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obama vs mccain on the issues. your thoughts?

For those that have difficulty in matching up what these guys are saying. .... 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS ISSUE JOHN McCAIN BARACK OBAMA Favors new drilling offshore US Yes- JM (Top Always) -No reason just the way it copied. No- BO (Bottom always) Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it Yes No Served in the US Armed Forces Yes No Amount of time served in the US Senate 22 YEARS 173 DAYS Will institute a socialized national health care plan No Yes Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy No Yes Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately No Yes Supports gun ownership rights Yes No Supports homosexual marriage No Yes Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase No Yes Voted against making English the official language No Yes Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals No Yes CAPITAL GAINS TAX MCCAIN 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. 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.) DIVIDEND TAX MCCAIN 15% (no change) 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.') INCOME TAX MCCAIN (no changes) Single making 30K - tax $4,500 Single making 50K - tax $12,500 Single making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 60K- tax $9,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250 OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Under Obama, your taxes could almost double! INHERITANCE TAX MCCAIN - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) 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. NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA 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!!! 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/

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1. Nicely done. I wasnt aware of the real estate capital gains tax by BO. Scary stuff.
2. Thank you!!!!! This is probably the best "question" ever asked on here!
3. This is fantastic. I didn't even know Obama had made his stance on issues known. I thought it was all hope and change. ;)
4. the only sensible choice is McCain. Obama's "change" campaign is losing steam. This is typical that when people get past the personalitlies and start to focus on the issues someone so extremely liberal as Obama is going to lose. People do want change, they just don't want socialism
5. Obama is my guy... A few corrections though.... Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals (McCain) No (Obama) Yes Fact Check: McCain supports relaxing the restrictions barring legal immigrants from using social programs such as food stamp, health care and housing. Supports homosexual marriage (McCain) No (Obama) Yes Fact Check: Both Obama and McCain believes that the same-sex marriage issue should be decided by individual states. Supports gun ownership rights (McCain) Yes (Obama) No Fact Check: Obama has a history of supporting gun control. Obama addressed the June 2008 Supreme Court decision striking down the District of Columbia's gun ban by saying, “I have always believed that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms, but I also identify with the need for crime-ravaged communities to save their children from the violence that plagues our streets through common-sense, effective safety measures. The Supreme Court has now endorsed that view, and while it ruled that the D.C. gun ban went too far, Justice Scalia himself acknowledged that this right is not absolute and subject to reasonable regulations enacted by local communities to keep their streets safe.”
6. My issue is Obama admitting today that he is a Muslim. Why is it other Muslims understand Obama's faith? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2737QUBxFY
7. I think that I used to really like McCain and I used to think that he was a true "maverick" in that he was clearly a moderate who was wiling to go with what he believed in and not always toe the party line. Over the last eight years, it seems as though that has changed. It's entirely possible that he's looking at this from the perspective that he can't get anything done if he can't get elected to office in the first place and is doing what he has to do but if that is the case it kind of gives lie to his statements about a willingness to go against his party. They both have questionable policies that are really up to individual interpretation. It's really tough to make a decision but the addition of Sarah Palin makes things much more clear than they were previously.
8. The issues are the important part unfortunately obama supporters don't seem to pay any attention to them or they couldn't support him unless they are just idiots I agree with McCain on every one of them the offshore drilling is necessary for energy independence and it's hard enough to live right now as it is it will be impossible to survive with obama's tax increases and what really hacks me off is obama doesn't support the second ammendment this is a huge issue with me as a hunter and shooting enthusiast I own lots of guns and have never hurt anyone but he thinks taking them away will help society and he is opposed to concealed carry when it is shown that issuing CHL's and CCW's actually lowers crime statistics obama is way too liberal another concern is the inheritance tax I don't want to lose my family land that we have had since 1873 to obama's inheritance tax he just wants to bleed us dry and none of it will help the economy or the deficite
9. wow i am impressed you really did you research! I wish i could give you points for asking such an articulate answer. you left out education http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/19ce50b5-daa8-4795-b92d-92bd0d985bca.htm http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/
10. This "question" originates in a false e-mail that's been circulating for a couple months now. The Snopes.com entry debunking it can be found at:
11. YOU WANT TO DIE,, AND HAVE THE WORLD HATE AMERICAN,, THEN MCCAIN IS YOUR GUY.. HE IS A OLD TRIGGER HAPPY FUCK