Ohio Crowd Helps With Obama's Debate Prep
(CBS)
(TOLEDO, OHIO) - Barack Obama went canvassing today in a middle class neighborhood in Holland shortly after arriving here for a two days of debate prep. Accompanied by local campaign aides and volunteers, he spent almost an hour knocking on doors and talking to voters.
Crowds gathered on Shrewsbury Street as word got out that Obama was in the neighborhood.
“I’m moved to tears. This is amazing,” one young teacher said after she spoke to the Democratic nominee.
As he made his way down the street, Obama was barraged by questions about the economy, mortgages, and taxes. This was perhaps the best kind of debate prep for him, because not all of the conversations were easygoing. One man in particular questioned Obama’s tax plan, telling him that he is about to buy a company that makes more than $250,000 a year.
“Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn’t it?” the man asked.
Obama responded by telling the voter that his business would get a 50% tax credit for health care, but that his taxes will go up from 36% to 39%.
“I want to give all these folks who are bus drivers, teachers, auto workers who make less, I want to give them a tax cut,” Obama explained.
The man wasn’t convinced, telling Obama that he has been a plumber for 15 years and doesn’t believe that he should be taxed more.
After explaining that the tax rate would be the same as under Bill Clinton and that 95% of Americans make less than $250,000, Obama made one last pitch to the voter.
“I’m gonna cut taxes a little bit more for the folks who are most in need and for the 5% of the folks who are doing very well - even though they’ve been working hard and I appreciate that – I just want to make sure they’re paying a little bit more in order to pay for those other tax cuts,” Obama said.
“It’s not that I want to punish your success – I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you – that they’ve got a chance at success too.”
As Obama left, he told the crowd, “I’ve gotta go prepare for this debate, but that was pretty good practice right there!”
Way to go Obama - May God Bless You and May you win ( landslide ) this November..
Way to go Obama - May God Bless You and May you win ( landslide ) this November..
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Obama/Biden in 08!
Want your road potholes fixed? Great! Want to pay taxes to do it? No. LMAO
Want a strong military? Want to have a nice school for your kids? Want police protection (from cops who are not HS dropouts)? Want a safety net if you lose your job? Want museums, cultural arts, clean streets, after-school athletics? Blah blah blah. "Don''t tax me". We don''t want to pay for anything.
We don''t want to pay for anything. We think that tax money spent on other Americans is bad, and only tax money spent directly on our stuff is good.
Americans are just greedy and selfish.
OBAMA HAS NO SHAME.
Obama has connections with the "ACORN" group giving them a huge donation to secure the vote for Obama.
Really, filling out huge amount of voting forms on dead people, filling out 72 voting forms on ONE INDIVIDUAL to vote 72 different times, filling out voting forms for a 7 YEAR OLD CHILD to vote, and the list goes on and on.
SHAME ON OBAMA!!!
OBAMA WILL TELL ANYTHING OR DO ANYTHING TO GET A VOTE.
OBAMA -- is not committed to America.
OBAMA -- is committed to OBAMA.
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AMERICAN VOTERS ---
DO NOT ALLOW OBAMA TO
"TWIST IT ON AMERICA!"
SHAME ON OBAMA!!!
SHAME ON OBAMA!!!
He will get us out of this mess and make us proud to be American again..
Funny how the GOP policies benefit the rich but its the poor drongos they get to do their dirty work!
Hey drongos dont be so fooled. Papa bear aint watching your back like you think!
It''s almost as if, the don''t want to be more prosperous and secure.
Well guys here''s the thing - if you WANT Big Oil to get a $4 Billion break, just send ExxonMobil your money. I prefer to vote Barack Obama in office, because I don''t want to reward them.
McCain ran the same negative ad at every commercial break this weekend in Wisconsin. I''m so tired of the same thing from Washington.
Anyone who runs 100% negative ads has nothing to offer Americans.
Unfortunately, under the current administration if you make millions you can just stash it in an off-shore account tax free. (and McIIIrd will be no different, maybe worse if that''s possible) But,this election is not just about taxes. It''s about salvaging our foreign relationships, saving our planet, restoring our civil liberties, reversing a crippling economy, creating jobs and not putting our military in danger for no reason.
McIIIrd and Bible Spice are NOT Country First.
Reagan lowered taxes on the wealthy and they repaid him (and us) with the Savings and Loan meltdown due to easy credit followed by falling real estate values. We had an upturn and then a nasty recession.
Clinton actually restored the tax structure that Reagan decimated. GWBush restored Reagan''s tax breaks and we now have a worldwide economy on the brink.
I will NOT take tax or economic advise from anyone who supported Bush''s assault on the middle class. Conservative have NO CREDIBILITY and are in no position to lecture anyone on economics.
Only public companies need to have profits on their books for their stock prices to grow. Am I missing something?
One other thing: his plumbing contracting service probably serves the middle class. If the MC doesn''t have money, who''s he going to sell his services to? The banks when they foreclose?
Maybe I don''t get it, but it seems money needs to trickle up, not down.
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by pamkaren
October 15, 2008 9:39 AM PDT
- Let''s not discount that if the 95% of Americans that are going to get tax help (either by not increasing or decreasing) are probably the customer base for the plumber''s new business. If the customer base can''t spend on his goods or services, he isn''t going to have to worry about earning more than $250,000.
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