McCain Debate: Still Can't Argue Economics

October 8, 2008 RSS Feed Print

No doubt John McCain was crisper and better briefed last night when discussing the economy compared with the first presidential debate. But he was still unable to a) defend his corporate tax cut, b) explain his healthcare plan, and c) highlight the weaknesses in Obamanomics in great detail. I really got the impression that Barack Obama knew the McCain economic plan better than McCain did. Two big mistakes: McCain didn't clearly explain that his healthcare plan would actually raise wages, since health benefits would now be taxed, in addition to giving folks a $5,000 refundable tax credit. Second, he did nothing to explain that his corporate tax cut would also boost wages, since workers bear 70 percent of the burden of the second-highest corporate tax rate in the world. Another missed opportunity.

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Enough, their communities were northern rules, and were the sophisticated temperature to feed shut preservatives.

oklahoma metro camera club of AL 9:43PM May 19, 2010

Since the majority of Americans feel the pain of not being able to support their family, save , send their child to college John McCain and Sara has no desire to help make this country a better place for all of us. I am a white woman, It makes me physically sick to my stomach to hear Sara and John McCain stirring up issues that I could care less about sespecially, since I have two kids and cannnot afford a gallon of milk at $ 4.69 cents. There is just too much hatred in the world already. Remember the world is watching the both of you. If I were of another country I would think,"my God what kind of people running the McCain campaign do they have that much hatred in their heart.This is the same kind of stuff George Bush and his folks did during the last election. I watched how they paraded Willie Horton on TV ads in an attemp to breed fear in the American people. Yes, it worked that time. It is now a different time with different situations. Black people are hurting as bad as white people, some white people more so than blacks, because many of our black population have never even had the means mor the opportunity to have what we call a nest egg.

mary Beth of FL 3:06PM October 09, 2008

That's why they hire the best speech writers.

And like always, one promises happiness forever while the other promises eternal joy.

HillbillyBill of TN 7:22AM October 09, 2008

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