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Many who will vote for McCain agree with this. I don't see this as a partisan issue for the most part. We all hate seeing those Saudis driving Bentleys and skiing in the desert.
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Yes, but Obama has put a lot more emphasis on alternative energy in general. McCain? Not as much. Palin? Still quizically pondering over global warming and rolling around on her skinned moose.
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I disagree with anyone who says this won't affect many in America since millions of mom-and-pop S-corps fall into this range. Each one employs 2 to 3 people as well. It all ads up. The larger corps love this one because their leaner, more nimble competition will get slaughtered.
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What's that zero? Implying it won't trickle down?
On a more serious note, only 3% of the sole proprietorships in the US make more than 250,000 per year.
The S-Corps and some businesses would fall at the bottom end of that bracket. Quite frankly, it's completely unavoidable. There will
always be a bottom of the bracket, regardless of whose plan it is.
And by your logic the big businesses would
hate these sole propriaterships since(gasp) they'd be paying
less taxes than the big businesses.
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I can see a small boost in consumer confidence immediately after the elections but I doubt it will have any lasting sustainability once the reality we are still in a depression sets in. Consumerism is fickle.
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Consumerism is fickle. But if you're sitting in the bottom of a big fucking hole, it's amazing how much a ladder(that initial consumer confidence) can help in getting out of the hole. That confidence with some positive action observable by the public, and who knows. This shit could turn around faster than we think(though admittadly still not fast)
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I guess that makes bombing government buildings OK then.
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It's not ok to bomb buildings. But it's also fucking retarded to judge someone who is simply
associated in the present day with someone who over 35 years ago, during one of the nations most tumultuous political times in our history did that. While it
is unforgivable to bomb buildings like he did, that doesn't mean I'm prepared to condemn everyone he's ever been associated with even decades after the indident because of it.
I think most people have known and in many cases befriended some very fucked up people. It's unavoidable in life. That doesn't make them the same as the people they knew.