A Comparison Of Two Presidential Candidates

Finally back from vacation and once again all caught up at work (always the worst part of vacations is all the catching up you have to do), I figured it was about time I get back to blogging.  I received the following email from Doug Kotrba, I know Doug from Vets for Dino.  It is a great side by side comparison of both the Presidential Candidates (let’s face it the third party candidates don’t really stand a chance).  Now I am no big fan of McCain, but when you compare it to what we would get out of an Obama Presidency it seems to be a no brainer (not to mention McCain’s VP pick in Sarah Palin has shown that he is willing to have a true proven Conservative on the ticket).  So with out an further delay here is the comparison:

 

2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS ISSUE JOHN McCAIN BARAK OBAMA Favors new drilling offshore US Yes No  (ed~So what is his plan for energy independence anyway) Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it (ed~can you say who gets to most likely pick Ruth Beta-Ginsberg’s replacement) Yes No Served in the US Armed Forces Yes (ed~had always called for more troops in Iraq and was right) No (ed~still trying to claim the surge didn’t work…) Amount of time served in the US Senate 22 YEARS 173 DAYS (ed~yet his campaign wanted to bring up lake of experience in Gov Palin…) Will institute a socialized national health care plan(ed~can you say Canada eh?) No Yes Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy (ed~yet the anti-war left wants to call our troops baby killers) No Yes Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately (ed~can you say Vietnam/Cambodia all over again) No Yes Supports gun ownership rights Yes No (ed~he wouldn’t want to be mistaken as a bitter middle American clinging to his gun now would he?) Supports homosexual marriage No Yes Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase No Yes (ed~I am sure the Obamaesiah will just look at it as tithing not taxes) 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!!!

 

HAVE CHILDREN ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE MILITARY:

 

Obama:    NO
Biden       NO*

 

 

                *Has a son in the Delaware National Guard (ed~I could not tell you if he has deployed or not and his son and Senator Biden should be, and I am sure our, very proud of his sevice)

 

McCain   YES – 2 sons.
Palin       YES  – 1 son in an Army Infantry Bde deploying to Iraq on Sept 11, 2008.

 

 

 

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://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/articles/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes.html            http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/john_mccain/

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