Comments on: Coal Front Group Plans $20 Million Online Media Blitz For ‘Shaping Public Attitudes’

By: grassfarmer

grassfarmer — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:14:47 +0000

1. Payroll Tax Stimulus. With a temporary new tax credit to offset 50% of the payroll tax, every small business would have more money, and all Americans would take home more of what they earn.

2. Real Middle-Income Tax Relief. Reduce the marginal tax rate of 25% down to 15%, in effect establishing a flat-rate tax of 15% for close to 9 out of 10 American workers.

3. Reduce the Business Tax Rate. Match Ireland’s rate of 12.5% to keep more jobs in America.

4. Homeowner’s Assistance. Provide tax credit incentives to responsible home buyers so they can keep their homes.

5. Control Spending So We Can Move to a Balanced Budget. This begins with eliminating Congressional earmarks and wasteful pork-barrel spending.

6. No State Aid Without Protection From Fraud. Require state governments to adopt anti-fraud and anti-theft policies before giving them more money.

7. More American Energy Now. Explore for more American oil and gas and invest in affordable energy for the future, including clean coal, ethanol, nuclear power and renewable fuels.

8. Abolish Taxes on Capital Gains. Match China, Singapore and many other competitors. More investment in America means more jobs in America.

9. Protect the Rights of American Workers. We must protect a worker’s right to decide by secret ballot whether to join a union, and the worker’s right to freely negotiate. Forced unionism will kill jobs in America at a time when we can’t afford to lose them.

10. Replace Sarbanes-Oxley. This failed law is crippling entrepreneurial startups. Replace it with affordable rules that help create jobs, not destroy them.

11. Abolish the Death Tax. Americans should work for their families, not for Washington.

12. Invest in Energy and Transportation Infrastructure. This includes a new, expanded electric power grid and a 21st century air traffic control system that will reduce delays in air travel and save passengers, employees and airlines billions of dollars per year.

By: Wes Rolley

Wes Rolley — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:07:09 +0000

Carol,
No matter how stupid they think we are, we continually surpass even ACCCE’s wildest hopes.

Take for inst

By: Carol A.

Carol A. — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:22:49 +0000

The very fact that, in this economy, the ACCE has the funds to invest in a PR firm to convince folks to “appreciate the coal industry” indicates that something is still very wrong with energy corporations in America. Would they consider using their surplus dollars to reduce energy costs for consumers? Or maybe for research into clean coal technology? Or how about for educating themeselves in modern environmental science and global warming? They don’t know that carbon dioxide emmissions from coal burning plants cause global warming? Horsefeathers! They are simply following the lead of George Bush, by denying scientific fact to suit their own purposes. Big corporations are so used to being protected by pro-big business Republicans that they are still living in their own little worlds. They haven’t yet realized that it’s a new day in America. A case in point is AIG. After 3 multi-million dollar federal bailouts, AIG has now hired a notorious firm to “repair its image.” Just how stupid do they think the American people are?

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:51:09 +0000

So what's the salary for this job? How long do you think it would take before they figured out I was actually working against their objectives?