ISSUE | JOHN McCAIN | BARACK OBAMA | |
Favors new drilling offshore US | Yes | No | |
Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it | Yes | No | |
| 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 | 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 | Single making 30K - tax $4,500 | ||
OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) | Single making 30K - tax $8,400 | ||
INHERITANCE TAX | |||
MCCAIN | - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) | ||
OBAMA | Restore the inheritance tax | ||
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!!! | |||
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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.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/barack_obama/
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/john_mccain/
9 comments:
Excellent summary
I always (no offense intended) get tickled at McCain-Obama comparisons. There just is no comparison... McCain*Palin, 08
Thanks Roper. I have consistently posted the candidates views from early on in this contest. I do so in order to allow folks to compare and see just what each candidate stands for. Of course there are those who regardless of the comparisons will vote the way they have always voted and the way their daddy and grandpa voted.
No there is absolutely no comparison between McCain and Obama when it comes to the issues. That is what I am hoping people will be intelligent enough to see .
As follow up Roper I did the first of the comparison of stands on issues in August. In that same archive there is also a comparison between Bush and Obama. Some took offense but I only pointed out facts. Scary but they are more alike than one realizes. LOL
People who say there is no difference between these two are living in a dream world.
Edge, Roper is saying there is no difference with tongue way in cheek .
Ticker, would you be interested in sending me the html code for this article? I'd like to post it at my blog as well, with attribution to you (of course).
I have no idea how you did the table, as I am a complete idiot. My only defense is that Roper is my blog-great-great-grandfather.
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Thank you, sir.
If you have money in an IRA or Life Insurance you'll be affected by the capital gains tax?
Things sure do move in mysterious ways in the right wing wacko world.
Since most Americans assets are in savings accounts, their home and their 401K's or IRA's I'm not sure why they give two farts in hell about the capital gains tax.
Great bllog you have
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