Kerry Has NO Plan

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-01-2004
Kerry Has NO Plan
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Thu, 10-14-2004 - 6:00am
Looking back over the three debates, the most striking thing about Mr. Kerry's "plan" is that he has NO plan. When asked what he would do about Iraq, he has replied that he would call a summit. When asked how he would fix social security, he said he would leave it as is and if that didn't work, he would call a meeting of experts. When asked how he would pay for every other big government program he proposes, he said he would pay for it by rolling back tax cuts for the top 1% of tax payers. Unfortunately "calling a meeting or summit" to talk about a problem, is not a plan. . .if after 20 years in the Senate, Mr. Kerry cannot propose more than a meeting, he is not fit to be president. Further, if he hasn't caught on that the wealthiest Americans will not sit idly by and have their wealth taxed away, he has not looked at the tax returns of his own wife who pays slightly over 12% of her income in taxes! It is impossible to look at almost any international sports event without noting how many European athletes declare Monaco as their place of residence - why? - because of the favorable tax rate in Monaco. Middle class people cannot affort to pick up their families and move to another country, but the very wealthy can and will if Mr. Kerry is elected president and attempts to tax away their wealth. Further, I will make a bet that most of the very wealthy - including the Kerrys themselves - already have bank accounts and homes in other countries so that relocating would be a simple step. How many of you actually think the wealthy are going to sit idly by and have all their money confiscated to pay for big government programs? The rich have never done that and I see no evidence that Mr. Kerry will be able to "charm" them into doing so.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-06-2004
In reply to: galanie
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 7:25am
Kerry doesn't need a plan. Running a media-sponsored election based solely on hatred does not require one to explain oneself, just to bask in the glowing reviews of the Anybody But Bush crowd.

Subject: I'M CONFUSED AND I HOPE NOT THE ONLY ONE

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This was passed to me, but I can't understand it. Maybe you can,

I'm trying to get all this political stuff straightened out in my head

so I'll know how to vote come November. Right now, we have one guy

saying one thing. Then the other guy says something else. Who to believe.

Let's see; have I got this straight?

Clinton awards Haliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good...

Bush awards Haliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad...

Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good...

Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad...

Clinton imposes regime change in Serbia - good...

Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...

Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists-

good...

Bush liberates 25 million from a genocidal dictator - bad...

Clinton bombs Chinese embassy - good...

Bush bombs terrorist camps - bad...

Clinton commits felonies while in office - good...

Bush lands on aircraft carrier in jumpsuit - bad...

No mass graves found in Serbia - good...

No WMD found Iraq - bad...

Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good...

Economy on upswing under Bush - bad...

Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden - good...

World Trade Centers fall under Bush - bad...

Clinton says Saddam has nukes - good...

Bush says Saddam has nukes - bad...

Clinton calls for regime change in Iraq - good...

Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...

Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good...

Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad...

Milosevic not yet convicted - good...

Saddam turned over for trial - bad...

Ahh, it's so confusing!

Every year an independent tax watchdog group analyzes the average tax

burden on Americans, and then calculates the "Tax Freedom Day". This is

the

day after which the money you earn goes to you, not the government. This

year, tax freedom day was April 11th. That's the earliest it has been

since

1991. It's latest day ever was May 2nd, which occurred in 2000. Notice

anything special about those dates?

Recently, John Kerry gave a speech in which he claimed Americans are

actually paying more taxes under Bush, despite the tax cuts. He gave

no explanation and provided no data for this claim.

Another interesting fact: Both George Bush and John Kerry are wealthy

men.

Bush owns only one home, his ranch in Texas. Kerry owns 4 mansions,

all worth several million dollars. (His ski resort home in Idaho is an

old barn brought over from Europe in pieces. Not your average A-frame).

Bush paid $250,000 in taxes this year; Kerry paid $90,000. Does that

sound right? The man who wants to raise your taxes obviously has

figured out a way to avoid paying his own.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
In reply to: galanie
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 10:15am
Kerry has this huge book out with a plan and you can visit his website for more about his plans on certain issues. In debates Kerry has so much time to talk about them all. Try checking out his book and/or site. What is Bush's plan? More of the same?
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-07-2003
In reply to: galanie
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 10:26am
Talk about no plan . . . Bush's solution to unemployment is education? This would make sense if the only jobs that were being lost were manufacturing jobs, but unfortunately, many of the jobs being lost are high tech and information technology jobs, which are moving to India. The people losing these jobs often have Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science. So Bush's solution is to send these people to community college? How about tax cuts? He helped unemployed people by giving them tax cuts? For those unemployed people who are no longer eligible for unemployment money, how do these tax cuts help? And how much does a $1700 tax cut help family, who lost an entire income?
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-07-2004
In reply to: galanie
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 11:40am
Yes, they're NOT LISTENING. They don't want to hear it, so how can they listen?

It's no surprise more and more voters are leaning towards Kerry now. 3 debates, 3 solid performances and 3 different George Bush's at each one. Hilarious.

Bush flat out didn't answer 4 questions, ducked 3 others by talking about Education (Wanna raise the minimum wage? No need to, just educate.), Hilarious.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-20-2003
In reply to: galanie
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 12:00pm
This person really is confused.

Clinton hasn't run for president since 1996.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
In reply to: galanie
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 1:24pm
Right. From Bush's statement in that response he made it seem like the only jobs being lost were manufactors jobs like in factory's. Earlier this year T.V.A. had to cut a lot of people. The people they ended up cutting though were people who were close to retiring, luckily. My dad and a family friend work there and while my dad wasn't too worried (he's been there over 15 years and not ready to retire yet) the family friend was cause he hasn't been there that long.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
In reply to: galanie
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 1:26pm
On the different Bush's at the debates I joked with my mom that it was like watching a soap opera.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-07-2004
In reply to: galanie
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 1:28pm
I think it's hilarious.

Bush has done almost exactly what Gore did in the debates in 2000 (with the exception of showing superiour intelligence) and it's done just what no incumbant wants done: Shows the other guy being more Presidential.

What in the world are his advisors thinking?