I will vote for McCain because he is fiscally far more conservative than Obama. I don't see any "options open" from an Obama administration when it comes to fiscal policy. The things that really concern me are:
- Raising capital gains taxes to a punitive level, which will really hurt middle income Americans who save for retirement through 401K and IRA plans. - Raising income taxes. - Raising or even eliminating the ceiling on Social Security taxes. - Renegotiating free trade deals, whatever that means. Whatever it means can't be good. If all of his proposals are enacted, the US will have one of the highest total tax burdens for the top tax bracket in the world, and about 40% of wage earners will pay no federal incomes taxes, only FICA taxes. All put together, his proposals sound like old-school welfare state economics. In foreign policy, Obama wanted to abandon Iraq. Had he gotten his way last year, we would already be out of Iraq, which would have been left to implode in fighting among Al Qaeda, Sunni extremists, and Shiite militias backed by Iran. His judgment at that point was terrible. How we can trust someone in foreign policy when they showed such bad judgment in making a very important strategic decision? Obama still wants to leave Iraq. Fortunately for him and even though the voted against it, the surge has worked so well that leaving within a couple of years may just be a possibility. Furthermore, he talks recklessly of invading Pakistan to pursue Al Qaeda and the Taliban. It is a terrible idea to talk publicly about that, and an even worse idea to actually contemplate doing it publicly. The last thing the world needs is a nuclear-armed Pakistan going over the edge into chaos, but he seems oblivious to that possibility. In short, I just don't trust the guy to make the right decisions. On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Gruss wrote: > In a nutshell, I think Obama will have an options-open administration > and McCain won't. Given that, and the importance of foreign policy > and diplomacy in coming years, I would say he's the best choice. > > So why would you select McCain? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
