You Americans should learn a thing or two from the Dutch political system, wich has at least more than 2 parties and is in my opinion the best in the world.
humm well im not American but it may come as no surprise to say that people in the middle east don't rather like Americans but I know for a fact that the majority of Europeans don't like you ether and its mostly down to bush people in England hate bush so badly that a whole city tried to help the democrats last (American) election and there not even American. Vote but out do the world a favour
Youtube is for what people are using it for and there is a lot of political stuff in here. If you don't like it don't watch it and let the rest of us put those videos among the most watch ones.
he only say what he does not agree with and does not believe, he does not ever suggest what he will do to change anything .... hwo is going to fight, what is he going to do, between the lines he says nothing
Sali is more Christ based imho. Ohio is still bush country and no Democrat has Ohio values. I am praying sali wins by a landslide to show this grant who is boss ( the man upstairs)
Keep praying, no one's listening. Come Tuesday, Republicans are going to get hosed in Ohio and a few other places. They're all crooks, liars, and hypocrites, and "the man upstairs" doesn't have much use for that type. And Sali is just plain nuts. Probably even more so now since Grant beats him by 4% in a new Idaho poll.
woohoo!! finally someone who has a brain!! bill sali's very FOUNDATION is on christ and has been his whole life. THIS is what idaho needs, christ centered leading. God really came through with everyone's prayers when he won the election.
Wow, I'm not an american but this seems to be the first sensible politician I've seen anywhere. Let's hope those words aren't lies like the rest of the scum.
Isn't it refereshing to see someone who says what he means and means what he says. I do not know about you, but I detest lires. Bush has used a credit card to pay for his occupation of Iraq. So He talks about not raising taxes. So How does he plan to pay for His Folly. He doesn't. He will just pass the bills on to someone else. Isn't that deciptive? If every one had to pay $10,000 for the Occupation how many would still support it? I like Grant.
I'm sure as hell not voting for this guy, but I don't want to vote for Sali either...dammit this election sucks! Oh well, I guess Sali is going to win either way...
In just the few days since this ad was produced, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Club for Growth (via Red Sea, a company headed by a former Tom DeLay associate) have authorized several hundred thousand dollars more in attack ads against Larry Grant. Clearly, the GOP is very worried about losing this seat. Vote for integrity and independence. Vote for Larry Grant.
You have my vote, so please work to make our Constitution valid again, by working to reinstate Habeaus Corpus. Also a criminal investigation of our present administration would not be unreasonable. Our freedoms seem to be threatened more from within than from terrorists.
My family is middle class ($50k annual) and my net tax was around 1.5%. Some DINKS I know are pulling in around 90K and paying 25%. Seems like the Bush tax cuts are helping the middle class out plenty. You would expect this from an Elitist Democrat. SHUT HIM DOWN AND SEND HIM HOME!
Democrats don't tell you their upper range for the 'middle class' ends at about $22,000/year. Fact of the matter is, the bottom half of all households today pay in less than 4% of the total taxes collected. The top 5% of households pay about 36% of ALL TAXES collected. With a system that skewed, how can any cut effect their "middle class"? Their "middle class" doesn't even PAY TAXES to begin with.
I got the tax information from the IRS for 2005. I don't get any facts from the democrats because they don't provide any. They're hoping not having a position on anything is the best plan. Nancy Pelosi would confirm that, if you could find her.
This needs context. The top 5% control about 60% of the wealth in the USA. Yet, you claim they contribute 36% of all taxes. Does 5% paying 36% still seem fair to you? 60% of the wealth should be paying 60% of the burden.
the bottom 50% of America control 1% of America's total wealth. How can you expect them to carry 4% of the nation's tax burden? this is HIGHLY unreasonable.
The General Welfare clause does not allow for 'targeted' tax cuts. The bottom 50% of households aren't any less American than the top. Everyone paying the same rate is equitable. Or would you rather have 50% voting for taxes the other half has to pay?
You don't get it. Everyone is NOT paying the same taxes. People with excess wealth are storing and investing money where they don't have to pay US taxes on it. They find ways to avoid paying their equitable share of the tax burden. Targeted tax cuts are the loopholes exploited by those with resources to exploit them, not just the famous Bush tax cuts.
So I repeat. How is EVERYONE paying the same rate when 4% of the burden is falling on 1% of the wealth, and 36% of the burden is falling on 50% of the wealth?
By quintile (that's how the IRS breaks it down), the bottom 20% actually get more money back in EIC than they pay in, so it isn't like the bottom 50% share equally in the 3.78% they pay in. Still, if you pick a number large enough (total earned income) - "just" 1% equals billions of dollars. The bottom 50% is not destitute.
The bottom 50% according to YOUR source pays 4% of the tax burden.
They also control 1% of the wealth of the country.
This nation is wealthy, so 1% is quite a bit.
Still, 4% > 1%. it is four times larger. Thus if the bottom 20% don't pay takes, the lower-middle-class is the 20-40 quintile is paying far more than 5x its due share of the tax burden.
Last time I looked, the Feds weren't taxing wealth, they were taxing income. In a free society, the potential to succeed or fail provides a vast range of outcomes. It is neither necessary or desirable for the government to redistribute wealth - but the Constitution mandates it to treat us all the same.
IF what you say is true, then the gap between rich and poor should theoretically remain constant. It is not; it is widening. The numbers I provided is evidence of that. I thought about the argument of redistribution of wealth and it's bogus. Priviliged people take advantage of many "free" resources like clean air,safe, quiet neighborhoods, quality schools and teachers that you take for granted but they are NOT available to all as you so blindly believe.
If the potential for success is unlimited, there is no theoretical constant. Leave wealth redistribution to the socialist state, the freedom to succeed is also the freedom to fail. I'm not blind, but all you've done is list the excuses for failure. I was poor once, I'm not anymore. Anyone can get ahead if they have some valued skills.
Education in this country is 'free' but not valued. There were 70 kids in my 4th grade and we sat 2 to a desk. No teacher's aides, no pool, no computers. The poor can and do move out of bad situations every day. The state is not your mommy, nor should it be.
I did not say education was free. We all pay for the same education, yet we get varying implementations with varying degrees of success. Your case of 70 kids in 1 classroom was different from situations I have seen firsthand as a teacher in an inner city myself.
Students there have no hope for success, not because they have no intrinsic potential, but nearly all forces around them have told them that they have no chance, whether it be the color of their skin, or their financial situation, or whatever. They have as a community lost hope and it is that mentality that must change.
That does not happen by "letting alone." OUR freedom is to love those people that would otherwise feel despair. It's the responsibility of the larger COMMUNITY to welcome these smaller comminities in despair. So I do not suggest throwing money at them will solve things; rather a change in mentality towards those we presume as lazy (they are feeling hopeless!) is necessary.
I agree. We need to stop running the schools for the benefit of the teachers' union and start running it for the benefit of the student, their parents and the teachers. Kids will work up to or down to their expectations. Trouble is, expectations have been consistently lowered the last 30 years for fear of making kids feel bad about themselves. You know, if you're flunking 5 subjects, maybe you should feel bad about yourself.
Additionally, you're comparing apples and oranges, 4% of taxes paid is a smaller percentage than their EARNED INCOME. No way are the poor disproportionately taxed. If anything, it's an income source for them through EIC.
I vote for him. a) not stay the course & b)billions for a 700-mile fence leaving a good 1200-miles open? 5-years after 9/11? First fence in over 230-years?
UM, like didn't all the 'terrorist' come down from Canada?
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fepierri 3 years ago
Common sense and responsibility in the government. HA HA HA.
Groynkikt 5 years ago
Just sent him $40, and I live in Oregon.
WShawn 5 years ago
I would vote for him only I have to vote against a Bushite in FL.
pblichfeldt 5 years ago
At least this Democrat admitted he wouldn't do a damn thing about border security.
Nominay 5 years ago
You Americans should learn a thing or two from the Dutch political system, wich has at least more than 2 parties and is in my opinion the best in the world.
lucaboris 5 years ago
he has a good message.
FloridaEMT 5 years ago
humm well im not American but it may come as no surprise to say that people in the middle east don't rather like Americans but I know for a fact that the majority of Europeans don't like you ether and its mostly down to bush people in England hate bush so badly that a whole city tried to help the democrats last (American) election and there not even American. Vote but out do the world a favour
loki195 5 years ago
WE DO NOT CARE!
Youtube is for funny videos for people to share and enjoy.
Not about crazy people so desperate for votes they have to flood other websites with online adds.
SlKE 5 years ago
Youtube is for what people are using it for and there is a lot of political stuff in here. If you don't like it don't watch it and let the rest of us put those videos among the most watch ones.
AzraelG 5 years ago
This guy is an idiot
ashsmash288 5 years ago
amen to that
SuicidalButterflies 5 years ago
he only say what he does not agree with and does not believe, he does not ever suggest what he will do to change anything .... hwo is going to fight, what is he going to do, between the lines he says nothing
farrsmith 5 years ago
Sali is more Christ based imho. Ohio is still bush country and no Democrat has Ohio values. I am praying sali wins by a landslide to show this grant who is boss ( the man upstairs)
compassionrepublican 5 years ago
Keep praying, no one's listening. Come Tuesday, Republicans are going to get hosed in Ohio and a few other places. They're all crooks, liars, and hypocrites, and "the man upstairs" doesn't have much use for that type. And Sali is just plain nuts. Probably even more so now since Grant beats him by 4% in a new Idaho poll.
Stephanjnj 5 years ago
What a thoughtful comment. This race is taking place in Idaho.
lovelymachine 5 years ago
It's IDAHO, not Ohio.
WooHoo66 5 years ago
woohoo!! finally someone who has a brain!! bill sali's very FOUNDATION is on christ and has been his whole life. THIS is what idaho needs, christ centered leading. God really came through with everyone's prayers when he won the election.
SuicidalButterflies 5 years ago
That mihgt be the best and most straight forward political ad i have ever seen! Too bad Im in texas
Dragginballz 5 years ago
Cool. I hope he means it. It's what I like to hear but will he actually do it?
SophieOfAvalon 5 years ago
Wow, I'm not an american but this seems to be the first sensible politician I've seen anywhere. Let's hope those words aren't lies like the rest of the scum.
KaliNitras 5 years ago
pretty clear its a green screen huh. Well, vote for larry grant bc Sali is just in the pockets of the lobbyists; i heard he molested a young girl too
morsosky 5 years ago
Isn't it refereshing to see someone who says what he means and means what he says. I do not know about you, but I detest lires. Bush has used a credit card to pay for his occupation of Iraq. So He talks about not raising taxes. So How does he plan to pay for His Folly. He doesn't. He will just pass the bills on to someone else. Isn't that deciptive? If every one had to pay $10,000 for the Occupation how many would still support it? I like Grant.
StigmataBOB 5 years ago
I'm sure as hell not voting for this guy, but I don't want to vote for Sali either...dammit this election sucks! Oh well, I guess Sali is going to win either way...
DarkZyme87 5 years ago
Vote November 7th!
Eaacker 5 years ago
What makes him think the people of Idaho deserve anything?
SomeCrunt 5 years ago
Fuck you.
DarkZyme87 5 years ago
That's pretty funny. I guess they get what they deserve, which every time, isn't much.
Nominay 5 years ago
vote Democrat, because we need to change the Congress NOW.
utubersf 5 years ago
This is one of the best commercials I have seen. Of course, it mskes the Republcan commenters nervous and hysterical.
scarecrow4nb 5 years ago
OHH SHUT UP!
AdognamedOp 5 years ago
If I lived in Idaho, I'd vote for him. Of course, I never vote for Republicans anyway...
delizzard 5 years ago
Thanks for this
zoemgs2 5 years ago
In just the few days since this ad was produced, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Club for Growth (via Red Sea, a company headed by a former Tom DeLay associate) have authorized several hundred thousand dollars more in attack ads against Larry Grant. Clearly, the GOP is very worried about losing this seat. Vote for integrity and independence. Vote for Larry Grant.
grantforcongress 5 years ago
I dissagree with about half of the things he said.
uuumdm 5 years ago
I'm from Idaho.
You have my vote, so please work to make our Constitution valid again, by working to reinstate Habeaus Corpus. Also a criminal investigation of our present administration would not be unreasonable. Our freedoms seem to be threatened more from within than from terrorists.
idahoMW 5 years ago
Don't forget the 2nd, 9th and 10th Amendments while you're at it. No one's seen the last 2 since FDR.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
My family is middle class ($50k annual) and my net tax was around 1.5%. Some DINKS I know are pulling in around 90K and paying 25%. Seems like the Bush tax cuts are helping the middle class out plenty. You would expect this from an Elitist Democrat. SHUT HIM DOWN AND SEND HIM HOME!
hamjeepr 5 years ago
where do you live?
chinter 5 years ago
Who's his opponent?
TwoTones 5 years ago
Democrats don't tell you their upper range for the 'middle class' ends at about $22,000/year. Fact of the matter is, the bottom half of all households today pay in less than 4% of the total taxes collected. The top 5% of households pay about 36% of ALL TAXES collected. With a system that skewed, how can any cut effect their "middle class"? Their "middle class" doesn't even PAY TAXES to begin with.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
Yuo better get your facts straight.
zeeza7 5 years ago
I got the tax information from the IRS for 2005. I don't get any facts from the democrats because they don't provide any. They're hoping not having a position on anything is the best plan. Nancy Pelosi would confirm that, if you could find her.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
This needs context. The top 5% control about 60% of the wealth in the USA. Yet, you claim they contribute 36% of all taxes. Does 5% paying 36% still seem fair to you? 60% of the wealth should be paying 60% of the burden.
chinter 5 years ago
the bottom 50% of America control 1% of America's total wealth. How can you expect them to carry 4% of the nation's tax burden? this is HIGHLY unreasonable.
chinter 5 years ago
The General Welfare clause does not allow for 'targeted' tax cuts. The bottom 50% of households aren't any less American than the top. Everyone paying the same rate is equitable. Or would you rather have 50% voting for taxes the other half has to pay?
Torpedo8 5 years ago
You don't get it. Everyone is NOT paying the same taxes. People with excess wealth are storing and investing money where they don't have to pay US taxes on it. They find ways to avoid paying their equitable share of the tax burden. Targeted tax cuts are the loopholes exploited by those with resources to exploit them, not just the famous Bush tax cuts.
chinter 5 years ago
So I repeat. How is EVERYONE paying the same rate when 4% of the burden is falling on 1% of the wealth, and 36% of the burden is falling on 50% of the wealth?
chinter 5 years ago
By quintile (that's how the IRS breaks it down), the bottom 20% actually get more money back in EIC than they pay in, so it isn't like the bottom 50% share equally in the 3.78% they pay in. Still, if you pick a number large enough (total earned income) - "just" 1% equals billions of dollars. The bottom 50% is not destitute.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
It just doesn't pay any taxes.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
you skirted my point. I did NOT dismiss 1%.
lets go over each point one at a time.
The bottom 50% according to YOUR source pays 4% of the tax burden.
They also control 1% of the wealth of the country.
This nation is wealthy, so 1% is quite a bit.
Still, 4% > 1%. it is four times larger. Thus if the bottom 20% don't pay takes, the lower-middle-class is the 20-40 quintile is paying far more than 5x its due share of the tax burden.
chinter 5 years ago
Last time I looked, the Feds weren't taxing wealth, they were taxing income. In a free society, the potential to succeed or fail provides a vast range of outcomes. It is neither necessary or desirable for the government to redistribute wealth - but the Constitution mandates it to treat us all the same.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
IF what you say is true, then the gap between rich and poor should theoretically remain constant. It is not; it is widening. The numbers I provided is evidence of that. I thought about the argument of redistribution of wealth and it's bogus. Priviliged people take advantage of many "free" resources like clean air,safe, quiet neighborhoods, quality schools and teachers that you take for granted but they are NOT available to all as you so blindly believe.
chinter 5 years ago
If the potential for success is unlimited, there is no theoretical constant. Leave wealth redistribution to the socialist state, the freedom to succeed is also the freedom to fail. I'm not blind, but all you've done is list the excuses for failure. I was poor once, I'm not anymore. Anyone can get ahead if they have some valued skills.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
Education in this country is 'free' but not valued. There were 70 kids in my 4th grade and we sat 2 to a desk. No teacher's aides, no pool, no computers. The poor can and do move out of bad situations every day. The state is not your mommy, nor should it be.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
I did not say education was free. We all pay for the same education, yet we get varying implementations with varying degrees of success. Your case of 70 kids in 1 classroom was different from situations I have seen firsthand as a teacher in an inner city myself.
chinter 5 years ago
Students there have no hope for success, not because they have no intrinsic potential, but nearly all forces around them have told them that they have no chance, whether it be the color of their skin, or their financial situation, or whatever. They have as a community lost hope and it is that mentality that must change.
chinter 5 years ago
That does not happen by "letting alone." OUR freedom is to love those people that would otherwise feel despair. It's the responsibility of the larger COMMUNITY to welcome these smaller comminities in despair. So I do not suggest throwing money at them will solve things; rather a change in mentality towards those we presume as lazy (they are feeling hopeless!) is necessary.
chinter 5 years ago
I agree. We need to stop running the schools for the benefit of the teachers' union and start running it for the benefit of the student, their parents and the teachers. Kids will work up to or down to their expectations. Trouble is, expectations have been consistently lowered the last 30 years for fear of making kids feel bad about themselves. You know, if you're flunking 5 subjects, maybe you should feel bad about yourself.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
Additionally, you're comparing apples and oranges, 4% of taxes paid is a smaller percentage than their EARNED INCOME. No way are the poor disproportionately taxed. If anything, it's an income source for them through EIC.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
No one in their right mind thinks their upper range ends at $22,000 per year. Stop spreading misinformation.
Eaacker 5 years ago
Fine, then tell me what "middle class" means by income bracket.
Torpedo8 5 years ago
Still waiting for that definition of middle class by income. Why don't you call Nancy and find out what it is?
Torpedo8 5 years ago
About fuking time lolz what party is he in ? Well said simple and truthfully
chrisrod01 5 years ago
Is GRANT a democrat?
Truth I say.. I don't know what party he is, but
he don't sound republican.
I vote for him. a) not stay the course & b)billions for a 700-mile fence leaving a good 1200-miles open? 5-years after 9/11? First fence in over 230-years?
UM, like didn't all the 'terrorist' come down from Canada?
dentalomental 5 years ago
Watch!
The Mongolians will come over and tear it down!
dentalomental 5 years ago
It's the hunian invasion, from Mexico!
Eaacker 5 years ago
This has to be one of the most reasonable ads I have ever seen. It does act simply and to the point.
MKB2814 5 years ago
Watch for a 30-second version of this ad on Idaho TV starting today (Friday, Nov. 3).
Don't forget to vote!
jilkurtz 5 years ago
good work and sentiments
Nausetsailor 5 years ago