Excellent video! ... By: trime1851. on 24 Apr 12, 02:16:36 Excellent video! Since OPM and all the Executive Branch Agencies are run by Democratic Political Appointees, this is a Democratic Party problem. Senator Warner should ask the President why his appointees have made a? conscious decision to not provide enough resources to support retirees.
And, this is a deliberate conscious decision.
For a start the ... By: Meade556. on 24 Apr 12, 01:34:55 For a start the legislation is legion this is a deliberately and disgustingly anti-Civil Service Congress. They would rather stick it to new Federal workers? with a special tax on them rather than end tax giveaways to Hedge Funds and Oil Companies.
If that? was it ... By: Meade556. on 24 Apr 12, 01:31:48 If that? was it they could have simply said "Feds have better job security than private sector" which in itself is not entirely true as 75,000 are fired or "encouraged to leave" each year. I'm not going to lay out all the bills that Republicans have sponsored to extend Federal pay freezes, slash pensions, freeze Federal pay rather than see DoD sequestes kick in, comments made by Mssrs Bachman, Chaffetz and others on Feds, or comments made by wingers on articles about Feds, that is up to you.
I think you ... By: tikifire86. on 24 Apr 12, 01:06:26 I think you misinterpreted that...? the only clear implication I got out of that was "Feds have job security!" Could you please give me a little more info on how Federal workers get dumped on by Republicans? I'm not following your reasoning >.
Nope, I mean when ... By: Meade556. on 23 Apr 12, 22:07:53 Nope, I mean when US Today publishes? "Federal workers more likely to die than be fired" in order to stir outrage, the clear implication is "Feds die" and if you read comments on Federal workers, they are simply appalling, those men and women get dumped on horribly by the Republicans and their supporters, they're people who are using Feds as a piggy bank rather than taxing the rich.
It's not that they ... By: tikifire86. on 23 Apr 12, 20:31:37 It's not that they don't care/their supporters want federal employees to die, it's that the issue doesn't have? enough attention/their supporters don't care. Let's not go to extremes! Let's try to shed more light on the issue.
While I'm glad that ... By: Meade556. on 23 Apr 12, 19:51:56 While I'm glad that you are bringing this up Senator Warner and showing how sometimes not granting Federal requests for new hardware and software, it? is sad that 47 of your colleagues are happy to let Federal employees die and have been sent to Washington by people who want Federal employees and retirees to die.
Why has the video ... By: nhvids. on 27 Apr 12, 14:39:02 Why has the video been pulled from CNN? People need to see this! My previous employer did the same thing to me after I became very ill from their building, denying everything. Mold makes people extremely? ill!
I have been out of ... By: Tinker1827. on 23 Apr 12, 04:19:16 I have been out of my house for over a month? and I need to know the number to the congress women I have been fighting for our money back some please give me the number!
Why isn't the Home ... By: 12333mel. on 17 Apr 12, 15:08:18 Why isn't the Home Front Video on CNN? ? Our Military Deserves Better!!
Same? to you, ... By: Meade556. on 11 Apr 12, 20:43:39 Same? to you, especially since the Taxation clause is unlimited.
Whatever you say.? By: chipk77. on 11 Apr 12, 19:29:16 Whatever you say.?
Again you are ... By: Meade556. on 11 Apr 12, 19:26:00 Again you are confusing seperation of the State from the church and I'm not suggesting Treasury and the Fed are God, merely that the money we? use exists only because of the Govt and that as citizens of the country, under our constitution our Government has a right to tax us. It is saying that the practice of the faith should not be regulated by Caesar considering that this was in the temple, Caesar should not be in the temple.
He DIDN'T say that. ... By: chipk77. on 11 Apr 12, 18:23:07 He DIDN'T say that. You don't get it. I'm not going to keep trying to explain rabbinical rhetoric to a simpleton. I tried to break it down, but apparently you're too simple. Jesus made precisely the OPPOSITE point of what you're saying he did. He did not AFFIRM paying taxes to Caesar, but said they should render unto Caesar what is his. The claim on the coin was that he was God. It was a false claim. The? command to "render" begged the question, "What is Caesars?" You simply fail to comprehend.
Actually giving is ... By: Meade556. on 11 Apr 12, 17:17:05 Actually giving is compulsory and if you do not you are? not going to heaven, and if rich you are likely to have cheated someone and should be overthrown or at least have your actions moderated so said the lord.
Oh really? From the ... By: Meade556. on 11 Apr 12, 17:16:01 Oh really? From the same man who said it was right to pay taxes to Caesar? Sell all your worldly possessions? Stealing? Their money is the surplus off of another's labor and yet you call it stealing? Your money is guaranteed by the US Government and has its seals upon it and you call it stealing? You want to tear down the system that made? you and you call it stealing? I am hardly conflating the two and the Govt is made of humans it is a vehicle through which we all participate.
You are, quite ... By: chipk77. on 11 Apr 12, 17:11:26 You are, quite simply, wrong, and have a simpleton's view of Jesus' teaching that is all too prevalent in "Christianity" today. Stealing from one group to give to another is not charity. The? government nanny state completely removes the human element from charity. Read some passages on Christian giving - it is not compulsory, nor is it a set amount. You are conflating two issues anyway - taxes and charity are not the same thing, nor should they be.
They were not in ... By: Meade556. on 11 Apr 12, 17:06:43 They were not in violation of anything, Jesus laid out, not only then, but other times the seperation of church and state, paying taxes is seperate from faith. Protecting good does mean following the teachings of Jesus about the poor, which is to care for them, Jesus did not say the leper had a pre-existing condition and would have to pay out of? pocket, but rather that we should all look out for another, what institution always does that? Oh right the big bad ol' Fedril gubmint.
cont'd - The Jews ... By: chipk77. on 11 Apr 12, 16:00:20 cont'd - The Jews were in violation of the Torah. He responded with formal rabbinical rhetoric, the point of which was to turn the question back on the questioners, and point out that they? were contradicting the Shema, which is why Jesus uses the words "image" and "inscription" both of which were blasphemous idolatry. One Scripture that properly defines government is Romans 13. What does it say the role of gov't is? To bear the sword to punish evil and protect good. Not create a nanny state.
Jesus' statements ... By: chipk77. on 11 Apr 12, 15:56:37 Jesus' statements say the exact opposite, though other Scriptures explain the government's role and taxes. You are ignorant of both the Scriptures and history. The social context would have been prior Jewish revolts and other Roman oppression, which is the trap behind the question. The coin? Jesus described was inscribed with Caesar's claim to divinity and being the Son of God. The opposite had Pax, the High Priest. Recognize these titles? They all belong to Jesus, i.e. God himself.
Yes it is the ... By: Meade556. on 11 Apr 12, 15:02:27 Yes it is the Govt's money to tax in that it has Caesar's head on it. I have forgotten nothing. People used Caesar's money for their? own uses as do we, but it was the right of Caesar and it remains the right of the Federal Government to tax us, this cannot be disputed. You either have not read or not understood the Bible and your economic theories have been tried and been shown to be ineffective at creating greater prosperity.
You said, "Secondly ... By: chipk77. on 11 Apr 12, 13:02:56 You said, "Secondly it is the Govts money in case you had not looked at a dollar bill lately". FAIL. Not only? are your exegesis, your economics, and your politics total garbage, you can't even remember what you yourself said a few posts ago.
I did watch and it ... By: trime1851. on 11 Apr 12, 02:39:47 I did watch and it was? an excellent speech on this small issue and I gave it "thumbs up" and left a positive comment.
We have larger problems which threaten the Constitutional Republic of The United States of America.
Among the current presidential candidates only Ron Paul has a viable resolution to our looming fiscal disaster.
The other candidates (both Democratic and Republican) are either ignorant, delusional or want the USA to collapse.
I'm still watching.
I never said Caesar ... By: Meade556. on 10 Apr 12, 22:37:27 I never said Caesar owned my wealth anymore than Jesus did, but I like the Lord acknowledge that Caesar has a right to levy taxes and that it is good that he does, much as I may not like it, because of all the public goods which Caesar provides me, which greatly contribute to economic growth and? certainty.
Big difference ... By: chipk77. on 10 Apr 12, 19:41:59 Big difference between "It's OK to pay taxes to Caesar" and "Caesar owns? your personal wealth," genius.
Yeah well he made a ... By: Meade556. on 10 Apr 12, 16:20:55 Yeah well he made a lot of good points in that about the payroll tax holiday. Senator Warner is an? unobjectionable conservative Democrat.
So you and others ... By: Meade556. on 10 Apr 12, 16:19:52 So you and others who ignore the fact that his answer was in response to a question "Is it right to pay taxes? to Caesar?" Our Lord's answer was "Yes." Considering most of these people have been fired or placed on extended WIGI freezes they are hardly unaccountable and really not all waste in any organization can be stopped and tax increases have to be a large part of our deficit solution.
Your exegesis is ... By: chipk77. on 10 Apr 12, 13:55:17 Your exegesis is as? bad as your political philosophy. It's not just about conferences, but about waste in general. What is so hard about this to understand? Unaccountable bureaucrats will always waste money.
One of the related ... By: tikifire86. on 10 Apr 12, 05:22:31 One of the related videos is "Senator Warner on the Payroll? Tax Cut Deal". Please watch it ^_^
Senator Warner, if ... By: trime1851. on 10 Apr 12, 03:27:46 Senator Warner, if you really believe what you just said, put it into action. Don't vote for deficit spending, don't vote for programs that will break the budget (like ObamaCare). Vote to audit the Fed and eventually close? it down. Impeach criminal behavior in government (like Eric Holder). Ron Paul should be your role model. If you don't do this, your words mean nothing and you are part of the problem. I'll watch for your change.
Well yes as Jesus ... By: Meade556. on 10 Apr 12, 02:59:39 Well yes as Jesus said "Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar." The money always has had Caesar's head on it. Second the GSA is really an oddity for Government conferences, rule 1 being: Never have? a conference in Chicago, Boston, New York or Vegas. Instead have one in Detroit, Providence, Newark or Salt Lake City.
LOL! You think ... By: chipk77. on 10 Apr 12, 02:55:57 LOL! You think because it says US Treasury on it that it *belongs* to the government??? Oh my goodness. I did not realize I was talking to an outright commie. You totally missed the point of the GSA comment. This is representative of EVERY government agency. They are so? bloated and wasteful that we do not even come close to getting our money's worth out of them.
They did in that ... By: Meade556. on 10 Apr 12, 02:45:28 They did in that they exploded the deficit you seem to care about so much. Secondly it is the Govts money in case you had not looked at a dollar bill lately, lastly none of our success would be possible without all the services Govt provides. Lastly $823,000 even in most? corporations is a pittance out of the operating budget, it is stupid but all the investigations into it will cost us more than their stupidity.
Bush tax cuts ... By: chipk77. on 10 Apr 12, 02:31:16 Bush tax cuts didn't "cost" the Treasury anything, because the money doesn't BELONG to the Treasury. It BELONGS to the people who made it. And this GSA nonsense is just one example of many. Waste, fraud, and abuse amount to at least what you've suggested. I'm all for stopping the wars. Too bad Obama didn't keep his promise to end them as soon as he got in office. In any case, given that the debt is almost 16 TRILLION, your couple hundred billion dollar cuts are ALSO a pittance.?
$823,000 is one ... By: Meade556. on 10 Apr 12, 01:58:42 $823,000 is one example and although stupid a pittance compared to the GSA's budget. We have a revenue problem, the Bush tax cuts cost the Treasury $300 billion each year. Lifting the income cap on FICA so that every bit of income from whatever source it may be derived is taxed at the full rate would bring in 90 billion. Deferral of overseas income through accounting gimmicks costs Treasury 100 billion a year. LIFO 9 billion and if we ended the wars we would cut over 110 billion in? spending.
Oil production is ... By: WereTech. on 04 Mar 12, 23:30:32 Oil production is up in America. Oil Company profits are up. Oil Companies make higher profits when gasoline prices are higher.
What is the? incentive for American Oil Companies to lower the price of gasoline if it lowers their profits?
Speculators aren't the only ones that make a profit off higher prices.
Do high gas prices help or hurt the average American? Corporations couldn't care less about the average Amercian as long as they consume. That's not patriotism. Who's protecting what?
Excellent speech - ... By: trime1851. on 11 Apr 12, 02:33:46 Excellent speech - good position on this small issue. If our Constitutional Republic is to be saved, a? more radical position is needed.
He requests he does ... By: Meade556. on 23 Feb 12, 18:17:59 He requests he does not set,? Congres does
President Warner ... By: yadig2012. on 20 Feb 12, 16:31:02 President Warner 2016? !!!
@20nudegirls20 ... By: tipuppy2011. on 19 Feb 12, 22:24:58 @20nudegirls20 Hussein Obama proposed the increase and signed approved the budget. Hussein Obama doesn't use congress. He started a war with Libya, in Africa, Syria soon Iran, Russia and China all unconstitutionally. Thank God he is such a failure he? wont be reelected and it might only take 2for generations to undo the damage to the USA that he has caused.
Most Feds earn less ... By: Meade556. on 18 Feb 12, 05:23:27 Most Feds earn less than 80k they should have their pay frozen. Think? about it, we get 15 billion by sticking a nail in the thumb of young people who would want to work for Uncle but the Rs cannot raise taxes on HEDGE FUND MANAGERS? Exxon Mobil? Chevron? Bullies.
Considering the 70 ... By: Meade556. on 18 Feb 12, 05:21:18 Considering the 70 billion in waste in DOD and that everything is being considered in? a ten year time frame, we could go one better and say, right, next year lets cut 30 billion from the DoD budget than POTUS is asking for, 40 billion is a heck of a margin to allow for error, should be more than enough and in the ten year period would have paid for whole shebang, tax cuts, docfix, and unemployment insurance.
Now this tax cut ... By: HemiHead66. on 17 Feb 12, 20:49:40 Now this tax cut will be like the first one, it robs from ourselves. But the GOP are paying for the unemployment benefits by making new Govt employees pay more into their pensions. Of course the GOP shit-birds didn't go after their pensions, they exempt themselves & the rest of the DC crime family. Ya gotta love the GOP, they bitch about the cost of pensions, but not their own. I've been saying this for many years now, the? GOP will never practice what they preach. And Conservatives don't care.
@20nudegirls20 ... By: tipuppy2011. on 17 Feb 12, 19:57:22 @20nudegirls20 Hussein Obama has had the largest defense budget? of any president. PAY ATTENTION!
The FICA tax only ... By: epblue0. on 16 Feb 12, 22:41:06 The FICA tax only applies to the first 110,000 dollars earned per year so I'm not sure what good limiting the? tax to persons earning under 150,000 per year or 250,000 per year (they only pay the tax on the first 110,000 regardless of total) . . . you could say that the the 4.2% rate only applies to the first 50-60,000 and then the remaining is taxed at the 6.2% rate or you could just increase the total earnings subject to the tax so that the burden is more fairly distributed . . .
Thanks for allowing ... By: WereTech. on 16 Feb 12, 22:11:20 Thanks for allowing comments so that we can express our Freedom of Speech.
Once again it is proven that Democracts can (and often are) fiscally consesvative.
Being fiscally conservatve is a good thing.
Federal workers - I'm making roughly a 1/3 of the pay rateI made in 2007 due to the? current job market. Not getting a pay RAISE is not the same thing as taking a hefty pay-cut. I think Federal Workers and Politicians need 2 feel the same pain as average Americans in order for them to resolve it
I'm speechless. ... By: tikifire86. on 16 Feb 12, 22:08:06 I'm speechless. Thank you for? supporting what's best for this country instead of what's popular.
Five weeks after demanding results from the Navy over inadequate conditions in military housing, Senator Warner returned to Hampton Roads to examine repairs made to Lincoln Military Housing properties that affected by mold and water damage.
Senator the ... By: viscomfa. on 24 Jan 12, 01:39:14 Senator the solution to mold problems is often less costly than the? inspections. If you see mold kill it and clean it ...one part Clorox and four parts water solution is sufficient to kill mold, and there are other solutions.
Catastrophic ... By: gregjalbert. on 21 Jan 12, 04:59:35 Catastrophic disruption of the climate is a crime against humanity and other species. -- 'Job-Killing'? EPA Regulations for Chesapeake Bay Will Create 35 Times as Many Jobs as Keystone XL Pipeline: thinkprogress . org/romm/2012/01/04/397397/job-killing-epa-regulations-chesapeake-bay-create-many-jobs-keystone-xl-pipeline/ --? ClimateProgress . org -- StopTarSands . org -- 350 . org -- GreedyLyingBastards . com -- PostCarbon . org -- We can create jobs for organic farmers. End the? pollution.
Expel oil industry ... By: gregjalbert. on 03 Jan 12, 19:24:53 Expel oil industry gangsters from government. ClimateProgress . org has lots of information on the ruinous climate disruption caused by the fossil fuel industry and their customers. Stop the escalation of climate disruption, destroying food crop agriculture productivity, destroying freshwater supplies, destroying coastal infrastructure from rising sea levels, escalation of extreme weather events, escalation of risky? oil drilling and inevitable pollution catastrophes.
Expel oil industry ... By: gregjalbert. on 03 Jan 12, 19:25:27 Expel oil industry gangsters from government. ClimateProgress . org has lots of information on the ruinous climate disruption caused by the fossil fuel industry and their customers. Stop the? escalation of climate disruption, destroying food crop agriculture productivity, destroying freshwater supplies, destroying coastal infrastructure from rising sea levels, escalation of extreme weather events, escalation of risky oil drilling and inevitable pollution catastrophes.
Senator Warner met yesterday in Norfolk with about three-dozen military families, top Navy brass and the company hired to manage off-base Navy housing to sort-out complaints about leaky roofs, windows, mold and rats. "This is no way to treat a Navy family," Senator Warner said after a round table discussion. "This is no way to treat any family."
I think we? have ... By: devensjj. on 16 Apr 12, 07:10:59 I think we? have similar problems in San Diego. I'm glad this is now getting national attention.
Expel oil industry ... By: gregjalbert. on 03 Jan 12, 19:26:12 Expel oil industry gangsters from government. ClimateProgress . org has lots of information on the ruinous climate disruption caused by the fossil fuel industry and their customers. Stop the escalation of climate disruption, destroying food crop agriculture productivity, destroying freshwater supplies, destroying coastal infrastructure from rising sea levels, escalation of extreme weather events,? escalation of risky oil drilling and inevitable pollution catastrophes.
Kewl.
? By: chapatram1. on 10 Dec 11, 00:34:01 Kewl.
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Sen. Warner helped organize a bipartisan coalition of 45 Senators and 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today to urge the debt supercommittee to "go big" in addressing America's $14.5 trillion national debt. The supercommittee has less than one week remaining before it's deadline.
If the ... By: tikifire86. on 16 Nov 11, 22:03:57 If the supercommittee cannot? go big, or even reach an agreement, can this group of senators and House of Representative members put forward their own legislation?
Thank you for ... By: sdpeck78. on 10 Nov 11, 23:02:12 Thank you for taking? the time to prepare and deliver the video. It is an unexpected treat.
Instead of throwing ... By: JoeLittleBear. on 10 Nov 11, 14:07:24 Instead of throwing our young men's bodies, like so much grass,...into the Taliban's lawnmower...in the hope of choking it to a stop....WHY didn't we just drop the A-bomb...after 9/11 and kill them all like a nest of snakes.!? .... No one wins wars by dying for their country......You win wars by making the enemy S.O.B.s die for THEIR country...preferably in LARGE numbers..... Sending our soldiers to become their targets in their back yard is stupid..didn't we learn that in Viet Nam ???
Thank you for ... By: randolphgarrison1. on 10 Nov 11, 00:19:47 Thank you for remembering the families, they actually endure more than us service? members.
I was a Fleet Ballistic Missile Submariner during the Viet Nam error. I am pleased to see the different attitude towards our service members.
I am also happy to have a way to respond to your newsletters. Maybe Webb and the others should try it!
Thank? you Senator ... By: Jim10293. on 09 Nov 11, 23:38:39 Thank? you Senator for pausing to share this message.
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