2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS
ISSUE |
JOHN McCAIN |
BARAK OBAMA |
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Favors new drilling offshore US |
Yes |
No |
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Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it |
Yes |
No |
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Served in the US Armed Forces |
Yes |
No |
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Amount of time served in the US Senate |
22 YEARS |
173 DAYS |
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Will institute a socialized national health care plan |
No |
Yes |
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Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy |
No |
Yes |
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Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately |
No |
Yes |
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Supports gun ownership rights |
Yes |
No |
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Supports homosexual marriage |
No |
Yes |
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Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase |
No |
Yes |
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Voted against making English the official language |
No |
Yes |
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Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals |
No |
Yes |
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CAPITAL GAINS TAX |
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MCCAIN |
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. |
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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.) |
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DIVIDEND TAX |
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MCCAIN |
15% (no change) |
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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.’) |
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INCOME TAX |
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MCCAIN (no changes) |
Single making 30K – tax $4,500 |
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OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) |
Single making 30K – tax $8,400 |
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INHERITANCE TAX |
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MCCAIN |
- 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) |
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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. |
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NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA |
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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!!! |
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Source:
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.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/barack_obama/
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/john_mccain/
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Tags: barack Obama's experience, barack's atances, Candidates stances on issues, John McCain's experience, McCain's Stances
Comments
Comment from Robert
Time September 9, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I got that email the other day.
I think it affords the Obamamaniacs very little spin room but WAIT, they will find some.
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Time September 14, 2008 at 10:41 am
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Comment from Rob
Time September 16, 2008 at 3:57 pm
That is a chain email with the bottom half having all the actual facts wrong. People get sucked into believing lies. The top half are moral issues that are most of the time just differences in political party views. Faux News isn’t a real site with unbiased views and the other links are either invalid or go to multi-stories where if you really check into it prove that the chain email is wrong.
Obama and McCain Tax Proposals
According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama’s plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between the two plans is stark. While McCain offers a $269,364 tax cut, Obama would raise their taxes, on average, by $701,885 – a difference of nearly $1 million.
Comment from Gawfer
Time September 16, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Interestingly, the links provided are also from CNN in this ‘chain email’ and are substantiated by facts while the source provided by Rob is no longer available.
While you describe the top half as being Moral issues, (and I’d like to applaud you for recognizing that there is indeed moral and immoral behavior), one must recognize those too are historical facts about each candidates’ history, record and experience.
Finally, I find it quite entertaining that any news source that drifts away from the extreme left is considered ‘FAUX’ by Obamaphiles.
So, to avoid Obamageden, one must certainly for McCain.
Comment from Dan
Time September 24, 2008 at 10:27 pm
The tax information is completely false. See http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/would_obama_tax_my_profits_if_i.html.
Much of the top is false. Some is speculation, not fact. See http://www.ontheissues.org/ for each candidates’ positions. Use your brains, people.
Comment from Gawfer
Time September 25, 2008 at 8:04 am
Dan,
I’m gonna be nice to you once, and ask your to remover your head from your butt and source NON biased references-
Obama/Biden: Last week on the Today Show, Joe Biden stated anyone making over $250,000 a year needs to step up and be patriotic by paying more taxes. Interestingly, that includes all the businesses making more that $250,000 who employs 85% of the American work force. You don’t think that will affect the workers?
Obama’s record on tax reform:
• Tax cut for 95% of all working families, not corporations. (Aug 2008)
• Tax cut for middle class and relief to struggling homeowners. (Jul 2008)
• Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. (Jul 2008)
• GovWatch: didn’t vote to raise taxes 94 times; at most 54. (Jul 2008)
• I’m running against failed policy of profligate GOP spending. (May 2008)
• I will raise CEO taxes, no doubt about it. (May 2008)
• Under Bill Clinton, rich people didn’t feel oppressed. (Apr 2008)
• No tax increase if earning under $250K; tax cuts under $75K. (Apr 2008)
• Raise capital gains tax for fairness, not for revenue. (Apr 2008)
• Tax cut for seniors and those making $75,000 a year or less. (Feb 2008)
• I’m not bashful about it: wealthy will pay more taxes. (Jan 2008)
• Stimulus package: $500 tax cut, & Social Security supplement. (Jan 2008)
• Restore progressive tax; close loopholes; relief to seniors. (Oct 2007)
• Trillion dollar giveaway: the Paris Hilton Tax Break. (Oct 2007)
• Reduce Bush tax cuts to pay for health care & other programs. (Jun 2007)
• Estate tax only affects the wealthiest 1/2 of 1%. (Oct 2006)
• Specific tax relief for families making $75,000 or less now. (Jan 2006)
• Bush tax cuts help corporations but not middle class. (Jun 2004)
• Tax incentives to create jobs at home instead of offshore. (Jun 2004)
• Last thing we need now is a permanent tax cut. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million. (Mar 2008)
• Voted NO on allowing AMT reduction without budget offset. (Mar 2008)
• Voted NO on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M. (Feb 2008)
• Voted NO on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax. (Mar 2007)
• Voted NO on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million. (Mar 2007)
• Voted NO on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts. (Aug 2006)
• Voted NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on $47B for military by repealing capital gains tax cut. (Feb 2006)
• Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Feb 2006)
• Voted NO on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. (Nov 2005)
• Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
Non-biased source:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm#Tax_Reform
Comment from Armen
Time November 5, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Oooo! This is a point mentioned. I like when everything in place while it is understandable to mere mortals.
Comment from Bloviating Zeppelin
Time September 9, 2008 at 4:37 pm
PERFECT! FACTS that are LINKED.
BZ