Obama Jobs Scams Includes Poll Workers In Yesterday's Primaries

If you were a poll worker in yesterday's primaries, you are now required to file a tax withholding form for the "first time ever. Got that? The "first time ever."  This is nothing but a scam but to inflate the jobs numbers.

New York Post writer John Crudele asks" if this is a "little Election Eve trick."

The New York City Board of Elections, which uses 30,000 to 36,000 temporary workers for both the primary and general election, said it is being ordered by the Internal Revenue Service to make "employees" out of the very temporary workers who tend the polling sites...

"The Internal Revenue Service has determined that all poll workers are considered employees of the Board of Elections for tax purposes," said a Board memo dated Aug. 2 and signed by Rosanna Kostamoulas Rahmouni, coordinator of Election Day Operations.

"Therefore, the Board is required to have every poll worker complete the following before processing your application for work," her note added, listing tax forms W-4 and IT-2104 as necessary.

"It is imperative that you promptly submit the forms or you will not be paid for your training class or processed to work on Election Day," she said.

Although the note was dated Aug. 2 it apparently wasn't delivered to poll workers until very late in August. Workers get paid only $100 for training and $200 each day for working the primary and general election. So it's unlikely that the main purpose of this order is to collect the measly amount of taxes that would be owed -- mostly by the low-income retirees who man the polling centers -- on such a small amount of wages.

But if the election boards in all 50 states suddenly report an influx of additional government workers, the effect on the monthly employment numbers could be very, very significant.

Posted by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook 

Nadler's Tax Equity Plan: Jerrold Nadler Raise Taxes on Red States

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and some of his cronies in the New York Caucus (who knew they had one) have devised a way to make Red states pay the taxes that the rich in states like New Jersey, Connecticut, California and New York would pay. Nadler claims these areas have a high-cost of living and need to be subsidized. He doens't mention the high cost of living in these state's with high state and local taxes, ridiculous restrictions on manufacturers and, of course, the costs to keep their unions going. The plan is known as Tax Equity - if you live in a Blue State that marched to the polls and voted for Obama, you get a tax cut.

Jerrold Nadler

There is no equity in this:

New York Representative Jerrold Nadler, who wants to exempt his own six-figure constituents from the tax hike he supports. Mr. Nadler’s bill would “require the IRS to adjust tax brackets proportionally in regions where the average cost of living is higher than the national average.”

In other words, the various tax brackets would apply to residents in certain regions at higher income levels versus other parts of the country. A family with an income of $50,000 or even $1 million in Manhattan would pay less federal income tax than a family with the same earnings in Omaha. The bill is called the Tax Equity Act, but a more accurate title would be the Blue State Tax Preference Act. 

Mark Hemingway, the writer of the Washington Examiner piece linked above muses about why it is so expensive to live in Manhattan, Boston and San Francisco:

...because of high state and local taxes, union work rules, and heavy business regulation that make it more expensive to produce, sell and buy things.

Co-sponsors of Nadler's Tax Equity are New York Democrats in the House: Tim Bishop, Carolyn McCarthy, Carolyn Maloney, Steve Israel, and Nita Lowey. From the Wall Street Journal:

Mr. Nadler also conveniently forgets that the federal tax code already subsidizes high-cost states through the deductibility of state and local income and property taxes.

Why should you in Shreveport, or I in Tulsa, have to make-up the difference for these progressively irresponsible states? Slightly off-topic: Do you think Nadler will find a way to opt-out of sharing his BMI?

Obama Tax Increases: You and Your Taxes - Get a Glimpse

At the risk of ruining your weekend, visit James at The Reaganite Republican and see what is happening to your taxes on January 1, 2011.  He shows each income bracket and the increase. An example: if you are in the 10% bracket for personal income taxes, your increase will be a jump of 50%. He gives the scoop on capital gains, dividends, marriage penalty, and the evil inheritance tax. The taxes for health care are not in the increases you will see at Reaganite Republican. Read it and remember it in November.