court. The Court is composed of lawyers, not
scientists. In an earlier case, they ruled that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a “pollutant” when it is the one gas that all vegetation
requires. Without it, nothing grows and all life on Earth dies.
Senate advances budget deal (Cloture)
The Hill, December 17, 2013
"To offset the
restored sequester cuts, the bill would reduce federal employee retirement
benefits by $6 billion. Military retiree benefits are also cut by $6 billion."
The Senate on Tuesday advanced a two-year budget deal in a
67-33 vote, setting the measure up for final passage.
Twelve Senate Republicans joined all 55 Democrats and
Independents on Tuesday to advance the bipartisan budget deal approved in a
landslide House vote last week. President Obama also supports the measure.
The bill sets top-line spending levels for 2014 and 2015 and
reduces the sequester spending cuts by $63 billion over the next two years.
Despite opposition from conservative groups such as the Club
for Growth and Heritage Action, GOP Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), John Hoeven
(N.D.), Lamar Alexander (Tenn. ), Rob Portman (Ohio ), Roy Blunt (Mo. ),
John McCain (Ariz. ), Johnny Isakson (Ga. ), Orrin Hatch (Utah ),
Susan Collins (Maine ), Jeff Flake (Ariz. ), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska )
and Ron Johnson (Wis. )
voted to end debate on the measure.
The rest of the GOP conference, including Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell (Ken.), who faces a tough reelection race next year, voted
against it.
Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla. ),
Ted Cruz (Texas )
and Rand Paul (Ken.) all voted no.
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