Saturday, June 25, 2011
Holiday Party
Eastern Sussex Holiday Party
When: Friday December 14th at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Betty and Bill Hurdle's home,
22607 Hurdle Ditch Road, Harbeson
Cost: $25 per person, payable to ESD
Mail to Alice Hanke, 16472 Samuel Paynter Blvd, Milton DE 19968
Summer fund-raiser
I am pleased to announce that to date we have two potential candidates who will be meeting and greeting us at our annual picnic on July 14 at Betty/Bill Hurdle's house. Please RSVP and send checks beforehand so you do not have to wait in line.
Peter Schott
Peter Schott
Sunday, April 10, 2011
April 7th Meeting
Our speaker presented a comprehensive talk on the possible outcomes of redistricting the State and Sussex County. A set of maps based on the 2010 census are available. Email me at amhanke@gmail.com for a PDF file.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Office of Management & Budget
Fellow Americans turn on your computers and check the following Tables at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) website.
Here are some interesting numbers from the Historical Tables at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals . Check them for yourself.
Table 2.2 -Percentage Composition of Receipts by Source. Year 2010
Forty percent (40%) of total receipts is from Social Security and Retirement receipts. Forty-one (41.5%) is from individual income taxes. Corporation taxes, 8.9%, Excise taxes, 3.1% and the balance 6.5% is Other.
Table 2.3 Total 2010 Receipts are only 15% of GDP.
Table 3.1 Outlays by Super-function and Function Outlays, as a percentage of GDP for 2010 are 23.8%
On that same Table, Social Security is lumped into the Function-Human Resources. Human Resources, made up of (Health, Education, Medicare, Income Security, Social Security and Veterans Benefits and Services) is 16.4% of GDP. These are the Entitlements that we’re told must be cut.
With receipts being only 15% of GDP, we have an income crisis with Outlays being 23.8% of GDP, but
they want us to believe that Social Security Outlays are the major problem. Social Security has, since 1983 provided huge surpluses that funded the Budget, thereby hiding the huge deficits that were occurring. The Reagan’s Administration raised the SS tax 3% in 1983. A huge tax on the Middle Class.
Remember Table 2.2, In 2010 Social Security taxes are 40% of all Receipts.
Crisis number 1 is that the Government must begin paying back the Social Security surpluses, it spent, from general revenues.
Crisis number 2 is that Receipts don’t equal the Outlays even if we remove Social Security (Receipts and Outlays) from the Budget.
Their Solution: Cut Entitlements. But they would not cut the Social Security tax because they need that money to run the government.
Table 7.1 Federal Debt at the End of Year 2010-As a percentage of GDP
The Federal Debt is 93.2 % of GDP for year 2010- But 31.1% of that debt is what we owe ourselves in loans from Social Security and other Retirement and Trust Funds. Another 5.6% is owed to the Federal Reserve. The remaining 56.6% is owed to Others.
So 39.4 % of the Debt is debt that the politicians want to just evaporate. If they could wipe that portion off the books, the Debt would not look so bad. That was exactly what they wanted to happen when the they kept trying to convince us that this debt was just IOUs and that there was no Lock Box. Well, those IOUs are Treasury Bills just like most of the Debt and are an obligation to future retirees and Trusts, like the Highway Trust Fund. This is the Table quoted when they say that the Debt will soon be 100% of GDP. What does that prove?
Remember if you repeat a lie again and again, the Public will believe it.
When you heard repeated “Its Your Money, they didn’t mention “Its Your Debt”. The money the IRS sent you was from projected future revenues . These tax refunds were just added to Your Debt when actual revenues fell from the bad economy and unfounded wars.
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The Politicians will keep beating the drums that the crisis is Entitlements and the Media will keep repeating it until the Public believes it. Sounds like the beating of the drums for war against Iraq.
Will we ever learn how propaganda works?
Alice Hanke
Here are some interesting numbers from the Historical Tables at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals . Check them for yourself.
Table 2.2 -Percentage Composition of Receipts by Source. Year 2010
Forty percent (40%) of total receipts is from Social Security and Retirement receipts. Forty-one (41.5%) is from individual income taxes. Corporation taxes, 8.9%, Excise taxes, 3.1% and the balance 6.5% is Other.
Table 2.3 Total 2010 Receipts are only 15% of GDP.
Table 3.1 Outlays by Super-function and Function Outlays, as a percentage of GDP for 2010 are 23.8%
On that same Table, Social Security is lumped into the Function-Human Resources. Human Resources, made up of (Health, Education, Medicare, Income Security, Social Security and Veterans Benefits and Services) is 16.4% of GDP. These are the Entitlements that we’re told must be cut.
With receipts being only 15% of GDP, we have an income crisis with Outlays being 23.8% of GDP, but
they want us to believe that Social Security Outlays are the major problem. Social Security has, since 1983 provided huge surpluses that funded the Budget, thereby hiding the huge deficits that were occurring. The Reagan’s Administration raised the SS tax 3% in 1983. A huge tax on the Middle Class.
Remember Table 2.2, In 2010 Social Security taxes are 40% of all Receipts.
Crisis number 1 is that the Government must begin paying back the Social Security surpluses, it spent, from general revenues.
Crisis number 2 is that Receipts don’t equal the Outlays even if we remove Social Security (Receipts and Outlays) from the Budget.
Their Solution: Cut Entitlements. But they would not cut the Social Security tax because they need that money to run the government.
Table 7.1 Federal Debt at the End of Year 2010-As a percentage of GDP
The Federal Debt is 93.2 % of GDP for year 2010- But 31.1% of that debt is what we owe ourselves in loans from Social Security and other Retirement and Trust Funds. Another 5.6% is owed to the Federal Reserve. The remaining 56.6% is owed to Others.
So 39.4 % of the Debt is debt that the politicians want to just evaporate. If they could wipe that portion off the books, the Debt would not look so bad. That was exactly what they wanted to happen when the they kept trying to convince us that this debt was just IOUs and that there was no Lock Box. Well, those IOUs are Treasury Bills just like most of the Debt and are an obligation to future retirees and Trusts, like the Highway Trust Fund. This is the Table quoted when they say that the Debt will soon be 100% of GDP. What does that prove?
Remember if you repeat a lie again and again, the Public will believe it.
When you heard repeated “Its Your Money, they didn’t mention “Its Your Debt”. The money the IRS sent you was from projected future revenues . These tax refunds were just added to Your Debt when actual revenues fell from the bad economy and unfounded wars.
.
The Politicians will keep beating the drums that the crisis is Entitlements and the Media will keep repeating it until the Public believes it. Sounds like the beating of the drums for war against Iraq.
Will we ever learn how propaganda works?
Alice Hanke
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
February 3rd Meeting
County Chairman Addresses Eastern Sussex Democrats
On February 3, Ed O’ Conner, Chairman of the Sussex County Democratic Committee addressed the monthly meeting of the Eastern Sussex Democrats [ESD].
His focus was on how the ESD can be of greater value to the Democratic cause in Sussex County politics. Among the things he suggested was to join our local committee, write letters to the editor, and work for a Democratic candidate.
The ESD is made up of residents from Lewes, Rehoboth, Dewey Beach, and Milton who support the values of the Democratic Party. They meet the first Thursday of each month for a luncheon and a prominent speaker at the Bethany Blues restaurant in Lewes and the club is looking to expand its membership and presence in the community.
For more information about the ESD, please contact Phil Mandel at 645-1543.
His focus was on how the ESD can be of greater value to the Democratic cause in Sussex County politics. Among the things he suggested was to join our local committee, write letters to the editor, and work for a Democratic candidate.
The ESD is made up of residents from Lewes, Rehoboth, Dewey Beach, and Milton who support the values of the Democratic Party. They meet the first Thursday of each month for a luncheon and a prominent speaker at the Bethany Blues restaurant in Lewes and the club is looking to expand its membership and presence in the community.
For more information about the ESD, please contact Phil Mandel at 645-1543.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Board Meeting-July 29, 2010
The Board met to plan the balance of the year.
Peter Schott, Betty Hurdle, Alice Hanke and Helen Truitt met at the home of Betty Hurdle
Items discussed:
1. Speakers for Sept, Velda Jones-Potter, State Treasurer, Oct ; Nov- Carney/McCabe, Pete Schwartzkopf will be contacted.
2. Dec Christmas Party planning at the Sept 16th meeting
3. Nominating Committee for 2011 election of officers in January
4. Meeting location change delayed to after the election
5. Peter will post events to the DE Democrat website
6. A successful picnic added $500 to our bank account.
General Meeting: Sept 2, 11:30 am at the Milton location
Next Board Mtg: Sept 23th, 10:30 at Betty Hurdle's home
Peter Schott, Betty Hurdle, Alice Hanke and Helen Truitt met at the home of Betty Hurdle
Items discussed:
1. Speakers for Sept, Velda Jones-Potter, State Treasurer, Oct ; Nov- Carney/McCabe, Pete Schwartzkopf will be contacted.
2. Dec Christmas Party planning at the Sept 16th meeting
3. Nominating Committee for 2011 election of officers in January
4. Meeting location change delayed to after the election
5. Peter will post events to the DE Democrat website
6. A successful picnic added $500 to our bank account.
General Meeting: Sept 2, 11:30 am at the Milton location
Next Board Mtg: Sept 23th, 10:30 at Betty Hurdle's home
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
GOP Lost its Way
> Since the election, the GOP has been racking their brains asking what did we > do wrong. The main theory seems to be: We Lost Our Way. So I have a few > theories of my own about how they lost it.
How the Republicans lost their way:
1. False belief that their way is the only way even when it's proven not to > work.
2. False belief that Free Markets will take care of everything and everyone.
3. False belief that if one works hard, they'll earn enough to feed and > clothe their families.
4. False belief that US has best healthcare in world, when we rank # 26th in > the industrialized world.
5. False belief that everyone should be responsible for themselves.
6. Being more interested in personal gain than being a servant of the > electorate.
7. Refusal to change their diehard beliefs of tax cuts and poor economic > theories.
To say that " We became just like the Democrats in terms of spending, as well as on personal and political ethics.", Priscilla Rakestraw; as a reason for losing; just shows how the GOP can't accept its own failures. The problem isn't that you did not get your message out! You got it out and it was rejected at the polls.
The Message is always about helping business and cutting taxes for the well off. All meaningless words for the poor and hungry. When will you see that we all must care for the elderly, the widows, the > downtrodden and the children, as any civilized country should and as required by the religions of the world. What happened to the Golden Rule? Maybe the Golden Rule (Do unto others as you would have them do to you) could be the next GOP mantra
Alice Hanke, Milton DE
How the Republicans lost their way:
1. False belief that their way is the only way even when it's proven not to > work.
2. False belief that Free Markets will take care of everything and everyone.
3. False belief that if one works hard, they'll earn enough to feed and > clothe their families.
4. False belief that US has best healthcare in world, when we rank # 26th in > the industrialized world.
5. False belief that everyone should be responsible for themselves.
6. Being more interested in personal gain than being a servant of the > electorate.
7. Refusal to change their diehard beliefs of tax cuts and poor economic > theories.
To say that " We became just like the Democrats in terms of spending, as well as on personal and political ethics.", Priscilla Rakestraw; as a reason for losing; just shows how the GOP can't accept its own failures. The problem isn't that you did not get your message out! You got it out and it was rejected at the polls.
The Message is always about helping business and cutting taxes for the well off. All meaningless words for the poor and hungry. When will you see that we all must care for the elderly, the widows, the > downtrodden and the children, as any civilized country should and as required by the religions of the world. What happened to the Golden Rule? Maybe the Golden Rule (Do unto others as you would have them do to you) could be the next GOP mantra
Alice Hanke, Milton DE
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