Why on earth are people railing against socialism only now? We've had a progressive tax system in this country for decades and decades, which I am completely against, but to act like all of a sudden socialism will be introduced if Obama is president?
For the low taxes crowd, of which I count myself, didn't McCain vote against the Bush tax cuts? So didn't he vote in favor of more income redistribution? Well, I know, now he says he wants those tax cuts. That's great. But this is my problem and one of the reasons I'm going to vote for Obama. A real economic conservative would have been against the Iraq War and for the Bush tax cuts.
I know what Obama believes and what he will try to do. And this is the key, he will actually be able to DO things because of the majorities in Congress. Does anyone think McCain is going to get the votes to make the tax cuts permanent? And furthermore, who's to say that's really what he wants to do? He claims to be an economic conservative, just like W. did....
Until I see an actual economic conservative, I'm considering it a myth and an endangered species. Since we're getting bigger government either way, I'm going with the guy who wants a big government to improve the lives of a majority of the people, instead of a guy who wants a big government to blow up Arabs and their children.
By the way if the Plumber is making 250k a year, which I doubt, he's doing a lot better than most people in this country. Should he be punished for that? No. Our tax sysetm is garbage. But until I see a real seriousness about a flat tax or a consumption tax or a system that would actually be fair in a real sense of the word from Republicans, I'm out. Maybe their utter failure this year will prompt a revolution of ACTUAL economic conservatism in the coming years. One can only hope.
McCain would be neck in neck with Obama if he was such a "maverick", because he would have voted against the bailout bill. Surprise! He didn't.