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  • haha...what an incompetent idiot!!

  • Biggest liar in the face of American history!! he's been on nothing but a spending spree since day 1. you cannot spend your way out of debt, and just tax everyone to death, and give everything away, open our borders, and legalize "ILLEGAL immigration" It just doesn't work like that, and economics doesn't agree with it!! 

  • obama needs to study the laffer curve. 15% is the lowest the capital gains tax has been, yet 04-07 brought in MORE inflation-adjusted revenue in any consecutive four year period stretching back to the second world war. he cares more about stopping rich people from "abusing" the tax benefits of smart investing instead of doing his job, which is to assure the welfare of the country. it is in the country's best interest to leave the tax at 15% - WE BRING IN MORE MONEY. LEARN ECONOMICS.

  • Thomas Sowell's works should be required reading in University. If Obama had read Sowell's works, he wouldn't have these misconceptions about economics. I wish he'd make Sowell his economic adviser. Economics must be based on facts and history, not on theory and a supposed sense of fairness which is, in reality, a desire to punish the wealthy.

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  • Buy American made goods and support local 100% homegrown American business. It's time for Americans to put up or shut up. If you can't follow this simple strategy then we are truly fucked. This is easy ladies and gents I believe in you all so put some effort and always question the govt not just when someone you don't like is president. Question and scrutinize always.

    Good luck and Happy Holidays.

    Buy American

  • quote i heared a few times in my life , You cant make a weak man stronger by making a strong man weak. It was something like that. it basicly means you can't put all the taxes on the rich to give free stuff to the poor. Because when that happens, your creating a unbalanced system, and a paradox. I don't know the details but, everybody should simply get equal taxes, no matter there income.

  • @m1grand70

    Agreed.

  • Obama has no intent to improve this economy. Cloward and Piven.

  • @Obama

    You fucking idiot. You were only voted in because you aren't 100% white. Now quit fucking the country up and sit there not being white, fool.

  • How did he get elected saying "...or it might not" as the best he's got to support his views?

  • The government if it were a private citizen would be considered a criminal enterprise, they confiscate wealth they don't create it the private sector does. Those those evil rich people you are all so up in arms about are those same people that you ask for a job, you're never going to get ahead looking for a job from someone on welfare.

  • Wow, now there's a thought, let's get rid of any motivation to get ahead by taxing the crap out of people! Why didn't we think of it sooner!???

  • I am praying the President re-evaluates his new proposed tax brackets. As it now sits the middle class Americans making $58.000 or a bit more will have to pay what breaks down to $500.00 a month in taxes. I don't know about you but we cannot afford that. We are not rich. President Obama needs to raise that tax bracket up to at least $70.000 a year. My family has supported President Obama and the democratic party. I pray they realise we are not rich and cannot afford a tax hit like that one.

  • Reading all these comments help me understand... no one wants to help the little man and when someone does you bash them for trying. = /

  • the Obama administration has secretly spent $23 million of U.S. taxpayer dollars in Kenya to fund a "Yes" vote on a constitutional referendum scheduled for Aug. 4 that would increase access to abortions in Kenya and establish legal status for Islamic law tribunals.

    From : WORLD NET DAILY

  • because u dumb fuck you millions are not entitled to koll the rest of us subhuman fart people- dick

  • obama's tax plan...you don't vote for me, i rape your wallet

  • How about this Barry, are you going after all of the over paid actors and athletes?? Way more of them to tax than hedge fund managers. Speaking of the China credit card good ole' BHO is doing just that.

  • "When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income" Plato 1. Republicans pay their taxes, and so complain about increases.

    2. Democrats "dodge taxes", and do not care about tax increases.

    Proof= Charles Wrangle, Albert Gore Jr., Timothy Geithner, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Bill and Hillary Clinton.

  • 1. Only god never changes.

    2. Bruce Springsteen hasn't changed.

    Therefore, Bruce Springsteen is god.

  • 4:15 - 4:23

    LOL

  • During the campaign, I posted that I did not want to pay more taxes under Obama. I had copious replies saying I was an idiot, as Obama was going to LOWER taxes. (One poster said, "YOU R-TARD! Obama is going to cut taxes! You are so fucking stupid you should not even breathe!") Hmmm..... Those Obama supporters will need to now clean all the egg off thier face.

  • Sure, by cutting defense spending and laying the ground work for 9/11, great job Bill Clinton!

  • Just asking. Are you, Merlin, menstruating right now?

  • @mujinnokoya Stick your stupid  comments up your ass, you don't live in the US, the only reason your country has survived is because we kicked your ass in WW2 and the showed you how to mass produce things for export, the US is the only country that defeats an enemy then helps them back up on their feet.

  • YEAH HE'S SO RIGHT! LETS MAKE EVERYONE POOR LIKE US! EQUAL POOR! WE CAN'T ALL BE EQUAL IF YOU HAVE MORE THEN ME... SO GIVE ME WHAT YOU EARNED AND WORKED YOUR BUTT OFF FOR! VOTE EQUAL POOR! O WAIT. YOU ALREADY DID. its called socialism. The only reason liberals support socialism is because they know it doesn't work and will bring America to its knees so everyone in the world can be equally poor.

  • Listen @ 4:26 Obama is stuttering haha

  • If you will notice, he does that when he gets stumped. EVERY TIME!

  • what's moar?

  • Obama and the Democrats spending is going to make the Bush and Rep spending look like chump change. $trillions, not $ Billions folks.

    Now the Dems want to put a cap on your 401k savings! Obama lies about no tax increases. If he hasn't, then how the hell is the government going to come up with $1trillions of tax dollars? There are only so many Rich folks. No poor person ever gave anyone a job or charitable donation.

  • Amen. Complaining about Bush's spending and then spending like no tomorrow... typical democrat.

  • If we switched to UK taxation & healthcare average joe family making 50K / year gross income would make 25% extra (12K) net wages. Increased economic progress in the order of $720B yearly.

    Benefits of companies not having to cover retiree healthcare which GM has been quoted '340K retirees adds $1,500 per car'. Making foriegn makers more viable. Unions didn't destroy GM.. engineers did. Bob Lutz in 03 said, Volt was more aerodynamically in reverse. Pontiac Aztek, WTF were they thinking?

  • Politicians will always use the tax code to punish their enemies. The only solution is a national flat tax regardless of income.

  • Our Founding Fathers didn't want to have a high tax burdon...That's why they came here... eventually fighting for your freedoms. I'm certain the founding fathers are rolling around in thier graves knowing what's going on now...

  • Obama, Obama, Obama. You don't hear the cries and cheers from his supporters these days. Amazing how many were fooled by him. I guess it serves us right when Republicans give us McCain (a hero yes but a fence sitter). Now we all have to be reminded why Jimmy Carter wasn't reelected.

  • HAHAHAHA, I love u

  • It's so ironic seeing the "We The People" backdrop behind them. As if Obama actually gives a damn about following the Constitution correctly.

  • i got a 400 paycheck last week and lost 77 in taxes, im a 20 yr old single male....obviously i am not a hedgefund manager yet thats almost 1/4 of my check

  • the ppl: "We want change, We want change, We want change!!!" Obama: "Good, cuz dats all ya gonna have when I gets done wit ya! CHANGE IN YO POCKET! Ha Ha!"

  • Barack Obama, an economic imbecile.

  • Government spending is filled with pork earmarks like this: The National Institutes of Health will pay $2.6 million in U.S. tax dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly on the job.

  • Wow watching this video is like watching two child molesters fight over who gets the kid first. Milton Friedman is one of our countrys most notorious evil villains that ever walked the halls of power. I am sure he will only be outdone by Barack Obama himself who is just as evil and just as criminal. They both serve the Business political party and there corporate bosses. They are both criminals.

  • Well instead of raising the capital gains tax he should lower securitery's taxes. That would be fair.

  • Hope and change, in politics only means empty results and lies. Do not hope and only know.

  • its amazing how he can only speak correctly when he has a tele prompter its amazing dumb ignorant piece of shit

  • he's not a flip-flopper he's just learning? can any one else be more immune to scrutiny?

  • Not the time or position for " no previouse knowledge required" at least I'm certaion that isn't on the presidential nominee form. Idiot he is flip flopping or are you so blind you can't see the truth when it is right in front of you.

  • I think two of the biggest reforms we can do to help create wealth in the investment sector would be to Libralize Roth IRAs, and do that in tandem with a phasing out of social security. Allow people to put in as much as they want, and allow people to take out as much as they want tax-free. This would help everyone, including the poor and minorities, generate a rather enourmous amount of wealth and would, hence, sharply reduce the income gap in America.

  • This is one of the all time most intelligent comments I have ever seen on youtube.

  • The capital gains tax needs to be eliminated. Taxing capital is the stupidest thing ever. All federal taxes other than a low, flat income tax should be eliminated.

  • @KabaneTheChristian income tax? how come corporations are taxed from profit and individuals from income? I think it aint fair. Of course, taxing gross income from corporations would be idiocy. That's why people should be taxed from profits, not incomes. And when you think of it, it comes to the realization that progressive income taxes work because they mimic flat profit taxes.

  • "Pay less than their secretaries"

    dumbass, if you want to solve that problem, you dont increase taxes for these imaginary hedge fund managers, YOU CUT THE GOD-DAMNED TAXES THEIR SECRETARIES PAY!

  • "we would raise [the capital gains tax] for fairness"

    and I shout "MOTHERFUCKER!"

  • we need fairtax look into fairtax act

  • Obama your a liar!

  • Let's take a closer look at Kenya & how obama's cousin got elected... Rigged like ours?

  • Obama just basically admitted he's a socialist, always concerned about "fairness."

  • Barack'Acaca is a FUCKING lying hypocrite!!!

  • Obama has an agenda. He's not altogether stupid. He's running America into the ground in order to turn us into a socialist state. He's a liar, a cheat, immoral and arrogant.

  • wooo hoooo.......Obama's B.S. stimulus is going to make my pay check $13 more per week!!!.....too bad my property,licensing, and sales taxes are all increasing too......looks like Obama's plan is to f@ck the middle class....guess I need to quit working and go on disability or pop out a kid for some of the welfare stimulus.....wait, that would make me a democrat! :)

  • I like to fantasize that Obama is sitting in the Oval Office, and as he hears briefing after briefing, everything about his crazy left ideology, that he invested his entire life in, is slowly crumbling inside his mind. And one more hair on his head turns grey.

  • Let me guess, you listen to Rush Limbaugh and your a millionaire. Worried the money will stop flowing up to you?

    your video comments are lies. Come out in the light of day and talk to us in person.

    Any coward can attach snippy comments to anything anonomously and appeal to the ignorant just like Limbaugh does.

    Your'e pathetic who or whatever you are.

  • Hey Drone.. Get the cucumber out of your ass and name ONE thing I said that isn't true you drone.

  • the majority of obama's votes came from the poorest educated and the least financially successful citizens...so we have a bunch of failures electing a man that never accomplished a thing in his life...and you have "HOPE" for our future? invest in vaseline, cause you're gonna get fucked up the ass for the next 4 yrs.

  • Reply,thordoggie. Obama a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, president of the Harvard Law Review , taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School, similar to Abraham Lincoln. Obama helped create legislation to control conventional weapons,to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds, helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for U.S. military personnel.

  • What a bunch of B.O.! Through his stimulus program he has given millions to Acorn who have been convicted of voter fraud at least twice. Creates greater public accountability in use of federal funds Yeah right. Do you call giving millions to planned parenthood, who actually made a profit, good use of federal funds. Thanks to him our tax money is going to fund abortions not only in our country but in others as well. No earmarks my a**. Sounds like pay off time to his supporters.

  • Washington fought & endured great privation with dignity, impeccable ethics, & fierce loyalty to justice against those who would subdue the new nation. Obama is a self-serving, power-hungry politician/activist, ego-maniac, eager to do anything it takes to attain his goals.

    Washington conquered the enemy with courage and dedication. Obama probably not a citizen works for & with known Communist anti-American activists dedicated to destruction of Western Civilization,& the US

  • I agree with everything you said Advocate1234. People in this country work all their life to earn money and now its gonna be given to people that don't care about working at all. On January 20th, this country will be renamed "The United States of Communist America." People worldwide celebrated his victory because they know he will place a burden on this country. :(

  • actually i think the preferred term is " democratic people's republic of america" ...komrade. we elected a man with a megaphone...it's so great this can happen in america...nowhere else for sure. but such a fucking shame a 4 yr old mentality is running our lives. one good thing about obama...he will make jimmy carter look like a genius.

  • We need to stop caring about government getting revenue and just worry about ending taxes.

  • You can't tax toward new growth/prosperity and retirement. This guy is a joke.

  • Rahm Emmanuel was a hedge fund manager before Obama chose him for his cabinet/staff.

  • look up laffer curve, or take econ 101

  • And the statement that lowering the capital gains tax results in more revenue from that source is absurd

  • Hey Genius...people don't invest in investments that are highly taxed...401k is pegged to the Market...if you raise the Cap. Gains, the 401ks tank with the Market.

    Moreover, since the gov't takes in less revenue every time the Cap Gains is raised, you've disqualified yourself from being taken seriously.

  • @oldjoe5

    Are you serious? Have you ever even studied economics? wait, nevermind, you answered my question...

  • What a bunch of liars. Income and gains realized within 401k)s are taxed as ordinary income when they are distributed, not as capital gains. Then reduction in the capital gains tax gives NO benefit to 401(k) recipients. Just another lie from the rich and their apologists

  • The top 50 hedge fund managers took home $29B and paid a lower rate than regular wage earners(!) Worse, when their mortgage-backed-securities based bets went bad, the government came to their rescue. Talk about a rigged system. These ultra-rich managers are not even asked to pay their fair share to clean up their own mess! The tax code has to be changed to capture a larger percentage of the hedge fund manager's obscene profits.

  • You're making two separate arguments.

    No Conservative economists is arguing for any bailout.

    The Capital Gains Tax is the Capital Gains Tax. You are going to punish the entire population because 50 people make no income.

    Fine, support the FairTax.

  • As you point out, there are other choices than just changing the capital gains tax. One idea: perhaps the capital gains tax on individuals should be graduated. Capital gains above, say $5M in a single year, could be taxed at a significantly higher rate. So these guys bringing home $50M bonuses would pay more, while the average investor would be unaffected.

  • I have an idea, get rid of the Capital Gains Tax.

  • Even better, why don't we have a graduated negative capital gains tax, so those that have the largest capital gains get the largest bonuses straight from the government. (That is effectively what is happening now anyway).

  • Great idea. That way the richest of all could pay no taxes and would not even have to hire lawyers and accountants.

  • he is right,if you are a waitress your taxes wont go up a bit,but your COST OF LIVING WILL YOU FUUUUCKING BUMS!!WHEN corporations pass that tax cost onto you you will end up with less cash!!is it so fucking hard to understand?this guy is in it for the money.socialists are well known for embezzling public money for private purposes!!

  • Y the hell should people have to pay taxes. If I buy a house, I have to pay taxes to keep it?!? THATS BULLSHIT!!!! If I paid for it once, then y the fuck should I have to keep paying money to keep it? Its like if someone bought a house, then its the buyers property not the governments. So fuck the government!

  • According to my paystubs I do pay taxes. Rich people, believe or not, can afford to be taxed more. They'll still be filthy rich.

  • They work for it...do you?

  • I have no clue to which comment you are referring to with such nondescript responses. Is this a Austin Powers reference? Who does number 2 work for?

  • I pay taxes, so yeah I do. You don't know what you're talking about.

  • No clue as to what you're even talking about, but if you think we're going to be equally poor due to raising taxes on the richest of people, you're absolutely wrong.

  • I'm not the one bitching about taxes and zoning or whatever else we were talking about, MONTHS ago.

  • it's just a tax increase, nothing to sweat.

  • lift* my bad

  • "I contend that for a nation trying to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket trying to life himself by the handle."

    - Winston Churchill

  • "5 Star this video. Add it to your favorites. Email this to friends. Please help this go up the YouTube rankings."

    I did the complete opposite.

  • I have a client who is a CEO of Exxon-Mobile,the biggest employer in the US with 1.2 mil.employees.He said since the election they held several Corporate meetings and if Obamas tax plan becomes reality they will relocate outside the US.The US looses all that tax income and JOBS.And you can bet they are not the only ones having those meetings.All the big Corporations will leave the US, if they can.Now,to prevent bankrupting the country,they have to tax the little guys,like us!Wow, what a plan!

  • If they are leaving because they don't like it.

    Why don't you leave if you don't like it ???

  • That's the best you got? Com'on you can do better than that! And you're right, maybe we'll just all head north (maybe canada, wink wink) when when everything here goes south (more south than it already has)

  • Too bad our immigration laws are so lose. I will vote next for Canada to tighten them up. No that isn't all I had to say, hold your atttention and keep reading. Ah forget it I will re post for you.

    you are criticising a new idea that has never been implemented, and yet fighting for the same thing you guys have had in place for years and HASN'T worked, give change a chance before you criticize.

  • you are criticising a new idea that has never been implemented, and yet fighting for the same thing you guys have had in place for years and HASN'T worked, give change a chance before you criticize.

  • Ugh. Well, this shows what we are in for, America. To take one of Obama's beloved pastor's quotes, "Our chickens are coming home to roost". We just voted for marxism. Congrats.

    Thanks for posting, Advocate, people like you are going to show the world what's going on.

  • Do you know what Marxism is? You say this immediately after a massive nationalization of the banking industry led by a republican government...yet Obama is the Marxist. How about some intellectual precision - not falling for demogoguery?

  • You are correct, the nationalization was marxist. I agree with you there. But taxation to "spread the wealth" is too. And in my own opinion, the government is republican in name only. We slip into socialism more every day, while around the world, countries try to escape it.

  • Countries around the world are trying to escape socialism...? You're not exactly an IR pro, are you. Evidence?

  • Obama is socialist. And I quote... "When you SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND everyone benefits." That is what Marxism is my friend. Look it up. While you are correct about the nationalization of the banking industry, it was the Republicans who tried to BLOCK THIS LEGISLATION. Your congressional Democrats passed the "socializtion act." Hows that for some intellectual precision?

  • "That's what Marxism is" is "spreading the wealth around"... You've given not a definition but a description. But let's assume you were capable of defining your terms, and I'll also assume that you lazily drift with the rest of those in your political bent, who limit Marxism to its socialist expression of "social control over the means of production". There is a wide spectrum of governance between this extreme (what you call Marxism) and complete market control (others would call fascism).

  • Failing to recognize the various configurations of state-society relations just marginalizes you from any serious conversation on these issues. Simplistic and polarizing labels, however, will find you lots of fans in this forum.

  • It's a long complicated thing but that is probably the shortest I can put it for you

  • i hate how he only won because he's black. i cant name one person who wants their taxes raised especially right now

  • if i were to vote. i would vote Obama, not because im a big fan just to pick the lesser of two evils sort of speak. Sure Obama is kinda loony, and might not keep everything he promises but atleast he's not ready to go to war like McCain, the second McCain gains power he will provoke some third world country which contains something like oil or alike and the fuck the country up, just like bush did. and besides, Obama is making history. im so fucking cerain Obama will get shot on his 1st week.

  • Spelling edit: Certain and then.

  • You're right. Obama has already announced to the world that he will not allow the U.S. to conduct any nuclear weapons development or testing, even though our enemies will, and keep us dependent on foreign oil rather than use our own resources.That's a great way to keep the peace - leave our country powerless and defenseless. Combine that with Biden's warning that our enemies will try to test Obama in some huge and horrible way in his first 6 mo.Yeah, things are lookin' up!

  • there have already been plans to assassinate him, but they were stopped, too bad Obama is president, we're f***ed now. bush wasn't the main contributer to the way this country is now (don't get me wrong I'm not saying he's perfect, I'm not a huge Bush fan) yeah he's spending 10 billion a month in Iraq but it's a collapsed housing market that is causing this crap, it was past events dating back to Carter that caused this happen

  • but really Bush has tried to stop this from happening in 2003 but Democrats and Fannie May said it would limit their abilities to make more affordable housing so it was stopped and again same with John McCain in 2005 co-sponsored a bill that would put more supervision on Fannie May and Fredrick Mac but again same results. This act they were trying to stop was the Community Reinvestment Act passed by Carter, messed with by Clinton causing people who had no money to buy houses and were we are now

  • Even though Obama says he wants out of the war, he doesn't really get a choice. That is entirely up to Congress, and the fact of the matter is, right now we are in a recession and nothing is more profitable then war, and history has shown that. Not to mention all of the oil that we want, and "finding Osama". I'm not a big fan of war, so don't get me wrong, but I'm just saying we probably won't be out of this war any time soon.

  • very well said :)

  • so the americans that go out and work hard are going to be forced to support the lazy bumbs who don't want to work but are ok with living off of the government and other peoples' hard earned money?

  • That's what it's like in England.

  • Harvard Law Review articles - none

    Baptism certificate - none

    Medical records - not released

    Illinois State Senate records - none

    Illinois State Senate schedule not released (alleged to have been lost)

    Law practice client list - not released

    University of Chicago scholarly articles - none

  • The Obama campaign intentionally fails to apply basic security measures to prevent illegal and anonymous contributions from being submitted by credit card via the Internet; approximately two-thirds of the $150 million Obama collected in September of 2008 come through Internet credit card donations, including untraceable pre-paid gift cards that can readily conceal illegal contributions (such as foreign contributions or donations in excess of the $2,300 individual limit).

  • In October, U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus, a 1996 Clinton appointee, rules that Ohio counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that are not buildings as their addresses. (One might assume those voters support Obamas redistribution of wealth policies.)

  • The Urban Institute Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center analyzes the McCain and Obama tax policies and calculates that McCains proposals would cut taxes by $628 billion over 10 years, while Obamas would raise them by $734 billion over the same period. [337]

    Obamas list of accomplishments in the U.S. Senate consists of getting two bills passed: one to send foreign aid to the Congo and another to name a post office. [337]

    Ya he's going to raise your taxes..

    Vote NO on Obama

  • Perhaps this video should be viewed as is was filmed so people can see everything that was actual said.

  • Thomas Jefferson said, "To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, 'the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, and the fruits acquired by it.'"

  • This is the stupidest thing i have seen all freakin day. you are an idiot and dont know what ur talking about.

  • Evidently my tax dollars were wasting teaching your to make a rebuttal.

  • Ok then... i have no idea what ur talking about but u cant just say a bunch of bbull about obama cuz u dont really focus on his points. ur so focused on mccain's

  • Let me help you since you were intellectually abused by your professors.

    Start by quoting me.

    Then by saying where I'm wrong.

  • Wtf?? thats just ur OPINION!!!

  • No, everything I said is a fact.

    I'm trying to teach you how this works.  Quote me and then respond.

  • You can show a man how to grow a garden and one can give to one who needs, but that is done by free choice. If not, other men will take advantage and become slothful. Gifts and offerings to the poor are of free will, not to be tampered with by man by taxation or nay other means. It is a judgment by our God. To force one to give is to hinder the decisions of God. Sadly, Ignorance trys to rule.. Keeper=watching over someone or things, posissions etc. Not ones welfare.

  • What do Obama and Osama have in common?

    Friends who blew up the pentagon!

    Vote Mccain/Palin 08

  • 250,000

    200,000

    150,000

    120,000

    What will it be on Jan 20th if Obama wins?

    Vote Mccain/Palin

  • Obama you are a conman.

  • 39% of taxes are paid by the top 1% of wage earners.

    86% of taxes are paid by the top 25% of wage earners.

    97% of taxes are paid by the top 50% of wage earners.

  • i hope he lets the cap gains tax stay at 15.

  • What this video seems to overlook is that, while people making more than 250K DO pay more taxes, they have a much bigger source of discretionary income (for investment and such) than middle, lower-middle and working class people, who have to spend most or all of whatever they get to survive.

    The bottom 40% might not pay taxes directly, but they do pay out of their wages. Ask anyone who's ever worked for a living.

  • That discretionary income used for invested will now be used for taxes. So where is the capital going to come from to create 5 million new green jobs?

    Maybe Obama's tax policies will work. I guess it's just me, 20th century history, hundreds of economists and basic logic that say they won't.

  • Obama wants let the Bush tax cuts expire, an across the board tax increase for everyone. He wants to cut taxes on 95% of working Americans? Check your math, 40%of working Americans don't pay taxes. And his $250k or more is down to $150. Obama also plans to up the dividend tax, capital gains tax and bring back the inheritance tax. If you have enough money to leave your children something, own a house, or have a retirement nest egg, you are part of Obamas rich and need to be taxed more.

  • Bush cut all tax brackets. For example the lowest wage bracket was increased from 11% to 15% under Clinton. Bush passed tax cuts when he took office that reduced the lowest wage bracket from 15% to 10%. So, any guesses on what happens when the Bush tax cuts expire?

  • So the effect of the rise in the capital gains tax depends on what's happening on wall street and how business is doing?

    Wow Obama, I guess your supporter Warren Buffett likes that kind of talk since he has made a sweetheart deal with General Electric.

    Wall Street loves Obama folks. Believe it!!

  • What is wrong with this Charlie Gibson? Barack doesn't know economics! He studied law! (And doesn't know shit about that either). Taxes? Stop bothering him about taxes.

    He is into "FAIRNESS". And HE is the decider of that!!!

  • lmfao its funny when sume random guy who knows shit baout our constituion says suimthin like that. obama was rank number 1 at harvard law school and taught cionstiiton law at chigao uni. so obviously if he doesnt know it then dman we as americans have failed each other. go fuck urlsef and learn sumthin dipshit.

  • At least Obama can spell (i assume). Obama has said "the constitution is a fundamentally flawed document". He doen't even BELIEVE IN the law. America is awash in Kool Aid. And you love Kool Aid. Lucky you

  • lmfao exactly what do u know abouth the constituion??? your just an idiot who thinks he knows sumthing obama is more educated and whole lot smarter then you so in the end nobody cares about you.

  • Point taken. So what IS YOUR favorite brand of Kook Aide?

  • haha shows you have nuthn to say got your as next time keep that mouth shut powned haha

  • I have nothing to say to an idiot who wouldn't understand what I was saying. There should be a test for voting to eliminate morons like you. Maybe Obama will do it through legislation when he trashes the Constitution like he is planning to do.

  • Obama is a "Hypocrite". he is the eptimome of the Anti-Christ. He was borm with a silver spoon in his mouth just like all politicians. No matter how bad Bush was, Obama will make you much, much poorer.

  • You want fair? Impose a FLAT percent tax_ NO "write offs" at all! EVERY SINGLE PERSON pays EXACTLY the same PERCENT! THEN you will see the "successfull" start crying.

    Oh ya...It would save the country BILLIONS by getting rid of the IRS!!!

    Rich people don't like the term "flat tax". They can't squirm out of anything with loop holes.

  • Fair? I can't afford to go back to school, make less than 40K and bust my ass doing so. Why is it I can't "write off" my work transportation and OTHERS can "write off" a very expensive vacation as a "business trip"? How about AIG? In thanks for forking over all that cash they go on a half a mill weekend getaway which I'm SURE theey "wrote off" as a "business trip"... Is THAT fair?

  • and before you accuse me of being one of the greedy rich... I make less than 40K a year. but I LIVE WITHIN MY MEANS. i don't expect anyone to give me what THEY worked for.

  • Liberals always call successful people greedy. you know the people that made wise decisions, got an education, worked long hard hours... I say people that dropped out of school, had children before they could afford it, refuse to work hard and say "give me what YOU worked for" are the greedy ones. They think they deserve what they refuse to work for themselves. The only thing successful people need to give failures is the middle finger.

  • You haven't really presented anything so far, much less reality. Get to the specifics.

  • Planning ahead:

    If Obama wins, I've already directed my lawyers to liquidate my company, laying off 150 people as of inauguration day. It's my company, I created it and I can dissolve it. They can get Obama's health plan and collect their "tax break" check. I fully plan on lowering my income below the $250K level, sit back and retire. I'm not funding this guys plans.

  • klim i agree, and if he increases on those who get more than 250k a year, those companies and people will raise their prices, so the lower income get hurt even more.

  • You don't even have a job.

  • agreed!

    that is total bullshit!

    Find me a REAL capitalist that is going to let politics stop them from taking advantage of people!

  • CG taxes don't affect 401K's since the money grows tax free and is taxed as ordinary income on withdrawal (video maker's mistake). Also, those hedge fund guys made short term CG's which are taxes at ordinary income rate. The 15% rate only applies to stocks held more than 1 year (Barak's mistake). Gibson is the only smart guy in the room LOL

  • If you cut capital gains taxes, people pull out of the market and 401ks tank.

  • First, I'm assuming that was a typo - you meant if you "raise" CG taxes, people pull out of the market right?

    Second, if you raise CG taxes, people would tend to hold on to their stocks longer in order to avoid the higher tax, which is the opposite of "pulling out of the market".

    But we agree on the thesis - raising taxes slows the economy and motivates people to do things to avoid them, and that reduces revenues, just like Gibson said.

  • this was before the economy collapse was evident. Bailing out the banking and morgage lenders with government money is socialism it is welfare. The government money is the peoples money after all. It sickens me when so called conservatives whine when the people ie. government give money to the people in need they cry welfare state! But don't seem to get it, when the government gives money to big business. They give money to millionaires but not the needy, nor to medical cost of the poor.

  • Bailing out Wall Street is corporate welfare no matter how stretch your imagination. It is a socialistic solution to capitalistic crime. They don't deserve it but it required to keep the fabric of society from fraying. We should get paid back with interest. High interest becasue it is risky.

  • oh, one more thing; since when did 'providing a service' for something become 'exploiting them'? lol if you are going to make that argument than the people who shovel my fries and hand them to me at McDonalds are EXPLOITING me. haha, it's as if you take pride in your stupidity, Advocate.

  • Advocate, you shouldn't try and label people you know NOTHING about.

    compare us to the blockbuster actors and professional athletes who make OBSCENE amounts of money and live in total decadence, then you come back and try to point the finger at honest hard working citizens like my dad and have the balls to try and call him GREEDY. You are just unbelievably rude and out of line and COMPLETELY wrong.

  • And to add to that, my father is greedy because he wants to provide for his family???? I wish you could hear how INSANE you sound. We do not live an extravagant lifestyle by anyones definition. We live in a small one story house in a suburb of Long Beach, ca. we drive mid range fuel efficient cars (mazda, acura, ect). We don't even ever go on vacations. And my dad spends a lot of that money putting me through college, you going to try and call him greedy still?

  • i ageed obama is a communist