i don't remember obama proposing stealing anyone's intelligence...but maybe i'm wrong--after all, i hate america, i live in fake america, and i'm a marxist...

11/16/2008, 10:46 PM

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12/08/2008, 1:47 PM

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Thank you for communicating this much better than I've heard anyone else do. No one is going to be made rich or poor by Obama's tax plan. Fear mongering is fun though, eh?

Go to the unemployment office sometime. The people there are not trying to get help for a "small time". They are actively trying to stay on unemployment, WIC, EBT, and welfare as long as they can... Know why? "Who WOULDN'T want free money". They don't have a tax burden. That means, kiddies, that EVERYONE who does have a tax burden supports them. Add an additional tax credit on top of what they are already GIVEN, and that money has to come from somewhere. (Here is a hint: The middle to upper class, ironically the same people who are going to be screwed by the Change-bringers new tax policies)

11/17/2008, 8:55 PM

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11/25/2008, 02:53 AM

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Actually, I know how little it is. That is why I included WIC, EBT and welfare in that whole "free money" category.

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No, I am smart enough to recognize that social security has been completely fucked for years and will plan my retirement accordingly!

I don't know that it's fair to say that person was being selfish or unpatriotic. Don't be too close-minded. I know what you're saying, but at the same time, you have to understand that being conservative doesn't necessarily make someone an uncaring, unpatriotic person who wants to see their fellow citizens fail. A lot of my good friends happen to be Republican, and I hear what they have to say. All I'm saying is...you don't know this person. For all we know, they could go on to work for a nonprofit, charitable organization or something.

anybody that owns a small business probably makes over $250,000 a year, even though they don't get to pocket all that money. that's because the government counts their business's earning as personal, and taxes them on that amount. so if you raise taxes on the upper middle class (many of whom are small business owners), they have to make cuts elsewhere, which may mean not hiring new employees, or even firing old ones. since the economy is shit right now, increasing the national unemployment rate isn't such a hot idea. don't get me wrong, i'm all for helping people that need help. but raising taxes during an economic crisis is perhaps not the best idea.

that's not to say that i love sarah palin or that i think john mccain's policies are the best. i mean, which is the lesser of two evils - a junior senator with limited political experience, or an off-the-cuff "maverick" with a short temper?

so to wrap things up, if ya'll are gonna get on some internet forum and talk politics, do some research before you go spouting off.

So you're saying that people who make a fair amount of money have so much money they wouldn't notice if FORTY PERCENT never made it to them? My dad gets to keep about 60% of what he gets paid. The reason its hard to understand why all the money would be taken is because he works his ass off all year long so his kids can have relative comfort and get an education while other people have learned to leech off the federal and state government. Why is it his responsiblity to care for other people at all? Nobody gave him anything that got him where he is. His dad was a poor farmer. Why is the responsiblity of the rich to care for other people? Its not. If out of the compassion of their heart, they choose to donate to charities (a majority of charitable donations are made by the wealthy) then fantastic. But they should not be required to care for people they have no relation to. Also, i think its a shitty idea that Im gonna pay my whole life into Social Security. Guess whats gonna happen when it comes time for me to collect off of the money I've given to the governmnet? IT WONT EXIST. It got sent to somebody else who didn't go to school for 19 years and then work a lifetime to get it.

"Raising taxes slightly for people who make enough money not to notice is what is best for our nation's economy as a whole." The issue with this that most Republican's I know have is being forced to do so by the govt. Instead of FORCING people who are well off to take care of the poor, they should be encouraged to help. I promise you'd get a better response out of people than you think. If I'm ever lucky enough to make that kind of money, I won't want the govt to take it from me. I will do my best to give back but it will be my own decision...not the govt's. Instead of spending millions to billions of dollars bailing out companies and supporting bogus programs, spend the money on marketing volunteer work and giving back to the community.

I suppose Gucci flip flops were a failed attempt at sarcasm..

11/15/2008, 12:20 PM

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