Comments on: McCain, Obama tussle over backing Bush’s policies

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Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:34:36 +0000

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By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:22:34 +0000

Obama’s tax plan will destroy the Social Security system.

Obama says his income tax plan will lower taxes for 95% of Americans. There is just one problem with this, 40% of Americans already pay no income tax. Obama’s response to this is that these people pay Social Security tax. Well, that’s not income tax, but a contribution to their retirement plan. So if he wins and implements his tax plan, for the first time in the history of Social Security, 40% of the people who will get retirement benefits will have paid nothing for them. Social Security will then loose all pretext of being a retirement plan, and will become a national welfare program.

This will cause Social Security to lose public support in a massive way. Leave Social Security contributions out of income tax plans. If you take some peoples income taxes to pay others Social Security taxes, Social Security will be destroyed forever.

http://strategicthought-charles77.blogsp ot.com/2008/10/obamas-tax-plan-will-dest roy-social.html

By: marlip

marlip — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:03:40 +0000

I think that obama tried to answer the questions to the best of his knowelege. McCain wnet on a wild goose chase and tried to feed some anwsers that had nothing to do with the topic of the question. McCain dodged some of the questions going off track and talking about non-sense.

By: DougH

DougH — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:18:15 +0000

…I’ve just had a ruling from our replay officials. “Upon further review… I looks like Obama has an edge in this debate also…”

Between his angry man snarls and the eyebrow raises, he went down hill in the second half of the debate.

By: Derick Mugambi

Derick Mugambi — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:14:35 +0000

I think Obama tried his best to stick to answering the questions in good detail whereas McCain at times went off-topic and the moderator on a few occasions tried to remind him of the topic in question. It felt at times like McCain had gone to the debate, not so much to tell the American people why they should choose him, but more to ridicule Obama’s policies. I’m not saying that he did not outline any of his policies. He just did not give enough convincing detail.

By: Sang

Sang — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:40:55 +0000

I think this may be interesting.

By: Joe Plumber

Joe Plumber — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:49 +0000

This Joe Plumber is voting Obama. McCain’s health care plan will have me and my diabetes rejected from my employer’s insurance policy. $5k isn’t going to help my family, especially if one of us were to become terribly sick or injured.

By: DougH

DougH — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:46:19 +0000

McBush did well for himself tonight. He looked like an angry old man some times but he had some zingers at other times. Obama didn’t have enough comeback or allowed his counter punches to be re-countered without re-countering again.

McCain probably won on points but he didn’t inflict enough damage to make a difference.