This'n'That; October Sixteenth #1; Compromise?!?

How The Hell Did We Get Here?
    How did we get--yet again--to the brink of--as the obamacRATics would have you believe--bringing down the entire planetary economy?  The entire debacle can primarily be laid at the feet of the obamacRATics and old-line democRATics., secondarily at the feet of every member of Congress.
    Federal law and the U.S. Constitution require that a federal budget be constantly in force.  The process usually starts with the president's (or in the current case, the "Clown Prince's") budget proposals to the Congress.  The Congress then--along with the Senate and the House's budget proposals--merges through compromise, the proposals put forth to end with a federal budget.  Said budget is then sent forward for the ruler's approval [disapproval] and signature into law [veto].  This is the point at which the federal government agrees to spend the taxpayers' money as if it grew on trees and with very little accountability.
    Deficit spending--year by year--is generally a collusion between the two houses of Congress and the president.  This really came to bear during "Clown Prince" obama's first two years of reign with an obamacRATically controlled House and Senate.  We were subjected to the socio-fascist spending in TARP, in the Stimulus (PORKulus) as well as the early expenses involved with the major obama fiasco: obamaKare.  As noted in the two pie charts below, the "Clown Prince" and Congress habitually far outspend the treasury's receipts. 
[The charts indicate a deficit of $1.09 TRILLION {$1.09 Thousand-Billion!!}] 




    The debt ceiling is an entirely different matter.  The federal government--since 1910-1911--has had a national debt of at least $2.765 Billion and in most years--no matter the president or the majority party in Congress--has risen steadily.  The first serious "growth spurt" came between 1930-1940 when FDR tried to buy his way out of the Roosevelt Depression rather than cutting personal income taxes and gettin' ta hell outa the way!!  Not only did FDR continue to spend more-and-more money he didn't have, he did it with personal tax rates of between 25% (1930) and 79% (1940).  Just to illustrate what economic 'Whiz-Kids' the democrats are, WWII ended with a personal tax rate of 94%!!  That means the bracket allowed the earner to only keep a measly six bucks out of every $100 he earned!!  Again no matter the party or regime in power, the federal debt has grown to today's $16.964 TRILLION.  Without a congressionally controlled debt ceiling--as "Clown Prince" obama has actually suggested--one can just imagine how far the socio-fascist obamacRATics would have pushed it JUST in the past five years of obamanomics!!
    Now we come to the "surrenderepublicRATs"  the very persons whose spines are as limp as their principles!  We have to await the 'votes-by-name' in both the House and the Senate, but those republicRATs who campaigned on fiscal responsibility must not get away with placating "Clown Prince" obama's enormous ego!!  At the least, each affirmative voting republicRAT MUST be primaried in his/her next election season; every socio-fascist MUST be opposed no matter the chances of success.  The majority of the country is opposed to both obamaKare and raising the debt ceiling!!
That's all I got.
Til Nex'Time....
Justin Case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_budget_process
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Budget_and_Impoundment_Control_Act_of_1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm-Rudman-Hollings_Balanced_Budget_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_Enforcement_Act_of_1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_Budget_Act_of_1997
http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html
http://usdebtclock.org/

Clarifying "Clown Prince" obama's Blather; September Sixteenth

Clarifying the Blather
The "clownish" blather out of barackINGHAM PALACE is in dire need of clarification.  If--and that's a huge 'if'--"Clown Prince" obama were prone to bouts of truthful bluster AND if he had the best interests of the country and its' people at heart, he'd have blathered his topics differently, to wit:
"I want to be clear though that, even as we've dealt with the situation in Syria, we've continued to focus on my number one priority since the day I took office, making sure we recover from the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, and rebuilding our economy so it works for everybody who's willing to work hard, so that everybody who is willing to take responsibility for their lives has a chance to get ahead."
~~Truth-be-told, the number one priority of this cabal has been golfing followed closely by the emperor's MONTHLY vacations costing the federal treasury billions.  Remember: Michelle "Antoinette" has her own taxpayer-funded travel schedule, sometimes to the same destination, but unable to wait the 2 or 3 hours necessary to travel with the "Clown Prince!"~~
"It was five years ago, this week, that the financial crisis rocked Wall Street, and sent an economy already into recession, into a tail spin. And it's hard sometimes to remember everything that happened during those -- those months, but in a matter of a frightening few days and weeks, some of the largest investment banks in the world failed, stock markets plunged, banks stopped lending to families and small businesses, our auto industry -- the heartbeat of American manufacturing -- was flat-lining.
By the time I took office, the economy was shrinking by an annual rate of more than 8 percent. Our businesses were shedding 800,000 jobs each month. It was a perfect storm that would rob millions of Americans of jobs and homes and savings that they had worked a lifetime to build."
~~This 'tailspin' the "Clown Prince" refers to is in part, the culmination of years of policies instituted by "Slick Willie" Clinton and his HUD Secretary--the current (and sadly) New York Governor--Andrew "King" Cuomo.  "Slick Willie's" prime policy culprit was the Sub-Prime Mortgage scandal.  The mortgages granted to those who could ill-afford them and had no compunction to repay, were bundled into investments and sold, resold and resold again and again.  This pyramid scheme collapsed when the smart people realized the value wasn't there and refused to continue their involvement!  "Clown Prince" obama then added his amateurish incompetence to the mix, to the tune of an amount NO ONE is talking about: EIGHTEEN TRILLION DOLLARS--that's $18,000,000,000,000--when the continuing allotments of qualitative easing are added.~~
"It’s what those earliest days of the crisis caused us to act so quickly through the Recovery Act to arrest the downward spiral and put a floor under the fall. We put people to work, repairing roads and bridges, to keep teachers in our classrooms, our first responders on the streets. We helped responsible homeowners modify their mortgages so that more of them could keep their homes. We helped jump-start the flow of credit to help more small businesses keep their doors open. We saved the American auto industry."
~~The Recovery Act became The Donors, Bundlers and Supporters Payback Act and beyond the crony payoffs, did little to reduce the affects of the oncoming obama Depression.  Few roads and fewer bridges ever got the attention they needed; the teachers were under little threat due to tenure; the limited funds for the police and firemen were administered by the states and were only available to fund said responders for a single year.  Again, the "Clown Prince" continued the failed "Slick Willie"-"King" Cuomo sub-prime mortgage fiasco, further alleviating any personal responsibility on the part of the home buyers.  Rather than letting the nature of business take it's course, the cabal  intervened in General Motors' impending bankruptcy, but only to the extent of bailing out the auto unions with cash, an ownership stake in GM as well as placing the UAW retirement system under federal control/funding.  The US Treasury is still a major stakeholder in General Motors, monies the taxpayer will never recover!~~
"....so we took on a broken health care system, we invested in new American technologies to end our addiction to foreign oil, we put in place tough new rules on big banks...."
"We also changed a tax code that was too skewed in favor of the wealthiest Americans. We locked in tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans."
~~The obama lip service to the nearly destroyed middleclass continues. Whatever was 'broken' in the previous healthcare system, obamaKare ignored.  Whatever worked in the previous healthcare system, obamaKare DESTROYED.  The cabal campaigned on the (alleged) 30 million Americans without health insurance.  IF AND WHEN obamaKare is fully implemented, the same 30 million Americans--plus millions of illegal 'democrats'--will still be lacking health insurance.  A 'quick-fix' for the obama Cabal would have been to open health insurance providers to nationwide sales and marketing.  With competition comes fair and AFFORDABLE premiums!!
 Any time the taxpayer hears the word 'investment' from any branch of any government, best they should hang onto their wallets!!  There have been solutions available to both parties to lessen the affects of foreign oil.  Were they considered? N-o-o-o-o-o!!  Since the "Clown Prince's" immaculation, he could have--with the stroke of a pen; by executive order--made the United States the successor to Saudi Arabia in the world's oil marketplace.  obama could have easily approved the Keystone XL pipeline project.  obama could have easily opened federal lands to exploration development of both drilling and fracking.  Did he consider it?  N-o-o-o-o-o!!  Instead, the best play--in his limited common sense--was to bankroll alternative energies, their development and production.  The "Clown Prince" GAVE tens-of-billions to alternative energy companies and--wouldn'cha know it--almost immediately thereafter, at least EIGHT solar companies filed for bankruptcy after--of course--paying their obama donors, bundlers and supporters millions in bonus money!!
The 'new-and-improved' banking rules benefitted Big Banking at the expense of the lowly middleclass.  More stringent control over practically anything the middleclass investor wanted to do rather than restricting much of the banking industry.
Rather than considering the complete scrapping of the current tax code in favor of a fair or flat tax, the cabal passed out miniscule tax cuts while simultaneously strangling business/corporate investment by taxing money away from the wealthier among us, money that undoubtedly could have been invested in R and D, in plant and equipment.  A fair or flat taxing system could have been written to ensure the treasury had sufficient funds to piss away as they do today!~~
"....over the last three-and-a-half years, our businesses have added 7.5 million new jobs. The unemployment rate has come down. Our housing market is healing. Our financial system is safer. We sell more goods made in America to the rest of the world than ever before. We generate more renewable energy than ever before. We produce more natural gas than anybody. Health care costs are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years."
~~Over the past three-and-a-half years, our businesses have lost nearly TEN MILLION JOBS, thus the obama obfuscation is necessary.
Any other president would be ashamed of a 7.4% unemployment rate.  The primary reason the obama rate has come down from the 10% range is the severe reduction in the labor participation rate.  If the participation rate were the same as during the President Bush years, the obama unemployment rate would be in the 22-25% range, and he'd still be proud of it!!  As it is, the U-6 unemployment rate (that counts EVERYONE) is in the 15% range.  A dam' shame for a president; acceptable for a ruler.
The obama Cabal is still backing a sub-prime mortgage pyramid scheme and is very likely to continue until the next housing collapse.  I doubt that the financial system is safer but no matter, the middleclass has little money.  obama's much celebrated renewable energy plan is unworkable.  All facets of alternative energy rely on sizeable, annual government subsidies; none are self-sustaining, stand alone!  It's not due to obama that we produce more natural gas than anybody.  He's done everything possible to thwart the petroleum/natural gas industries.  The vast majority of production occurs on private lands where obama has little control, at least for now.  Due to obamaKare, the costs to the individual, to the family are growing exponentially, if they can find coverage at all!  obamaKare is the mirror image of the disaster that is the obama Cabal.~~
"We need to grow faster. We need more good-paying jobs. We need more broad-based prosperity. We need more ladders of opportunity for people who are currently poor, but want to get into the middle class.
Because even though our businesses are creating new jobs and have broken record profits, the top 1 percent of Americans took home 20 percent of the nation’s income last year, while the average worker isn’t seeing a raise at all.
In fact, that understates the problem. Most of the gains have gone to the top one-tenth of 1 percent. So in many ways, the trends that have taken hold over the past few decades of a winner-take-all economy, where a few do better and better and better, while everybody else just treads water or loses ground, those trends have been made worse by the recession."
~~Everything--and I mean EVERYTHING--that the obama Cabal has f*cked up thus far, can be laid at the feet of obamaKare!!  Every ill in the previous paragraph has been exacerbated by the unintended--or intended--consequences of obamaKare!  America has gone from the 19th century standard 100-hour, six-day workweek to become a nation with the new 29-hour workweek as full time employment.  "Clown Prince" obama can excoriate the rich, the wealthy all he wants, but I've never had a paycheck signed by a poor person!!  It can only get worse if he and the RINOs get their coveted 'comprehensive immigration reform.'  (Remember: in this case 'comprehensive' means open the gates and let the influx of human debris begin!)!!~~
    In the last third of "Clown Prince" obama's blusterful blather, he does little more than add his personal touch to all the socio-fascist bullshit he learned from Saul Alinsky and that dynamic duo: Cloward and Piven!!  The only phrases missing are "It's all Bush's fault" and "You're a racist."  Obama and his minions spend most of their waking moments excoriating the conservatives in the congress.  Those like Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Rand Paul and others who've actually read the US Constitution and stand ready to honor their oath of office.... you know the one:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
(oath emphasis-mine.)
    Now we have the looming conflagration of defunding obamaKare versus an increase in the federal debt ceiling.  For the past several years the Senate has used an illegitimate  continuing spending resolution to continue government operations.  Said resolution instead of an annual budget hides the vast amounts and coverage of the government's spending habits.  "Clown Prince" obama and his Cabal accuse the republicRATic House of favoring a 'government shut-down' rather than cave on defunding the unaffordable, impossible-to-implement, federal health plan.  Imagine giving your morbidly obese child a twenty-dollar-bill in the local candy store!  That's directly akin to continuing to raise the debt ceiling for a socio-fascist spender like the "Clown Prince." 
Til Nex'Time....
Justin Case
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/running-transcript-president-obamas-sept-16-speech-on-the-economy-and-the-navy-yard-shooting/2013/09/16/c63b2c30-1ee4-11e3-b7d1-7153ad47b549_story_1.html
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Oath_Office.htm

This'n'That; November 14th [Economy; Politics]

Is There Any Direction BUT DOWN? Recent reports indicate that first-time unemployment filings rose to 516,000. This number has pushed the unemployment rate to 6.5%. Unemployment is not expected to decline until the estimated peak rate of 9.0% is reached sometime in 2010. Maybe It's Time To Return To The "Misery Index" The "Misery Index" is an economic indicator created in the late 1960s by Arthur Okun, an economic advisor to President Johnson. The index is determined by adding the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. It assumed that both a higher rate of unemployment or a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs of the [or any] country. So, to determine the current "Misery Index" we must add: The unemployment rate: 6.5% The inflation rate: 4.94% ---------- " Misery Index" 11.44 An unintended indicator: Some economists contend that the components of the "Misery Index" drive the crime rate to a dregree. They've found that the "Misery Index" and the crime rate correlate strongly and that the "Misery Index" seems to lead the crime rate by a year or so. I found a chart that ranks all the Presidents since World War II, with the lowest rank indicating the lowest average "Misery Ranking:" ** #1 Dwight Eisenhower [1953-1960] 6.26 #2 Lyndon Johnson [1963-1968] 6.78 #3 John Kennedy [1961-1962] 7.27 #4 William Clinton [1993-2000] 7.80 #5 Harry Truman [1948-1952] 7.87 #6 George Bush [2001-2005] 7.98 #7 Richard Nixon [1969-1973] 9.98 #8 George H.W. Bush [1989-1992] 10.68 #9 Ronald Reagan [1981-1988] 12.19 #10 Gerald Ford [1974-1976] 15.93 #11 James Carter [1977-1980] 16.27 Obamanyms [One can't understand the game without a playbook] OBAMAPHORIA: A worldwide euphoria that spread over his supporters. OBAMANATION: Expressed by evangelicals and other conservatives who opposed many of his stances. OBAMARAMA: The Inauguration Day celebrations. OBAMANOS: "Let's go" among his fans in Mexico. OBAMATOPIA: The political paradise supporters expect him to usher in late on the afternoon of January 20th. OBAMALUJAH: Exultation shouted by his fans. OBAMATRONS: The "policy wonks" in his White House. OBAMASCOPE: Media scrutiny of the new leader. OBAMANATOR: Hollywood nickname for the new leader. OBAMALICIOUS: Term used by supporters who like his looks. OBAMALOHA: Goodbye from his birthplace, Hawaii. Oh-BAMA: Joyful exclamation. OBAMERIKA: Headline from the Croatian paper; Slobodna Dalmacija. BARACKSTAR: He's the "Mick Jagger" of politics. What PEBO Is Up Against PEBO is inheriting the ongoing economic crisis and a two-front war. Lest we forget biden's forecast of PEBO test by crisis!! He started rolling back his "pie-in-the-sky" promises during his election night acceptance speech. "Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term." Research by Harold Holzer, author of Lincoln, President-Elect, indicates that 'the most successful transformative presidencies were patient between the election and the inauguration.' Here We Go..... Next week the congress returns. They will meet to finish remaining business before the 110th Congress. In September, the House passed a $57 billion stimulus package which was to focus primarily on infrastructure projects. The previous stimulus was $150 billion; the one that sent checks to American Taxpayers. The infrastructure stimulus package should have a net positive effect on the economy. A major problem with this action is that it requires MORE DEFICIT SPENDING. ***As of November 11, 2008, then National Debt is $10.6 TRILLION!! What most taxpayers don't know is that the THIRD LARGEST EXPENSE in the federal budget is the interest paid on the National Debt [2008=$412 billion]!! The LARGEST SINGLE ITEM in the budget is social spending; welfare, food stamps, etc. "For society as a whole, nothing comes as a 'right' to which we are 'entitled.' Even bare subsistence has to be produced.... The only way anyone can have a right to something that has to be produced is to force someone else to produce it.... The more things are provided as 'rights,' the less the recipients have to work and the more the providers have to carry the load." ............................Dr Thomas Sewell, economist, columnist for Forbes Magazine. EVERY YEAR SINCE 1969, Congress has spent more money than it's income!! Even when governmentofficials say they have a surplus, they still SPEND MORE THAN THEY TAKE IN!! We pay interest on a very large debt. "A politician cannot spend one dime on any spending project without first taking that dime from the person who earned it. So, when a politician votes for a spending bill he is saying that he believes the government should spend that particular dollar rather than the individual who worked for it." ...............................................Neal Boortz, national talkshow host, WSB-Atlanta. "There is no such thing as government money-ONLY TAXPAYER MONEY." .............................William Weld, Former Governor of Massachusetts. Til Nex'time....................

This'n'That; November 7th[Stocks;401-k;Wlth Re-dist]

Stock Ownership When Ronald Reagan was elected, less than 20% of the voters owned individual stocks. When George Bush was re-elected over two-thirds of the voters were stock holders. PEBO Answer More Correct Than We Realized When "Joe the Plumber" asked Obama about his tax proposals, the candidate revealed that he was in favor of "redristribution of wealth." PEBO now intends to have an active hand in Congressional fiscal policy, even before he takes over the reins of government. He has expressed his desires for another stimulus and what that package should look like. PEBO wants the package to total at least $175 Billion. The spending should be on roads, bridges and aid to financially strapped states. e also wants a rebate of $500 for individuals, $1,000 for families and a new $3,000 credit for employers for each new job created. Statistics show that each new job costs $20-35,000 to create !!! Lotsa fallacies in this latest PEBO proposal: The previous rebate to taxpayers didn't stimulate the economy as expected. Most rebate money ended up in savings; the only "stimulating" funds were used to pay down credit card debt, not spent at Walmart. Any rebate, by definition [to return a portion of a sum paid] indicates that the American taxpayer is overtaxed/the product is over-priced !!! The far better action is a tax cut involving ALL TAXPAYERS. The previous rebate was paid to practically anyone who had earned income, even those who are partial WELFARE RATS. These rebates can be equated to the restaurant that forces it's wait-staff to pool their tips. The staff puts their daily tips "into a jug" and the total is split evenly by the whole staff at the end of the week. Both tip-pooling and rebates reward poor service/ behavior/planning. The PEBO proposed stinulus package does very little beyond rewarding poor performance/planning. The states that will qualify for aid are those whose fiscal policies allow them to spend themselves into a hole and wait for someone to bail them out, WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY !!! Speaking Of "Redistribution Of Wealth," Are 401-k Accounts In Peril ? Looks to me like the new adminitration and the Democrat controlled Congress are gonna turn left into socialism. Americans have about $3 TRILLION invested in individual 401-k accounts. Deposits to these accounts generate $80 Billion in tax breaks via pre-tax dollars. George Miller, D-Ca [Chairman, House Education and Labor Committee] and Jim McDermott, D-Wa [Chairman, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support] are looking into redirecting those tax breaks into a new system of guaranteed retirement accounts to which ALL workers would be OBLIGED to contribute [Isn't this what Social Security is ??]. Recently a House Democrat Subcommittee listened to Teresa Ghilarducci [Professor, New School of Social Research] expound on her idea to elimimate the preferential tax treatment of 401-k's. She wants the government to put ALL funds from 401-k accounts into government created "guaranteed retirement accounts." Each worker would have his/her own guaranteed account. The government would deposit $600 [indexed to inflation] annually into each account. Each worker could deposit up to 5% of earned income per year. The government would pay a DISMAL 3% annual return. I'm sure that when the socialists confiscate the funds from your 401-k, you'll not get your full value. With "redistribution of wealth" there'll probably be a formula that will give the greater portion of YOUR FUNDS to those slugs who have less or no money in their retirement accounts. GAWD !!! Look at the horrible financial condition of the Social Security system.... and the government thiks it can do better with these newly created retirement accounts ? BULLSHIT [oops.... I meant bovine fecal matter, honest] !!! Foreign Precedent For Stealing Retirement Funds A socialist government has no greater destructive affect on it's workers, nor greater control over them, than to steal their retirement savings. The Argentinian government recently announced that they would propose that their Congress nationalize the Pension and Retirement Plan Administration [similar to US' mutual funds]. The plan administration manages millions of Argentinians' retirement funds which under the proposal, would go to the government. I suspect the primary reason for the proposal is a short-term cash infusion to the federal treasury. Some PEBO Transition Team Members Some names mentioned are "The Sage of Omaha-Warren Buffet, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, former Clinton Administration lackies, Robert Reich, Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers Mister Buffett is a legend in the world of investment and money management. He has an uncanny intuition for finding value investments and highly successful financial and personnel managers. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is a suspect choice at best. When Ms Granholm took office in January, 2003, the state's unemployment rate was 6.7%. Today the estimated state unemployment rate is 8.7%. Mr Reich first became acquainted with "Slick Willie" when they both were Rhodes Scholars. After graduation from Yale Law, he became the ass't solicitor general in the Justice Department, serving from 1974-76. Other positions he's held: Federal Trade Commission, 1976-81; Director of Policy Planning. Kennedy School of Government, 1981-92; Professor Secretary of Labor, 1993-96; He's considered by many to be a neoliberal [a blending of traditional liberal concerns for social justive with an emphasis on economic growth]. This mindset should put him in good sted with PEBO; socialism+economic savvy. The other Clinton lackey, Mr Rubin, was a major supporter of legislation to break down the barriers between banking, insurance and securities. This bill, the very same that PEBO attacked during the campaign, is entitled: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, BreakingDown Walls Between Banking, Insurance, And Securities Firms Erected By Depression-Era Glass-Steagall Act [WHEW!!! Thatsa mouthful!!]. Aside from Mr Rubin, several PEBO advisors supported this bill: ^^Senator Joe Biden-VP Elect ^^Lawrence Summers [Clinton Treasury Sec'y; 1999-2001]-PEBO Economic Advisor. Secretary Summers, welcoming observers of the bill signing ceremony: "Let me welcome you all here today for the signing of this historic legislation. With this bill, the American financial system takes a major step forward towards the 21st century, on that will benefit American consumers, business, and the national economy for many years to come." ^^Gene Sperling [Deputy Dir., National Economic Council-1993-96; Dir., National Economic Council-1996-2000]-PEBO Economic Advisor. Mr Sperling also served as Hillary Clinton's Economic Advisor. Can anyone see the hypocrisy here? PEBO has enlisted the aid of the same minds that served "Slick Willie's" interests in crafting and promoting the very bill that led to the current economic "meltdown!!!" Buffalo Bills Payroll It's been some time since I was last a Bills fan. I left the fold during the Jim Kelley era. I just got sick of seeing Kelley on the Monday Evening News Shows. Each time the Bills won-it was all about Kelley, how he had accomplished the victory almost single-handedly. When the Bills lost-there's was practically no end to those players who failed to perform, in Kelley's opinion. This season I've risen in devotion to that of an apathetic fan. I can take'em or leave'em, watching if the game isn't blacked out-if it is... whatta hey...... The salary figures of these few players include the entirety of any and all bonus monies, no matter what year they have been or will be, paid: Evans, Lee Wide Receiver $11,818,812 Schobel, Aaron Defensive End $7,156,889 McKelvin, Leodis Corner Back $6,888,750 Those are the top three paid players. The list is in neumerical-dollar amount order and contains 56 active players. One has to go w-a-y down the list to get to the quarterbacks [Losman-#13; Edwards-#35; Baker-#56] . Losman, Jonathan Paul Qtrback $3,330,480 Edwards, Trent Qtrback $624,440 Baker, Matt Qtrback $297,520 NY Mayor To Fit Right In With "Redistribution Of Wealth" Bloomberg, in an attempt to save money is redistributing wealth from the city's residents and commuters to the city's coffers. He's warned of tax hikes, eliminating jobs and considering eliminating two pieces of property tax relief for homeowners. Some of the fees increased: Red Carpet Events. They cause hassles that include taking over sidewalks, laying down the carpet, blocking off a media area, connecting a power generator and pitching a tent outside. Depending on the size of the event, the city charges up to $5,000. The highest fee, for an event where thousands of people are expected on the street, would now be $24,000. City Hall also plans to increase oversize truck permits from $25 to $35. Street parking will increase in parts of Manhattan, south of 60th Street. Currently, most meters charge $1 per hour. This will increase to $2 per hour. Til Nex'time.........