Following Rahm Emanuel’s advice that “you never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” President Obama and Congressional Democrats hope to use the gulf oil spill crisis to implement a BP-approved national energy tax, just like they used the economic crisis to pass the budget-busting stimulus and health care bills.
In January of 2011, President George W. Bush’s tax cuts will expire. Economists are predicting that allowing these cuts to expire could trigger a second recession, “for an administration, that for political reasons would want a vibrant economy,” said successful businessman Steve Forbes “letting the Bush Tax Cuts expire would be a dampener on the economy.
But what if we kept them all in place?
An American, an Indian and a Canadian were in a terrible car accident. They were all brought to the same emergency room, but all three of them died before they arrived. Just as they were about to put the toe tag on the American, he stirred and opened his eyes. Astonished, the doctors and nurses present asked him what happened.
“Well,” said the American, “I remember the crash, and then there was a beautiful light, and then the Canadian and the Indian and I were standing at the gates of heaven. St. Peter approached us and said that we were all too young to die, and said that for a donation of $50, we could return to earth.
So of course I pulled out my wallet and gave him the $50, and the next thing I knew I was back here.”
“That’s amazing!” said the one of the doctors, “But what happened to the other two?”
“Last I saw them,” replied the American, “the Indian was haggling over the price and the Canadian was waiting for the government to pay.”
