McCAIN-HAVE AMERICANS GONE NUTS???

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-14-2008
McCAIN-HAVE AMERICANS GONE NUTS???
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Tue, 10-14-2008 - 9:21am

In this (video) exchange between Obama and a plumber on the campaign trail this weekend, the self-employed plumber said to Obama: "Your new tax plan is going to tax me more. Isn’t it?"

Obama responded: "It’s not that I want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody that is behind you, that they have a chance for success too. I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody."

But, Obama's not a socialist -- geez Louise!


Given Barack Obama’s relentless populism this cycle, the Wall Street Journal analysis of his tax cuts should surprise no one. They find that Obama relies less on actual cuts in tax rates and more in specific, "refundable" grants that filers receive whether they have a tax liability or not. Instead of reducing taxes, Obama makes his redistributionism explicit.

Six of the seven listed in the Obama plan are these "refundables," money people get from the federal government even if they pay no taxes at all. These are not Ttax cuts," but instead welfare grants based on specific social policy.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-26-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 9:23am
This looks vaguely familiar!!!
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-14-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 1:18pm
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-26-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 1:44pm
I think I've seen this one a few times too!!!
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-04-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 2:40pm
patriot08 (or dr.ed, or edwilson) I love your new screen name because this one has a nice feminine sound to it. Is it French?
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-10-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 2:44pm
LOL, with apologies to the French!
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-04-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 2:57pm
OMG you are right!
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-07-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 3:08pm

... and Obama stated in the last debate he would send American troops to places like Darfur and others in Africa to "keep the peace".

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-26-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 3:12pm
LOL - we wouldn't have needed the surge if we were never there in the first place, fighting an "enemy" who had nothing to do with 9-11....