This'n'That; February 7th[Words;Taxes;Firearms]

One Must The "Clown Prince"......Why? barack INSANE obama; Mm....MM....Mn!!! absolves harry reid in public for using the [negro] word; presumably has or will absolve rahm emanual for using the [retarded] word. Would it not then be necessary to absolve those who report on both incidents? After all, they're merely repeating--as news--what's already been made public.Yet obama remains on the sidelines while his minions in the "KoolAid" media continue to vilify those mentioning the incidents while ignoring the original perpetrators!! Will The Fascists Never Learn?? [When will they learn that the targets of their "wealth re-distribution" fantasies will either move to another state with tax advantages or just live on their accumulated wealth and stop earning altogether!! When as in New Jersey, the top ONE PERCENT pays 40+% of the state's income tax receipts--there's no where to go but OUT!!!] A study on interstate wealth migration shows that more than $70 billion in wealth left New Jersey between 2004 and 2008 as affluent residents moved elsewhere. This is a swift reversal of fortune for a state once considered the nation’s wealthiest. “The wealth is not being replaced,” said John Havens, who directed the study. “It’s above and beyond the general trend that is affecting the rest of the northeast.” This was not always the case. The study noted the state actually saw an influx of $98 billion in the five years preceding 2004. The exodus of wealth, then, local experts and economists concluded, was a reaction to a series of changes in the state’s tax structure — including increases in the income, sales, property and “millionaire” taxes. “This study makes it crystal clear that New Jersey’s tax policies are resulting in a significant decline in the state’s wealth,” said Dennis Bone, chairman of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and president of Verizon New Jersey. Wealthy residents are a key driver for everything from job creation and consumer spending to the real estate market and the state budget, said Jim Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. “That’s probably why we have these massive income shortfalls in the state budget, especially this year,” he said. Until the tax structure is improved, he said, “we’ll probably see a continuation of the trend, until there are no more high-wealth individuals left.” He added the report reinforces findings from a similar study he conducted in 2007 with fellow Rutgers professor Joseph Seneca, which found a sharp acceleration in residents leaving the state. That report, which focused on income rather than wealth, found the state lost nearly $8 billion in gross income in 2005. Findings from the report show that about 302,780 households left New Jersey between 2004 and 2008, only slightly lower than the 323,350 households that moved into the state. However, the average net worth of the departing households was about 70 percent higher, at $618,330. Those who left were also more likely to be older and more educated, with jobs as entrepreneurs or in the finance and professional industries, the study found. Those replacing them tended to hold management or support jobs in the manufacturing industry. Gov. Chris Christie’s administration said the report is just another reminder of the difficult tasks ahead. “It’s the consequence that we’ve been talking about for so long, of the spending and taxing habits that we’ve all experienced,” said Mike Drewniak, a spokesman for Christie. “It’s the sort of thing that we feel the need to stop so we can get New Jersey back on a prosperous path.” 22 States Invoke The Tenth Amendment!! [From: http://firearmsfreedomact.com ] Around the country, twenty two states are currently considering a bill known as the “Firearms Freedom Act.” This bill declares that guns, accessories, and ammunition made within a state, sold within that state and kept in that state are not subject to federal laws or regulations under the “Interstate Commerce Clause” of the Constitution. Montana and Tennessee passed a Firearms Freedom Act into law in 2009, and a number of states are moving that direction in the 2010 legislative session. In South Carolina, where a Firearms Freedom Act was also introduced in 2009, some representatives have taken things a step further. NULLIFYING GUN REGISTRATIONS The South Carolina General Assembly recently introduced House Bill 4509 (H4509), which if passed, would make law that “no public official of any jurisdiction may require registration of purchasers of firearms or ammunition within the boundaries of this State.” This bill says NO to all gun registrations – period. The principle behind such legislation is nullification, which has a long history in the American tradition. In the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Thomas Jefferson wrote in response to the hated Alien and Sedition Acts:

“The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government” and “where powers are assumed [by the federal government] which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy: that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits: that without this right, they would be under the dominion, absolute and unlimited, of whosoever might exercise this right of judgment for them”

In short, nullification means this: The state is taking a position that a particular federal law is unconstitutional, and thus, the law in question is void and inoperative, or ‘non-effective,’ within the boundaries of that state; or, in other words, not a law as far as that state is concerned. But nullification is much more than just mere rhetoric. To nullify a federal law in practice requires active resistance to it by the people and the state government. INTERPOSITION In the Virginia Resolution of 1798, James Madison wrote of the principle of interposition:

That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting the compact; as no further valid that they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.

Here Madison asserts what is implied in nullification laws – that state governments not only have the right to resist unconstitutional federal acts, but that, in order to protect liberty, they are “duty bound to interpose” or stand between the federal government and the people of the state. H4509 includes strong language to assert this principle:

Federal agents have flouted the United States Constitution and foresworn their oath to support this Constitution by requiring registration of the purchasers of firearms and ammunition, and these requirements violate the limits of authority placed upon the federal agents by the United States Constitution and are dangerous to the liberties of the people(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no public official of any jurisdiction may require registration of purchasers of firearms or ammunition within the boundaries of this State. (C) Any person violating the provisions of this subsection (B) is guilty of a felony and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or a term f imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.

A GROWING MOVEMENT Supporters of such legislation point to laws passed by other states that have effectively nullified federal laws around the country.

Fourteen states have now defied federal laws on marijuana. And, two dozen states have refused to comply with the Bush-era Real ID Act, rendering that 2005 law virtually null and void today.

Guns, national ID cards, and weed might be just the early stages of a quickly growing movement to nullify other federal laws seen as outside the scope of their constitutionally-delegated powers.

In states around the country this year, bills have been proposed to defy or nullify federal laws on health care, use of national guard troops overseas, legal tender laws, cap and trade, and even the process of collecting federal income taxes.

The final goal? It’s a long way off – a federal government that follows the strict limits of the constitution, whether it wants to or not. Firearms Freedom Act [From: http://firearmsfreedomact.com ] States which passed "Firearms Freedom Act" legislation:

• Montana
• Tennessee

States which have introduced a "Firearms Freedom Act" legislation:

• Washington [state]
• Utah
• Arizona
• Wyoming
• Colorado
• Alaska
• Texas
• Oklahoma
• Kansas
• South Dakota
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Alabama
• Kentucky
• Indiana
• Ohio
• Michigan
• New Hampshire
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia
• South Carolina
• Florida

States which intend to introduce "Firearms Freedom Act" legislation:

• Idaho
• New Mexico
• Louisiana
• Arkansas
• West Virginia
• North Carolina
• Georgia

Do-Nothing States:

• Hawaii
• California
• Oregon
• Nevada
• North Dakota
• Nebraska
• Iowa
• Wilsconsin
• Illinois
• Mississippi
• Maine
• Vermont
• Massachusetts
• New York
• Connecticut
• New Jersey
• Maryland
• Delaware
• District of Columbia

Til Nex'Time....