Forget the hype, forget the rhetoric. Here is the simple math. The question is...who will you vote for?

Question

SIMPLE MATH:

2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS

THE ISSUES:

JOHN McCAIN / BARACK OBAMA

Favors new drilling offshore US

JM - Yes

BO - No

Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it

JM - Yes

BO - No

Served in the US Armed Forces

JM - Yes

BO - No

Amount of time served in the US Senate

JM - 22 YEARS

BO - 173 DAYS

Will institute a socialized national health care plan

JM - No

BO - Yes

Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy

JM - No

BO - Yes

Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately

JM - No

BO - Yes

Supports gun ownership rights

JM - Yes

BO - No

Supports homosexual marriage

JM - No

BO - Yes

Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase

JM - No

BO - Yes

Voted against making English the official language

JM - No

BO - Yes

Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals

JM - No

BO - 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!!!

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://elections.foxnews.com/?s=proposed+taxes

http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/articles/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes.html

http://blog.washington

Answer 1

Are these issues important to you???? Or me??

Stop being biased. How about this??

*IRAQ & MILITARY AFFAIRS*Skipped over a dozen votes on Iraq in the Senate. (source)

"Because I know that as successful as I believe we will be, and I believe that the success will be fairly easy, we will still lose some American young men or women." (source)

"We're not going to get into house-to-house fighting in Baghdad. We may have to take out buildings, but we're not going to have a bloodletting of trading American bodies for Iraqi bodies." (source)

"But the point is that, one, we will win this conflict. We will win it easily." (source)

"But I believe, Katie, that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators." (source)

"It's clear that the end is very much in sight." (source)

Was indirectly responsible for the deaths of 21 shopkeepers in Baghdad's Shorja marketplace, after visiting and saying it was perfectly safe.(source)

"There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today." (source)

"General Petraeus goes out there [Iraq] almost everyday in an unarmored Humvee." (source)

"I meant that there are neighborhoods that are safe in Iraq, and he does go out into Baghdad, and the fact is there has been significant progress..." (source)

"I'm not say that they [VIPs] could go without protection. The president goes around America with protection. So I certainly didn't say that." (source)

Unidentified Reporter: "[On 26 Mar] You said there are areas in Baghdad that you can walk around freely." McCain: "Yeah, I just came from one." (source)

McCain's escort through Shorja was 100+ soldiers, sniper teams, 10 armored humvees, 3 blackhawk helicopters, 2 apache gunships, predator drone coverage; McCain was wearing a bulletproof vest and allowed to take off his helmet only when authorized. (source)

Says that Obama can't understand Iraq since he hasn't been there since 2006. (source)

Voted against extending troop deployment times in the USA to match deployment times in Iraq. (source)

Voted against repealing a capital gains tax cut which would have funded soldiers. (source)

Voted consistently from 2003-2007 against additional funding for Walter Reed Army Medical Center. (source 1, source 2, source 3)

Voted to table a bill that would have provided funding and equipment for Guard and Reserve units. (source)

Voted against additional funding for the mental health care of troops. (source)

Actively opposed the GI Bill that would increase education benefits to soldiers; was one of three senators who didn't vote on it; one was in the hospital and one was at a funeral; he was campaigning. (source)

When asked if he had an idea of when troops would be coming home, said "No, but that's not too important. What's important is the casualties in Iraq. (source)

*ECONOMICS*"I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated." Denied saying this in a primary debate. (source)

"The issues of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should." (source)

Added Arthur Laffer and Phil Gramm to his campaign economics staff. (source 1, source 2)

"I don't have the kind of expertise to know exactly whether he has cut interest rates sufficiently or not." (source)

Debate question, are Americans better off than they were 8 years ago: "I think you could argue that Americans overall are better off, because we have had a pretty good prosperous time, with low unemployment and low inflation and a lot of good things have happened. A lot of jobs have been created." (source)

Today Show, soon after, when asked the same question: "Oh no. No." Bloomberg TV, same question: "In fact, I think Americans are not better off than they were eight years ago, when you look at what's happened to middle-income Americans." (source)

Says that he can save $100 billion by cutting earmarks; campaign later denies this claim. Has said saving $100B would not come from military; this would necessitate a 18.5% across the board cut in every other discretionary spending program, including education, veteran's health, highways. (source)

Favors repealing the alternative minimums tax, 90% of the benefits going to six-figure families; this would cost $1.6 trillion over 10 years; claim of an average of $2000/family mostly weighted by highest earners.(source)

Says that Obama and Clinton want to create the largest tax increase since WW2; it would be the fifth-largest and is not even an increase, but merely allowing Bush's cuts to expire. (source)

Opposed Bush's tax cuts, then supported Bush's tax cuts. (source)

Wants to cut capital gains taxes. (source)

Wants to remove federal gasoline taxes. (source)

Claimed that 401ks are taxed by the capital gains tax (they are not) and used this to further his point that "[Obama] obviously doesn't understand the economy." (source)

Claimed Obama wanted to double the c

Answer 2

Obama

Answer 3

I will be voting McCain/Palin.

Answer 4

Obama.

This particular talking point cut and paste job has been passed around so much it probably has herpes.

Answer 5

Nice, great info, you get a star!!!

Answer 6

I'm still not sold.  

Most of that c**p you posted isn't even true...

Answer 7

These are all LIES and these INFORMATION are all BIASED.

Where is Mccain going to get the money for the Iraq War if he plans to reduce taxes anyway?

Hmmm..food for thought...

Answer 8

Obama.  Hands down.  Reason...He is NOT a republican.

Friends do not let republicans vote republican.

Answer 9

McCain/Palin

Answer 10

This all right wing c**p prhase to make it look like obama is a bad choice.

I can do the same.

out of iraq

jm=no

bo=yes

Answer 11

McCain/Palin 08. Anyone who thinks Obama's economic plans will not cripple this country, should go to their boss and ask what obama's plans will do to their  business. Big and small businesses alike will suffer under his plan. When he is done, the government will be taking 59% of their profits. This kind of robbery will send all kinds of jobs off shore. He has no right to limit a companies profits. I think a moron could see his economic plan as a sure disaster.  Taxing business will affect anyone with a pension, 401k, savings account, or stocks. If a business pays more of their profit for taxes, that = less return on your investments or any interest bearing account. His supporters seem to think if he gets in they will be getting all kinds of freebies. Not going to happen-he will do the taking, they will do the giving.

Answer 12

John McCain....all the way!!

Answer 13

McCain / Palin  ... Yahoo!