The Original Meaning of the Commerce Clause

The Original Meaning of the Commerce Clause

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"What has been established here is that those who have claimed that the original meaning of the Commerce Clause was narrow are right and their critics are wrong"
- Randy E. Barnett, J.D.

The Original Meaning of the Commerce Clause (PDF)
68 University of Chicago Law Review 101 (2001)

99 Weeks Later, and my Beni's Ran Out. Woe is Me!

99 Weeks Later, and my Beni's Ran Out. Woe is Me!

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Jobless army grows as aid ends Facebook holds stories of unemployed WNYers crying out for help They call themselves the 99ers and with each new week their numbers grow by the thousands. There are so many of them — nearly 3,000 in Western New York alone — they have their own statewide Facebook page. "Nobody is hiring, and I can't afford to lose my place to live," said Mike Papay, one of the hundreds of jobless who have told their story on Facebook. "I've already had my vehicles taken. This is crazy! Somebody please help!"

Funny, I see lots of help wanted signs out. Maybe these 99 weekers should stop holding out for that CEO job and go stock shelves at the market, flip burgers at Mickie Dees or cut some grass already. It's work, it's money, and you ain't too good to do it dumbass.



Lets "create" a job for the "there's no jobs out there" folks.

1 Get off ass, knock on doors. Ask old person "Is it worth $10 a week for me to come by and put your garbage can at the curb for you, then come back the next day and put it away?"

Each YES = $520 per year. 10 = $5,200. 25 = $13,000

2. Get off ass again, knock on doors. Ask person "Is it worth $20 a month for me to stop by and wash your car, $35 a month for a wash, wax and detail?"

Each YES = $240-$420 10=$2,400-$4,200 25 = $6,000-$10,500

3. Get off ass yet again. (See a trend here?) Go door to door, ask "Is it worth $20 a week for me to come by and cut your grass with my mulching mower, and sweep up the sidewalk after I'm done?"

Each YES = $1,040. 10=$10,400 25=$26,000

Wow. just shy of a $50,000 income, and it's all cash. Yeah, theres some expense involved. Gas for the mower, bottle of car wash solution, a bucket, a sponge and a shammy, but still. $50 down, $6-10 a week in expense, and you've made $30k-50k cash.

Can you find 25-100 people to do this for in 2 fracking years?

If the answer is no, then you are not looking hard enough.

National Worker ID Card Proposed for Immigration Plan

National Worker ID Card Proposed for Immigration Plan

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A comprehensive immigration bill coming together in the Senate could include a requirement that all American workers obtain a national biometric identification card. Under the proposal, all legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would get an ID card with information such as fingerprints embedded onto it, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03...lan/#c26120015

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...igration-plan/

Ok....let me think about this for a moment.

In order to work "on the books", you go in a and show a legal ID, a Social Security Card, and complete both a W4 tax withholding form and an I9 proof of employability form.

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This is of course to stop illegals and off the books employment.

The employer is required to keep these on file.

So....if the employer is not doing that now....what makes these idiots in office thing adding another layer of paperwork is going to change anything?

How about this.
Go to where illegals are likely to be working or seeking work, and check ID's, check permits and check paperwork. Deport the illegals, and fine the fuck out of the employers.

Where are these people? Check out the gas stations, home improvement stores and vegetable fields. Duh. There's a good start Uncle Sam.

Here's another hint. That teller at the bank, cop on patrol, or big box manager, is most likely NOT an illegal.

This isn't that hard, if you would actually, you know, ENFORCE THE FUCKING LAWS WE ALREADY HAVE YOU DUMB STONE PRICKS!!!!!!!!

Why is it that if you ask a Senator how to get from A to B, he has to take you through the Chinese alphabet by way of the Quard Dimension? What ever happened to a straight fucking line?

November 2010 - Let the Bodies Hit The Floor!

November 2010 - Let the Bodies Hit The Floor!

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The entire House up for grabs
1/3 of the Senate at risk.

Congressional Approval Rating 20.4%!!!

3+ Senate Seats Open!

Over 30 House Seats are completely open!


It's time to get Extreme....

Let the Bodies Hit The Floor!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iGbkIOf9KY


Let the Libertarians, the Greens, the Constitutionalists take heed. You have here an opportunity, a great opportunity, to send a message, to achieve what you have been fighting for for years.

Don't blow it!

Ohio High Court Narrowly Interprets Anti-Porn Law

 
Ohio High Court Narrowly Interprets Anti-Porn Law

Author: The Associated Press Source: First Amendment Center

Title: OHIO HIGH COURT NARROWLY INTERPRETS ANTI-PORN LAW

The Ohio Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted a state law aimed to protecting children from online pornography and predators, delivering a blow to free-speech advocates who want it thrown out as unconstitutional.

In its unanimous ruling, the court said a 2004 law extending the state's definition of "material harmful to minors" to the Internet is clearly intended to apply only to person-to-person communications — not to generally accessible Web sites and public chat rooms.

"We conclude that a person who posts matter harmful to juveniles on generally accessible websites and in public chat rooms does not violate (the law), because such a posting does not enable that person to 'prevent a particular recipient from receiving the information,'" Justice Paul Pfeifer wrote in American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression v. Cordray. Options: [Read Full Story]
Source: Witches Voice

"Common Good"? Hogwash.

"Common Good"? Hogwash.

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Believing the propaganda about "The Greater Good" and "Your Responsibility for taking Care of the Less Fortunate" is crazy. Buy into this, and enjoy a life of mediocrity, frustration and unrealized dreams. Take care of yourself first. Everything else will follow.
Living in poverty, mooching off of others, suffering, none of those serve God. God provides a universe full of bounty, love, wealth and abundance, if only people would open themselves to it. I don't believe that God wants any of us dependent on others, and that by not serving ourselves first, we fall into the original definition of Sin, or "Miss the Mark". Put another way, we weren't put here to sit on our butts and collect a welfare check that someone else worked to fund, but to work for our own rewards, and enjoy them fully.

"People who spend their existence worrying
solely about the needs of others and not themselves are not nobles,
benevolent, and spiritual. They are crazy. "- Randy Gage
The Purpose That Drives Your Life
Source: www.successmethods.org


Fire away.

What would a Real Universal Health Plan look like?

What would a Real Universal Health Plan look like?
11-08-2009, 05:13 PM

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The current plans being tossed around fall far short of what would really help America. It creates a huge bloated bureaucracy and does little to solve the real problems with health care in America today.

Here are my thoughts on what a real system might look like.

First, it would cover all American's, not just some.

Costs would be done through a separate tax.
Those under 18, and those earning less than $15,000 would pay nothing.
Those who choose to have private insurance receive a fair tax credit.
Cost is deducted via payroll tax like FICA/SSI/etc.
FICA taxes are collected at a rate of 7.65% on gross earnings - earnings before any deductions. The breakdown of FICA is 6.2% for Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance or OASDI) and 1.45% for Medicare. There are upper limits to what is taxed. This system can be used here.
Using a 2% rate, someone grossing $20k would pay about $34/month in costs.

The plan would cover:
1 eye exam and 1 pair of glasses every 2 years.
Basic Dental Care
Basic Drug Care
Recommended Primary visits
Basic tests
Emergency Services.

Depending on your plan level, a copay may apply.

Some drugs, treatments and services may not be covered.
Cosmetic treatments, as well as vanity services would not be covered.

This is much like any other policy.

Doctors may choose to opt-out of accepting the insurance.

Your Social Security number could (though shouldn't be) all you need to access for treatment. As long as you file a tax return, you are covered.



I still dispute the constitutionality of a forced health plan, and I dispute the constitutionality of a forced retirement plan, however, if we are to be forced to have something, this seems at the moment the less intrusive manner. It retains choice, it allows for the purchasing of superior coverage through a private firm, and it allows for the ones most in need to get the basics needed.



Thoughts?