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  • Can Obama use the federal courts to overturn state laws prohibiting federal government mandated healthcare?

    5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 | 9 Permalink | Reply

    In other words, can Obama and the Democrats use the federal courts to overturn individual state laws which have been enacted to prohibit the federal government from forcing state citizens to buy federal health insurance against his free may?

    for instance, Virginia governor Bob McDonnell is going to sign into law a bill that may prohibit Virginia residents from being forced to buy federal healthcare plans against his free may. If McDonnell does this, and Obamacare passes, can Obama use the federal courts to overturn that state law?

     

    • Jesse 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      No, he won’t have to since Federal Law supersedes state law.

      Article VI Clause 2 of the United States Constitution:

      "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."

      Of course, I wish it didn’t since that would mean that would mean more jobs in my state while companies flee to places with lower health care costs.

    • liberal Kool-Aid drinker 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      The states are practicing "death by 1000 cuts" against 0-bama. The more he tries to interfere in states’ rights issues, the more blow-back there will be against democrats! Obama has already poked the Chief Justice of the SCOTUS with a sharpened stick once. He need not make a habit of it.

    • iceman 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Yes, I believe the federal courts supersede the state courts.

    • Sonny 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      i sure hope he tries! we can buy the dollar from china after we secede and whats left of the u.s. goes broke from broken states wanting government healthcare

    • HU$TLE 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      the executive and legislative branches have no authority over the judicial. and they shouldn’t be easily swayed by rewards for favoring anything or one over another.

    • Uncle Joe Stalin 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      He can try, but I don’t think he will get Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia and Kennedy to agree, especially when he offends the SC during his state of the obama speech.

    • Spock (rhp) 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      if ObamaCare passes muster with the Supreme Court, yes. If it doesn’t, the issue would be moot, wouldn’t it?

    • Paladin 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I think we are about to find out

    • babbie 5:00 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      He can try, but since the Constitution gives states the right to protect their citizens from federal tyranny, I doubt he’d get very far. And there are a lot of law suits out there just waiting for him to sign that bill into law.

  • If I started a Non-profit to house orphans from Haiti, in the US would you donate?

    2:33 pm on March 16, 2010 | 3 Permalink | Reply

     

    • rtfm 2:34 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      By the time you finish all the paperwork required to form a non-profit organization, those kids will already have new homes.

      You’re better off just helping to fundraise for an already-existing children’s help organization. Any major church will be able to suggest a specific charity that needs donations.

    • Linda 2:34 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      No, not if you are brand new.

      There are sooo many scams out there trying to make money from this horrible tragedy.

      I only donate to well known established charities that are registered with the goverment and regulated.

    • Ann 2:34 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      A non profit will take years to create and get all the legalities done; the crisis will be over. It would be much better if you just helped one of the many, many non profits already helping.
      You will not get donations just because you ’say’ you’re going to help; sounds too much like a scam.

  • How to pay my personal property taxes online in the state of missouri?

    2:32 pm on March 16, 2010 | 1 Permalink | Reply

    i need help!!!!!

     

    • Bash Limpbutt's Oozing Cyst© 2:32 pm on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      There is no single place to pay MO personal or real property taxes. They are collected by the individual counties (or the city in the case of KC and St Louis). Not all counties have on-line payment available. I live in Jasper County and they just started offering it within the past year or so but McDonald County still does not offer it. Hit your county tax collector’s website. There should be a link there for paying personal and real property taxes. There also should have been an insert in last year’s bill for how to pay on line if your county offered it.

      If you can’t find a link on your County Tax Collector’s web page you’ll have to pay it in person.

  • Should Fox News apologize for Rush Limbough's remarks on Haiti?

    10:34 am on March 16, 2010 | 26 Permalink | Reply

    He has said many things before, but this 1 was outragious. He said that people should not donate to Haiti because "some our income taxes go there anyway," that Obama responded so quickly because he is trying to appeal to blacks and doesn’t care about white people.

    Could a conservative please show pity on Rush Limbough and apologize for him so that he doesn’t have to admit he was wrong?

     

    • warren v 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      This is like the sixth "question" (rant) about Rush that has said he said something, but not one has provided a link, so I am beginning to wonder if this is not like the Beck raped and murdered a girl (a lie now admitted to have been started by a blogger to discredit the man).

      But the next question would be, why should Fox be responsible for something Rush said?

    • region50 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      No but as the head of the republican party the republican party should apologize for him. Also its good to see that most republicans can’t read because almost all of you said he doesn’t work for fox news don’t you think the first one to say it is enough or do you all have to say the same thing because you can’t think for yourselves.

    • Janet 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Maybe Fox is planning to hire Limbaugh. Together with Limbaugh and Palin Fox News can extend their claim of fair and balanced reporting.

    • bmovies60 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Media Lies About Limbaugh on Haiti: Rush Did Not Discourage Donations For Earthquake Relief

      http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2428321/posts

    • honeybeejim 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Rush is usually right on, didn’t hear the remark. I do know that we do send lots of money to Haiti, witch i unaccountable

    • HOSS 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Exactly why should FOX apologize for anything Rush says? And, I’m sure it won’t make a difference to someone like you that doesn’t know what they are talking about…Rush did not say don’t donate to the earth quake victims, he said don’t donate through the government because it will get caught up in the government bureaucracy…he said to donate through someplace like the American Red Cross or the Salvation Army. You probably get all of your news from the Huffington Post, lol.

    • Bye Bye 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      He is a nasty piece of work that one.

    • MI 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Fox doesn’t need to apologize for him because he does not work for Fox. A conservative doesn’t need to apologize for him because they do not control what comes out of that fool’s mouth. The only one responsible for Rush is Rush.

      I think he is wrong about Obama but our tax dollars do go their way and we have pledged to send 100 mil right now..we have given millions to them in the last 20 years. Rush is entitled to his opinion.

    • future 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Fox should apologize to the Nation for getting 90% of their "news" from the Rush Limbaugh show these last 20 years.

    • Mike 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      he is correct, obama is sending our tax money there, its not money from obamas own personal wallet or bank account, its the money of the people of the united states. but if you wanna give twice then go ahead. i’m not stopping you. that man does not work for fox news, should fox news also apologize for everything that obama, biden, pelosi etc… do? yeah i thought so

    • On the Right Side 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I did not know he worked for FOX, hey are you watching too much CNN?

    • trippsmith485 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Did it ever occur to you that sending millions over there is another way of Obama trying to bankrupt the country??

    • Nacho 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      IS Rush on Fox now?

    • AKA SKUNK-APE 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      he didnt say anything remotely like that…

    • I Do Know The Muffin Man 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      1. I doubt that that is a direct quote.

      2. Rush Limbaugh has never worked for Fox News.

      3. I will not show pity or apologize for Rush Limbaugh.

    • YT 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Just because liberals have named Rush head of the Republican party doesn’t mean it is so. Rush can apologize for himself. Do liberals apologize for chris matthews, keith olberman or rachel maddow?

    • Ingrid 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      What Drug has his recent Hospital stay addicted him to now? Fox cares less what anyone connected with it spews out. As long as there is controversy, they love it.

    • brown9500v11 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      He had a brain attack.

    • 756 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Rush Limbaugh has one hell of a debt to pay to his maker, I can surely say that and no matter what you people say, he is a FOX NEWS talking head as they PARROTT everything he says faster than you can blink an eye.

    • ARGUING WITH IDIOTS . 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      RUSH IS RIGHT 99.9% OF THE TIME.

    • Rev-'em-up-Ray-Gun 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      He has nothing to do with Fox News.

    • The Conservative Resistance 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Why would Fox news apologize for something Rush Limbaugh said?

    • GOPKKKLOWNS 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      YES all the right wing fringe morons will be

      donating money to PAT ROBERTSON and

      RUSH LIMBALLS

      ha hah ahahhahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahha

      http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100114/wl_csm/273911_1

    • dale 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      no becuase rush is right!

    • Daniel 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      You should try listening to the show and not just regurgitate out of context quotes.

      He also doesn’t work for FOX.

    • The fed up matthew™ 10:34 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      FOX News doesn’t employ Rush Limbaugh, Rush employs himself and sells the show to radio stations across the country.

  • How much have foreign investors put into the U S economy?

    10:33 am on March 16, 2010 | 2 Permalink | Reply

    About how much is invested in the US Economy by foreign investors and other non-resident aliens?
    Q: Then wouldn’t it make sense to go ahead and attach a small percentage (very small) of a capital gains tax? As far as I know, merely the dividends are taxes by a flat rate of ~30%. If the O administration is going to take this country back from Ws huge fiasco, couldn’t this help out a bit?

     

    • snps#21 10:33 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I’m not sure how much exactly, but I know it is way more than any other country gets. I think it totals well into the trillions annually.

    • simplicitus 10:33 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      1. http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/fdi/2009/fdi08.htm
      http://www.bea.gov/international/di1fdiop.htm

      2. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. You seem to want to shoot yourself in both feet.

      What do you think would happen if the U.S. added extra tax on businesses in the U.S. owned by foreigners?

      A. Foreign countries would scream about the illegal behavior of the U.S. government and would win in the Supreme Court.

      B. The American stockholders and part owners of these American businesses would scream and yell to their Congress critters. (These are mostly corporations with stock. Not all their stock is held by people and institutions outside the U.S.)

      C. All the other countries in the world would turn around and start taxing the American-owned businesses in their own countries. And the U.S. owns more assets abroad than people abroad own in the U.S.
      http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/ForeignInvestmentintheUnitedStates.html

      D. Most of the foreign investors are from allies of the U.S.
      http://www.ofii.org/docs/FDI_2009.pdf
      Do you really want to screw our own allies?

      E. People will stop investing in the U.S. Since the U.S savings rate has been very low,
      http://business.theatlantic.com/2010/01/us_savings_rate_declines_further.php
      we’ve been relying on foreigners providing us with investment funds. Our investment rate is already much too low, and you want to make it lower yet?

      Have you even thought about this idea?

  • Do I have to pay taxes in starting an online business?

    10:32 am on March 16, 2010 | 1 Permalink | Reply

    I’m 16, and I want to start my online business, but I want to get some the legal things out of the way. Whats the deal with taxes and do I need a business license of some sort?

     

    • Talisha F 10:32 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Yes u do need to pay taxes on your income from your oline business. Most companies require u fill out a W9 form before they start paying you.

      You don’t need a business license

      Jan Roos
      Get tons of free stuff and make thousands
      telling others about it.
      http://www.roosdoring.nocashever.com

  • PLEASE HELP HAITI! CALL THIS TOLL FREE NUMBER TO DONATE $1 TO HAITI FOR EVERY CALL! TOLL FREE-1310 954 6828?

    6:33 am on March 16, 2010 | 6 Permalink | Reply

    HI I USED TO LIVE IN HAITI. AT&T IS SPONCERING A TELETHON THAT may LAST FOR 3 MOR DAYS!! THIS TOLL FREE NUMBER TOTALLY FREE AND SAFE! IF YOU WANT TO BE DONATED PLEASE TEXT HAITI TO 1310 954 6828! R you may TEXT HAITI TO 1800 RED CROS AND may BE ADDED TO YOUR PHONE BILL. WE ALREADY MADE OVER 0 IF WE REACH 0 50% may BE DONATED TO CHILE! PLEAS CALL NOW TO SAVE LIVES!
    OOPS DIDN’T MEEN AS BEAUTY BUT I AM TRYING TO GET AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE DONATED TO HAITI!! PEASE SPRED THE WORD
    100% may BE DONATED! PLEASE HELP AND SAVE LIVES! F YOU DONT TRUST US CALL UNDER PRIVATE CALLER

     

    • Misunderstood 6:33 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      GTFO, it’s probably a scam.

      I’m never donating ever again, most of these things are scams and do not donate 100% of the wealth to Haiti.

      Red Cross only donates 60% of their wealth, and they’re supposedly a "Non-Profit Organization"

    • smileymileyrox17 6:33 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Lol. Yes, this is so categorized under beauty :)

    • jacoshua 6:33 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      this isn’t a question.

    • ℓάced 6:33 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      …Spelled ’sponsoring’ wrong.

    • ♥che.mwah♥ 6:33 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I’ll check it out (: Maybe look at the AT&T site. Good luck!!

    • sahiggins2 6:33 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      umm, I donated already, but anyways…does this really count as a question? and really? a beauty question at that?

  • I filed taxes online and it said the irs accepted it but when i check the irs sight for refund info. no answer?

    6:32 am on March 16, 2010 | 3 Permalink | Reply

    i check to see is it too soon? what does it mean by accepted. am i good to go? may it take a few more days to post on the refund sight. please help getting nervous

     

    • Judy 6:32 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      You are checking it too soon. It doesn’t get posted for a week or more after the return is accepted. Quit worrying.

    • Spock (rhp) 6:32 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      too soon.

      IRS won’t begin processing, afaik, until sometime in February.

      they have to wait for all W-2s and 1099s to be filed by the payors first.

    • Sheila 6:32 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Everything is fine, the IRS only updates like once a week and odds are you’ll have your refund, if it’s direct deposit, by the time they even have the info on their site or that 800 number used to check refunds.

  • How Is Obama Using Reconciliation to Get Healthcare Through?

    5:00 pm on March 15, 2010 | 2 Permalink | Reply

    How does the Reconciliation legislative procedure work?

    PLEASE, NO PERSONAL OPINIONS ON OBAMA OR HEALTHCARE – THIS IS POLITICAL SCIENCE QUESTION. THANKS!

     

  • Should I donate 30$ to Haiti?

    2:33 pm on March 15, 2010 | 4 Permalink | Reply

    I told god I would.

    I have been thinking a lot lately.

    And, I don’t think I should. I think I should donate my money to something else.
    Like, the hungry, the thirsty, the homeless, the cold. You know?
    To the people in Darfur? To the people in Katrina? To the people that are sick?
    To the mentally disabled? To the phisically disabled? To people with aids? To people with Cancer? To people with breast cancer? To the blind? To the deaf? To the dying?

    What do you think?

    I promised god, I would give 30$ to Haiti. I have to do it. A promise is a promise. So no matter what, I am going to donate my money to Haiti.

    But, If I didnt make that promise, what should I donate my money to?

     

    • Lizzie 2:33 pm on March 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Cancer or the homeless.

    • Petisha 2:33 pm on March 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      cancer is pointless i think. its not if, but when.
      the dying … are dying.
      aids already has a cure, the government just wont release it
      the deaf maybe need it

    • Rez021938428 2:33 pm on March 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      the cures for cancer. how about that? i mean hearing about haiti, yes it’s sad but seriously wtf? what about all our people in the US and around the world who are dying of cancer?

    • EdCullenHngrgamsMJroxxmysoxx 2:33 pm on March 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Well, Haiti certainly is a worthy cause, and some of the other causes you mentioned have been inflicted on the Haitians because of the earthquake. such as: physically disabled. people have become deformed because of the impact of the debris. Also, AIDS. A lot of people in Haiti are suffering from HIV AIDS. and because of the earthquake, many people have gone deaf, homeless, hungry, thirsty, and blind. so just by donating to Haiti, you can help solve problems all in one. Kill two birds with one stone, if you know that saying. So, keep your promise!

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