I am pondering what a possible Obama presidency means. I have questions concerning his stance on many issues:

1) Taxes (spreading the wealth around)? Generally, the top 10% wage earners are anyone that makes over $72,000. 40% of wages don't pay taxes.
2) His associations with the Bill Ayers (The Unrepentant Terrorist), Rev. Wright, and Tony Reisko (Chicago Mobster)?
3) His feelings on Israel?
4) How he will deal with Hugo Chavez, Ahmadinajad, and Kim Jaung Ille?
5) How he feels about the coal industry (San Franciso Chronicle)?
6) Can he stand-up to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Read, Barney Frank, Charles Schumer, Christopher Dodd, and other party leadership?
7) Acorn?
8) Will he finish the job in Iraq? Will he cut and run?
9) Does he have enough leadership experience?
10) Why did he pick Joe Biden as VP? Biden has not been stellar, and this is the same person that has run for president 3 times and lost.
11) What about the "Fairness Doctrine?"
12) Will inflation hit 17%, interest rates 22%, and unemployment in the double-digits like Jimmy Carter's presidency?

Well, that is about all. Very concerned in Michigan.

2,4,8 and 9 worry me the most...gulp !!

Chavez has already announced he wants to sit down with Obama if he wins the election. Being there will be no preconditions.

it's a little late to be asking questions...but go here.

i found it very informational and non biased

http://www.ontheissues.org/

even if he is elected he's a puppet!!!!

former senate majority leader has been his main contact,and advisor.....
Tom daschel has already been promised a cabinet position!!!

Hi Becca,
No, I don't think it is too late to bring up these questions. I hope anyone that read what I had to say will think long and hard about his or her vote tomorrow. This is an important election.


Jon

"Taxes (spreading the wealth around)? Generally, the top 10% wage earners are anyone that makes over $72,000. 40% of wages don't pay taxes."

He plans on taxing people making over $250,000 per year. He will be taxing them on the amount they make over $250,000 by 3%. He will be cutting taxes on the people making under $250,000 per year.

Everybody that works pays taxes, btw: Income tax, state tax, federal tax, sales tax, personal property tax, real estate tax if they own a home.

Kinda goes like this (spreading the wealth around)

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Without naming names, one party understands this - the other doesn't.

Bar Stool Economics:

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer 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 drank in the bar every day and
seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one 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 beer by $20.

Drinks 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 drink 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 drink his beer. So, the bar 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
drink 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 I!'

'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 drinks, so the nine sat down and
had beers 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!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax
system works.

The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction.
Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up
anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is
somewhat friendlier.

David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of Georgia

For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not
understand, no explanation is possible.

---Chow, BB

I heard he voted for the longer daylight saving time. He called it "redistribution of daylight"