Thursday, August 4, 2011

Budget Control Act unconstitutional; China & Russia, on USA debt limit; NY residents fleeing taxes; UN Sustainability Agenda 21; Media Matters sabotages "Fox News", may lose nonprofit standing; Obama "running out of capital"; Government swat team descends on private buying club; Debt is now 100% of GDP; IMF says stimulate growth by tax cuts; UN is not our Constitution

American Thinker: The Budget Control Act Of 2011 Violates Constitutional Order - [Or- don't they have constitution scholars there to advise both parties of their possible unconstitutional actions?  This precedent turns the constitution on its ear and changes the way laws are to be written and passed.]


First, the "Debt Ceiling Disapproval Process" in BCA 2011 Title III unconstitutionally upends the legislative processAccording to Article I, Section 7, before an act can become a law, it must first be passed as a bill by the House of Representatives and the Senate.  Thus, any action taken to authorize the borrowing of money on the credit of the United States - whether such action is a formal bill or a vote or resolution -- must be initiated by Congress and, then, presented to the President for his veto or signature.  This bill creates what it calls a "Debt Ceiling Disapproval Process" whereby the constitutional process is reversed.  Instead of Congress's initiating the decision to borrow money, the President has the initiative.  Congress is relegated to the role of having to disapprove the President's decision to lift the debt ceiling and authorize the Secretary of Treasury to do what the Constitution says only Congress may do -- borrow money on the credit of the United States.
Second, the joint select committee on deficit reduction provision undermines the constitutionally established bicameral legislative process.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 establishes a joint select committee of 12 members, six from the House and six from the Senate.  Three of the six House members are appointed by the Speaker of the House and three are appointed by the House minority leader.  Three of the six Senate members are appointed by the majority leader and three by the leader of the minority. 
Title IV of the Budget Control Act vests in that joint select committee the power to draft legislation to reduce the deficit by at least $1.5 trillion over the period of fiscal years 2012 to 2021. 
Here, members of Congress yield their individual legislative duties and responsibilities to a "Super Congress" selected not by the people -- but by Republican and Democrat leaders. http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_budget_control_act_of_2011_violates_constitutional_order.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Bloomberg reports: China, the largest foreign investor in U.S. government securities, joined Russia in criticizing American policy makers for failing to ensure borrowing is reined in after a stopgap deal to raise the nation’s debt limit.
People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said China’s central bank will monitor U.S. efforts to tackle its debt, and state-run Xinhua News Agency blasted what it called the “madcap” brinksmanship of American lawmakers. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said two days ago that the U.S. is in a way “leeching on the world economy.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-03/china-s-zhou-to-monitor-u-s-debt-as-xinhua-sees-bomb-yet-to-be-defused.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My Fox News reports: [What happens when government overdoes its authority to take from one group of citizens and give to another?] Taxed-out New Yorkers are voting with their feet, with a staggering 1.6 million residents fleeing the state over the last decade.
For the second consecutive decade, New York led the nation in the percentage of residents leaving for other states, according to the report by the Empire Center for State Policy.
The population loss is "the ultimate barometer of New York's attractiveness as a place to work, live and do business," the report's co-author, E.J. McMahon, said. "It's the ultimate indication that we've been doing things wrong."
Most analysts blamed New York's high taxes and skyrocketing cost of living for the mass exodus.  http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/new-yorkers-fleeing-state-ncx-20110803
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Canada Free Press opines: Just when you thought you might sleep better at night, with only worries about feeding your family, keeping your job and home in a terrible economy, the debt ceiling just raised to $2.8 trillion, the United Nation’s “Sustainability” Agenda 21 marches on with the help of a myriad of private and governmental organizations nationwide dedicated to the “fundamental change” of America as we know it.
The HUD Secretary just announced on July 28, 2011 the availability of $95 million to support “sustainable local initiatives” through the fiscal year 2011 Regional Planning and Community Challenge Planning Grant Programs. It seems like a good idea except that it is dedicated to “sustainable communities,” another pet word of United Nations Agenda 21. It is a good idea if you want to live in housing tenements with no cars while the streets will be replaced by trains. http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/print-friendly/39063
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fox Business writes: David Brock, chairman and chief executive of Media Matters for America, told a news website earlier this year that his nonprofit is now moving to “sabotage” FOX News because it says the network is now the “de facto head of the GOP,” among other things. 
Anchors and guests appearing on FOX News have said because of such statements, the nonprofit is violating U.S. tax law.
There is no indication the IRS is auditing or probing Media Matters for these alleged violations.
However, interviews with current and former IRS officials, tax lawyers and tax experts, as well as a review of Media Matters’ IRS documents and its activities indicate the nonprofit has put its tax-exempt status in jeopardy for reasons beyond those allegations.
But these charges are serious. Given that Media Matters is a tax-free nonprofit, the government is effectively supporting its efforts to disrupt the commercial enterprises of a taxpaying business. The government is also effectively supporting its partisan activities that the nonprofit was ostensibly created to monitor in the first place, a problem also at right-wing nonprofits.
Taxpayers have effectively been supporting Media Matters in its campaign to get advertisers to "Drop Fox,"--words billboarded on its website along with "NewsCorpwatch" that link viewers to form letters to send to advertisers to get them to stop advertising on the network.  http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/08/03/media-matters-puts-tax-exempt-status-in-jeopardy/?cmpid=cmty_email_Gigya_Media_Matters_Puts_Tax-Exempt_Status_in_Jeopardy
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yahoo News opines: Obama does not have much presidential persuasion left. He is running out of capital," said James Thurber, of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies.
Obama's political opponents have been openly scornful of the impact of two previous stimulus packages, which were accompanied by extraordinary measures by the Federal Reserve to kick-start the U.S. economy.
"It seems we've thrown everything at it. We've had QE1 and QE2, Stimulus 1 and Stimulus 2, and the unemployment rate is still 9.2 percent," said John Makin, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. "Maybe there are just not many options here at this point," he said.  http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-obama-bernanke-ammo-boost-jobs-growth-184553112.html
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Natural News reports: This is a NaturalNews exclusive breaking new report. Please credit NaturalNews.com. A multi-agency SWAT-style armed raid was conducted this morning by helmet-wearing, gun-carrying enforcement agents from the LA County Sheriff's Office, the FDA, the Dept. of Agriculture and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control).

Rawesome Foods, a private buying club offering wholesome, natural raw milk and raw cheese products (among other wholesome foods) is founded by James Stewart, a pioneer in bringing wholesome raw foods directly to consumers through a buying club. James was followed from his private residence by law enforcement, and when he entered his store, the raid was launched.
Law enforcement demanded that all customers (members) of the store vacate the premises, then they demanded to know how much cash James had at the store. When James explained the amount of cash he had at the store -- which is used to purchase product for selling there -- agents demanded to know why he had such an amount of cash and where it came from.

James was handcuffed, was never read his rights and was stuffed into an unmarked car. While agents said they would leave behind a warrant, no one has yet had any opportunity to even see if such a warrant exists or if it is a complete warrant.

Law enforcement then proceeded to destroy the inventory of the story by pouring the milk down the drain and / or confiscating raw cheese and fresh produce for destruction. Video now posted at NaturalNews.TV: http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=A...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yahoo News reports: US debt shot up $238 billion to reach 100 percent of gross domestic project after the government's debt ceiling was lifted, Treasury figures showed Wednesday. http://news.yahoo.com/us-aaa-rating-still-under-threat-204040123.html
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The IMF has joined the burgeoning party of those urging the government to acknowledge what all sensible people know: the way to stimulate real and lasting (as opposed to phoney and temporary) growth in the economy is by cutting taxes. And some of the taxes that could be most fruitfully reduced are those which inhibit the spending of ordinary households. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/janetdaley/100099369/imf-knows-it-too-tax-cuts-stimulate-growth/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Expose Obama reports: Democrat Jon Huntsman, on Obama's Libyan war:Well,last I looked the UN was not our Constitution. We ought to recognize who’s responsible for declaring war and giving the approval for these kinds of things,and get back to the basics of who should be driving these decisions.

Huntsman:I have a fundamental problem,generally,I mean beyond this decision,just with the decision that has been made to get involved,in Libya,in a tribal country,when we have no definable interest at stake,we have no exit strategy. Look in Afghanistan,you want to get involved in tribal government? How hard it is to extricate yourself once you’ve gotten involved? Let history be your guide. http://www.exposeobama.com/2011/08/03/jon-huntsman-refuses-to-rule-out-impeachment-over-libya/?utm_source=Expose+Obama&utm_campaign=212b2bc164-EO_08_04_20118_4_2011&utm_medium=email
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

No comments:

Post a Comment