Being a US Citizen living outside the USA I get alot of interesting and sometimes StRAngE questions/comments on the USA from people in other countries. Thought I'd share some of them with you.

Friday, September 05, 2008

Taxes - Obama vs. McCain

Just a little comparison for those of you who are interested. All of this is verifiable on CNN and Fox and other mainstream media. Blogger can't use tables, so I'm trying to make this as neat and clean as possible for you. Bear with me.

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% - Capital gains increase
(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.)

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! AND the least wealthy are suffering the greatest planned increase!!!! What's up with that? I thought Nobama and the Democrats were supposed to be supporting the little guys, not the elite! Hmmm...

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MCCAIN - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)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 a third-world country!!!

Just thought you'd want to know.
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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Forget the culture clash, the history making candidates, the gender issues and gossip-mongering, you have cut to the quick of one of the most important issues in this campaign. I for one, can't really afford to pay more for less.

FMD

5:05 PM

 
Blogger Samantha Alice said...

I really hate the inheritance tax, and the home sales... double taxation...

5:29 PM

 

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