That being said, her problem isn't her looks, her problem is being a fundamentalist christian nutter. I'm a traditional conservative and I was planning on voting third party to express my general disdain with the choice of Obama or McCain, but the chance of her ever being president is making me seriously consider voting for Obama just to help ensure that there is no way she could ever hold the office of president. It honestly scares the everliving crap out of me. The direction the republican party has taken in the last 12 years or so is absolutely sickening, they've abandoned all of their core values and sold out to the religious reich.

This IS important in the fact that news agencies are no longer attempting to impartially portray the news, they want to make the news, influence the populace and subtly sway the population.

At what point in our nation's history has that ever been different?

Actually I think you still need those 40% still in there for Obama's statment to be true.

Steve,
You're thinking far to hard about this. Sam was merely making fun of Zeldorf's wording that 40% of tax payers are not tax payers.

But who gives a shit. I'm just an economics dork who actually gives a crap about incentives. I'm not some jackass running for public office who is going to blow sunshine up the voters collective asses.

Well, you could always do something about that, ya know.

Actually I think you still need those 40% still in there for Obama's statment to be true. After all he is gutting their tax rates. Zelsdorf's point that 40% of these people aren't paying federal taxes is relevant in that any tax cut for them really isn't going to do much unless it results in money going to them...a transfer. Which if badly structured, and Obama's plan is very complex, can have adverse impacts on things like work effort, and hence output.

But who gives a shit. I'm just an economics dork who actually gives a crap about incentives. I'm not some jackass running for public office who is going to blow sunshine up the voters collective asses.

Maybe because the 40% who don't pay taxes aren't taxpayers. Just a thought. (Do you ever read what you write before you post?)

Sorry you guys are wrong. I've been reading through the tax policy center's ananlysis of McCain's and Obama's tax proposals and I don't see how you can get cuts for 95% of taxpayers no matter how you define tax payers...if we are looking at marginal rates. Obama is using a clever lie here and you two are falling for it hook, line and sinker. What Obama is saying is that he is going to cut the tax rate that would cover 95% of the taxpayer population. However due to the convoluted nature of his tax plan the number of people who actually see a decrease in their marginal and average tax rates is much lower.

The funny thing is that according to the tax policy center under Obama's plan they esitmate that 85% of households would see a decrease in their effective marginal tax rate. Why the need to lie? I don't know, maybe you should do a series of posts, Alex, on how Obama is a serial liar...he is a politician after all.

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Yes and Mr. Constitutional law professor thinks he has a line item veto. I don't have a law degree, but even I know that.

Know what?

Yes and Mr. Constitutional law professor thinks he has a line item veto. I don't have a law degree, but even I know that.

Fake scandal.

just like the 'This One' comment.