AMEN to Tamara

This was a comment made to my last post by my friend Tamara. I agree with her and had to post it.

GO VOTE!

I am a conservative Republican....more conservative than Republican...I'm just lucky that they happen to go hand in hand.
However, regardless of my political affiliation, I would NEVER vote for Obama.
He wrote in his book "Dreams of My Father" the following words:"I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."
Also from the same book, "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."
Also, this passage, "There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."
And lastly, this quote, "It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."
And here's the quote that most fires me up, from his newest book Audacity of Hope, "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."....talk about audacity.

Yeah....this is the guy we want running our country....the one who will side with the very people who want to bring America to her knees. And...if I could bring myself to forget the fact that this guy was and more likely than not, still is a total racist, I would still have to use my brain and take a look at the sheer logic of Obama's proposed tax changes and how it would affect mine...and every other hard-working American's bottom lines. Here are the proposed changes in taxes after the '08 General election: 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.
OBAMA28% 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 willadversely 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 havebeen 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!!!
I could never vote for Obama knowing what I know.
In fact, I could never vote for a Democratic candidate knowing what I know. I heard former Congressman Bob McEwen speak at a business conference I attended once...in fact I've heard him speak a dozen times...he's one of my favorite speakers...and a political speaker at that! Anyway...he gave a talk called Politics Easy as Pie and I bought the CD and have listened to it more times than I can count since then. You can go to You Tube and search for Politics Easy As Pie. There are 6 parts and it's a little "sketchy" in some parts because I think whoever posted it was recording it on their cell phone...but it's still well worth a listen. Since we're all going to be casting a vote that will potentially decide the direction our country takes over the next 4 years...we might as well take a few minutes to educate ourselves on what we're really voting for...rather than just who we're voting for.
Anyway....it was a long two-cents...but that's just what it is...my two cents...take it or leave it!I agree with Todd, however, about not discussing politics with friends or family. Not because I can't hold my own with someone in a political discussion. It's because that I find most people vote the way they do because somebody they know votes a particular way, or because their parents, boss, or best friends are voting that way...not because they understand at all any basis of what the different political parties stand, or dont stand, for or what happens to our country when one party controls the House or the Senate, as compared to another party. People will choose a candidate because a movie star they like endorses a particular candidate....rather than where economically and strategically that candidate and his commerades will lead our country. It is my hope that more people will actually take the time to educate themselves on how and who they vote for. Okay I'm hopping off now....nuff said.