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Politics : John McCain for President -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brian P. who wrote (490)	2/21/2000 7:37:00 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6579

Brian P., you are displaying your complete ignorance!!! I cited the exact portions of the McCain website which produce the 71% marginal rate in the case of the family with 4 kids! The effect varies depending on the number of kids, so obviously (if you had any intelligence) you should realize that the 71% rate would not be explicitly stated! Hell, if the family had 7 kids, their marginal rate would be 101%!!! How does that grab you??? For every extra dollar earned, the family would LOSE IT ALL plus OWE AN EXTRA CENT!!! I can see the poor father talking to his boss: "Ummm... no, thanks all the same, but I'd really rather not have my raise this year..."

To: Brian P. who wrote (490)	2/21/2000 7:52:00 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Respond to of 6579

Brian P., one more thing.... I actually came to McCain's website and studied it carefully in hopes of being able to support him. I actually admire the fact that he cuts taxes and fixes the marriage tax penalty at least for the lower brackets. He fixes both aspects of the marriage penalty: making the joint standard deduction double the single standard deduction, and making the tax table breakpoint levels for joint double the single breakpoint levels. So, I am willing to give credit where credit is due! Please stop attacking my motives! But, I stand by my severe criticism of his tax plan for increasing marginal rates due to credit phase-outs. If you really think this is an oversight, then fine. Why don't you stop attacking me (the messenger) and bring it up with the McCain campaign if you are an active McCain supporter?