VOTE

OTHER ISSUES (circle YOUR choice) McCAIN OBAMA
1 Proposes government “Spread-the-Wealth” rather than
supports small businesses .................................................... No .......... Yes
2 Proposes $Trillion tax increases ............................................. No .......... Yes
3 Proposes tax credits and checks for
the lower 40% tax filers who pay no taxes ...................... No .......... Yes
4 Reduce military spending by 25% costing
jobs in DC Metro area ......................................................... No .......... Yes
5 Proposes Universal Health Care.............................................. No .......... Yes
6 Supports “Partial Birth” abortion and voted to deny care
and comfort to babies born live from botched abortions.... No .......... Yes*
7 Proposes plan pullout troops of Iraq fuzzy/cloudy ................. No .......... Yes
8 Submits for life time appointments of liberal
Judges to Supreme Court and Appellate Courts ................. No .......... Yes
9 Voted to give Social Security benefits to undocumented
immigrants (9-11 terrorists were such immigrants) ........... No .......... Yes
10 Voted against making English the official language ............... No .......... Yes
11 Favors new drilling off shore US (stop depending on others) Yes ......... No
12 Leadership in the US Armed Forces ........................................ Yes ......... No
13 Receive resistance from Pelosi and Reid
on legislative issues ............................................................. Yes ......... No
14 Supports gun ownership rights (in home to protect family).... Yes ......... No**
15 Disclosured information of personal background
(education transcripts and medical records) ........................ Yes ......... No
16 Leadership experience served in the US Senate .................... 22 Yrs .... 4 Yrs
Sources:
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/
* http://www.nrlc.org (for documentation)
** Illinois Senate, SB 2165, vote 20, (March 25, 2004)
McCain vs Obama on the issues
Where do YOU stand?
INCOME TAXES MCCAIN OBAMA
(no changes) (reversion back
to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K................................. $4,500 .......... $8,400
Single making 50K................................. $12,500 .......... $14,000
Single making 75K................................. $18,750 .......... $23,250
Married making 60K.............................. $9,000 ............ $16,800
Married making 75K.............................. $18,750 .......... $21,000
Married making 125K............................ $31,250 .......... $38,750
NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA
-New government taxes proposed on homes with more than 2400 sq ft
-New gasoline taxes
-New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas,water, electricity)
-New taxes on retirement accounts
-New taxes to pay for socialized medicine, a Universal Health Care plan
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
OBAMA - 28% on profit from ALL home sales. If you sell your
home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain in taxes.
McCAIN - 0% (no change) on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples).
DIVIDEND TAX
OBAMA - 39.6% tax- (On any money invested in stock market, IRAs,
Mutual Funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or
anything that pays or reinvests dividends).
MCCAIN - 15% (no change)
INHERITANCE TAX
OBAMA - Restore the inheritance tax.
The inheritance tax caused many families to lose businesses, farms, homes
and ranches because they could not afford to pay the inheritance tax.
MCCAIN - 0% (no change)
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Where Do YOU Fit In?
Are you ready to spread your wealth?