2008 Presidential Candidate Comparison

ISSUE
Favors new drilling offshore US
JOHN McCAIN Yes
BARACK OBAMA NO


Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it
JOHN McCAIN Yes
BARACK OBAMA NO

Served in the US Armed Forces
JOHN McCAIN Yes
BARACK OBAMA NO

Amount of time served in the US Senate
JOHN McCAIN 22 Years
BARACK OBAMA 175 days

Will institute a socialized national health care plan
JOHN McCAIN NO
BARACK OBAMA YES

Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy
JOHN McCAIN NO
BARACK OBAMA YES

Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately
JOHN McCAIN NO
BARACK OBAMA YES

Supports gun ownership rights
JOHN McCAIN Yes
BARACK OBAMA NO

Supports homosexual marriage
JOHN McCAIN NO
BARACK OBAMA YES

Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase
JOHN McCAIN NO
BARACK OBAMA YES

Voted against making English the official language
JOHN McCAIN NO
BARACK OBAMA YES

Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals
JOHN McCAIN NO
BARACK OBAMA 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!!!


Think about this:

A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year,
until he is 80 years old.

Assuming the next president lives to age 80, Senator McCain
would receive ZERO pension as he would reach 80 at the end
of two terms as president.



Senator Obama would be retired for 26 years after two terms

and would receive $4,973,800 in pension.