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Democrat Cites Sept. Jobs Report As Sign Of Failed GOP Policies; McCain Says Obama Will Raise Taxes, Spending
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- JUST WHERE IS PEOPLE''S HEAD NOW DAYS??? WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENT''S OFFICE??
NONE OF THEM ARE FIT TO BE IN THAT OFFICE. BUT, WE DON''T HAVE MUCH CHOICE DO WE?? SO, McCAIN HAS TO BE IT... - Reply to this comment
- Funny isn''''''''t it, our debt/GDP ratio is lower than it was after WWII!!!
Posted by StormyTexan
Does that make it good? No candidate has no choice now yet to add to that debt now as well and the war on Terror and Iraq isn''''t over you dimwit.
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Posted by melchg at 12:00 AM : Oct 05, 2008
The War on Terror is going to last a long time...and if you don''t believe it, you are frankly naive.
Your freedom and safety are not cheap in lives or dollars! Never has been! - Reply to this comment
- it. THINK PEOPLE. THIS IS SERIOUS FOR US ALL.
Posted by cmm103
Obama isn''''t muslim first off....secondly what would it matter if he is (isn''''t that a right to every american to choose their own religion or not to have one?)....lastly do you think that congress would allow for a radical (besides Bush) to drastically change America for the worse?
Posted by melchg at 11:58 PM : Oct 04, 2008
If he is not Muslim, then what is he? To begin with he is half white, which he does not acknowledge. Then he is a small amount African, and the rest Muslim, Arab, or whatever you would like to call him. And with him you would be sliding into SOCIALISM just as fast as he could arrange it.. - Reply to this comment
- it. THINK PEOPLE. THIS IS SERIOUS FOR US ALL.
Posted by cmm103
Obama isn''''t muslim first off....secondly what would it matter if he is (isn''''t that a right to every american to choose their own religion or not to have one?)....lastly do you think that congress would allow for a radical (besides Bush) to drastically change America for the worse?
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Posted by melchg at 11:58 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Yeah he is. And he''s not above lying to you about it either. - Reply to this comment
- Posted by StormyTexan
Couldn''''t that be because people that should have been able to retire no longer can''''t and that more people are living now?!
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Posted by melchg at 11:55 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Did you ever ask yourself why that is?
How many millions of Americans didn''t get the clue and didn''t prepare for retirement? How many of them that witnessed inflation throughout their lives and were so stupid they didn''t realize that Social Security, even at the HIGHEST LEVES was not going to support them?
How many Americans even CARED??? Or thought that far ahead? - Reply to this comment
- Myth #10: Unemployment benefits should be extended beyond 26 weeks.
Fact: Jobless benefits are already working
The median duration of unemployment is now 10.9 weeks; most workers are covered by existing benefits, which last for 26 weeks. Extending today%u2019s coverage to 39 weeks would cost billions of dollars and have little impact. - Reply to this comment
- You are a joke. the only reason that a chance that ''''economy'''' has grown is due to the fallen price of our currency and the stimulus checks.
Bush cut taxes only to have it raise our national debt.
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Posted by melchg at 11:54 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Funny isn''t it, our debt/GDP ratio is lower than it was after WWII!!! - Reply to this comment
- Myth #3: Outsourcing will cause a net loss of 3.3 million jobs.
Fact: Outsourcing has little net impact, and represents less than 1 percent of gross job turnover.
Over the past decade, America has lost an average of 7.71 million jobs every quarter.[4] The most alarmist prediction of jobs lost to outsourcing, by Forrester Research, estimates that 3.3 million service jobs will be outsourced between 2000 and 2015%u2014an average of 55,000 jobs outsourced per quarter, or only 0.71 percent of all jobs lost per quarter. - Reply to this comment
- O''Bama is a muslim. Muslims hate Christians, they are taught in the Koran to hate and kill christians. This a fact.. Also it is true that O''Bama would not help his own brother. That should make you stop and think for a moment, if he won''t help his own brother, why would he help any one of us here in the United States? I truely believe were asking for trouble by electing O''Bama. He wants the President postion to have control of the United States and to ruin us all. He isn''t caring about any of us. You better stop and think about this and you better know that a vote for O.Bama could very well be a death sentence for you and your family. Think about this. This is very serious and HE is very DANGEROUS. He wants the postion for one reason. To CONTROL the U.S. of America and to take it over and destroy it. THINK PEOPLE. THIS IS SERIOUS FOR US ALL.
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- The American economy never rests%u2014at this moment, in fact, economic growth is vigorous. Yet every time there is a slight dip in the acceleration of output, jobs, or incomes, the undying myths of a sputtering, backfiring economy rise again. Today, many of those myths concern the ills of outsourcing.
The plain facts, however, lay all of today%u2019s myths about outsourcing to rest. But there is still a real danger that politicians working with incomplete or incorrect information will hobble American competitiveness. Scapegoating poor Third World countries, %u201CBenedict Arnold CEOs,%u201D and free trade will not improve the U.S. economy or labor market, but would likely cause great harm. Robert McTeer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas summed up the promise of government action on outsourcing well: %u201CIf we are lucky, we can get through the year without doing something really, really stupid.%u201D[1]
Myth #1: America is losing jobs.
Fact: More Americans are employed than ever before.
The household employment survey of Americans indicates that there are 1.9 million more Americans employed since the recession ended in November 2001. There are 138.3 million workers in the U.S. economy today%u2014more than ever before.[2] - Reply to this comment
- I just did, and young Sir, I have lived in this country a lot longer than you have! And I have heard I don''''''''t know how many United States presidents PROMISE a big reduction that did not raise taxes!
Not by a democrap or a republican! EVER!
Posted by StormyTexan
Bush did you loser. And it has gotten us to such a wonderful place (sarcasm).
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Posted by melchg at 11:45 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Nope, he didn''t! My taxe burden has never been lessened by any president of the United States!
The only tax reduction Bush gave was to businesses to try to stimulate the economy so businesses wouldn''t outsource! Which has worked! Our economy has grown 2% in the last quarter!
The financial crisis is only 5% of the US economy! - Reply to this comment
- Read my lips!!!! Obama is not going to be able to get ANYBODY in this country a tax reduction!
And every time the democraps get in control taxes are RAISED to support their socialist programs!
Read my lips AGAIN! Obama is NOT going to get you a tax reduction! - Reply to this comment
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ted by melchg at 11:36 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Yeah, they do!!!!! In my adult life, there has NEVER been ONE TAX REDUCTION EVER!!!! Not by any president or congress of the United States of America!
Posted by StormyTexan at 11:39 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Rowdy refer to the above.
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Posted by melchg at 11:40 PM : Oct 04, 2008
I just did, and young Sir, I have lived in this country a lot longer than you have! And I have heard I don''t know how many United States presidents PROMISE a big reduction that did not raise taxes!
Not by a democrap or a republican! EVER! - Reply to this comment
- AND BELIEVE ME, IF YOU THINK YOU''''''''RE NOT GOING TO BE PAYING MORE TAXES UNDER OBAMA...I''''''''D SAY YOU''''''''RE A NAIVE IDIOT!
Posted by StormyTexan
Rowdy you can type in all caps yet your statements don''''t make your statements valid/true/logical.
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Posted by melchg at 11:36 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Yeah, they do!!!!! In my adult life, there has NEVER been ONE TAX REDUCTION EVER!!!! Not by any president or congress of the United States of America! - Reply to this comment
- The Democrats should be very careful when they start shouting %u201CBad Economy%u201D and how we need to %u201CChange%u201D%u2026%u2026..
Instead they should look back to just two years ago to see what a roaring economy we had been enjoying the previous six years with gasoline at $2.19 a gallon and unemployment at 4.6%. That%u2019s when the voters then started talking about %u201CChange%u201D and they elected a majority of Democrats in both houses of Congress%u2026. In just these past two short years with the Democrats, gasoline has gone to $4.00 a gallon and unemployment is up to 6.1%.....
The liberal leadership in Congress should not be allowed to continue the devastation of our economic well being%u2026%u2026. Change???? We%u2019ve had about enough Democratic change this country can handle%u2026..
Some people might really believe that one person can do something...whether it be good or bad.... but I''''m here to tell you that NOTHING gets passed without approval of Congress and Congress is now controlled by Democrats...Wake up America....this should tell you something...DUH....
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Posted by glenda743 at 10:48 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Tell it like it is! - Reply to this comment
- When you look at how the republicans and their policies have ruined this country since 1980, you can make a case that voting republican should be considered treason.
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Posted by Strangeworld at 10:40 PM : Oct 04, 2008
Actually voting for the socialist policies that just caused this bailout, and for the socialists that helped create it AND INVESTED IN IT, LIKE NANCY PELOSI AND JOHN KERRY, and the 25 DEMOCRAPS WHO WERE ON THE TAKE FROM THESE COMPANIES TO TURN THEIR HEADS AND TO BLOCK THE REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO STOP IT...
You will be committing TREASON against this country! - Reply to this comment
- Well if you are a Christian, it should not divide the church or anything else...All you have to do is vote the Bible...Either vote for a baby killer Obama or John McCain who respects life that God has created. If you vote for a baby killer, then you are just as guilty as he is...period.
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Posted by glenda743 at 10:47 PM : Oct 04, 20
I''ll second that! - Reply to this comment
- The Statement: In a campaign speech Friday, September 3 in Abington, Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama said Republican Sen. John McCain supports helping businesses avoid paying taxes. "My opponent supports tax havens that let companies avoid paying taxes here in America %u2014 tax havens that cost $100 billion every year. (W)hat will work is shutting down those tax havens and closing corporate loopholes."
The Verdict: True
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Posted by melchg at 11:23 PM : Oct 04, 2008
EXACTLY! I''ve never seen a democrap yet that didn''t raise every tax they could find, so they can have the money and control how it''s spent!
OBAMA WANTS TO RAISE TAXES ON EVERYBODY SO HE CAN CONTROL IT AND DECIDE HOW IT''S SPENT!!!!
AND BELIEVE ME, IF YOU THINK YOU''RE NOT GOING TO BE PAYING MORE TAXES UNDER OBAMA...I''D SAY YOU''RE A NAIVE IDIOT! - Reply to this comment
- Well if you are a Christian, it should not divide the church or anything else...All you have to do is vote the Bible...Either vote for a baby killer Obama or John McCain who respects life that God has created. If you vote for a baby killer, then you are just as guilty as he is...period.
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- The liberal leadership in Congress should not be allowed to continue the devastation of our economic well being%u2026%u2026. Change???? We%u2019ve had about enough Democratic change this country can handle%u2026..
Some people might really believe that one person can do something...whether it be good or bad.... but I''m here to tell you that NOTHING gets passed without approval of Congress and Congress is now controlled by Democrats...Wake up America....this should tell you something...DUH.... - Reply to this comment
