Le Changement - Politique, Le Changement, The Normal Geek, Politique, http://www.thenormalgeek.com/2008/09/05/le-changement/ Blog pour les Geeks qui s'assument ! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:15:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Le Changement - Politique, Le Changement, The Normal Geek, Politique, http://www.thenormalgeek.com/2008/09/05/le-changement/#comment-360 Jean-Claude St-Yves Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:20:32 +0000 http://www.thenormalgeek.com/?p=289#comment-360 Voici ce que j'ai trouvé sur un site d'un ami américain qui fait la comparaison entre les deux: 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS ISSUES Favors new drilling offshore US JOHN McCAIN Yes BARAK OBAMA No Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it JOHN McCAIN Yes BARAK OBAMA No Served in the US Armed Forces JOHN McCAIN Yes BARAK OBAMA No Amount of time served in the US Senate JOHN McCAIN 22 YEARS BARAK OBAMA 173 DAYS Will institute a socialized national health care plan JOHN McCAIN No BARAK OBAMA Yes Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy JOHN McCAIN No BARAK OBAMA Yes Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately JOHN McCAIN No BARAK OBAMA Yes Supports gun ownership rights JOHN McCAIN Yes BARAK OBAMA No Supports homosexual marriage JOHN McCAIN No BARAK OBAMA Yes Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase JOHN McCAIN No BARAK OBAMA Yes Voted against making English the official language JOHN McCAIN No BARAK OBAMA Yes Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals JOHN McCAIN No BARAK OBAMA Yes CAPITAL GAINS TAX MCCAIN 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. OBAMA 28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.) DIVIDEND TAX MCCAIN 15% (no change) OBAMA 39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.') INCOME TAX MCCAIN (no changes) Single making 30K - tax $4,500 Single making 50K - tax $12,500 Single making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 60K- tax $9,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250 OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Under Obama, your taxes could almost double! INHERITANCE TAX MCCAIN - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes. NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet. New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already) New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!! Voici ce que j’ai trouvé sur un site d’un ami américain qui fait la comparaison entre les deux:

2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS

ISSUES

Favors new drilling offshore US

JOHN McCAIN
Yes

BARAK OBAMA
No

Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it

JOHN McCAIN
Yes

BARAK OBAMA
No

Served in the US Armed Forces

JOHN McCAIN
Yes

BARAK OBAMA
No

Amount of time served in the US Senate

JOHN McCAIN
22 YEARS

BARAK OBAMA
173 DAYS

Will institute a socialized national health care plan

JOHN McCAIN
No

BARAK OBAMA
Yes

Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy

JOHN McCAIN
No

BARAK OBAMA
Yes

Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately

JOHN McCAIN
No

BARAK OBAMA
Yes

Supports gun ownership rights

JOHN McCAIN
Yes

BARAK OBAMA
No

Supports homosexual marriage

JOHN McCAIN
No

BARAK OBAMA
Yes

Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase

JOHN McCAIN
No

BARAK OBAMA
Yes

Voted against making English the official language

JOHN McCAIN
No

BARAK OBAMA
Yes

Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals

JOHN McCAIN
No

BARAK OBAMA
Yes

CAPITAL GAINS TAX

MCCAIN

0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.

OBAMA

28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.)

DIVIDEND TAX

MCCAIN

15% (no change)

OBAMA

39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that ‘Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.’)

INCOME TAX

MCCAIN

(no changes)

Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250

OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)

Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama, your taxes could almost double!

INHERITANCE TAX

MCCAIN

- 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)

OBAMA

Restore the inheritance tax

Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes.

NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA

New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet. New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren’t high enough already) New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least….New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!

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