How Obama and McCain Want to Change Your Retirement Accounts

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well i heard that obama want to stop the war and that is good baecuse the war in Iran is killing so many people.so i agree with that over my life because people from my family are in war.

Tara Miller of RI 8:09PM October 29, 2008

corrupt, which has never NEVER happened in the history of our country, then EVERY single one of them would be corrupt present day. If there ever in the history of out country and corrupt police officer in ANY town or city then EVERY single police officer is corrupt in the country. Remember your idealogy whoever you are that wrote the first comment on this story titled "WHAT I HEARD". A few bad apples destroys the WHOLE enchilada in every facet of our sosciety---RIGHT? And no that was not John Mccain a few years ago who came to acorn rallies and spoke and promoted the organization----it was his evil look alike. And Bill Ayers, oh yeah, you are right. He is definetely a terrorist. The University of Illinois hires all their college proffessors ONLY if they are terrorists. YEP, especially one's like Bill Ayers who helped form a political group during the vietnam war era who opposed the sensless slaughter of 50,000 of our troops during that war and to raise awaress blew up garbage cans in the bathroom of the Pentagon STRICTLY on purpose when the coast was clear and repeatedly checked that no person was around to get injured and the ONLY deaths EVER caused by them was strictly by accident when one accidently went off in their own home and they were standing right over it when the organizations mission was NEVER to hurt anybody EVER but you know those accidents do happen with trash can bombs in their private members home. Yep, in fact prior to 9-11 I heard the PENTAGON was domestically attacked. Yep, every year, year after year prior to 9-11 it was WIDELY reported that we had bombs going off at the pentagon and it was under attack. GEE, I don't ever remember hearing about it in my life prior to 9-11. OH but WAIT, Obama happens to live in the same rough area as Ayers , several miles away now. HEY, you know what, I am a child molester. Why yes I am. You know
why? because I went online today and found three yes THREE!!! registered sex offenders within a 5 mile radius of my house. and THAT ALONE makes me a child molester BECAUSE I live by three. Yes ladies and gentleman, even if you live by a former murderer, rapist, child molester or have talked to one that means you are now officially one of them. In fact, if you live by a person who was never convicted of any crime in their life, but was a member of something forty years ago that did anything illegal, not they themself personally,and happen to serve on the same community school funding board as them since you lived in the same community and that was your job at the time and you live by them, you are now one of them . Like Professor Bill Ayers.

of 7:48AM October 27, 2008

First of all, people like you with false facts make me sick. One of Mccain's biggest lobby supporters is the heatlcare industry. Under his plan, insurance will be deregulated and people like me who have employer health insurance will be taxed as income and the deduction my employer gets will be withdrawn, making them drop my plan and force me to go on the private healthcare plans that is no longer beheld to state laws requiring simple things like you know- denial for prexisting conditions, age discrimantion, two things that affect ME! among other health insurance deregulations from this. Obama's Plan would leave employer based heathcare alone from being taxed on the person, the employer gets the same deduction, and people who don't have can go on the federal one in place now for federal employees drawing in a bigger pool of oncome for the plan. Second, Those republican friends of yours were hard at work with false propaganda regarding the aborted fetuses issue. Her's the facts, First of all there already were laws in Illinois that required Doctor's to perform life saving care to aborted fetuses, Illinois state Senate Republicans came up with a bill similiar to this but added "padding definitions" to lay the person such as yourself I will explain. It was added language that attemted to define the long argument that abortions are now finally humans with rights as people that would now allow Doctors to be civilly sued if the Fetus did not survive. The bill was also fought the the American Medical association!! Mind you there was already a law in place that required Doctors to perform lifesaving procedures to any living fetus. This Bill if passed would have finally set the stage for defining a child even in fetus stage of develpoment and therefore Roe vs. wade can be overturned since a fetus in a mother would be considered a child and ALL abortions could be illegal eventually. Mind you three versions of this bill failed in both chambers of the Illinois legilature that is republican domniated. Do you really think a politician would be a babykiller? seriously use your head. This was a smoke screen by the right. Do you see anybody calling the Illinois republican and democrat Representatives and Senators this acuusation when three versions failed? as if Obama is the only person in the world why this failed in BOTH chambers. Hey, what the hell, let's overturn abortions. I want women to go back to back room abortions, don't you?. Too bad that all the phony registrations by acorn were ALREADY flagged by Acorn itself and presented to election authorities in a separate pile for review becuase they decided to follow federal law that states Every single voter registration form filled out MUST be turned in no matter what for review. In in the history of our country, there has never been ONE SINGLE instance of impropiety in ANY Company organiztion, agency, etc. But if there was, the WHOLE Organization is then Bad. If a few politicians were to do anything CONT

of 7:15AM October 27, 2008

Obamas distribution of wealth(socialism) will destroy America and he will be able to do it because of all the Dems in the House and Senate. Wake up America and keep it Capitalist for Future generations to enjoy the Freedoms to be whatever we want to be and enjoy the fruits of our successes. The world wants us to be socialists, like them, so our will to succeed will be stifled. Please vote for AMERICA! VOTE FOR MCCAIN!!!!!

Mary Stachura of MI 8:37PM October 26, 2008

His tax policy penalize the highly edcated professional people who's income over $250,000 tax bracket will hike up to 39% excluding the state income taxes. My children are professionals (MD's) they make well over $250,000 and this is not golden parashuttes they have high student loans, mortgages and children to raise.
I won't vote Obama!

Robert of CA 8:30PM October 26, 2008

Obama says his income tax plan will lower taxes for 95% of Americans. There is just one problem with this, 40% of Americans already pay no income tax. Obama's response to this is that these people pay Social Security tax. Well, that's not income tax, but a contribution to their retirement plan. So if he wins and implements his tax plan, for the first time in the history of Social Security, 40% of the people who will get retirement benefits will have paid nothing for them. Social Security will then loose all pretext of being a retirement plan, and will become a national welfare program.
This will cause Social Security to lose public support in a massive way. Leave Social Security contributions out of income tax plans. If you take some peoples income taxes to pay others Social Security taxes, Social Security will be destroyed forever.
http://strategicthought-charles77.blogspot.com/2008/10/obamas-tax-plan-will-destroy-social.html

charles of TX 3:15PM October 22, 2008

Obama's Spread The Wealth Program Is just Getting Started. It Only Took The Democratic Congressional Leadership 2 Short Years To Put Into place The First installment Of Their Spread The Wealth Program. The Result Has Been Destroyed Savings, Ruined Retirement Accounts, A Drastic Plunge In Your Home Equity, A Failing Home market For Those Who Need To Sell Their House, Higher Unemployment, Higher Gas Prices, And Higher Food Prices.
All Brought To You Courtesy Of The Fannie Mae Five: Their Campaign Contributions Spoke Louder Than Their Conscience:
http://www.sundaypaper.com/More/Archives/tabid/98/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3159/Obama-and-the-Fannie-Mae-5.aspx
Change is Coming When Obama, Pelosi And Reid Control Everything. If The Next Changes Are Anything Like The One's They Have brought Us So Far, Then Brace Yourself.

Jerry of AL 8:05AM October 19, 2008

Emily, you seem extremely far left and your article shows who you feels should win...but in the article you write "Obama's plan gives younger savers penalty free access to their cash for immediate expenses, although they must still pay taxes on it."
I not sure about you, but how many young people do you know have $10,000 in their 401k??? Most of them don't even know what one is?
obama's plan makes no sense and is just a waste of time to even implement. It only will help the higher income people, the same people you don't want to help, under what your article has indicated...
Sorry, no sympathy here.... Good luck in trying to convince us dumb Americans...

j of MI 9:32PM October 18, 2008

Fact: you're an idiot. Enough with the Akers and ACORN b.s. Let's talk about real issues and fixing our world. Why doesn't McCain stop the mudslinging and concentrate on these issues? A man's response to being down, as McCain is now, says a lot about his character, and all I see is the same character over and over.

Zack of WI 8:48AM October 17, 2008

Both McCain and Obama had proposals to help with retirement withdrawals, or, leaving choice to those currently at the age for mandatory withdrawals,they would allow them to leave their money in until the market recovers (at least somewhat). But for those younger or older with retirement withdrawals, Obama's tax plan is clearly more fair for the middle class. I was getting ready to prepare for retirement before the current mess. Now I have to wait for the market to recover before I can begin re-distributing my money allocations.
I have to have insurance (depends on my job or my retirement). I do not trust McCain to ensure insurance for anyone--he sat through the senate de-regulation and lobbyist's writing the new laws governing insurance regulations and pharmaceutical companies fighting cheaper meds. Even if he didn't vote for the bill, he went along with those shenanigans during those 26 years.

Pattih of FL 10:38PM October 16, 2008