In Tarheel State, Obama Tars McCain Presidency as a Disaster for the Middle Class

Props to Obama as a McCain supporter…”not only is it not right, it ain’t right…” Heh. He is a quick one…

I watched this speech on CNN and I was CRACKING UP. Obama was HILARIOUS especially the “kindergarten line” and the “Weezy line”.
Obama was really great in the speech.

geevill: Thank you for posting that. I heard that speech the other day. He is sooo right, we need education, good education, but it will come to us at a cost in the beginning, but will pay off highly in the long run. There are so many wasted minds because of the lack of the education they need. We need young good minds in our Technology, Health.. etc. and Obama is the one that will work toward that. Also, if you feel good about yourself than it does make you a better person.

No Obama Next you will be an Alien from Mars or Jupiter, Love the PBtJ sanwich Comment. you know whats sad Obama has never attacked Mccain Personally he has only attacked his policies, Obama has true class wish i could say the same for Mccain.

Socialism, Communism, Marxism, the Press, the Un-American part of the country all against McCain, all lumped together, sounds like paranoia to me.

Becky, thanks, but I don’t agree. I don’t think Obama will stop at $250K. The current crisis is a function of a lot of republican and democratic mistakes, not just “the faaaailed poolicies of the last eight years” The tax cuts had absolutely nothing to do with the crisis, and that is what Obama points to. Flat wrong.
Also, I really don’t believe the answer is soaking the rich…even the tax on the top 5% doesn’t appeal to me…it won’t help me in the slightest.
McCain offers the same tax cut for the “middle class” and I think he will follow through.
The taxing of benefits thing…I agree, I would oppose the plan as currently written…however, it would be better than a Universal system, which to me is a slippery slope to it being illegal to obtain private care, as in Canada. Maybe not…
Also, McCain was right on the surge, and nobody believed him. Now, Obama rides that success as if McCain had nothing to do with it. We are winning.

Thinking,
A QUESTION FOR YOU:
Is John McCain willing today to call for the end of all redistributive government policies, including:
A) Social Security
B) Medicare
C) Unemployment insurance
D) All local property taxes
E) All local sales taxes
F) Federal pork heading to Alaska, the number ONE recipient per person of federal funds.
FOLLOW UP QUESTION:
Is John McCain a socialist/marxist/redistributionalist, by his own definition?

There will not be a middle class if Obama is President. No one will hire us and Corporations will all pay minumum wage to offset taxes and fines that Washington has for them. There is already preparation in my Company. 15 people are on a list to be let go if upcoming elections steer Obama. Companies willneed to prepare for the tax burdens that will be ahead.

geevil you have become the minority leader here. McSame or Ms Congeniality Palin have no understanding of the economy. For them the answer is simple like the lazzy WBush: cut taxes for the wealthiest and everybody will get rich: wrong capitalist theory. Pathetic.

He is a collectivist, but hides it well:
Obama:
“In America, we have this strong bias toward individual action. You know, we idolize the John Wayne hero who comes in to correct things with both guns blazing. But individual actions, individual dreams, are not sufficient. We must unite in collective action, build collective institutions and organizations.”
To a certain extent, I agree. However, it is clear from his comments that he disparages individualism IN FAVOR of collectivism…the very use of the term collective is reflected in basic Marxist philosophy…
I AM NOT SAYING that Obama is a “Marxist..” the point is his philosophy, bolstered by “critical theory” and the like, is informed by the work of academics who DID rely on ultimately Marxist thought. Read his dang Autobiography…
So it filters down, through mainstream politics, and before you know it, we are discussing things in marxist terms without even knowing it…we just think it is the “truth” that “collective” action is more effective, and more important than individual action.
I oppose that viewpoint, in that it doesn’t recognize the importance of individualism.

Can a McCain supporter help me out with something.
Does everyone get the $2500 health credit ($5000 for families) or just those who do not have insurance thru their employer?

“proven track record in getting things done”
Like what? Selling a plane then simply using another. Eventually pulling funding for a bridge after the Feds had? A pipeline that had been in negotiations far before her time? Bringing Walmart to Wasilla?
“and turning things around in a disturbing corrupt situation.”
Turning things around on corruption?
By accepting a per diem while staying at home?
By charging the state for her children;s travel even am,ending expense reports to say the children were invited and therefore on official state business?
By having her husband sit in on meetings about public business and copying him via email on such matters?
By using the power of her office to settle a family dispute?

The Bush family and the House of Saud are worried about low gas prices, so Lil Bush will order the Fed to lower intrest rates to weaken the dollar so oil prices will go up. The Bush families friends sure do love those low intrest rates. Funny how that 850 billion bail out isn’t being spent the way Congress was told it would be. Where’s the over site ?
Ex Republican

His peanut butter and jelly sandwich comment shows me he does not the know the difference between socialism and sharing or charity. Sharing a sandwich is being friendly and kind. Taking my money by government force is quite another. If I give that sandwich to someone voluntarily that is charity, which is something he knew little about until he started running for national office. Based on his tax returns that were released he knows little about helping the poor unless he can do it by government mandate.
Relying on the government for redistributed wealth is one sure way to guarantee you life of poverty.
It all makes sense now.

“Ryan…Everyone gets it but the benefits will be taxed and offset IF you have an employer based plan.”
Damn now I am confused.
I thought you get that money if you choose to forgo your employer plan.

Wade,
Do you think making insurance portable would have a effect similar to credit card companies settling in DE or insurance companies settling in CT because of their friendly regulations to the respective industries?

Ryan,
Research Palin record more and stop following news media. Look at how far Alsaka has come since Palin took over. Look at her approval record and how many more pipelines are going in. Palin does not make decisions she turned the decisions over to the people of Alaska. Where decisions should be made. BY THE PEOPLE! NOT PELOSI-REID and OBAMA.

Senator Obama is a Democratic senator of Illinois, not North Carolina as it says in the first sentence

RGeier: Very very true. Thanks!

“hey, Ryan, the guy Fronstin has an interesting discussion about the plan.”
I’ll check that out and get back to you on this, Wade.

Concerned in OH
I know but try. Every time you post some factual info they ignore it. They will have themselves to blame. According to heritage, under McCain tax plan there would be 2 million plus new jobs by 2018, With Obama, less than 1 million

I hope everyone here is going to watch the 30 minute Obama special tonight, right before the end of the World Series.

Concerned in OH
re: ‘Progressives don’t care about economic wealth or increasing quality of life for people..’
your statement is so far from historical reality that it’s beyond laughable…..
to imply that Republicans are more concerned about ‘regular’ americans quality of life shows how far removed from political reality you are.

Any Obama supporters want to compare the standard of living of the average U.S. citizen to that of more “enlightened” countries? What’s better, Euro-style high unemployment & low per capita GDP & ultra-high gas prices or what we have? Anybody want to compare our crappy stock market with theirs? Hint: they are much worse off than us.
We DO NOT want to go the socialist route just to punish the rich and the “large corporations” as Obama derides. Any Obama supporters work for one of these large corporations? Guess what, with more regulations and higher taxes, your job will be even more at risk.
Use some common sense and don’t let Obama fool you with his welfare state rhetoric. Of course it is easy to promise not to raise taxes on 95% of Americans when the top 5% pay most of the taxes. It is basic electoral math, not any concern for the common man. Obama is an elitist who has no concern for the common man. He only wants to squash your opportunity to gain power for himself and his liberal cronies.
Regards,
Karl

In the United States, wealth is highly concentrated in a relatively few hands. As of 2001, the top 1% of households (the upper class) owned 33.4% of all privately held wealth, and the next 19% (the managerial, professional, and small business stratum) had 51%, which means that just 20% of the people owned a remarkable 84%, leaving only 16% of the wealth for the bottom 80% (wage and salary workers). In terms of financial wealth, the top 1% of households had an even greater share: 39.7%. Table 1 and Figure 1 present further details drawn from the careful work of economist Edward N. Wolff at New York University (2004).
Obama’s tax plan is to return to the progressive form of the Clinton administration which would target to the largest degree the 1 per cent at the top
with one third of the wealth in the country.
Small business owners making over 250 thousand in profit would see the smallest increase.
No more than they paid in the Clinton era which was without a doubt the most prosperous in recent history.
The benefits of this system would take the burden off the middle class which has only
16 per cent of the wealth in this country. The wage earners and salaried employees like Joe the plumber would get instant relief.
This will encourage them to spend more and stimulate the economy.

seemstome
I guess you didn’t read it. History shows when you target the rich tax revenue and economy go backwards. When you have tax cuts, revenue increases and the wealthy actually pay more. The economy grows.

I would like to hear from someone in the top 20 percent of the population that controls 84 percent of the wealth.

Seemstone,
Whadda ya wanna know?
Craner

If you cut taxes to 0, tax revenues will go up to infinity.

This most recent attack on Obama suggesting ties to Khalidi is absurd! Isnt this guilt by association nonsense smacks of old time McCarthysm.
There is an article in Politico today (Ben Smith) that dispells this nonsense & actually shows much closer ties between Khalidi and McCain the he is to Obama.
But the bigger issue is why is it ‘wrong’ to attend events with persons of opposing views? Is there anything more communist in nature then to attack people for listening to opposing views..I think not? Is this an era of McCarthyism that the McCain/Palin ticket are advocating?? Good grief, are there not enough exisitng divisions without trying to create more!! This is surely a time in our history where more diplomacy is required!

This is on a different subject, but…if A VP candidate were found to be a “pathological liar” – would that be something that the American people should be informed about? Maybe I’m too rational or not partisan or something — but I say ‘yes’ – people should know this.

5 Words
McCain should of chose Romney.

TOP REASONS WHY McCAIN IS NOT FIT FOR PRESIDENT.
1. McCAIN AGREED WITH PRESIDENT BUSH ON 90% OF HIS FAILED POLICIES WHICH LED TO 8 YEARS OF TOTAL FISCAL AND FOREIGN POLICY FAILURE;
2. HE AGREED TO THE FAILED IRAQI WAR, AND WANTS TO CONTINUE THIS SENSELESS WAR INDEFINITELY;
3. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN DIPLOMACY OR NEGOTIATION, AND WOULD RATHER ENGAGE IN WARFARE AND AGGRESSION TO SOLVE FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES;
4. HE EXERCISED POOR JUDGEMENT IN NOMINATING HIS VICE PRESIDENT KNOWING THAT SHE IS NOT QUALIFIED OR EXPERIENCED TO SERVE AS A VICE PRESIDENT;
5. HIS AGE AND POOR HEALTH MAKES IT VERY QUESTIONABLE IF HE CAN COMPLETE HIS FULL TERM IN OFFICE (IF ELECTED) WITHOUT A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS;
6. WITH #5 IN MIND, IS HIS VICE PRESIDENT QUALIFIED TO BECOME PRESIDENT IN THE EVENT HE BECOMES ILL OR INCAPACITATED? WE ALL KNOW FULL WELL THAT SHE IS NOT CAPABLE;
7. McCAIN IS PREJUDICE AGAINST MINORITIES, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANS, ARABS, MEXICANS AND HE WILL DIVIDE THE COUNTRY MORE THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE;
8. HE FLAPS HIS FEATHERS ABOUT BEING A FORMER PRISONER OF WAR AND THAT HE HAS THE SCARS TO PROVE IT. IF WE SCRUTINIZE HOW ONE BECOMES A PRISONER OF WAR, ISN’T IT BECAUSE YOU EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT AND MADE A MISTAKE, OR DID NOT FOLLOW SUPERIOR’S ORDERS/COMMANDS. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HIM ENGAGING IN A SENSELESS WAR TO SLAUGHTER INNOCENT VIETNAMESE PEOPLE, AND TO CONSEQUENTLY CALL HIMSELF A “HERO”. THE PERSON I WOULD CALL A HERO IS MOHAMED ALI, WHO STOOD FOR HIS BELIEFS AND HELD HIS GROUNDS BY REFUSING TO ENGAGE IN A WAR TO KILL INNOCENT LIVES IN VIETNAM.
IF YOU HAVE VOTED FOR BUSH TO BE ELECTED FOR THE LAST TWO TERMS, AND YOU VOTE FOR A THIRD TERM OF BUSH’S POLICIES, THEN THE ONLY PERSON TO BLAME IS YOURSELF FOR THIS COUNTRY’S CONTINUED DECLINE AND FAILURE.
IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP AND VOTE FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT – BARRACK OBAMA. FORWARD TO ALL IF YOU CARE.

that’s what Palin did in Alaska by giving every man, woman & child (non tax payers)a government check for 2,900 including everyone in her family
Palin didn’t take from one person ans give to another. The citizens reaped the benefits of capitalism. they got a dividend from oil profits.
Obama would take the money from Alaska and give it to his bums in Chicago, Philadelphia, Newark and Detroit.
Not very difficult to understand.

“The loans you get for homes, businesses, cars, the public schools your kids go to all come from somebody elses money”
Yeah, that would be the wealth obama wants to confiscate and spread around. No invested capital, no loans.
See you support McCain over socialist Obama and you didn’t even know it!

As I read through all theses blogs I keep hearing Socialism…..Well it’s hear already who’s trying to kid who??? look at all the welfare programs. HEll if I were smart I’d close my business and file for welfare I would get a free house, foodies, free heat, Free medical…. and the more kids I have the more money I get! Get off the socialism kick it’s getting old and it’s here and until we get these folks off getting all these benifits for being here there is not a damn thing we can do about it. Oh and by the way most of these “benifts are called the FARM BILL!”

When Palin was offered the position of VP she suddenly pretended to be very patriotic to the United States. Todd Palin was a member of the radical Successionist group in Alaska that hated the United States so much that they advocated that Alaska secede from the US. Sarah Palin was a strong supporter of that group. Is that kind of person you want for the VP position of our country?

“Greed leads to revolution then Revolution gives way to greed.”
Seemstone,
You sound like Che Guevara!
This is America. Wealth is an output of the sum total of one’s decisions (should I save or consume? should I study or party? should I take a risk or play it safe?). This country is great because it rewards those who make good decisions and the total wealth of this country allows just about everybody to be taken care of. Would you rather be in poverty in America or be in China’s middle class? How about Cuba, Russia, Vietnam, North Korea, or Venezuela?
Is the lower 80% of wage earners’ federal tax rate too high? The TOP average tax rate of this cohort is only 8%. Cutting it further isn’t going to make much of a difference. Taxing wealth to spread it around creates perverse incentives.
Craner

No seemstome, I’m not for McCain because he would allow a fortune 500 company CEO’s to fire 20’000 people and then get millions of dollars for all there “good works”

If the wealthy had their way we would be working like the serfs in China do at one tenth the wages with no health benefits.
We would have the toxic air, and undrinkable water that China’s industrial pollution has produced.
When the workforce becomes “flexible” enough, maybe the Chinese form of feudalism will be right for America.
Another eight years of republican rule should do it.

MM:
Nothing against Palin, but maybe you are right about Romney…he would have been real good on this $ stuff…

He’s going to enact a tax code that is for the middle class. If that’s socialism, then I welcome socialism in this country.
Posted by: SgtPepper | Oct 29, 2008 4:06:09 PM
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Hallelujah! May Karl Be With You.

Concentration of wealth will destroy America. When the disparity becomes too great the government will have no choice but to institute a police state.
At that time the control that the media can exert alone will not be enough.
Fundamental change will occur whether you like it or not.

You see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear. Does anyone have a mind of their own? One post was exactly what Obama has been saying for months. Think much? I will not vote for Obama, not because of the economic issues or his stand of Iraq or that he is going to sink this nation into a depression,I will not vote for him because of all his associations to hateful, radical, racist people. You would not associate with these types if your views were not the same. I believe that his agenda, planned for years with Ayers and others is to bring this country down, to destroy it.

I have been hearing a lot of talk about how McCain’s economic plan will benefit the “Joe the Plumbers” of this country, yet I have not heard anything about how McCain’s administration will help the “Yolanda the Teachers.” Unlike the “Joe the Plumbers” in his campaign ad, after four years of teaching, I only make $35,000 per year, and, unfortunately, I cannot afford healthcare for my children (or anything else because I DO NOT qualify for any assistance with food, daycare or anything). Additionally, I am deeply offended by their (the “I’m Joe the Plumbers”) cavalier attitudes which suggests that the middle-class will “steal” something we didn’t earn under Obama’s plan. So, do you mean to tell me that teachers, police officers, fire fighters, EMS workers and other public servants don’t at least deserve tax relief as we shoulder the same responsibility as the “Joe the Plumbers” who make far more than we do? When I look at McCain’s plan against Obama’s, I know my family will benefit better if Obama is elected president. That’s the truth! No fog, no mirrors! By the way, I am a non-affiliated voter (formerly a registered Republican for many years) and I approve THIS message!

Yolanda,
Why do you do what you do if you aren’t satisfied with your earnings and benefits? Why do you feel it is the government’s responsibility to pay your bills? Did you not know that was the pay scale for teachers in the district in which you chose to work? If you are a good teacher (I assume you are), shouldn’t you be able to get a raise? Wouldn’t Senator McCain’s tax credit help you buy insurance for your kids?
Regards,
Karl

If Obama and the Democrats are elected they only have two years to do their “damage” and in the mid-term elections there will be a revolution against the Obamunists and start by throwing out the Democrat majority in Congress.
Obama has flown so, so high…but what goes up will come down. And the US will suffer.

Rachel,
With all due respect, I think you are drinking too much Obama Kool-Aid.
McCain has lots of plans. They are just different from Obama’s. Lots & lots of plans. McCain is spreading fear about Obama. Obama is spreading fear about McCain. Presidential politics. Happens every four years.
Anybody that has met Sarah Palin believes she is smart & gracious. Even the liberal types. The only ones that bash her are those that don’t actually listen. Republicans that call Joe Biden an idiot are just as guilty. Biden’s smart, but a bit loose-lipped. We all have our faults.
Not sure what you mean about the Real Americans not being afraid of anything. I’m afraid a terrorist might hurt my family. I’m afraid of losing my freedom. I’m afraid of clowns.
Obama offers false hope. He is trying to make the “middle class” dependent on the government. Hope = opportunity. If you want opportunity, vote McCain. Replace the phrase “middle class” with “proletariat” in any of Obama’s speeches and you’ll truly believe he’s a Marxist. That didn’t work out real well for the Soviet Union.
Even France think Obama is a weakling in the foreign policy arena, calling him “arrogant” for wanting to negotiate with rogue regimes. Obama’s foreign policy is most similar to Jimmy Carter’s. I don’t think we’ll be able to dig up Reagan to bail us out four years from now.
All Americans are able to SEEK health care now. Obama’s plan only makes the seeking that more difficult.
Obama is a good speaker. But the content is troubling & not at all inspirational. If you want inspiration and good speaking, I have the names of a few churches.
Can’t remember a Republican “dumping” on a less fortunate person unless it is a criminal. Less fortunate persons are more than welcome to strive to become more fortunate persons.
Nothing wrong with wealth & achievement. Republicans don’t want anybody to not have the opportunity to be wealthy.
I couldn’t agree more with your last statement!!
Regards,
Karl

I know my family will benefit better if Obama is elected president. That’s the truth! No fog, no mirrors!
Posted by: Yolanda Whitted | Oct 29, 2008 5:03:28 PM
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0bama asks you to ask what you can do for your country, ask not what your country has to do for you. Or, was he planning on writing into the Constitution that requires the government pay all your bills?
Don’t you think you should have Karl Marx’s spirit to contribute to the government for the benefit of the common good?
Why do you keeps thinking me, me, and me, what 0bama will do for ME?

I’m afraid of losing my freedom. I’m afraid of clowns.
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And yet you support the Republican party? How ironic.
So when the Republican party takes away your civil liberties you don’t mind. Because it’s in the name of “freedom”. Do you not see the rediculous nature of your argument?
And when the Republican President and Vice President ignore the Constitution and just write their own laws, you don’t mind.
When your party’s leaders operate unethically, and are caught doing it, you don’t mind.
When they ignore subpoena’s, that’s ok, it’s just the law right?
When you have a VP candidate who obviously had no interest in national or international politics until a few weeks ago, that’s ok. Talk about a clown.
Personally, I would be more afraid of what your own party has done over the threat over any terrorist attack.

Debating socialism now is like debating deck chairs on the Titanic. Trickle down economics has already worked! America’s wealth has been trickling (correction – “gushing”) to Asian and middle-eastern countries in the form of jobs, manufacturing, dividend re-investment, oil and infrastructure development. All this inspite of ZERO taxes paid by 2/3 of the Fortune 500 companies using loopholes to erase the “high tax rate” that McCain keeps talking about. These foreign countries then use this wealth to loan America money to buy more stuff from them.
We already have a universal healthcare system in the US! It relies on the uninsured being able to tap Emergency room care at nearly ten times the cost of preventive care and passing on those costs to tax payers driving up state budget deficits. McCain’s $5000 tax credit would just shift the burden to the Federal government while allowing providers to move out of states that currently require coverages.
America’s future supply of oil is guaranteed!…by 130,000 troops sitting in the gulf permanently and running an off-budget tax funded cost of $150B annually. Its just another social give-away to the oil companies in the form of lives and treasure. McCain suggests new tax cuts and de-regulation to motivate companies to build 45 nuclear power plants. Not in my backyard!
Everything about these examples is due to an antiquated borrow, spend and de-regulate philosophy that McCain whole heartedly shares with Bush. His tax cuts/credits will add an additional trillion dollars of debt compared to Obama’s investments (acording to tax policy center).
Ofcourse, in every other way McCain and Bush are quite different.

Dear Rachel,
Thanks for the reply.
I can understand your anger at the current administration. I’m angry at them myself & I agree with many of your points. I’m not crazy about the current leadership of the Republican Party and I think they need to go.
I think most of the entire Congress needs to go to.
We need leaders that have our best interests at heart. You & I may disagree on the current slate of candidates, but I wholeheartedly agree with you that the current leaders in Washington aren’t doing their jobs.
Regards,
Karl

The profoundly evil campaign directed by McCain shows how power can corrupt a man over 26 years. These are dangerous times and a dictator could emerge who would end personal freedom and security in this country. McCain is “That One”.

(In response, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds later said, “No one cares what Barack Obama does with his toys, but Americans do care that he wants to raise taxes, add a trillion dollars in new spending and redistribute your hard-earned paycheck as he sees fit.”)
Again, all the McCain camp can do is lie lie lie. Want to know how much you’re going to save under Obama’s tax plan?
Meanwhile, McCain will tax your employer health benefits you receive as if those benefits were CASH. So, you’ll have to pay your tax bracket for your health benefits as if you were receiving money, yet you aren’t, you get your benefits from your employer, but you are not given money for them. So McCain will tax you. You’ll pay MORE taxes under McCain. McCain will kill the middle class.
Do yourselves a favor, McCain supporters, and read up on this. You’d be shooting yourself in the foot to vote for McCain. That is if you really care about taxes.

Hey ! I just hope everyone that believes they have a connection to the highest power that controls ALL willpray for our nation to make the right choice . That HIS will be done, and things to turn around for tis nation.
Healtcare is a mainstay for me in this election because people are dieing ALL over THIS nation because they cant get help , unless they quit their jobs and get welfare . Even if tey can get a dr to see them without insurance, they likely cant afford the medicine . That is not the America that anyone ever wanted to live in , is It ?

Sorry to say, but you people screaming “socialism” about a more equitable rate of taxation have been terribly mislead by politicians who aim to distract you with lies and cultural wedge issues in the hopes that you never realize how badly you’re all — we’re all — being had by Corporate America, lobbyists, and politicians who serve as lobbyist tools in Washington.
Questions to ask yourself: How much do corporations actually pay in federal income taxes? How much of the stock market value does the top 20% of Americans own? (Answer: 90%.) What happens to YOUR state, local, and property taxes when your leaders mangle the federal budget? (Also remember, states have a flat tax, which means that those who earn less actually pay a higher percentage of their income towards state taxes — meaning when you add state and federal taxes together, those who earn less actually pay around the same effective rate of their incomes for taxes as those who earn more.) How does the richest 5% of Americans paying 3% more in federal income taxes = socialism? Under the Bush admin’s tax cuts, how was the economy grown? Did corporations send fewer jobs overseas? Did unemployment and wages go up or down? How does McCain’s plan to cut capital gains taxes help the middle class? (Do you know what capital gains taxes ARE?!) Do you know that the last time the wealthiest 1% of Americans owned 40% of the nation’s wealth–as they now do–was in 1929, the eve of the Great Depression?
Come on, people. Get with the program and STOP voting against YOUR interests.

Do you people realize that the generous (yeah right!) $5000 that McCain is offering for health insurance is for a family … only $2500 for individuals – they seem to “forget” to clarify that. My current policy is $450/month – translation, McCain’s plan doesn’t help me much. I have talked to older American’s getting soaked for $800/month crappy policies … but McCain doesn’t care because he has HIS cushy GOVERNMENT plan. I can’t wait until we go PURPLE under Obama!!! (his 2004 speech – purple US, not red or blue – it’s about unity folks!).
Obama/Biden ’08/12!!!!

McCain calling Senator Obama a socialist is a cheap, desperate ploy (and I’m shocked so many people seem to have fallen for it) and McCain and Palin spreading lies about Obama’s tax plan is simply disgraceful. Senator Obama didn’t change his tax policy. It’s always been if your family’s income is below $250,000 your taxes will not go up. If your family’s income is below $200,000, your taxes will actually go down. For those families between $200,000 and $250,000, your taxes will stay the same. And for individuals making less than $200,000, you won’t pay more in taxes and those making $150,000 will pay less. Senator Obama and Joe Biden were merely emphasizing different aspects of his tax plan. They should have stayed on message, but at least they’re telling the American people the truth.