Well, at least there’s an earmark to help defray the cost of children’s wooden arrows. We certainly need more wooden arrows for our children.
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**Sec. 503. Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children
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Current law places an excise tax of 39 cents on the first sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of any shaft of a type used to produce certain types of arrows. This proposal would exempt from the excise tax any shaft consisting of all natural wood with no laminations or artificial means to enhance the spine of the shaft used in the manufacture of an arrow that measures 5/16 of an inch or less and is unsuited for use with a bow with a peak draw weight of 30 pounds or more. The proposal is effective for shafts first sold after the date of enactment. The estimated cost of the proposal is $2 million over ten years, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation.
The Oregon senators were the initial sponsors of the provisions. According to Bloomberg News, the provision would be worth $200,000 to Rose City Archery in Myrtle Point, Oregon.
It appears the people’s voice doesn’t matter anymore, the politocs are running scared which means this pork-laden bill is destined to go forward regardless of what the people want. All we can do in response is to vote out those who vote in favor of this bill. Yesterday our Florida Senators split, but the Republican took the bait.
I have little respect for McCain and none for Obama. I would hope that Sarah, who I really do like, would explain her differences with McCain and pull out of the race. She doesn’t need to be subjected to this–the media ridicule, the back room politics that she doesn’t seem to embrace–at least not yet. Maybe if she were to spend more time in Washington she might end up like the rest of the gutter-bums who claim to “work for you” when behind the scenes they are stealing, bribing, pilaging, pilfering, and any other dishonest act they can get away with. But she seems to be genuinely interested in her constituents and takes pride in her efforts to protect her State. I would hate to see her behave like any and all other Washington politicals. But I am completely fed-up with those thieves who have created such a run-down economy, then have held the economy hostage just so they can line their pockets with the fruits of our labors.
Does anybody out there know where I could find a desert island, say, in the South Pacific where I could lay on the white sandy beach, fish pristine streams, climb mountains, and in general, silently scream–screw Washington?