Die for the truth well>???????but a LIE! no way!!!!!

I wonder as Easter approaches WOULD I DIE for A LIE Polycarp - A Father of the Christian ChurchPolycarp is a celebrated figure in the history of Christianity. A direct pupil of the apostle John, Polycarp lived between 70 and 155 A.D., connecting him to both the biblical apostles and the age of the early church fathers. Several ancient sources document the contributions of Polycarp to Christianity, including his letters written to the church at Philippi, in which he encourages the members to remain strong in their faith and to flee from materialism. He also instructs the members in the proper handling of financial dishonesty that was creeping into the church. Polycarp served as the bishop of the church at Smyrna (modern day Izmir), and was recognized as one of the early combatants of Christian heresies. He rejected the teachings of Marcion, an influential heretic who tried to create a "new brand" of Christianity by redefining God and rejecting Old Testament teachings. In his well-known thesis, Polycarp combats Gnostic heresies that were beginning to spread throughout the Christian church. Polycarp - A Martyr for TruthPolycarp's greatest contribution to Christianity may be his martyred death. His martyrdom stands as one of the most well documented events of antiquity. The emperors of Rome had unleashed bitter attacks against the Christians during this period, and members of the early church recorded many of the persecutions and deaths. Polycarp was arrested on the charge of being a Christian -- a member of a politically dangerous cult whose rapid growth needed to be stopped. Amidst an angry mob, the Roman proconsul took pity on such a gentle old man and urged Polycarp to proclaim, "Caesar is Lord". If only Polycarp would make this declaration and offer a small pinch of incense to Caesar's statue he would escape torture and death. To this Polycarp responded, "Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and He never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?" Steadfast in his stand for Christ, Polycarp refused to compromise his beliefs, and thus, was burned alive at the stake. HE LIVES the TOMB was empty...

Its NOT TO LATE

SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE THE DAYS OF HITTER'S PLAN JUST BEFORE THE 2ND GREAT WAR ,
　
--Letter appeared in the Indianapolis Star (which is owned by the same people who own the Arizona Republic ) and was sent to a very popular Indiana Senator. This just goes to show everyone what pressure these Democrats are currently under, so continue to let them know how you feel about the healthcare bill. Bill Stough An Indianapolis doctor's letter to Sen. Bayh about the Bill (Note: Dr. Stephen E. Fraser, MD practices as an anesthesiologist in Indianapolis, IN ) Here is a letter I sent to Senator Bayh.. Feel free to copy it and send it around to all other representatives. -- Stephen FraserSenator Bayh,As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the health care bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the government's proposed involvement in the patient-physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate and ration patient care is dangerous and certainly not helpful in designing a health care system that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our health care system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress will be a disaster if passed.I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our fellow citizens. Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self-insure!!Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC benefits for you. You have no choice!Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or otherwise. Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals' finances & a 'National ID Health card' will be issued! (Papers please!)Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds transfer. (Time for more cash and carry)Page 65 Sec 164: Is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations: (ACORN).Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the 'Exchange.'Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans -- The Govt will ration your health care!Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. (Translation: illegal aliens.)Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups (i.e. ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. (AARP members - your health care WILL be rationed!) Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. (No choice.)Page 12 4 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt monopoly.Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The Govt will tell YOU what salary you can make.Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan. (NO choice!)Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part-time employees ANDtheir families. (Employees shouldn't get excited about this as employers will be forced to reduce its work force, benefits, and wages/salaries to cover such a huge expense.)Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option will pay 8% tax on all payroll! (See the last comment in parenthesis.) Page 150 Lines 9-13: A business with payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn't provide public option will pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay.) (Like always)Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of the GOVT HC Admin.. will have access to ALL Americans' finances and personal records. (I guess so they can 'deduct' their fees)Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." (Yes, it really says that!) ( a 'fee' instead) Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors. (Low-income and the poor are affected.) Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors: It doesn't matter what specialty you have trained yourself in -- you will all be paid the same! (Just TRY to tell me that's not Socialism!)Page 253 Line 10-18: The Govt sets the value of a doctor's time, profession, judgment, etc. (Literally-- the value of humans.)Page 265 Sec 1131: The Govt mandates and controls productivity for "private" HC industries.Page 268 Sec 1141: The federal Govt regulates the rental and purchase of power driven wheelchairs.Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever the Govt deems preventable (i.e...re-admissions).Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors: If you treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission -- the Govt will penalize you.Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. (The Govt tells doctors what and how much they can own!)Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion. (The Govt is mandating that hospitals cannot expand.) Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have the opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. (Can you say ACORN?)Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: The Govt mandates establishment of=2 outcome-based measures. (HC the way they want -- rationing.) Page 341 Lines 3-9: The Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. (Forcing people into the Govt plan)Page 354 Sec 1177: The Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of 'special needs people!' Unbelievable!Page 379 Sec 1191: The Govt creates more bureaucracy via a "Tele-Health Advisory Committee." (Can you say HC by phone?)Page 425 Lines 4-12: The Govt mandates "Advance-Care Planning Consult." (Think senior citizens end-of-life patients.)Page 425 Lines 17-19: The Govt will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. (And it's mandatory!) Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: The Govt provides an "approved" list of end-of-life resources; guiding you in death. (Also called 'assisted suicide.')(Sounds like Soylent Green to me.) Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for orders on "end-of-life." (The Govt has a say in how your life ends!)Page 429 Lines 1-9: An "advanced-care planning consultant" will be used frequently as a patient's health deteriorates.Page 429 Lines 10-12: An "advanced care consultation" may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans.. (AN ORDER TO DIE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?!?) Page 429 Lines 13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order.. (I wouldn't want to stand before God after getting paid for THAT job!) Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end-of-life! (Again -- no choice!)Page 469: Community-Based Home Medical Services = Non-Profit Organizations. (Hello? ACORN Medical Services here!?!)Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover marriage and family therapy. (Which means Govt will insert itself into your marriage even.) Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, and rationing those services.Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues are debating. Furthermore, if you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country and destroys the doctor-patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election.Respectfully,Stephen E. Fraser, MD Dear Reader, I urge you to use the power that you were born with (and the power that may soon be taken away) and circulate this email to as many people as you can reach. The Power of the People can stop this from happening to us, our parents, our grandparents, our children, and to following generations
　
　

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Grassfire Nation

Finally a PURPOSE

Available at Wally World,
used at the new UN offices
in DUBI as well as the OVAL OFFICE. While listening to pre-written speaches written by George Sorros.
can't add my name to this

A sleeping GIANT AWAKES

Well is it about time we see a change we can live with.

The election in Massachusetts is such a significant loss,
that I can not imagine the momentum stopping.

There is such a low probability that the current Health Care Bill will pass that I actually did a HAPPY DANCE this morning.

Just in case you have forgotten the facts about our fearless leader
here are some of the memorable details of his and her CHANGE.

Whether Michele bares arms or not!
Tanks are for Governments, Guns are for the people.

He spends millions of dollars gallivanting over the globe with Michelle, plays etc.

He bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.

He gave Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

He gave the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

Visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language,"

He filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes.

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

He burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day.

Okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic.

He has created positions for 32 or more Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America.

Proposes to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year.


Proposes to double the debt again within 10 years.

Has spent more than all the Presidents combined since George Washington.

The first President to need a TelePrompTer installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?
Can't think of anything?
Don't worry.
He's done all this in 10 months --
so,
you'll have 3 years and 2 months to come up with an answer.

Remember
When a wild thing gets injured
or backed into a corner it usually
reacts.
we are on the doorstep
SAVE STORE WARN
T Ruth seeker.

Boy are The Democrats desperate?????

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/07/letting-crooks-illegals-vote/

STOP JOB KILLING TAXES PLEASE VOTE NO

Even my small business will be affected
They need to tighten the belt of GOVERNMENT

http://www.stopjobkillingtaxes.com/news/2010/1/3/wrong-time-wrong-tax-hikes-vote-no-on-measures-66-67.html

Tanks are for Governments Guns are for THE PEOPLE

http://www.usatoday.com/news/quickquestion/2007/november/popup5895.htm
"The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an ‘equalizer.’ Egalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed--but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. . . If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government--and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws."
The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others."
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
SAVESTOREWARN
T Ruth Seeker

Quote from Norman Thomas Candidate for the Socialist Party 1944

Thomas was a constant critic of the American economic system. An advocate of evolutionary socialism,
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism.
But under
the name of 'liberalism'
they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist Program,
until one day America will be a Socialist nation,
without knowing how it happened."

"I will no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party
The Democrats will have ADOPTED MY PLATFORM

We have an opportunity to take back the head.
It growes ever apparent that the ship is sinking.
With the advent of the exit of Chris Dodd and others,
the opportunity to put into office men and women who are like minded....
hopefully as time goes by will increase as gravy train Dem's abandon ship.
We know BAR-RAK Aramic for Lightining
is going,
but then who do we get?
Betternotbe JOEYB!!!!!!!!!!
Time to start the organizing for the next election.
I have never been to a national office or state office to support my candidate with my time.
THIS IS THE YEAR!
The election will be upon us !
SAVE STORE WARN
T Ruth seeker

Samual Adams first Vice President and second President of These Great United States.

These are pearls of insight provided by our founding fathers,
they made great sacrifice to ensure to us what we now struggle to continue to maintain.
LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS!

Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Signer of the Declaration of Independence,
Delegate to the First Continental Congress, Governor of Massachusetts

“How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!”

“Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.”

“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.”

“If our trade may be taxed, why not our lands? Why not the produce of our lands, and every thing we possess, or use? This we conceive annihilates our charter rights to govern and tax ourselves. It strikes at our British privileges, which, as we have never forfeited, we hold in common with our fellow subjects, who are natives of Britain. If tastes are laid upon us in any shape, without our having a legal representation, where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects, to the state of tributary slaves. We, therefore, earnestly recommend it to you, to use your utmost endeavours to obtain from the general court, all necessary advice and instruction to our agent, at this most critical Juncture. . . . We also desire you to use your endeavours, that the other colonies, having the same interests and rights with us, may add their weight to that of this province; that by united application of all who are agreed, all may obtain redress!”

“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.”

“If Virtue and Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.”

“Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may be more dangerous then their arms. Let us then renounce all treaty with them upon any score but that of total separation, and under God trust our cause to our swords.”

“A Standing Army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the Liberties of the People.”

“While the people are virtuous, they cannot be subdued: but when once they lose their virtue, they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.”

“The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”

“Man’s rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.”

“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”

“Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that ‘if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.’ it is a very serious consideration. . . that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event.”

“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.”

“If ye love wealth more than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our country men.”

“I am perfectly satisfied of the necessity of a public and explicit declaration of independence.
I cannot conceive what good reason can be assigned against it.
Will it widen the breach?
This would be a strange question,
after we have raised armies,
and fought battles with the British troops;
set up an American navy;
permitted the inhabitants of these colonies to fit out armed vessels,
to capture the ships, &c.
belonging to any of the inhabitants of Great Britain;
declaring them the enemies of the United Colonies;
and torn into shivers their acts of trade,
by allowing commerce, subject to regulations to be made by ourselves,
with the people of all countries, except such as are subject to the British king.
It cannot surely, after all this,
be imagined that we consider ourselves,
or mean to be considered by others,
in any other state, than that of independence.”


Do not fear said Deborah "The Lord LEADS" ,
her general said... right behind you girlfriend!
SO GIRLFRIEND
STAND UP AND LEAD
YOU EVEN YOU!

Do not look away from Tyranny,
Save Store Warn
T Ruth seeker

Words of a wise woman Abigail Adams

Abigail S. Adams (1744-1818)
Women of Letters

“. . . in the new Code of Law which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. . . . If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.”

“Let each planet shine in their own orbit, God and nature designed it so. If man is Lord, woman is Lordess--that is what I contend for, and if a woman does not hold the Reigns of Government, I see no reason for her not judging how they are conducted.”


"The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an ‘equalizer.’ Egalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed--but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. . . If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government--and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws."
The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others."
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

There are going to be defining days ahead.
WE ARE THE DEFINERS!
Purify your heart and prepared
decide to be the head instead of the tail!
DECIDE NOT TO PAY FOR IT
Don't start the building if you do not know if your can afford to build it!
We can not afford not to build!
A unity to conform to the original paradigm
It is time to get angry.


SAVE STORE WARN
T Ruth seeker

Just say no new TAXES NBO WAY BABY

Attached is just one simple explanation as to what is going on with our out of control government spending. It is not the schools or are public services that are in trouble, it is our out of control government that is in trouble. This is just my opinion. We all have one, but I encourage all to vote no on giving the government any more money until they show some responsibility and dealing with the money we have already given them. There is total lack of accountability in our government which has to be reestablished.
Enough said as you know I could ramble on for a long time as to why,
This was sent out just as food for thought because I really want all of you to search your conscience on giving the government any more money when you know they are totally out of control with the money they have now. The only way to stop the monster is to stop feeding the monster.
“NO ON 66 & 67”
Have fun.


Senator Jeff KruseR-Roseburg, District 1Phone: 503-986-1701 900 Court St. NE, S-211 Salem Oregon 97301Email: sen.jeffkruse@state.or.us Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/kruseE-Newsletter Number 1, Volume 1Working Hard For You
TAXES…THE REAL REASON
In the January special election the voters will be asked to support or reject two tax measures. Over the next couple of months you will hear a lot from both sides about the dire consequences of either a yes or a no vote on these measures. Before I get into the merits of the measures I think it is important to understand how we reached this point.
In the 2007 legislative session government grew by over 20%. While the revenue forecast did line up with that rate of growth, we warned leadership at the time it was not sustainable and we should back off. Our advice was ignored. We ended up having to make reductions in budgets during the last quarter of the biennium because,although revenue had increased, it had not increased at the rate projected.
As we entered the 2009 legislative session we had a Governor’s budget that called for an all funds increase of over 4 billion dollars. This was quite simply taking the flawed revenue projection from the last biennium and moving it forward. We knew, as did the Governor, that the money was not there. At the very beginning of the session
legislative leadership was calling for at least one billion dollars in new revenue and this was before there was any consideration of any streamlining or efficiency measures. As it turns out there were no real efforts made to reduce the cost of government or make it more accountable; all efforts went to finding new ways and reasons for expanding government. At the end of the day the all funds budget passed in 2009 was a 9%increase over the previous budget.
Legislative leadership exceeded their own expectations by passing bills increasing taxes,fees, permits, etc. at a level that will take an additional 1.5 billion dollars from the private sector. When you are told we had to cut budgets it is a lie and the people telling you that know it. If you were expecting a $2 an hour raise and only got a $1 an hour raise would you consider it a cut? In the world of politics it is spun just that way.
We are in a recession, which everyone knows; it is just that some people in government react to this situation in a different way than I would. In my opinion job one for the Legislature should be to help restore jobs in the private sector, but the majority party has taken an approach that puts protecting government as the highest priority. To illustrate this point, let’s take a look at the October 2009 job numbers from the Oregon Employment Department. In October the private sector lost 7,800 jobs while the public sector gained 16,300. Those who will tell you the creation of a government job stimulates the economy (and there are several in the Legislature) are demonstrating a total lack of understanding of economic principles. Sure it is great for the person who gets the job, but we are going to run out of “other people’s money”.
Now let’s go back to the actions of the Legislative Assembly. After increasing virtually every fee and license charges and passing four significant tax increases, leadership decided to try and fix the game. They brought forward a bill to set a date for the election, which was appropriate (although it would have been more appropriate if we had referred the taxes to the voters ourselves). However, they were not satisfied with just setting a date. In the original version of the bill there was a provision which would have essentially meant to vote no meant yes and yes meant no. We were able to stop this particular maneuver. We were not successful in stopping the provision that set up a legislative committee to write the ballot titles and explanatory statements. In all other cases of initiatives a committee of proponents and opponents of the measure is created to write the ballot title and explanatory statement and it is overseen by the Secretary of State. When you combine this blatant move by the majority party to control this process with the Governor’s delay in signing the bills to limit the time togather signatures, this can be seen as nothing short of an attack on the initiative process itself.
We know these tax increases are not necessary and there are other ways to balance the budget. In a future newsletter I hope to go into more detail, as we are currently compiling the data. Unfortunately this work is going slower than it should be as we are being blocked from receiving the information we need. I think it is very telling that we might have to file a motion under the Freedom of Information Act to receive data that should be readily available to us as a matter of doing our business.
I will, however, give you one little tidbit now to demonstrate the disingenuousness of the information coming out of government. The Governor announced state employees would be taking up to ten unpaid furlough days as a cost saving measure. On the front end I thought this was absurd simply from the perspective we would have ten additional days the public would not be getting services. But here is the rest of the story according to the number received from the Department of Administrative Services. In 2008 the average compensation (salary and benefits) for a state worker was $68,131 per year. In 2009, even after taking out $2,682 for the furlough days, the average compensation for a state worker increased to $69,028. So the average state worker is receiving an increase of $897 per year for the biennium, plus an additional ten days off. We have also received information that some employees have to work overtime, at time and a half, to make up for the work they missed while on furlough so the actual cost will increase.
Clearly the only reason to support the tax increases is to continue the already alarming rate of the growth of government. During recessions both Presidents Kennedy and Reagan cut taxes. We should learn from history. Please join me in voting NO on Measures 66 and 67 in January. I have had enough of the government being the top priority; it is time to once again put the people first.
Sincerely,
Senator Jeff Kruse
If you are interested in reading my past newsletters please click on my web page link below:http://www.leg.state.or.us/kruse/

History speaking to us!

http://www5.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=895644025/a=1866102025_1866102025/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

THEOBAMADRAMA

Less Transparency

Fewer Jobs

Less Freedom

LESS AS A NATION

and lots more

One Nation UNDER God

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VUo8OuFaiI&feature=player_embedded