What Are Rich People Thinking?

To say that the wealthy (I don't fall in that category at $85,000) should be single issue voters with that vote based on their income is about as ridiculous to me as all of the emails I received telling me that the only issue I could consider when voting was abortion.

I think education, competence and ability to work with the world rank incredibly high and Obama was the man with the talent to do what this nation needs. It would be wrong to put personal wealth ahead of the best interests of the country. Besides, if the middle class continues to shrink, the wealtheir will end up making less money because the middle class will be able to afford less and less. In the long run, voting for Obama is a wise financial choice as well as a vote for competence.

I voted for Obama. My husband commented that he wasn't Joe the Plumber or Joe Sixpack and didn't identify with them and their image as representing the Republican party didn't appeal to him. Sarah Palin's complete incompetence didn't help either. As an educated (BS and MS) person I could never vote for a candidate who doesn't believe in evolution and would insist on creation science (no science included) being taught in the classroom. Our schools are already failing and the last thing this country needs is to destroy our science curriculum at a time when we need to compete strongly with the rest of the world. We need top scientists to develop the next generation of energy, the energy revolution that will free us of dependence on foreign oil and which would make our economy stronger.

All in all, the Republican party seemed to me like a party who would destroy the country if left in power. A party that can't seem to look ahead and be proactive rather than reactive. A party that waits until the sky is falling before taking action, unless of course that action is a preemtive war. A party that doesn't look to the consequences of it's actions. A party that appealed to the worst in people rather the best so we saw the rallies with people shouting "kill him," and "traitor." I want to live in a country that honors the Constitution and I want a president who really believes that their first and primary loyalty as president is to the Constitution of the United States. President Bush was trying to gut certain aspects of the Constitution such as illegally spying on people without warrants and detaining people indefinitely without a trial or representation. Our rights are to precious to allow them to be stolen. These rights are just as important as the right to keep and bear arms.

There were so many reasons to vote for Obama and really none to vote for McCain.

For better AND for worse, elections in our country will never be the same.
This is the legacy of the '08 elections. Not the transition of power;
power will always be shared and guarded jealously.

The wired/wireless revolution has made a single voice an agent of change.
The "sub-atomic" voter can connect and communicate in a manner
unprecedented just 30 years ago.

The implosion of political parties and ideologies will come and go
but, they will now truly serve the CONSCIENCE of the people
(poor AND rich) instead of the standard bearers.

http://iconesis.blogspot.com/2008/11/culture-wars.html

SOME WAY,SOME HOW THE MIDDLE MAN WILL GET THE SHAFT.....NEW BOSS SAME AS THE OLD BOSS

PLEASE?!?.....EVERY MEMEBER OF CONGRESS MAKES OVER $250K! YOU EXPECT THEM TO RAISE TAX 'S ON THEMSELVES ONLY? WON'T HAPPEN!

Obama (if he actually gives the tax cut) will have to get the money to run gov't somewhere. That means he will tax businesses. The businesses will be forced to either a) layoff people or b) raise their prices. That means inflation and unemployment will quickly eat up any tax cut people receive. Learn some economics. Either way, we as a people have to pay for the government we elect. There is no free lunch

I can only wish my biggest problem in life was paying tax on 5+ grand a week.

Here is an interesting and sad fact: Every state that voted for McCain minus one (TX) is a debtor state. Meaning they take more from the Gov. then they contribute. Mississippi being the worst at somewhere near $2.40 per every $1. Ironic that they are the ones who want to "freeze gov spending" Im sick of paying for these wasters and I voted Democrate, ironic...

your assumption--that it's in the interest of the wealthy to vote for lower taxes--is a false one, forcing you to scratch your head at the apparent paradox...
...clearly you are overlooking the fact that supply side economics is dead...these wealthy folks know that their success depends on keeping the whole machine running--the government, the middle class, the dollar...
the republican attempt to drown a weakened federal government in the bathtub came close to succeeding, and they could still attempt a mad resistance to Obama's life-support, but the vast majority of Americans won't let it come to that...

your assumption--that it's in the interest of the wealthy to vote for lower taxes--is a false one, forcing you to scratch your head at the apparent paradox...
...clearly you are overlooking the fact that supply side economics is dead...these wealthy folks know that their success depends on keeping the whole machine running--the government, the middle class, the dollar...
the republican attempt to drown a weakened federal government in the bathtub came close to succeeding, and they could still attempt a mad resistance to Obama's life-support, but the vast majority of Americans won't let it come to that...

Your article says nothing about "Why the wealthy voted for Obama and higher taxes." Please change the title or actually attempt to educate your reader on "why" they did. You're just stating that they did, nothing more.

Reading these posts gives me hope. I may pay more in taxes, but that's Ok. If we can restor some semblance of order again and gain back some of the respect we lost around the world, it will be well worth it.

The Repugs dug a hole for us that is so deep, that raising taxes on the wealth(ier), upping the Soc. Sec cap to 175K and getting the f_ck out of Iraq will be the first of many hard, yet needed steps for recovery.

We will be great again.................no thanks to ANY repugs, though.