Tax Proposals - What will you get (or lose)?

I saw this in the Washington post. It's a comparison of how your taxes will change under each candidates tax proposals. I find it truly amazing that McCain thinks that people making over 2.87 MILLION dollars should get a larger tax cut than those of us well under that amount who actually WORK for a living (OK, I suppose most of the rich people work too, but I do it for much less).

My Comment on a friends blog

Today I was wandering around the Internet and ran into a blog posting from a friend of mine, Jay. He was angry with all the crap the politicians were saying to and about each other (and everything in general). Read his blog to get the background, here was my comment to him:

Hey Jay,Great post (and great comments). I know how you feel, the whole thing about continuing to say something, even though you know it isn't true, has been in the Republican playbook for years now. I found it funny that at one point John McCain was scolding Barack for saying something that was true over and over again...

The idea that Obama's tax plan is equivalent to Socialism is just another scare tactic. We (you, me, and everyone else who pays taxes) have just actually approved a Socialist takeover of the banking system. This actually is socialism; the goverment now owns an equity stake in several banks.

Of course, most people don't really understand Socialism as it exists today in Europe. There is still a free economy, but yes, there are higher taxes. Those higher taxes assure that every citizen is able to get healthcare, top-notch education, and infrastructure improvements.

Taxes are one of my biggest complaints about the Republicans. They call the Democrats "Tax and Spend", but the Republicans are "borrow and spend". Howdo they think the three wars (Iraq, Afghanistan, terrorism) we're carrying out will get paid for? When Sarah Palin said it wasn't patriotic to pay taxes, I was wondering how she expected her son's body armor to get paid for? I'll tell you how, we borrow money from the Chinese to pay for the tax cuts for the rich, that never seem to trickle down to you or me (at least I know not to me!)

Anyway, just wanted to let you know my feelings, I may post this comment on my blog. One of my favorite clips is from Jon Stewart and I have it on my blog, check it out: http://tevsplace.blogspot.com/2008/09/jon-stewart-best-ever.html
It shows how Republicans (and yeah, I suppose Democrats too) will say completely
opposite things depending on the situation.

Talk to you later,
Tev

I know any of you who read this somewhat regularly won't be surprised with my comment, but I thought it was a good point that I wanted to share.

Newspapers and Politics

I was reading some articles on politics today, and through the rat hole, I came across a list of newspapers and who they are endorsing in the presidential election. Some highlights:

Obama:
The Denver Post
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle Times

McCain:
The Pueblo Chieftain
(Spokane) Spokesman-Review

Of course these were picked to highlight my point, that the big cities lean democrat when the smaller more rural cities lean republican.

Let's hope that a lot of people from the big cities get out and vote!

Smart Guys Vote Obama

This guy actually did invent the Internet (sorry Al). Well, I'm voting for Obama too, so I guess non-smart guys are voting for him too.

Olbermann Takes on Palin

Kinda long, but makes some interesting comparisons about what Palin is saying aboout Barack.