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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS

From my uncle in Kentucky.

Perhaps one of the best comparison charts I've seen between McCain and Obama. Read it carefully. The differences between the two with regard to taxes is significant despite all the media bias to the contrary.


ISSUE
JOHN McCAIN
BARAK OBAMA
Favors new drilling offshore US 
Yes  
No
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!!!  
  
  
  
  
All of this can be verified at the following web sites;


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