Saturday, November 17, 2007

America, WAKE UP!

As you may be aware, Nevada recently held the Democratic Debate. Not that I'm a Democrat, but we may as well accept no Republican stands much of a chance (unless Romney can gain steam), so we'd better get to know the Democratic candidates. It's obvious Hillary is the front-runner, but I must admit she infuriates me nearly every time she opens her mouth.

One example: Obama (my pick) proposes that in order to solve the pension problem we throw out the cap on what people pay in taxes that goes towards the pension program. Currently contributions cut off after you exceed 96,000 in annual salary. IE: if you make 104k, you pay into the pension plan for the first 96k, but not the remaining 8k. Clinton is against this because, and I quote "lets call it for what it really is, a tax increase on the middle class". And you all clap? WTF? Come on. Making above 96k/year in most states has no chance of leaving you in the 'middle-class'.

I'll be the first to say I HATE taxes... They are WAY too high. However, if I were fortunate enough to be making, say, 120k/year, and had the choice of paying 40,000 in taxes to a corrupt government, or 40,200 (roughly the difference we're talking about) to a government that's at least trying to get us back on the right track, that extra 200 bucks would be the least of my worries.