Comments on: What the GOP should be saying (Part I) http://www.tedpibil.com/2008/10/08/what-the-gop-should-be-saying-part-i/ Ted Pibil reports and analyzes the latest news affecting business, politics and the community Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:12:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: MANNY http://www.tedpibil.com/2008/10/08/what-the-gop-should-be-saying-part-i/#comment-81 MANNY Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:29:25 +0000 http://www.tedpibil.com/?p=179#comment-81 The Economy will remain the number one issue. The McCain camp has to challenge the DEM statement that the current economic problems are caused by 8 years of failed Bush strategy. Weren't the first 6 years pretty good with Consumer Confidence high, regular gas at $2.19/gal, DOW JONES over 14,000. Americans were living high off of the hog. What happened in 2006? A Democratic Congress started a drastic downward trend. Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Fanny Mae & Freddie Mac, Social Engineering, along with worse than "Risky" loans, have driven our Economy DOWN. NOT 8 years of Bush, but TWO years of Liberal Democrats. Also, the McCain camp lets O'bama say that only the extremely rich will have tax increases. When he reverses the Bush Tax Cuts, isn't there an significant increase for those making as little as $30,000? When he taxes the profit on all home sales(Capital Gains), aren't the taxes of those sellers being increased? When he raises the tax rates on Dividends, aren't most of our pension funds being devalued? When he restores the Inheritance Tax (On Wealth that already has been taxed),Isn't he raising taxes on our children? McCain and Palin have to drive these points home. We don't have to get rid of the Economy Issue, We have to put the blame squarely where it belongs. The Economy will remain the number one issue. The McCain camp has to challenge the DEM statement that the current economic problems are caused by 8 years of failed Bush strategy. Weren’t the first 6 years pretty good with Consumer Confidence high, regular gas at $2.19/gal, DOW JONES over 14,000. Americans were living high off of the hog.

What happened in 2006? A Democratic Congress started a drastic downward trend. Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Fanny Mae & Freddie Mac, Social Engineering, along with worse than “Risky” loans, have driven our Economy DOWN. NOT 8 years of Bush, but TWO years of Liberal Democrats.

Also, the McCain camp lets O’bama say that only the extremely rich will have tax increases. When he reverses the Bush Tax Cuts, isn’t there an significant increase for those making as little as $30,000? When he taxes the profit on all home sales(Capital Gains), aren’t the taxes of those sellers being increased? When he raises the tax rates on Dividends, aren’t most of our pension funds being devalued? When he restores the Inheritance Tax (On Wealth that already has been taxed),Isn’t he raising taxes on our children?

McCain and Palin have to drive these points home. We don’t have to get rid of the Economy Issue, We have to put the blame squarely where it belongs.

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