I agree, innovation comes from people from all walks of life. Otherwise, that argument, though compelling, misses the point. As a country, we should encourage innovative people to put their lives into building businesses and professions in order to grow the economy for everyone. Why should we then turn around and punish those people with higher taxes? These are not idle rich people. The idle rich aren't affected by marginal tax rates.
If we elect Barack Obama, we're sticking it to the people who lead our economy forward. That's bad policy. Instead, we need to make sure that tax policy encourages innovation and growth in small business by keeping taxes low and encouraging hard work and re-investment. Most new jobs in this country are created by small businesses, and when we limit their growth, we hurt job creation across the country. Everything flows downhill, and usually when things go wrong, the people at the bottom rung of the ladder get hurt the worst. I want to encourage the economy to grow. I like Barack Obama, despite the disagreements brought out by this list. I would consider voting for him after John McCain finishes his presidency. In order to win my vote, though, Obama is going to have to change his mind on tax policy and foreign policy. I broadly agree with him on many other issues, but until he sees the light on taxes and on the necessity of America's role in the world, I'm not voting for him. So those are basically my two personal wedge issues with Obama: - Power the economy with low taxes - Stand up in the defense of freedom everywhere Speaking of freedom, as an aside, I would like to see the Patriot Act continue to be voted on each time it is nearing expiration. Whenever we surrender our liberties, we must do so in the knowledge that we may choose as a people to take them back later. On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Beth wrote: > Lots of people besides those who make less than 250,000 a year also build > new businesses, take risks, create new markets and power innovation. Its > not something only the rich can do. And if you are so lucky to make that > much, well a few thousand extra in taxes, won't kill you. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:268236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
