Ap1Bfreetorun says:
The Democratic Congress has really done a world of good, haven't they?  Closing down the House in order to avoid a vote on drilling for more oil when over 70% of the people in our country desire more drilling is REAL PROGRESS, is it not?   NOT!  Crying that the War in Iraq is LOST months ago?  NOT!  (see Harry Reid).  I agree that we should not have been there but to try to leave it in less than complete chaos with a government in charge, not roving bands of militia etc. is better than just jumping out 6 months or more ago.  This is a good time to be easing out, let the Iraq Government take over and fight their own battles.

KOAJ says:
shrimp - you may need to read obamanomics a little closer re: your 600k point

cap gains affects everyone
dividend taxes affect everyone
raising corporate taxes causes layoffs, jobs to shift

neither of these two has the wherewithal to deal with the economy...however one will dramatically change the tax structure punishing much needed fresh capital

ClubDirt says:
i posted an article about tax and economic implications of the two candidates from what i believe to be a reliable and more importantly, intelligent scource- a publication from wharton.  no one responded, but i read it to say that the economy is fucked either way, although likely moreso with obama.

KOAJ says:


10000000% wrong

company A has 20% of their projected revenues set aside for salaries...now because the cost of doing business has gone up they have to cut costs from other places

higher taxes on employers create shitty job environments and forces employers to move to more tax friendly environments

check today how google is going to put their data farms on boats and put them out to see to avoid paying property taxes on the buildings where the servers are. its on drudge

cap gains hikes never increases revenues to the government...even the Palin killer charlie gibson pointed this out to barry o on national tv...then he stuttered through his answer

cd329 says:

 

KOAJ,

 You keep saying corporate tax rates and causes layoffs, yet you dont mention how cutting these rates creates jobs or keeps people working.  The triuth is and i dont understand how you dont see it is, when you give these corporations tax cuts, they dont go out and reinvest that money into the company with new equiptment or creating jobs.  hell no, they use those tax cuts to fatten up their own wallets all the while closing down operations, laying off people the moving jobs overseas for slave labor.  That trickle down theory is the biggest line of bullshit the republicans have fed on the American public now foir decades. Its pure crap and if you think busting out the middle class is the answer to solving this countries problems, they you are badly mistaken. The middle class created this country and if the bonehead republicans would step out of the way, they once again could help to build it back up again. All i know is i would bet every dime i have that if you had a union middle class job somewhere you would have a whole differnt tune about who you would want in office.

Sit down and do the math sometime in your business and i will bet  that having a democrat in the whitehouse will put more money in your pocket, then a republican will be able to do for you, that is unless you are in that very rich elite group McCain is going to help.

More sales = more money   Less sales = less money.

 

Chezman says:
Democrat is just a fancy American word for Socialist. "Tax more so that we can create more SOCIAL programs". Obama thinks that taxes are the solution to all our problems. This country was founded on capitalist principals, not socialistic ones. People need to embrace personal respsonsibility and not rely on the government for help. The government should only protect law abiding citizens from threats; the government should not be taxing and getting in everyone's business. Income Tax-UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Social Security-UNCONSTITUTIONAL; Welfare-UNCONSTITUTiONAL. Create your own retirement, take care of your own babies, don't tax my hard earned income. If our founding fathers saw what the Democrats(Socialists) are trying to do, and have been doing for years, they would FLIP! If John McCain isn't elected, the US will be screwed. Just because someone was smart enough to create themselves some wealth, the government should not punish them. Obama wants to punish the people that have created wealth for themselves and in most cases are the ones hat create jobs for people. Americans that lean to the left are better at complaining then anyone in the world. If it's true that you bring into your life what you think about (or complain about) the most, then this seems to make a lot of sense. The more complaining that the Democrats/Socialists do, the more they have to complain about. They will never be happy. Go McCain the ultimate Warrior and the Genius Ms. Palin.