2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS
2008 Pres. Candidate Comparison’s
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JOHN McCAIN |
BARACK OBAMA |
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Favors new drilling offshore US |
Yes |
No |
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Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
No |
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Amount of time served in the US Senate |
22 YEARS |
173 DAYS |
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Will institute a socialized national health care plan |
No |
Yes |
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Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy |
No |
Yes |
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Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately |
No |
Yes |
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Supports gun ownership rights |
Yes |
No |
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Supports homosexual marriage |
No |
Yes |
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Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase |
No |
Yes |
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Voted against making English the official language |
No |
Yes |
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Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals |
No |
Yes |
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CAPITAL GAINS TAX |
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MCCAIN |
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. |
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OBAMA |
28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.) |
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DIVIDEND TAX |
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MCCAIN |
15% (no change) |
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OBAMA |
39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that ‘Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.’) |
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INCOME TAX |
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MCCAIN (no changes) |
Single making 30K – tax $4,500 |
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OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) |
Single making 30K – tax $8,400 |
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INHERITANCE TAX |
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MCCAIN |
- 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) |
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OBAMA |
Restore the inheritance tax Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes. |
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NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA |
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New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet. New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren’t high enough already) New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least….New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!! |
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You can verify the above at the following web sites:
http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/election/2008/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.taxes.html
http://elections.foxnews.com/?s=proposed+taxes
http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/articles/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes.html
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/barack_obama/
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/john_mccain/
So here is the DL with Obama. After reading this I am sure a lot of you are like WTF. Why all these taxes. Well here is the big picture and so you know I am not being biased I am just making sense of things because to me after reading that char above…it paints this bright and shiny start on McCain for many…and then for a group here and there who might only be influence by a small part of that chart this is the real deal.
What is said in the chart above is true. McCain is a excellent candidate despite the problem with the war…and the fact that he is against gay marriage etc.
The problem is just like a car or a style of clothing, everything looks good on paper but you have to see it for what it really is to understand it.
Here is the SHORT Answer as far as what who’s policies will do to the USA.
McCain: You thought the almost 13 trillion dollar debt was bad then you aint seen nothing yet. Its nice that we get more money in our pockets and yes it might help stimulate the economy…but common now …how many of you used your stimulus checks to pay a credit card off? lol.
ON the plus side a lot of his policies will benefit the individual when it comes to purchasing a home and such.
If you are old and want things to be good for you NOW then McCain is the guy to go with.
Obama: Ok so heres the deal. Obama is a PIA. Taxes will go up. Us poor people will get taxes worse…the rich will get taxes worst… for a while now we are all going to get screwed on taxes. Obama wants us to pay in for some sort of health care…well 3 world health care seems to be better than ours… go watch sicko…or go on Wikipedia and read about the free health care in south America and central america.
But in the long term… yeah lets see the benefits…
Lower national debt. FREE healthcare (regardless of what its going to be) and in the end… it will help stimulate our economy and make things easier i the future. Oh yeah and not to mention we want be in Iraq anymore. Hey I understand we are there…i am ok with that…but its been too long… they dont even want us to be there anymore.
So choose who you think fits you best…some of are in the NOW some of us look to the future with a positive light.
Also Obama is 47 and McCain is 72… Do you think you could handle a country in your late 70s? Like i said…the question is are you in the NOW or looking to the future?
Thanks for the comment above AnAmerican. Although I am registered democrat I think I will be voting republican for the simple fact that I do not want to pay twice as much out of my paycheck in government taxes as I would have to with Obama in office.
The Obama change message is nice but I don’t want my change coming in the form of more of my money going to the government. I don’t want to be poorer than I am now. Its hard as it is now. Can you imagine if I had to pay twice as much out of pocket to the government?
World health care isn’t a great idea either. Its a nice thought to help everyone you can but in reality that means we all suffer. In Canada where world health care is in place it takes so long to get an operation and people die from waiting in line due to the world health care policy in place.
I don’t agree with McCaine on issues such as the war,gay marriage, and abortion but at least I will have the money I earned stay with me and not go to the government. I would be able to buy and sell a house without paying all the taxes that Obama poses and so forth. If you want to live a good life and not be poor or get sucked dry by government taxes McCaine is the one to go with. That’s what I am basing my decsision on because now that I have graduated and am working hard for my money I don’t want Obama taking twice as much out of my paycheck.
I have never seen a load of BS before. The tax bracket explanation is the biggest lie I have ever seen. Just like the lies the McCain is telling now. Hey McCain, let’s worry about the economy and not Lindsey Lohan and Obama. What a load SHIT.