What Have We Created?!

Obama has 63 Nobel Laureates working on his policy team. They are developing a plan to push America back to the top. Who is responsible for McCain's planning? Americans would be shocked to find that Douglas Holtz-Eakin is the sole person responsible for planning McCain's policy for America's future. Holtz-Eakin is also McCain's economic advisor, filling two full time positions on McCain's team. How can one single man (an economist) be responsible for developing a viable technology plan for our future? Obama has an enormous pool of the most intelligent, talented men and women in America working for him. Soon, they will be working for US.

And let's not forget that the McCain campaign spent more on Palin's makeup artist than it did on it's foreign policy advisor. When you pay your makeup artist DOUBLE what you pay your foreign policy advisor, it is time to start examining your PRIORITIES.

You look just fine without makeup, John. And Sarah is young enough not to need any. So cut the crap, and start paying some good ECONOMIC ADVISORS so you can have a fiscal plan to present to America. We're in the middle of a huge global financial meltdown, and you are worried about hair and makeup? PLEASE start worrying about the middle class, John. Please.

Mr Fineman...you are a piece of crap and so is your story! .....go stick out ur overstuffed pockets for another GOP handout...Im sure this article will get you a few dimes from them.
Trust me if he does even two things hes promised it will be much more than most candidates have ever done..we know there is exhagerating at both party fronts...but come on...its war/McCain or peace/Obama.

I fully expect Senator Obama to be pragmatic with his management of the nation.
More to the center than conservatives will admit.
First of all I firmly know he will not take us into wars that are based on subversion and dulpicity!
He also believes in oversight and transparency in our national institutions!
enough said!

OBAMA SAYS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS WILL NOT SEE THEIR TAXES GO UP. WE ARE FOOLISH TO THINK HE IS BEING TRUTHFUL. THE MIDDLE CLASS MAKES UP THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION, THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY IS AND THAT IS WHERE OBAMA KNOWS HE HAS TO GO TO PAY FOR HIS HUGE SPENDING, AND SOCIALIST PROGRAMS.

You are totally incorrect. The take rate will go up much higher that 3 percent. You will get a 3,000 deduction per job. So say your increase in taxes is over 20,000.00 and you higher 3 employees each making about 50,000.00 you would have a 150,000.00 expense and get a 9,000.00 for only one year tax break and still be paying more in taxes. Big deal. You say I advocate for the wealthy. No I advocate for the hard working. Try 80 hours a week for over 20 years. We pay more than our fair share in taxes now. Also the more in taxes we give the less we can give directly to others in need. With the waste in government I'll trust our judgement in where are hard earned money goes. Thank You.

I know Howard thinks he wrote something really compelling here, he didn't. If you want to predict how Obama will govern you don't need to look beyond his campaign. Very well organized, no in-fighting. I think that makes more sense that "creating disruption" where there is none.

Short Story Explaining Economics
David R. Kamerschen, PhD



"It's just a tax cut for the rich!"

But what does that really mean?

Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for dinner and the bill for all ten comes to $100.

If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men ate dinner in the restaurant every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until on day, the owner threw them a curve.

"Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily meal by $20."Dinner for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still eat for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to eat their meal.

So, the restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to eat for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than me!"

"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for dinner, so the nine sat down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

Obama understands the original definition of Capitalism as it was written by Adam Smith (the man who defined Capitalism). Adam Smith said that in order for Capitalism to actually work in practice, those who benefit the most from a Capitalist society must give proportionately more back into that society to insure a strong working class. Adam Smith understood that without a strong working class consumption grinds to a halt. With that understanding most of us cannot fathom voting for McCain, becuase he just doesn't get that Trickle Down economics got us were we are right now. Now that we are at this point we MUST inject help into a struggling middle class, or risk even further economic strife. McCain's tax plan does very little to address that, and he has done even less to explain how his plan would help the middle class other than to say he would create jobs. McCain promises to spread the wealth amongst the wealthy when they are already doing just fine. This is not change from the existing tax policy in Washington, and it has doubled our deficit in the last 8 yrs.

Our next president will face the challenge of putting us back on top of technology exports. The two candidates have very different teams putting forth plans to get us there. Obama has 62 Nobel Lauriats of Science working on his team, and recently added the Nobel of Science Award winner to that list. They are developing a plan to push us back on top. When I looked into who is responsible for McCain's planning, I was shocked to find that Holtz Eaken is the sole person responsible for their planning. Last I checked he is also his economic advisor. How is a business man responsible for developing a viable technology plan for our future?

Palin recently gave her first policy speech, and, as expected, highlighted helping children with special needs as one of her main social values. I applaud her for this, but then she went on to mock research of Fruit Flies. This troubled me greatly, because, although her heart was in the right place, she has little understanding of why we need research of Fruit Flies. Little did she know Fruit Fly research has led to the discovery of some of the main causes of autism, and could lead us to finding out how to prevent autism from forming in future generations. It is this lack of understanding how and why we do things that the Republicans have continually shown throughout this election that has lead me to vote for Obama more than anything. 8 yrs of average Joe politics is enough. We need intelligent design to push us into the next four years with any chance for success. Obama/ Biden 08

Just saw a" Arabs for Obama" bumber sticker. I was wondering why the print was so small?
No Joke intended- just saw it. but could not read it until I got close.