Liberty's Refuge

The Rich Don’t Pay Their Fair Share

grampslcf January 11, 2023 Comments Off

This is a mantra that we often hear from Democratic politicians. Often, they’ll try to justify a new tax by assuring the voters that it’s being enacted to “get the rich to pay their fair share.” Or they will condemn a tax cutting scheme as being one aimed to relieve the rich of their “fair share” burden of taxation.

Highlights & Lowlights

grampslcf January 10, 2023 Comments Off

The House of Representatives on Monday evening voted 221-210 to repeal funding for 87,000 IRS agents.

The so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ gave $79.6 billion to the IRS over the next 10 years.
These agents were expected to target middle class and low-income Americans. Without the 87,000 agents, the IRS had audited the poor at 5 times the rate of everyone else according to a new analysis of IRS data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University.

There is no telling just how much tighter the squeeze would have been without this House action.

Promises made, promises kept.

House Rules Changes Passed

grampslcf January 10, 2023 1 Comment

With little drama the House of Representatives passed the rules package which will govern their deliberations on Monday night 220-213. It was the first order of business for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s new majority on the first day of the 118th legislative session. The 55-page package includes most of the concessions McCarthy made to the conservative caucus.

Questions

grampslcf January 10, 2023 Comments Off

Victor Davis Hanson has questions for the country. Every American, Democrat, Republican or independent should want answers to these questions. Perhaps Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Hakeem Jeffries, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell would deign to answer them since all of this has taken place on their watch. If they won’t answer them, they should be removed from Congress along with any and all other leadership in Congress who facilitated this coup.

Electric Vehicles and Winter

grampslcf January 9, 2023 Comments Off

The recent cold weather has introduced many people to the disadvantages of electric vehicles. Frigid temperatures cause the batteries on EV’s to drain more quickly, a lot more quickly as the temperature goes down. The following is one story that illustrates this problem.

Potemkin Villages and Great Pretending

grampslcf January 9, 2023 Comments Off

Neil Oliver hits another home run this week with his monologue. I agree with Sundance when he says,

“I like Neil Oliver a lot. I like his perspective, his deliberate nature, his refusal to accept the bullshit, and this monologue is one of the reasons why. I have said it before that in the era of great pretending, the influential people will be those who do not play the game of pretense. Neil Oliver is one of those people who refuses to play.”

Ralph Norman’s Take

grampslcf January 7, 2023 Comments Off

Ralph Norman’s take of what has been accomplished.

MAJOR wins in the final deal for House Speaker. We’re finally in a good place. Details of this deal include:

Ukrainian Escalation

grampslcf January 7, 2023 Comments Off

As most who are following the conflict in Ukraine know, on New Year’s Day (12:02 AM to be precise), “Ukraine” fired six HIMARS missiles at a Russian troop facility in Donetsk. Some 80+ troops were killed according to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD). Kiev claimed that some 400 Russian soldiers might have been killed. This has been hailed in the western media as a great Ukrainian victory and proof of the fairy tale that Ukraine is about to overrun the Russians.

Reap What You Sow

grampslcf January 7, 2023 Comments Off

How far down the slippery slope is this country? In Arizona, Maricopa County attorney Tom Liddy argued that it was “political malpractice” for a campaign to tell voters to vote in person on election day instead of voting early. In the ongoing election trial, Liddy argued that “you reap what you sow,” meaning that Lake’s campaign lost because of the strategy of urging voters to vote in person on Election Day.

Broken System

grampslcf January 6, 2023 Comments Off

Representatives that few people have ever heard about are standing up for We The People. Ralph Norman from South Carolina has distinguished himself by calling out the problems with the “broken system.”

Representative Matt Rosendale (R-MT) is another “voice in the wilderness” telling the truth. Rosendale railed against Congress’s “broken system” as he nominated Byron Donalds for the 9th round of voting in the race for Speaker of the House on Thursday.