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bhkad · #13 (**permalink**) 10-06-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by foundit66

Those who don't learn the lessons from the past are doomed to repeat it.
What 'is' involves a lot of people refusing to acknowledge the problems of the past.
And that goes for both sides of the table.

McCain has openly stated that he regrets nothing. He doesn't comprehend how his deregulation has directly lead towards this crisis.

And then we have people saying that "if Obama is elected", they think they are going to go belly up?
Ignoring the fact that McCain hasn't learned, and he whole-heartedly embraces Bush's mentality???
"The Fundamentals of Our Economy Are Strong"...

NO. They are NOT.

Are you rolling your eyes at your own claim?

Would you mind elaborating on WHERE McCain differs from Bush?

Ah yes.
Once again, the best way to "defend" McCain is to smear Obama...

Since this thread is about "small business", how about we deal with your attack on him there...
HOW is Barack "anti-small business"???
Would you mind explaining that one?

He plans to raise the minimum wage to $9.50/hr. by 2011.

How will small businesses be able to withstand what would turn out to be a nearly 85% increase in the minimum wage in a span of just five years?

And then there is this.

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Your guy has a very poor grasp of basic economic principles.

First off, you don’t raise taxes during a recession. That’s a no-brainer.

Second, doubling the capital-gains tax rate will affect Americans up and down the income ladder, not just rich hedge-fund managers.

In addition, capital-gains tax cuts are self-financing, and they stimulate jobs and the economy.

You want to raise budget revenues and spark economic growth? Cut the cap-gains tax rate. That’s what history shows.

The Wall Street Journal’s Steve Moore points out that in 2005, almost half of all tax returns reporting capital gains came from households with incomes under $50,000, while more than three-quarters came from households earning less than $100,000.

Obama also proposed uncapping the payroll tax, another blunder that will hit people up and down the income ladder. While Obama pledges tax hikes only for folks earning more that $200,000 a year, his tax hike on payrolls would actually slam middle-income earners. The cap on wages subject to the payroll tax is presently $102,000. By eliminating that cap Obama will be soaking veteran firemen, cops, teachers, and health-service workers, along with a variety of other occupations.

In fact, in America’s largest cities, a firefighter married to a school teacher can earn close to $200,000 filing jointly. So not only will each spouse separately pay more for Social Security and health care under Obama’s plan, together they’ll also be slammed by Obama’s cap-gains tax increase.

This is more than just a failure to understand the Laffer curve. It’s another cultural misstep by Obama. I can’t help but wonder if the senator knows any cops or firemen. His appeal is to well-educated latte liberals. That remark about middle-income folks having turned to God, faith, and guns because of economic setbacks? Not only was it ill-advised, it illustrates the wide cultural chasm that exists between the candidate and the rest of America.

In effect, Obama’s economics are bad and his social circle is very limited. This is one of the many reasons why a quarter of the Hillary Democrats are telling pollsters they’ll likely move to John McCain in the general election.

Obama’s real agenda is far-liberal left. It’s an ideology that places income redistribution above economic growth. That’s his real message. And it’s the same one that sunk Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry. Bill Clinton? He was a growth Democrat. So he won twice. But Obama is aligning himself with the Democratic losers. And that will make him a loser as well.

The Gallup poll taken after the Democratic debate reveals that Hillary’s pit-bull routine may have worked. We’ll learn more on that front come Tuesday when Pennsylvanians head to the voting booths. But that’s a different issue. What I’m saying is that liberals need to quit blaming Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos for Obama’s shortcomings. Instead, they need to blame Obama for failing to grasp how tax penalties on upward mobility will hurt the very people he thinks he’s going to help.

Jack Kemp has effectively made the point that African American communities desperately need capital in order to create new businesses and jobs. Yet as Obama takes the capital out of capitalism, all those who are not rich will be hurt when the rich folks with capital have less of it — after tax — to invest in those new businesses and new jobs.

That’s exactly why wealth-redistribution plans always backfire. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is a surefire economic loser. So is putting government in charge of the economy, which is what Mr. Obama is proselytizing.

This marks the third mistake for the Illinois senator. Not only does he not understand economics; not only is he set apart from middle-class values and beliefs; he apparently hasn’t read much history either.

Did someone say inexperience?

— Larry Kudlow, NRO’s Economics Editor, is host of CNBC’s Kudlow & Company and author of the daily web blog, Kudlow’s Money Politic$.

Why Not Blame Obama? by Larry Kudlow on NRO Financial