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ISSUE

JOHN McCAIN         BARACK OBAMA

Favors new drilling offshore US
Yes                 No

Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it
Yes                 No

Served in the US Armed Forces
Yes                      No

Amount of time served in the US Senate
22 YEARS            173 DAYS

Will institute a socialized national health care plan
No                  Yes

Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy
No                  Yes

Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately
No                  Yes

Supports gun ownership rights
Yes                 No

Supports homosexual marriage
No                  Yes

Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase
No                  Yes

Voted against making English the official language
No                  Yes

Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals
No                  Yes

                      CAPITAL GAINS TAX
MCCAIN
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain
does not propose any change in existing home sales income
tax.

OBAMA
28% on profit from ALL home sales.  (How does this affect
you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay
28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward
retirement and would like to down-size your home or move
into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from
your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely
affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their
homes as part of their retirement income.)

                        DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN
15% (no change)

OBAMA
39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money
invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds,
life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays
or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of
the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The
experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and
capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do
absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.')

                         INCOME TAX
MCCAIN
(no changes)
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250

OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama, your taxes could almost double!

                       INHERITANCE TAX
MCCAIN
- 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)

OBAMA
Restore the inheritance tax
Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and
homes that have been in their families for generations
because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those
willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to
these taxes.

                 NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA
New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than
2400 square feet.  New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't
high enough already) New taxes on natural resources
consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)  New taxes on
retirement accounts, and last but not least....New taxes to
pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level
of medical care as other third-world countries!!!

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