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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 363503" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">little over one year ago:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">1) Consumer confidence plummet;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.95 a gallon;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">3) Unemployment is up to 5.5% (a 25% increase);</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">4) American households have seen $2.7 trillion in equity value evaporate</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">(stock and mutual fund losses);</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.5 trillion dollars;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">6) 3% of American homes are in foreclosure.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">America voted for change in 2006, and BOY did we get it!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Remember it's <strong>Congress</strong> that makes law not the President. He has to work</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">with what's handed to him.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Quote of the Day........'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me <em>as we try to</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><em>change it.</em>' -- Barack Obama</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Part 2:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">enlightening and amazing.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><a href="http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html" target="_blank"><u>http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html</u></a>></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html" target="_blank"><u>www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html</u></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><u><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008</span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">If Obama is elected, he says he will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">portion of the people that fall into the categories above can't wait for</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul Newman; you</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black">scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what happened.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Continued....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 363503, member: 1246"] [FONT=Arial]little over one year ago:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]1) Consumer confidence plummet;[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.95 a gallon;[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]3) Unemployment is up to 5.5% (a 25% increase);[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]4) American households have seen $2.7 trillion in equity value evaporate[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black](stock and mutual fund losses);[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.5 trillion dollars;[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]6) 3% of American homes are in foreclosure.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]America voted for change in 2006, and BOY did we get it![/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Remember it's [B]Congress[/B] that makes law not the President. He has to work[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]with what's handed to him.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Quote of the Day........'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me [I]as we try to[/I][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][I]change it.[/I]' -- Barack Obama[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Part 2:[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]enlightening and amazing.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][URL="http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html"][COLOR=windowtext][U]http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html[/U][/COLOR][/URL]>[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html"][COLOR=windowtext][U]www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html[/U][/COLOR][/URL][/FONT] [/COLOR] [U][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008[/FONT][/COLOR][/U] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]If Obama is elected, he says he will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]portion of the people that fall into the categories above can't wait for[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul Newman; you[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=black]scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what happened.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Continued....[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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