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[B]2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS[/B]

You might want to pass this along to all of your friends. Every American should read it!

[B]ISSUE[/B]

[B]JOHN McCAIN[/B]

[B]BARACK OBAMA[/B]

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

[B]CAPITAL GAINS TAX[/B]

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. If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain in 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.

[B]DIVIDEND TAX[/B]

MCCAIN

15% (no change)

OBAMA

39.6% - 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 in taxes. 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.'

[B]INCOME TAX[/B]

[B]MCCAIN[/B]

(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

[B]OBAMA[/B](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!

[B]INHERITANCE TAX[/B]

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.

[B]NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA[/B]

[B]New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet.[/B]

[B]New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)[/B]

[B]New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)[/B]

[B]New taxes on retirement accounts ... and last but not least[/B]...

[B]New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries![/B]
















[B]You can verify the above at the following web sites[/B]:

http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/06/smallbus.../index.htm
http://elections.foxnews.com/?s=proposed+taxes


[URL="http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/articles/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes.html%A0"]http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/polit...taxes.html
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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-chec...ack_obama/


http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-chec...hn_mccain/