Thanks, Judah, you're the first person to actually answer my question. Most have forgotten.
Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Please also be sure to note the smallish links in that article for the > long-term tax proposals of both Obama and McCain. > > http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/economy.html > > Regarding the specifics for Obama: > > "Senator Obama would extend the Bush tax cuts for people making under > $250,000 a year, but would repeal them for people in the top two > marginal tax brackets before their scheduled expiration two years from > now. He would provide new tax breaks for homeowners who do not itemize > deductions and for saving, college costs and new farmers. > > And he would change the alternative minimum tax so it does not affect > the middle class. To raise revenues, in addition to repealing the top > tier of the Bush tax cuts, Mr. Obama would raise taxes on capital > gains and dividends. > > His big-ticket spending item, at more than $100 billion a year, is his > plan for universal health care coverage. He also proposes increases > for education, infrastructure, research, foreign aid and the > military." > > You may or may not agree with them, but those are specific proposals. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > wrote: > > Yes, he did. Though in 2008, the focus was more on arresting the > > freefall of the economy rather than a longer-term budget plan. But he > > put out the details of his plan for a stimulus package, his proposal > > for the Affordable Care Act, expansion of the EIC, investment dollars > > for clean technology, etc. > > > > Both Obama and McCain were much more detailed in their proposals in > > 2008 than Romney is in 2012. Here's the NYT rundown of the competing > > proposals in 2008: > > > > http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/economy.html > > > > Cheers, > > Judah > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356173 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
