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Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin
cut to the bone. Good grief we are spoiled. You call yourself a (small) business owner, but to many people in this country, you are very rich. What it boils down to is this: I'm ok with raising taxes, as long as the tax is levied on someone else.
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...just got back from mowing the lawn...
Yes I am rich compared to many people. I am not well off compared to others. I am also thankful every day for every bit of health and good luck I have had. I work six or seven days a week. (I get about one day off every two weeks-- today!). Like millions and millions of other people I work very hard.
If I was very rich I would still be voting for Senator Obama because Senator McCain's proposals are not different from what we have now. And we are in trouble because of those policies.
To answer your statement: it's not about taxing someone else; it's about shrinking the deficit while maintaining our core and necessary government programs. Yes cut the extra unnecessary stuff. But we have to have a military, social security, an infrastructure etc.
Just roll the tax code back to the way it was under previous administrations of both parties. The economy was healthy then.
Beyond that it's about dramatically changing our energy policy which automatically will change our ecomony and foreign policy.
Look, it's obvious to me that everyone in this discussion loves this country every bit as much as I do. We may have some differing opinions about one or another of the issues, but we all care enough to be particpating here. The issues are often complicated and the world is changing very fast. We'll all disagree and agree on various things.
In the greater country we've all got to quit being nonstop enemies. There's too much bitter name calling and too much division in our nation. It's the worst since the Vietnam War. I don't think people that disagree with me on an issue are bad. We just disagree for the moment. We likely will agree on the next topic. It hurts everyone when people start tossing aroung words like "socialist" or "fascist" when they don't apply, or use the words "liberal" or "conservative" as an insult. There are good sincere people everywhere, from every background: Republican, Democrat, or independent.
This forum is largely made up of well-meaning well-spoken voices. I wish the rhetoric in the greater nation would tone down a bit as well. No matter if our next president is Senator McCain or Senator Obama, he will face grave problems and will need our support.