Barack Obama's Tax Increases—What's the Point?

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My husband is an engineer. I frankly don't give a tinker's darn about plumbers at the moment. I care that we are importing students to our universities to fill engeering classes, importing engineers to fill jobs here and exporting mfg and eng jobs.
NOW, as if there was nothing else that we could do to hurt engineers and their families, we are going to be taxed to hell. Yep, my hard working husband is one of those very few that King Obama is going to tax some more. I don't feel very benevolent. We work hard, sacrifice so our kids can attend private university and have a few great vacations in their lives before they leave home.
What is so wrong with that? I love staying home and taking care of them all and I want to leave something for the grandkids when they come along.
Guess what? I don't care about the poor schlub who didn't study hard or sacrifice what we did or who can actually afford health care from an employer instead of paying for it (nearly $2K/mo is what we pay; now if we hire somebody we have to pay for them too??).
I am a full-fledge independent who has voted Dem for the last 26 years (I even voted for Carter the 2nd term). I am voting for McCain.
I give to Goodwill, I teach my kids to judge by actions, not skin color, I give and I give but I don't want the freaking gov. to take any more from me and mine. Those cheering crowds who are happy to see us get taxed more can jump in a lake. I grew up poor, I mean POOR. Not Obama, my mama was a grad student poor, I mean, my family had a farm and we grew our own food and wore ugly clothes poor. I don't need to be chastised about being selfish, and I don't need to give more of my money to taxes. I resent the implication that because we are lucky to be alive and healthy and hardworking that we need to give our money to somebody else.
That cheering crowd who wants our money only makes me, for the first time in my life, uncharitable and angry.

Abby of MI 2:55PM November 02, 2008

ABOUT TIME THEY PAID THEIR FAIR SHARE?? WOW YOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING....THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE TOP 5 PERCENT OF INCOME EARNERS PAY OVER 50 PERCENT OF THIS COUNTRY'S TAXES....TALK ABOUT NOT FAIR.

D.L of FL 3:21PM October 31, 2008

The mess that happening on Wall Street right now was not caused by the Bush Administration. It was started back during the Jimmy Carter era and then made worse by the Clinton era. When you (banks) are forced to provide loans to people who cannot pay for them, what do you expect. Would you LOAN your hard earned money to someone you really didn't know, and didn't have a reasonably good credit history and then expect to be paid back? Would you do that and not even ask if they had the wherewithal to pay you back? I wouldn't and I don't think you would either. That's exactly what the banks did, under pressure from a liberal congress and Senate.

LaNell of TX 4:46PM October 30, 2008

Those people really need to wake up. They feel as if it's ok to overly tax "the rich" and give it to "the poor". Reality is, those who have succeeded in life are going to end up paying for the lazy and the illegals. Now the welfare recipients are going to start the baby factory up again, just to get more money.
Let me ask you this, Obama-ites... should you be charged more for a gallon of milk, because you make more than Poor Patty who shops at the same store? If you think Obama's plan to over tax the wealthy is right, then you support that theory. Maybe you should be paying $8 for a gallon of gas, since you make so much more than the welfare recipients who buy that same gas for $3 a gallon. I mean, after all, that's the same ideology that you and Obama thinks is right!
You people kill me with thinking that the wealthy should pay extra because they've busted their humps to get ahead in life. They are successful, so they should pay more. That's so unfair. How about you all stop standing there with your hands out looking for free money and give aways, and actually start producing in this society?!? The problem is, the "American people" on average, are lazy slackers looking for the easy way out.
By the way, you sheep need to understand that when he says he's not going to raise taxes on "the working class", he "technically" won't raise the taxes... but he WILL repeal Bush's tax cuts. When that happens, "the working class" will have to pay more in taxes, by a large amount. So keep drinking that Koolaid, and one day, if he makes in office, you will see that the Rock Star Celebrity Osama... ooops, I mean, Obama, has taken you for a ride.

Dino of FL 11:25AM October 30, 2008

"6 Billion Dollars"? What are you smoking? It's been posted everywhere that it was 4-5 million, but nowhere near the billions. I'd figure someone making around 500K would know a bit more about money, and how to count it.
And no, I'm not afraid of a name. I'm afraid of ignorant people voting for the same party that is causing an economic crisis around the world. And yes, there is a crisis around the world thanks to good 'ol Bush and his Republican pals.

Bridget of CA 7:42AM October 30, 2008

OBAMA, SOUNDS JUST LIKE OSAMA, IS ANYONE SCARED? ARE YOU SCARED THAT HE SPENT,"6 BILLION DOLLARS", TONIGHT ON BEGGING FOR YOUR VOTE? YOUR NOT? SO, YOU DON'T CARE HOW HE SPENDS THE FUNDS, WHILE HE IS IN THE OVAL OFFICE?
MAKES SARAH'S CLOTHING PROBLEM SEEM KINDA SMALL, HUH? MCCAIN COULD BE DOING THIS AS WELL.
BUT, HE PROMISED AT THE BEGININNG OF ALL THIS HE WOULD NOT SPEND FUNDS IN THIS MANNER. YOU KNOW IF OBAMA WAS DOING SOMETHING NOBEL WITH THAT MONEY I WOULD FEEL SO MUCH BETTER, LIKE HELPING THE FOOD BANKS, THIER CUBARDS ARE BARE AND IT'S NEAR THANKSGIVING. OR HELPING OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SEVERE MEDICAL NEEDS, JUST DOING SOMETHING NOBEL. SO WE CAN ALL SAY WOW, HE IS A GREAT MAN. I, AM SCARED FOR HIM AND OUR COUNTRY IF HE GETS TO BE PRESIDENT OF OUR,"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", AREN'T YOU AT ALL? IF YOUR NOT THEN YOU MUST BE MAKING OVER $500K A YEAR. WE ARE AROUND THAT IN OUR HOME. BUT I AM A COMPASSIONATE PERSON AND FEEL VERY SORRY FOR THE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS TO THE POVERTY LEVEL AMERICANS.

MALEA R. of FL 12:27AM October 30, 2008

obama i think that you are really cute

marcia leitch of IN 5:13PM October 29, 2008

First of all, all the money that Obama is spending is money that has been DONATED by his supporters. He supposed to campaign and do the necessary things he needs to do to win this election. I mean what do you expect him to do with the money? Is he supposed to take all the money from his supporters that's been DONATED for this purpose and put it into his personal bank account? Wake up....

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jim tallby of TX 2:22PM October 29, 2008

THE RICH PEOPLE SHOUD PAY ALL THE TAXES PERIOD OBAMA'S PLAN FOR TAX BREAKS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND RAISEING THEM ON THE RICH IS GREAT ABOUT TIME THEY PAYED THIER FAIR SHARE

YUKI OKA HONDA of AL 2:21PM October 29, 2008