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To: Dale Baker who wrote (92370)	10/29/2008 9:50:33 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541477

Yes I hear you say they are losing the vote. However there is a segment of the population that cannot distinguish between the half truths and reality. I wish Obama would get in there and deny what McCain's latest strategy is.. He pitches it and is doing it on all his stumps... And that word socialism. I wonder how many Americans connect with this bail out by the government, the government buying banks is capitalism.... It's pure socialism to me. If I were an uninformed voter... the word raise my taxes would scare me. I hope this is not what happens. You seem to believe and maybe rightfully so that we have an intelligent electorate.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (92370)	10/29/2008 9:58:08 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 541477

I saw an ad on TV that suggested taxcutfacts.org to check the size of Obama's tax cuts. I recall Obama saying that seniors earning less than 50K wouldn't have to pay any income tax. So I tried plugging that into the tax calculator so see if the result was zero tax. Unfortunately, the calculator doesn't offer a 50K option. One option is 50-75K, on which the Obama's tax cut would be a measly $500. The other option is 40K, on which Obama's tax cut is substantial, just under 4K, but still far away from no tax--2500 dollars away. Of course, when they throw these numbers around, they never say whether them mean $50K gross or adjusted gross or what so you can't pin anything down. Still, you'd think his calculator would be pretty close to his rhetoric.