Clinton/Trump economic proposals

CLINTON/ TRUMP ECONOMIC PROPOSALS COMPARED

PART ONE

Time to start looking at the candidates vision for the country. We are going to start by comparing their economic proposals. Trump's economic proposals are clearly stated at his website. Clinton has a statement with goals but little with details. I tried to gather her proposals from speeches etc.  You can check it out for yourself by checking their websites.

 

INDIVIDUAL TAXES

 

Clinton tax brackets                                                                       Trump tax brackets

 

under & $9275.00 -----0%                                                  under $29,0000                  0%

 

$9275 to 37,650.00      15%                                               $29,000 to $54,000             12%

 

$37,650  to $91,150     25%                                               $54,000 to $154,000            25%

 

$91,150 to $190,150      28%                                              over $154,000                      33%

 

$190,150 to $413,350    33%                                              Cap deductions at $100,000 for indiv.

 

$413,350 to  $415,050   35%                                                                            $200,000 for joint

 

$415,050 to 5,000,000    39%

 

over $5,000.000              43.6%

 

Both propose closing tax loopholes and simplifying the tax code.

 

ESTATE TAXES

 

                        CLINTON                                                                      TRUMP

 

Lower federal estate tax exemption to $3.5 million              Eliminate federal inheritance tax

from $5.45 million. Eliminate step up on inherited

assets. Presently assets are valued at the value on

the day of transfer when inherited. Under Clinton

plan if you inherited stocks from a parent you would

need to pay the capital gain from the time they were

purchased to present value. Inheritance tax of 45 to 65%

Many small business's and farms would be devastated

by this proposal.

 

             CORPORATE AND BUSINESS

 

 

                      CLINTON                                                                         TRUMP

 

35% AS NOW                                                                                 15%

 

                                                               This approach is to make the U.S. competitive with the rest

                                                                  of the world. Most are near 20%

                                                                  U.S. based business could fully expense plant and

                                                                  equipment.     

                                                                  would give up ability to deduct interest expense.

                                                                  10% tax on overseas earnings, which would allow those

                                                                  funds to be repatriated to the U.S.

 

End carried interest tax, which                                   End carried interest tax, which benefits hedge

benefits hedge fund managers.                                   fund managers.

 

 

CHILD CARE DEDUCTIONS

 

                 CLINTON                                                                                TRUMP

 

Limit deduction to 28% of cost.                                    full deduction for children up to 13 years of   

                                                                                       age. for average cost.

                                                                                      

 

 

There is more to be covered in these plans but these are the major details. Clinton plan is mostly same as what we have now. Tax corporate and individuals and redistribute the revenue. Trump plan is focused on increasing growth, encouraging business to continue to be based in U.S., encourage new business to start or locate in the U.S. and let taxpayers to keep more of their income to spend and stimulate the economy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



Is voter fraud a real problem.?

FAITH IN OUR ELECTIONS NEEDS TO BE RESTORED

LOTS OF ACCUSATIONS, LOTS OF UNPROVEN DEFENSES

The Presidential elections are less than 3 weeks away, and again there is much talk about election fraud. Whether true or not, this issue will not be put to rest without a thorough analysis. That certainly will not happen before this election. It is imperative that faith in the election process is maintained but this will not be accomplished by denying that fraud is possible and most likely does exist to some extent. Efforts to require photo id to vote have been fought against by democrats for years, this has only added to peoples fears that they resist this to enable them to fix elections. Whether true or not it suggests that their motives are not in the best interest of our democracy.  If people can rig an election, someone will.

So, first of all lets explore if elections can be manipulated and how that could be done. Lets look at voter machines, if they are not connected to the internet or are capable of being programmed remotely, there is little chance that these machines can be manipulated from someone hacking into them. I assume these machines need to be programed for each election, this is one area that could lend itself to manipulation, but it requires the assistance of voting bureaucrats who control and program the machines. I don't know how this is done, but I would hope it is done individually and not over the internet. I also would assume all these machines are tested by representatives of all parties concerned. This should be able to be accomplished by strict oversight and severe penalties of many years in prison for anyone who should be involved in this kind of activity. There should be tests and analysis done and all these facts made open to the public to put aside any questions that voters may have.

Tallying of votes should be pretty accurate as representative of all parties can be present for this.

The biggest threat to voter fraud is through the registration process. If someone wanted to rig an election, this is were you would start. First would be to have voter registration drives in metropolitan areas, lots of potential voters who could be encouraged to register, they could be enticed with gifts or payment for filling out and signing registration applications, then put into a database that would single out those who are unlikely to ever vote. This would include homeless, and people not part of mainstream society. Now that you have lists of registered voters, who are more than likely not going to vote, you could have people vote for them. This would be enhanced by early voting, so that you would have lots of time, for your designated voters, who again could be paid or enticed with gifts to accomplish voting many times. This would not be able to be revealed, without voters producing id to see if this is the registered person. This is a database that could be added to every year, it could be pursued 365 days a year, every year, after some time it would be a powerful way to swing elections. Two things would go a long way in stopping this potential abuse, voter ID, and doing away with early voting, both  the backbone of the democratic ground game. The argument is always that there is no evidence of voter fraud. How can there be evidence, if id is not required or there is never any investigation. Have republicans ever attempted to rig elections, probably, but the democrats hold the political power in every large city in America and have for many decades. They have much more opportunity.

There needs to be more done than just deny that fraud does exist. The above example is just one possible way to rig elections, there are probably many more.  After this election, there should be a bi-partisan effort to restore faith in the process. There needs to be investigation of registration roles, to see if these people exist and then surveys to see if they have ever voted. Then solutions to insure honest voting. Anyone who fights against reform is suspect to endorsing possible fraud.

Northwestern Lehigh October Board meeting

ALL DAY KINDERGARTEN, VOTES ON BUILDING PROJECT

A presentation concerning all day Kindergarten was presented at the October meeting of the Northwestern Lehigh school board. It appears that this will eventually become reality for Northwestern Lehigh, but not until the 2018-2019 school year. It seems that all research concludes that this approach has many positive effects on early learning. It will take time to do more research, and eventually a vote by the board, and then implementation.

Zoning variance was approved for the building project by the Heidelberg Township zoning board.

D'HUY Engineering Inc. was approved to be the construction manager for the new building project. It was a 5-4 vote. Voting for was Willard Dellicker, John Casciano, Todd Hernandez, Todd Leiser and Joe Fatzinger.  Voting Against was Paul Fisher, Phillip Toll, Charlene Rauscher and Darryl Schafer. This contract cost is $339,000.

The vote to approve the design by KCBA of the New building project was also a 5-4 vote.  Voting for was Willard Dellicker, John Casciano, Todd Hernandez, Todd Leiser and Joe Fatzinger.  Voting Against was Paul Fisher, Phillip Toll, Charlene Rauscher and Darryl Schafer.

Board member Phillip Toll was concerned that the building project was expanded to include a driveway renovation, which added to the cost, without bringing it to the board for review and approval. No one could answer who made this decision.

Former board member Joe Reiter commented that all day kindergarten has much support in the district, also he pointed out that the senior citizens rebate should be tied to the Act 1 index to protect the poor and senior citizens from future tax increases.

Workshop meetings are the 1st. wed. of each month. Board meetings are the 3rd. Wed. of the month. All meetings are open to the public and also viewable on the school website.

Northampton County Republican Chairman's Dinner

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE

GUEST OF HONOR, MIKE PENCE

The Northampton county Republican Committee's annual Chairman's dinner was held Thursday Oct. 13 at the Hotel Bethlehem.  It was a full house with over 200 attendees. The crowd was impressive with their enthusiasm  and unity in electing Republicans in their county. They have been working tirelessly for months and everyone was confident that their efforts will pay off.



 

Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence delivers rousing speech.

 

 

Northampton County Chairman Lee Snover introduces speakers.

 

Chairman Lee Snover and myself. Lee has been active for over 20 years in republican politics, always gives her all, always an upright and loyal friend.

 

My old friend Bob Kilbanks, candidate for U.S. House in 1996 and 1998, still working hard to elect conservative republicans.

 

 

Keith and Maudeania Hornik, hardworking republicans, and my photographer for the night.

 

Ron Angle and Sally Pritchard, better watch out Ron, pictures like this may come back to haunt your future political endeavors.

 

 It was a fun night in the historic Hotel Bethlehem, everyone had a great time.

 

 

 

 

Billy Bush, Jeb Bush's cousin

PRESIDENTIAL RACE NOW ALL OUT WAR

DID NEVER TRUMPERS LEAK TAPE?

This past week we witnessed an uptick in the drama of the 2016 presidential race. After a week were Trump got caught up in a debate about an overweight Miss Universe, a ridiculous distraction in a presidential race, and then on Friday a tape of Trump talking badly about women 11 years ago. WikiLeaks released speech's made to Bankers were Hillary Clinton was paid $250,000 a speech that had Hillary Clinton proclaiming to New York bankers, that she has a public position and a different private position. It also disclosed a speech to bankers in Brazil where she states she wants to see a Hemispherical union were there would be no borders and no trade restrictions in North and South America, in effect bringing about an end to the United States as an independent sovereign  nation. Then on Sunday a debate performance by Trump that was a bit amazing in itself. Trump was able to suck it up and perform better than most felt possible. That was probably just a taste of were this election is going to go.

A few observations about the Billy Bush tape of Trump trash talking about women. It is a vulgar tape, embarrassing for Trump, the words are not defended by any one, including Trump. It is interesting that this tape, made 11 years ago, not with Trumps knowledge, cuts out the words of Billy Bush, the cousin of Jeb Bush, the nephew of George Bush 1, The cousin of George Bush 2. While watching a video of the outside of a bus, we are hearing an audio tape from, we suppose, inside of the bus. So, we never hear Billy Bush's part of the conversation, the video is edited by splicing the sound to the video, There was never any reference by the media that Billy Bush is related to the Bush Dynasty. So now the question has been raised, by Ted Cruz and other republicans, why the tape was not released 11 months ago. It could be that the Bush family knew about the tape, but the fact that Jeb didn't last long enough in the primary to make good use of the tape. They then decided to use it for their back-up plan. The Never Trumper's, led by the Bush's, have publicly stated that they would like to see Trump loose by a large margin, so that they could resurrect the party in their image, and oust the Tea Party people and the Trump supporters. Trump has become a threat to their agenda which is identical to Hillary Clinton's agenda, no borders, free trade with third world countries, and subsidize displaced American workers.

Hillary Clinton really cannot win on the issues and not on her record, their strategy is to make Trump unacceptable, as unfit for office, not experienced, low moral caliber. They have attempted to suppress his supporters, Trump has also attempted to disqualify Clinton, by her corruption, lying and poor judgement. Trump has a steady dedicated following that does not seem to be wavering, Clinton has the media, The Republican establishment and all those who live off the government as here allies. The odds have been against Trump from the beginning, but he is still not out and the next 4 weeks is an eternity in a presidential campaign.

Wild night in Wilkes-Barre

TRUMP RALLY AT MOHIGAN SUN ARENA

GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL

 

 

Crowd was estimated at 10,000, loud and inspiring, also overflow crowd in side area.

 

 

Everyone should attend at least 1 Trump rally. While I have watched plenty of these rally's on television, I was invited to attend one by some friend on Monday. I am very glad that I did. It was very much like a large family picnic. Everyone was up-beat and there was lots of time for conversation. We spent 2 hours in line waiting to get in, then 3 hours for the people to file in through security.  So we had plenty of time to talk to people and get their opinions.  Everyone was very friendly and outgoing, like you knew them forever. I found that very interesting.  All that waiting really went by very fast. I am convinced they will all be out on Nov. 8. I was very surprised to see at least a 50-50 mix of men and women. There were many groups of women we met who had come with their women friends. I was also surprised to see and talk to so many young people. I would judge that the crowd was at least a 30%  under 30 years of age crowd. This gives an indication that many of our young people are interested in politics. Everyone has been saying his supporters are only old white men, this rally debunked that opinion.

 

 

 

Here I am with Alysa and Taylor from Wallenpaupack, wonderful young women who were sitting next to us, They were off from school, so spent the day and night at the Trump rally. I had to ask them if they came to support Trump or where they there to meet the young men.  They said, no they like Trump and had been to another rally earlier. These girls parents can be very proud of these great young ladies.

 

Below is 2 year old Hunter, who came to the rally with his mother. He was the star of the rally, He was carried up to Trump on the stage, to the cheers of the crowd, smiling all the way. Trump asked him some questions, he was unafraid and very outgoing. When asked if he was ready to go back to his mother or stay with Trump. He answered, Trump, to the roar of the crowd.

 



 

 

 

Below are some other photo's from the Rally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 



 

 

Northwestern Lehigh workshop meeting

OCT. 5 WORKSHOP MEETING

BUILDING PROJECT, NEPOTISM DISCUSSION

The Northwestern Lehigh school board has a monthly workshop session on the 1st Wednesday of the month. This meeting is usually a discussion session readying items to be voted on at the regular board meeting on the 3rd. Wednesday of the month.

This meeting discussed the upcoming approval of the final plans for the building upgrade and expansion. It also discussed the upcoming approval of D'huy Engineering Inc. as the Construction manager. Everything seems to be on track to begin the 15 month construction project. The plan will then need to be approved by code master and local zoning.

There was also a discussion on implementing a policy on Nepotism. This issue was raised earlier by Charlene Rauscher. Phil Toll stated that the usual policy in most cases is that family members cannot supervise other family members. Willard Dellicker stated that he didn't believe that they had any problems  that would need such a policy. Paul Fisher thought they could have the administration do an investigation as to what the policy should be. The conclusion was that they would have some input from the administration and have further discussion in the future.

A little research seems to indicate the usual policy in most government and corporate work situations is that family members are not to be answering to or be supervised by other family members. Some consider it a threat to moral of other workers who may perceive real or imagined special treatment of related family members by their superiors. Some go as far as to not hire any family members, but that seems to be the exception. Most all professional policies just limit it to the supervising of family members by other family members.